Down with the King
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Diego Ongaro
In Diego Ongaro’s patient and subtle new film, Freddie Gibbs plays a hip-hop artist struggling with a career malaise.

The real-life rapper Freddie Gibbs stars as the hip-hop artist Money Merc in “Down With the King,” | Directed by Diego Ongaro.
By A.O. SCOTT

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
A new documentary tells the entwined stories of a songwriter and his best-known composition.

The documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song” is likely to be a source of illumination for both die-hard and casual fans, our critic writes.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Rubikon
Sci-Fi | Directed by Magdalena Lauritsch
In this somber morality tale, the bare-bones crew of a space station is faced with an impossible choice.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS