NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Corsage
NYT Critic’s Pick | Biography, Drama, History | Directed by Marie Kreutzer
A transfixing Vicky Krieps plays the Empress of Austria who, at 40, begins to chafe against her predictably cosseted life.


Vicky Krieps as the Empress of Austria, caught between the privileges that at once exalt and suffocate her.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Women Talking
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley adapts Miriam Toews’s novel into a timely political parable with a stellar ensemble cast.


Judith Ivey as Agata and Claire Foy as Salome in “Women Talking,” | Directed by Sarah Polley.
By A.O. SCOTT

No Bears
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Jafar Panahi
The latest feature from Jafar Panahi, who is currently imprisoned in Iran, explores the subversive power and the ethical limitations of filmmaking.

The Iranian director Jafar Panahi in “No Bears,” which he filmed in secret earlier this year.
The Iranian director Jafar Panahi in “No Bears,” which he filmed in secret earlier this year.
By A.O. SCOTT

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