RRR
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Action, Drama | Directed by S.S. Rajamouli
Scenes of glorious excess make the screen hum with energy in S.S. Rajamouli’s action epic set in British colonial India.

N.T. Rama Rao Jr. in “RRR.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Donbass
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Sergey Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa’s film, completed in 2018, presents an absurd, horrific tableau of cruelty and corruption.

A scene from “Donbass,” Directed by Sergei Loznitsa.
By A.O. SCOTT

The Girl and the Spider2
NYT Critic’s Pick | Unrated | Drama | Directed by Ramon Zürcher, Silvan Zürcher
The twin brothers Ramon and Silvan Zürcher have created a wonderfully discombobulating feature about an apartment move.

Henriette Confurius, left, and Sabine Timoteo in “The Girl and the Spider.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

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Sonic the Hedgehog 22
PG | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Jeff Fowler
Jim Carrey’s reprised role as a villainous weirdo helps this fast-paced, family-friendly video-game-movie sequel maintain a refreshing silliness.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Nitram
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Thriller | Directed by Justin Kurzel
In this unnerving drama based on a true crime, a lonely outsider reaches his breaking point.

Caleb Landry Jones stars in “Nitram.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

You Won’t Be Alone
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror | Directed by Goran Stolevski
A supernaturally altered young woman learns how to be human in this mesmerizing folk-horror tale.

Sara Klimoska, left, and Anamaria Marinca in “You Won’t Be Alone.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Babi Yar. Context
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, History | Directed by Sergey Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa’s new documentary, about the mass murder of Ukrainian Jews in 1941, arrives in theaters with a grim context of its own.

Sergei Loznitsa’s new documentary “Babi Yar: Context,” about a Nazi-led massacre in Ukraine, is made from footage Germans and Soviets recorded of their campaigns there.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Moonshot
PG-13 | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Christopher Winterbauer
Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor have a meet-cute en route to Mars in the young adult rom-com “Moonshot,” streaming on HBO Max.
By CALUM MARSH

Better Nate Than Ever
PG | Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical | Directed by Tim Federle
Hearty performances elevate this effusive Disney+ family comedy, even as the movie itself is awkward in its handling of its core subject.
By AMY NICHOLSON

The Rose Maker
Comedy | Directed by Pierre Pinaud
A boutique cultivator competing with industrial farms initiates a war of the roses in this gentle French comedy by Pierre Pinaud.
By TEO BUGBEE

Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood
PG-13 | Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi | Directed by Richard Linklater
Richard Linklater’s new animated film tells the story of the moon landing with some tongue-in-cheek revisionism.
By A.O. SCOTT

Everything Everywhere All at Once
NYT Critic’s Pick } R | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Michelle Yeoh stars as a stressed-out laundromat owner dragged into cosmic battle and genre chaos.

From left, Stephanie Hsu, Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, who play a beleaguered family in “Everything Everywhere All at Once.”
By A.O. SCOTT

You Are Not My Mother
NYT Critic’s Pick } Drama, Horror | Directed by Kate Dolan
A lonely teenager is traumatized by her mother’s volatile behavior in this impressive horror debut.

Hazel Doupe and Ingrid Craigie in “You Are Not My Mother.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Wood and Water
NYT Critic’s Pick } Drama | Directed by Jonas Bak
In this elegant feature debut about modern alienation, the German writer-director Jonas Bak casts his real-life mother as a retired secretary who travels to Hong Kong to visit her estranged son.

Anke Bak and Patrick Lo in “Wood and Water.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Superior
NYT Critic’s Pick } Drama, Thriller | Directed by Erin Vassilopoulos
Two identical sisters reunite under mysterious circumstances in a compelling debut feature from Erin Vassilopoulos.

Ani Mesa in “Superior.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

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The Lost City
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Directed by Aaron Nee, Adam Nee
Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum and a vamping Brad Pitt run around in a romantic adventure that you have seen before and will see again.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Mothering Sunday
R | Drama, Romance | Directed by Eva Husson
A fine British cast is featured in this mildly transgressive love story set in the aftermath of World War I.
By A.O. SCOTT

— And Now for Something Completely Different —

THE PROJECTIONIST
Oscars 2022 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress?
In an interesting year with a duel for the top award and some wide-open races, here’s how our expert is marking his ballot.
By Kyle Buchanan

2022 OSCARS BALLOT

Întregalde
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Radu Muntean
A Romanian satire charts what happens when some humanitarian aid workers set out to save others (and need to be saved themselves).

