NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Animation | Directed by Christopher McCulloch
A beloved Adult Swim cartoon comes back to tie up some loose ends.


Dean Venture (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas), left, and Dr. Orpheus (Steven Rattazzi) in “The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart.”
By DANIELLE DOWLING

Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Salima Koroma
The fraught behind-the-scenes drama of the short-lived quiz game app is chronicled in this smart, briskly funny documentary.


A still from the documentary “Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia,” directed by Salima Koroma.
By CALUM MARSH

They Cloned Tyrone
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Juel Taylor
In Juel Taylor’s imaginative sci-fi movie, Boyega teams up with Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris to find the forces undermining their community.


Teyonah Parris as Yo-Yo, Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles, John Boyega as Fontaine in “They Cloned Tyrone,” a film Directed by Juel Taylor.
By ROBERT DANIELS

Remainder
NYT Critic’s Pick | Directed by Na Jiazuo
In Na Jiazuo’s striking directorial debut, young people inhabit a place seemingly made up of those who owe money and the thugs who try to beat it out of them.


Huang Miyi, left, and Li Jiuxiao in “Streetwise.”
By GLENN KENNY

Return to Dust
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Ruijun Li
Li Ruijun’s newest feature is a touching portrait of love and resiliency that doubles as a critique of China’s ruling class.


Hai Qing and Wu Renlin in “Return to Dust.”
By AUSTIN CONSIDINE

Oppenheimer
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Biography, Drama, History | Directed by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan’s complex, vivid portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” is a brilliant achievement in formal and conceptual terms.


Christopher Nolan’s new film, “Oppenheimer,” Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

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Barbie
PG-13 | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Directed by Greta Gerwig
She’s in the driver’s seat, headed for uncharted territory (flat feet!). But there are limits to how much dimension even Greta Gerwig can give this branded material.
By MANOHLA DARGIS