NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Fair Play
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Chloe Domont
One couple can’t achieve work-life balance is in this impeccable debut feature from Chloe Domont.


Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor in “Fair Play.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, War | Directed by William Friedkin
William Friedkin’s final film, an adaptation of the Herman Wouk play, offers a bracing demonstration of the director’s sensibility and craft.


Kiefer Sutherland in “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” the final film directed by William Friedkin.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Mister Organ
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by David Farrier
A documentarian’s investigation into peculiar events outside a New Zealand antiques shop turns into a horror story.


Michael Organ, the subject of “Mister Organ,” directed by David Farrier.
By GLENN KENNY

Joan Baez I Am a Noise
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Miri Navasky, Maeve O’Boyle, Karen O’Connor
A new documentary about the folk singer and activist Joan Baez contains a gold mine of archival materials.


“Joan Baez I Am a Noise,” directed by Karen O’Connor, Miri Navasky and Maeve O’Boyle, is more than a biographical account of the singer’s life.
By CHRIS AZZOPARDI

My Love Affair with Marriage
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Animation, Comedy, Drama, Musical | Directed by Signe Baumane
This animated musical about a young woman’s sexual and romantic awakening uses a gloriously tactile aesthetic.


A scene from “My Love Affair With Marriage.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

The Royal Hotel
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Thriller | Directed by Kitty Green
Two young women struggle to handle the obstreperous patrons of a remote Australian pub in this coolly calibrated thriller.


Jessica Henwick and Julia Garner in “The Royal Hotel.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Two Cult Classics Restored and Brimming With Chaotic Life
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Crime, Drama, Musical, Thriller | Directed by Emilio Fernández
Timothy Carey’s erratically brilliant “The World’s Greatest Sinner” and Emilio Fernández’s redemption melodrama “Victims of Sin” finally come to big screens.


Timothy Carey in “The World’s Greatest Sinner,” which he also diected.
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Colette and Justin
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Alain Kassanda
In a new documentary, a filmmaker turns his lens on his grandparents during a pivotal moment in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

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Foe
R | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Garth Davis
Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal play a farm couple with a less-than-idyllic marriage in the Midwest of the future.
By BEN KENIGSBERG