A bump in the road to good works: from left, Ilona Brezoianu, Maria Popistasu and Alex Bogdan in “Intregalde.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

X
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Horror | Directed by Ti West
Ti West’s latest is a slasher film about the making of a porno film, but the result might not be what you expect.

Mia Goth in “X,” from the director Ti West, whose inspirations appear to include “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” and “Debbie Does Dallas.”
By A.O. SCOTT

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More Than Robots
Documentary | Directed by Gillian Jacobs
Despite the movie’s title, robots are the subject and spectacle of this lighthearted film about a high school robotics competition.
By TEO BUGBEE

All My Friends Hate Me
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Horror | Directed by Andrew Gaynord
Things turn nasty when a peculiar stranger infiltrates a reunion of college pals in this clever horror-comedy.

From left, Georgina Campbell, Graham Dickson, Tom Stourton, Antonia Clarke and Joshua McGuire in “All My Friends Hate Me.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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Last Exit: Space
Documentary | Directed by Rudolph Herzog
The director Rudolph Herzog, with his father, Werner Herzog, narrating, explores the feasibility of off-world colonization.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Turning Red
PG | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Directed by Domee Shi
A 13-year-old girl becomes a red panda when she loses her cool in Domee Shi’s heartwarming but wayward coming-of-age film.
By MAYA PHILLIPS

Ultrasound
Sci-Fi | Directed by Rob Schroeder
This genre hybrid opens on a dark, stormy night, takes a turn into a narrative maze only to dead end despite some promising kinks.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Gold
R | Action, Thriller | Directed by Anthony Hayes
Zac Efron stars in an unrelentingly miserable post-apocalyptic movie from the Australian actor and director Anthony Hayes.
By AMY NICHOLSON

The Adam Project
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Shawn Levy
Ryan Reynolds plays a time traveling wise cracker in Shawn Levy’s science fiction adventure.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

The Cherry Bushido
PG-13 | Drama, Fantasy | Directed by Hiroshi Akabane
Japanese nationalism and religious faith fuel a battle in the spirit realm in this awkward martial-arts fantasy.
By WESLEY MORRIS

— And now for something completely different —

How Well Do You Know ‘The Godfather’? The Quiz Nobody Asked For
Accept this quiz as a gift for the film’s 50th anniversary.
By TALA SAFIE

L’inconnu de Shandigor
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Action | Directed by Jean-Louis Roy
What if you had a formula to sterilize all the world’s nuclear weapons? This newly restored 1967 spy spoof suggests you’d be much sought-after.

Daniel Emilfork in “The Unknown Man of Shandigor.”
By GLENN KENNY

Great Freedom
NYT Critic’s Pick | Unrated | Drama | Directed by Sebastian Meise
In this moving period drama, a German gay man repeatedly declares his independence in a country that criminalizes his desire and his identity.

Only connect: Franz Rogowski in Sebastian Meise’s “Great Freedom.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Fresh
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | Directed by Mimi Cave
Daisy Edgar-Jones and Sebastian Stan star in a dazzling (and very funny) cannibal romance from Mimi Cave.

Daisy Edgar-Jones in “Fresh.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

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The Batman
PG-13 | Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Directed by Matt Reeves
Robert Pattinson puts on the Batsuit and cats around with Zoë Kravitz in the latest attempt to reimagine the Caped Crusader.
By A.O. SCOTT

The Long Walk
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Directed by Mattie Do
This Laotian drama from Mattie Do presents a world where spirits linger on into a future that has been shaped by technology.
By TEO BUGBEE

After Yang
PG | Drama, Sci-Fi | Directed by Kogonada
Colin Farrell plays a father who tries to repair the family’s caretaker-android in a science-fiction tale about what it means to be human.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Rock Bottom Riser
Documentary | Directed by Fern Silva
This experimental documentary takes viewers on a psychedelic tour of Hawaii, exploring the tension between scientific inquiry and Indigenous preservation.
By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

Herr Bachmann und seine Klasse
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Maria Speth
Maria Speth’s enthralling documentary spends a year in the classroom of an unconventional teacher in a German industrial town.

