Nope
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele’s genre-melting third feature stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as brother-and-sister horse wranglers defending the family ranch from an extraterrestrial threat.

From left, Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea in “Nope,” the latest feature from the director Jordan Peele.
By A.O. SCOTT

A Dark, Dark Man
NYT Critic’s Pick | Crime, Drama | Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
This exceptionally grim police procedural recalls films like Bong Joon Ho’s “Memories of Murder” and Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”

Dinara Baktybayeva plays a reporter in “A Dark, Dark Man.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Aftershock
NYT Critic’s Pick | TV-MA | Documentary | Directed by Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee
Black mothers are dying from childbirth at alarming rates. A new documentary explains why.

Shawnee Benton Gibson and Bruce McIntyre, at right, are central figures in the documentary “Aftershock,” from the directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee.
By BEANDREA JULY

— Of Possible Interest —

The Day the Music Died/American Pie
Documentary | Directed by Mark Moormann
Don McLean tries to clear up some misapprehensions about the eight-an-a-half-minute song that took on a life of its own, in this documentary.
By GLENN KENNY

Anything’s Possible
PG-13 | Romance | Directed by Billy Porter
Self-preservation and allyship are also wrapped up in this sweet young adult romantic comedy, which is Billy Porter’s feature film directorial debut.
By KYLE TURNER