NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Nitram
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Thriller | Directed by Justin Kurzel
In this unnerving drama based on a true crime, a lonely outsider reaches his breaking point.


Caleb Landry Jones stars in “Nitram.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

You Won’t Be Alone
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror | Directed by Goran Stolevski
A supernaturally altered young woman learns how to be human in this mesmerizing folk-horror tale.


Sara Klimoska, left, and Anamaria Marinca in “You Won’t Be Alone.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Babi Yar. Context
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, History | Directed by Sergey Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa’s new documentary, about the mass murder of Ukrainian Jews in 1941, arrives in theaters with a grim context of its own.


Sergei Loznitsa’s new documentary “Babi Yar: Context,” about a Nazi-led massacre in Ukraine, is made from footage Germans and Soviets recorded of their campaigns there.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Moonshot
PG-13 | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Christopher Winterbauer
Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor have a meet-cute en route to Mars in the young adult rom-com “Moonshot,” streaming on HBO Max.
By CALUM MARSH

Better Nate Than Ever
PG | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical | Directed by Tim Federle
Hearty performances elevate this effusive Disney+ family comedy, even as the movie itself is awkward in its handling of its core subject.
By AMY NICHOLSON

The Rose Maker
Comedy | Directed by Pierre Pinaud
A boutique cultivator competing with industrial farms initiates a war of the roses in this gentle French comedy by Pierre Pinaud.
By TEO BUGBEE

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
PG-13 | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | Directed by Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater’s new animated film tells the story of the moon landing with some tongue-in-cheek revisionism.
By A.O. SCOTT