Dieter Bachmann, observed by the filmmaker Maria Speth, in “Mr. Bachmann and His Class.”
By A.O. SCOTT

Servants
NYT Critic’s Pick | Unrated | Drama | Directed by Ivan Ostrochovský
Teenage priests in training resist the mingling of church and the Communist state in Ivan Ostrochovsky’s drama.

Samuel Skyva, left, with Samuel Polakovic in “Servants.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Friends and Strangers
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama | Directed by James Vaughan
In this funny, productively cryptic Australian feature, the characters are alternately abrasive and invasive.

By BEN KENIGSBERG

Three Months
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Jared Frieder
This sensitive comedy by Jared Frieder sketches a relationship that blossoms in the shadow of not knowing.

From left, Viveik Kalra and Troye Sivan in “Three Months,” a film by Jared Frieder.
By TEO BUGBEE

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Cyrano
PG-13D | rama, Musical, Romance | Directed by Joe Wright
Peter Dinklage wields pen and sword in a musical adaptation of the durable French romance.
By A.O. SCOTT

2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation
Animation | Directed by
From near-future nightmares to inspirational sports narratives, this year’s shorts are an eclectic bunch.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS AND AMY NICHOLSON AND BEN KENIGSBERG

A Banquet
NYT Critic’s Pick | Horror | Directed by Ruth Paxton
A family of grieving women is thrown once more into chaos when the eldest daughter refuses to eat, saying she must do so by divine decree.

By LENA WILSON

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Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by Rory Kennedy
This documentary on Netflix leaves the impression that the 737 Max’s entire existence is rotten.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Kimi
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Crime, Drama, Thriller | Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Zoë Kravitz stars in the latest from Steven Soderbergh, a story that plays with genre, triggers your anxieties and shreds your nerves.

Zoë Kravitz in Steven Soderbergh’s woman-in-peril movie “KIMI.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Playground
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Laura Wandel
In this stunning Belgian drama, a little girl and her brother go to school, read, write, fight and learn some brutal lessons about life.

Family ties: Maya Vanderbeque, left, and Günter Duret play brother and sister in Laura Wandel’s “Playground.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Sky Is Everywhere
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Josephine Decker
Josephine Decker unlooses a slipstream of adolescent passion and anguish in this radiant drama about a musician grieving the loss of her big sister.

Jacques Colimon, left, with Grace Kaufman in “The Sky Is Everywhere.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

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The Fabulous Filipino Brothers
Comedy, Romance | Directed by Dante Basco
The Abasta family of California is celebrating a wedding. The Basco family writes, directs and stars in this warm, welcoming comedy.
By TEO BUGBEE

Death on the Nile
PG-13 | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Kenneth Branagh’s second adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot stories forgets the simple pleasures of ensemble excess and pure messing about.
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Indemnity
Action, Thriller | Directed by Travis Taute
This South African thriller trades plausibility and originality for a worthy substitute: a great deal of fun.
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Big Bug
TV-MA | Comedy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet
A squabbling family is locked in its home by robots in this overlong artificial-intelligence comedy on Netflix.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Lingui
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
In this electric liberation story from Chad, a mother struggles to protect her daughter’s future and finds both herself and a world of possibility.

Rihane Khalil Alio, left, and Achouackh Abakar Souleymane in Mahamat-Saleh Haroun’s “Lingui, the Sacred Bonds.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Worst Person in the World
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Directed by Joachim Trier
Renate Reinsve stars in Joachim Trier’s funny-sad story of a woman on the verge of figuring herself out.

Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie in “The Worst Person in the World,” from the director Joachim Trier.
By A.O. SCOTT

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Celeste Bell, Paul Sng
In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk rock mother.

Poly Styrene as seen in the new documentary “Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché.”
By LISA KENNEDY

Jackass Forever
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary, Action, Comedy | Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Sharp cinematography and enviable camaraderie continue to hoist Johnny Knoxville and friends above their many imitators in this deceptively kindhearted sequel.

Clockwise from left: Johnny Knoxville, Rachel Wolfson, Steve-O and Sean McInerney in “Jackass Forever.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

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Moonfall
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Directed by Roland Emmerich
Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson save the world from a rogue moon in the latest disaster movie from the director of “Independence Day.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG