Skin Deep
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Directed by Alex Schaad
A sensitive relationship drama in sci-fi trappings explores big questions about bodies, souls and intimacy.

Mala Emde and Jonas Dassler in “Skin Deep.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Bushman
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by David Schickele
A 1971 indie whose making was disrupted by its star’s deportation finally receives a release in New York.

Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam in “Bushman.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Disco Boy
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Giacomo Abbruzzese
This feature debut from the Italian director Giacomo Abbruzzese takes on ordinary people trying to free themselves from the bonds of their homelands.

Franz Rogowski, who leaves Belarus to join the French Foreign Legion in the hope of starting a new life.
By BRANDON YU

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She Is Conann
Not Rated | Action, Fantasy | Directed by Bertrand Mandico
This feminist riff on “Conan the Barbarian” is a sci-fi horror movie sprinkled with a bit of glam-rock fairy dust.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Argylle
PG-13 | Action, Thriller | Directed by Matthew Vaughn
A simulacrum of a spy movie offers few pleasures and plenty of headaches.
By ALISSA WILKINSON