Bring Your Own Brigade
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | DocumentaryDirected by Lucy Walker
In her new documentary, Lucy Walker looks at California’s apocalyptic fires and finds more than the usual smoke and politics.

A scene from Lucy Walker’s documentary, “Bring Your Own Brigade.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Macaluso Sisters
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Emma Dante
This moving drama by the filmmaker Emma Dante imagines the ripple effects of a sister’s death across generations in Sicily.

Left to right, Viola Pusateri, Eleonora De Luca, Anita Pomario, Alissa Maria Orlando and Susanna Piraino in “The Macaluso Sisters.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Annette
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Musical, Romance | Directed by Leos Carax
Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard are star-crossed lovers in this hallucinatory musical, written by Sparks and directed by Leos Carax.

In “Annette,” Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard play a performance artist and an opera singer in and out of love.
By A.O. SCOTT

The Last Matinee
NYT Critic’s Pick | Horror | Directed by Maximiliano Contenti
Set in a movie theater, this droll splatterfest is aimed straight at the jugular.

Julieta Spinelli in “The Last Matinee.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Bix: ‘Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet’
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Brigitte Berman
The composer and cornet player Bix Beiderbecke changed music forever in a very short life. A restored documentary from the ’80s goes into the details.

ix Beiderbecke, center with cornet, in “Bix: ‘Ain’t None of Them Play Like Him Yet,’” a documentary directed by Brigitte Berman.
By GLENN KENNY

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Vivo
PGAnimation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical | Directed by Kirk DeMicco, Brandon Jeffords
The animated musical, about a kinkajou who goes on a journey to deliver a song, may have an uneven story, but the movie’s stellar songs, by Lin-Manuel Miranda, reflect the artist at his best.

From left, Gabi (voiced by Ynairaly Simo) and Vivo (voiced by Lin-Manuel Miranda) in “Vivo.”
By MAYA PHILLIPS

Naked Singularity
RComedy, Crime, Drama | Directed by Chase Palmer
John Boyega plays a harried public defender in this chaotic merger of sci-fi and heist thriller.

John Boyega in “Naked Singularity.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

The Suicide Squad
RAction, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Directed by James Gunn
The director James Gunn (“Guardians of the Galaxy”) shifts from Marvel to DC Comics with some familiar faces and the usual moves.

From left, David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Idris Elba and Daniela Melchior in “The Suicide Squad,” the latest entry in the DC Comics franchise, directed by James Gunn.
By MANOHLA DARGIS