Love Lies Bleeding
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Directed by Rose Glass
In this neo-noir, the ever reliable, always watchable actress plays a small-town loner who’s struck by the unexpected arrival of a mysterious drifter.
aty O’Brian and Kristen Stewart in “Love Lies Bleeding.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS
— Of Possible Interest —
36 HOURS
36 Hours in Austin
Admire the skyline from a kayak, treat yourself to barbecue and start each morning with a breakfast taco in the colorful capital of Texas.
By SHANNON SIMS
A GOOD APPETITE
A Comforting Rice Dish That Won’t Break the Bank
Adas polo, a Persian recipe perfumed with cinnamon and layered with caramelized onions and dates, only feels expensive.
You can make adas polo as simple or as elaborate as you like, but this minimalist version features warmed dates.
By MELISSA CLARK
A Complexly Flavored (but Weeknight-Friendly) Vegan Curry
Meera Sodha’s easy recipe combines tender cauliflower, buttery cashews, sweet peas and warming spices for a five-star, reader-favorite dinner.
By MIA LEIMKUHLER
Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Chinese takeaway-style tofu and vegetable curry
This nostalgic, fragrant pot of curry smells and tastes as authentically Saturday night as a favourite TV show
Meera Sodha’s Chinese takeaway- style tofu and vegetable curry.
Meera Sodha
THE POUR
To Find Great Values in Italian Wine, Look to Abruzzo
A new generation of exacting growers and winemakers has brought vitality to an Italian region known for its cheap wines.
By ERIC ASIMOV
Dune: Part Two
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya make an appealing pair in Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up film, and the actors fit together with tangible ease.
Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Zendaya as Chani in “Dune: Part Two.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Shayda
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Noora Niasari
This stirring film from Noora Niasari follows an Iranian woman and her daughter living in a women’s shelter in Australia.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN
Spaceman
R | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | Directed by Johan Renck
Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan star in a baffling Netflix misfire about a man in, well, space.
By ALISSA WILKINSON
30 Chefs Open Up About Tipping, Gen Z Cooks and You the Customer
In hours of interviews, we talked with highly accomplished chefs from all over the country about the challenges of running a restaurant today.
By JULIA MOSKIN
Why Is Mercury Stubbornly High in Tuna? Researchers Might Have an Answer.
Old accumulations of the toxic metal in the deep sea are circulating into shallower waters where the fish feed, new research found.
Skipjack tuna in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, in October. Thousands of tuna samples collected around the world from 1971 to 2022 showed mercury levels almost unchanged.
By Hiroko Tabuchi
ASK KENJI
Why Do Some Foods Freeze Better Than Others?
In his new column, Ask Kenji, the cookbook author Kenji López-Alt answers your questions. First up: why smaller is better in the freezer.
Speed is key when it comes to effective freezing, and, since smaller ingredients, like peas and broccoli florets, freeze faster, they’re great candidates.
By J. KENJI LÓPEZ-ALT
A GOOD APPETITE
3 Hearty Vegetarian Stews That Don’t Take Hours on the Stove
White bean-tomato, red lentil-barley, sweet potato-tofu: These lush recipes from Melissa Clark bring out the best in winter vegetables.
For something warming, look to these three stews built on simmered vegetables.
By MELISSA CLARK
A GOOD APPETITE
When Hot Bacon Meets Sliced Brussels Sprouts, Salad Happens
A hot bacon dressing, a crispy-edged fried egg and sliced brussels sprouts star in this meal-worthy take on a Southern classic.
Make the most of winter’s brussels sprout bounty with this bacon-y salad.
By MELISSA CLARK
Io Capitano
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Matteo Garrone
The Italian director of the film “Gomorrah” focuses his tender yet unsparing lens on two teenage boys journeying from their home in Senegal to Europe.
Seydou Sarr, left, and Moustapha Fall in “Io Capitano,” directed by Matteo Garrone.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
About Dry Grasses
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The latest intimate epic from the master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan asks whether the world can change, and we can change with it.
Deniz Celiloglu and Musab Ekici in “About Dry Grasses.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON
Stopmotion
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Animation, Horror | Directed by Robert Morgan
A fraying animator becomes the victim of her own creations in this visually sophisticated horror movie.
Aisling Franciosi in “Stopmotion.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
The Invisible Fight
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Action, Comedy | Directed by Rainer Sarnet
This action comedy set in the 1970s satisfyingly blends kung fu, heavy metal and Orthodox Christianity.
Ursel Tilk, top center, in “The Invisible Fight.”
