The Kitchen
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Daniel Kaluuya, Kibwe Tavares
Directing their first feature, Kibwe Tavares and Daniel Kaluuya spin a warmly humane story of cross-generational connection.

Kane Robinson, left, with Jedaiah Bannerman in “The Kitchen.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Thien An Pham
An uncommonly strong debut from the Vietnamese director Pham Thien An asks existential questions without answers.

Vu Ngoc Manh, left, with Le Phong Vu in “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

The Settlers
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Crime, Drama, History, Western | Directed by Felipe Gálvez Haberle
This harrowing drama takes place in Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago in the southernmost part of South America, in 1901.

Mishell Guaña in “The Settlers,” a film directed by Felipe Gálvez.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Inshallah a Boy
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Amjad Al Rasheed
In this film by Amjad Al Rasheed, a young widow in Jordan strains against the tradition, underpinned by law, that without a man she is nothing.

Mouna Hawa in “Inshallah a Boy,” directed by Amjad Al Rasheed.
By LISA KENNEDY

Apolonia, Apolonia
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Lea Glob
The painter Apolonia Sokol is the ostensible subject of a wide-ranging documentary about life itself.

The artist Apolonia Sokol in the documentary “Apolonia, Apolonia.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON