Incredible But True
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery | Directed by Quentin Dupieux
A suburban couple makes a life-altering discovery in the basement of their new home in this delightfully odd comedy.

Léa Drucker in “Incredible but True.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

The Box
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Lorenzo Vigas
This unsettlingly cryptic thriller | Directed by Lorenzo Vigas follows a teenager after he retrieves the remains of his father who was found in a mass grave.

Hatzín Navarrete in “The Box.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

A Couple
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Frederick Wiseman
In a rare turn to dramatic work, Frederick Wiseman directs a one-woman film about the long-suffering wife of a famous author.

Nathalie Boutefeu in “A Couple.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

The Fabelmans
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Steven Spielberg
The director’s latest movie focuses on a budding filmmaker a lot like himself. But Michelle Williams, as his mother, is the soul of this fractious family drama.

The actor Gabriel LaBelle plays an adolescent Sammy Fabelman, a stand-in for Steven Spielberg.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Ryan Coogler
Shadowed by Chadwick Boseman’s death, this sequel focuses King T’Challa’s mother and the women helping her to contend with a slippery new villain.
By A.O. SCOTT

Being Thunder
Documentary | Directed by Stéphanie Lamorré
A gentle documentary about a young person whose gender identity is woven through their life in a Rhode Island Indigenous community.
By TEO BUGBEE