By AMY NICHOLSON
Bringing to Light the Cuisine of Hercules Posey, George Washington’s Enslaved Chef
For more than 200 years, the story of the nation’s first presidential chef has been lost to history, but a group of historians is working to give Hercules Posey his due.
By Ramin Ganeshram
Why a Tire Company Gives Out Food’s Most Famous Award
THE POUR
The Twilight of the American Sommelier
The job, once seen as an essential feature of any establishment serious about wine, now seems to be a luxury in the post-pandemic restaurant economy.
By Eric Asimov
The Arc of Oblivion
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Ian Cheney
A documentary about building an ark turns into a funny, thoughtful rumination on the nature of human preservation.
A scene from Ian Cheney’s documentary “The Arc of Oblivion.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON
— Of Possible Interest —
2024 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Not Rated
Many of this year’s films take a darker turn, but there is some levity among the bunch.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS AND MAYA PHILLIPS AND BEN KENIGSBERG
When the Breakup Ruins Your Favorite Restaurant
Getting dumped while dining out doesn’t just happen in movies. And in real life, it could put you off your favorite place forever.
By BECKY HUGHES
A GOOD APPETITE
Pistachio Cheesecake, 2 Ways: Super Simple and Simply Showstopping
The slightly sweet nut shines in these two smart recipes from Melissa Clark.
Store-bought pistachio paste gives this impressive cheesecake a deeply nutty flavor without a lot of fuss.
By MELISSA CLARK
There’s No Limit to What the Negroni Can Do
Play with its simple formula, and you can make a number of delicious, bittersweet cocktails.
Drop the gin in a Negroni, and you have a light, gorgeous Milano-Torino.
By Rebekah Peppler
THE POUR
This Valentine’s Day, Say It With Wine
For occasions like a day that spotlights sweets, a special bottle of sweet wine might be the perfect ending.
By Eric Asimov
Bob Moore, Who Founded Bob’s Red Mill, Is Dead at 94
A former gas station owner, he was learning to read the Bible in its original languages when he changed course and started what became an artisanal-grains powerhouse.
Bob Moore, the founder of Bob’s Red Mill, at his retail store in Milwaukie, Ore., in 2010. His company grew from serving the Portland area to become a global natural-foods behemoth.
By ALEX WILLIAMS
David Bouley, Influential New York Chef, Dies at 70
At restaurants like Montrachet and Bouley, he channeled French nouvelle cuisine to create the New American style.
The chef and restaurateur David Bouley in 2017 at Bouley at Home, a New York enterprise that included a dining room, a food lab, a cooking school and a bake shop.
By JULIA MOSKIN
Here
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Bas Devos
In Bas Devos’s muted and luminous Belgian drama, two lonely souls repeatedly encounter each other.
Liyo Gong, left, and Stefan Gota in “Here.”
By LISA KENNEDY
Out of Darkness
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Horror, Thriller | Directed by Andrew Cumming
A Stone Age tribe is hunted by an unseen entity in this wondrously atmospheric survival thriller, which unfolds in a fictional language.
Safia Oakley-Green in “Out of Darkness.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Molli and Max in the Future
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Michael Lukk Litwak
This rom-com brings futuristic absurdity and nimble timing to a comfort-food story line of friends turned soul mates.
Aristotle Athari and Zosia Mamet in “Molli and Max in the Future.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
Ennio
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Biography, History, Music | Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
A lively, absorbing documentary about the Italian composer whose music is featured in hundreds of movies, from “A Fistful of Dollars” to “Kill Bill.”
Ennio Morricone, who died at age 91 in 2020, bridged musical worlds and blurred the lines between the serious and the pop.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
The Taste of Things
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, History, Romance | Directed by Anh Hung Tran
Juliette Binoche stars in an instant culinary classic that exquisitely captures the kitchen’s bittersweet blessing.
Juliette Binoche in “The Taste of Things.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON
Perfect Days
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Drama | Directed by Wim Wenders
Directed by Wim Wenders, this Oscar-nominated Japanese drama gently excavates the life of a toilet cleaner, and the shadows that lurk inside.
Koji Yakusho in “Perfect Days.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON
Who Created Butter Chicken? India’s Great Curry Clash.
A court has been asked to solve a bitter dispute between two families who have very different accounts of the origins of a dish beloved around the world.
By Suhasini RajPhotographs and Video by Anindito Mukherjee
Reporting from New Delhi
THE POUR
This Valentine’s Day, Say It With Wine
For occasions like a day that spotlights sweets, a special bottle of sweet wine might be the perfect ending.
By Eric Asimov