The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Bruce Weber
A documentary by Bruce Weber about a nonagenarian Italian photographer is sprinkled with la dolce vita, our critic writes.

A scene in “The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo.”
By GLENN KENNY

Blanquita
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Fernando Guzzoni
Based on a sex scandal that sent waves throughout Chile in the early 2000s, the film looks at the meaning of victimhood and the impotence of black-and-white systems of justice.

Laura López in “Blanquita.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

The Eternal Daughter
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, Mystery | Directed by Joanna Hogg
The actress astonishes in two roles in Joanna Hogg’s haunting film set in a creaky castle in Wales.

Ever the chameleon: Tilda Swinton as Julie, the daughter of Rosalind, whom Swinton also plays in “The Eternal Daughter.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Return to Seoul
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Davy Chou
On a whim, a Frenchwoman goes to visit South Korea, the country of her birth, in Davy Chou’s drama.

Park Ji-Min in “Return to Seoul.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard
With arresting interviews and archival footage, this documentary looks back at a 1960s voting-rights campaign in Alabama that gave rise to a national movement for Black power.

A scene from “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power,” a documentary directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard.
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Tantura
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Alon Schwarz
Revisiting a graduate thesis that caused controversy in Israel two decades ago, this documentary examines evidence of a possible massacre in 1948.

Teddy Katz in the documentary “Tantura.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Sr.
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Chris Smith
This documentary highlights Robert Downey Sr.’s charisma and curiosity even when it shows him in decline.

Robert Downey Sr. in the documentary “Sr.”
By GLENN KENNY