Aurora’s Sunrise
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Animation | Directed by Inna Sahakyan
This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories.

A scene from the documentary that includes animation, “Aurora’s Sunrise.”
By TEO BUGBEE

Medusa Deluxe
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Mystery | Directed by Thomas Hardiman
A gruesome attack on a stylist upends a hairdressing contest in this invigoratingly bold debut.

Clare Perkins, left, with Lilit Lesser in “Medusa Deluxe.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

King Coal
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.

By following two girls in “King Coal,” the director Elaine McMillion Sheldon considers the future of the Appalachian region.
By ROBERT DANIELS

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter
R | Horror | Directed by André Øvredal
This horror movie, based on a chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” is set on a cargo ship unwittingly transporting an evil demon.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Red, White & Royal Blue
R | Comedy, Romance | Directed by Matthew López
This film, about an American president’s son who falls for a British prince, starts with a giddy premise and has the derring-do to succeed.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Jules
PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Marc Turtletaub
Ben Kingsley plays an elderly man struggling with a fading memory when an extraterrestrial crashes into his life.
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

The Pod Generation
PG-13 | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Sophie Barthes
This satire on our techno-capitalist future is best enjoyed the way it’s made — without taking itself too seriously.
By BRANDON YU