Inside Out 2
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy | Directed by Kelsey Mann
Anxiety meets Joy in Pixar’s eager, predictably charming sequel to its innovative 2015 hit. Sadness is still around, too, as are Fear and Disgust.

Joy (Amy Poehler) and Anxiety (Maya Hawke) are two of the voices in the head of Riley, who is turning 13 and acquiring the feelings that come with it.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Tiger Stripes
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Horror | Directed by Amanda Nell Eu
Myth and the changes of puberty combine in Amanda Nell Eu’s fierce, funny debut feature.

From left, Deena Ezral, Zafreen Zairizal, and Piqa in “Tiger Stripes.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Summer Solstice
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Noah Schamus
A triumph of sensitivity, Noah Schamus’s debut feature tracks a rural reunion between old friends struggling to recover their bond.

Marianne Rendón and Bobbi Salvör Menuez in “Summer Solstice.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

I Used to Be Funny
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Ally Pankiw
The film, which stars Rachel Sennott as a stand-up comedian, looks at the aftereffects of trauma on a character who wields quips as both weapon and shield.

Rachel Sennott in “I Used to Be Funny.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Tuesday
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Fantasy | Directed by Daina Oniunas-Pusic
Julia Louis-Dreyfus journeys from denial to acceptance in this imaginative fantasy-drama about grief and motherhood.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus in “Tuesday.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Bad Boys: Ride or Die
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller | Directed by Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah
In their latest buddy cop movie, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are still speeding through Miami. The franchise has rarely felt so assured, relaxed and knowingly funny.

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah.
By ROBERT DANIELS

The Dead Don’t Hurt
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Western | Directed by Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen gives his film a nested, at times unnecessarily complicated structure, but with performances this good, it’s hard to mind much.

Viggo Mortensen not only stars in “The Dead Don’t Hurt” but also wrote it, directed it and composed the score.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

The Great Lillian Hall
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Michael Cristofer
Jessica Lange is ideally cast as a grande dame of the theater who is facing a reckoning in this well-crafted melodrama by Michael Cristofer.

Jessica Lange in “The Great Lillian Hall,” with Jesse Williams, standing behind her, reflected in the mirror.
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

In a Violent Nature
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Directed by Chris Nash
Chris Nash’s ultraviolent horror movie is an unexpectedly serene, almost dreamlike meditation on a murderous psyche.

Ry Barrett in “In a Violent Nature.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Robot Dreams
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Animation, Drama, Family, Music | Directed by Pablo Berger
This animated film from Pablo Berger is a silent wonder that says everything about love.

The happy dog-robot pair in the animated film “Robot Dreams.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Handling the Undead
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Directed by Thea Hvistendahl
A zombie movie is wrapped in a gentle tale of mourning and love.

Renate Reinsve in “Handling the Undead.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

MoviePass, MovieCrash
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Comedy, Crime, Drama | Directed by Muta’Ali Muhammad
An illuminating documentary about the ill-fated (though now-revived) subscription service finds an unexpected story.

“MoviePass, MovieCrash,” a new documentary by Muta’Ali, premiering Wednesday on HBO, answers a lot of questions about what, exactly, happened to the to-good-to-be-true subscription company.
By ALISSA WILKINSON

— Of Possible Interest —

Backspot
Not Rated | Drama | Directed by D.W. Waterson
This queer high school movie, starring Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood, channels an after-school special without the coming-out trauma.
By LISA KENNEDY

Hit Man
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance | Directed by Richard Linklater
Glen Powell stars in one of the year’s funniest, sexiest, most enjoyable movies — and somehow it’s surprisingly deep, too.

Adria Arjona and Glen Powell in “Hit Man.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
NYT Critic’s Pick | RAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by George Miller
The fifth installment of George Miller’s series delivers an origin story of Furiosa, the hard-bitten driver played here by Anya Taylor-Joy.

The character keeps her hair in the prequel.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

In Our Day
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Hong Sang-soo
The Korean director Hong Sang-soo winds together the slenderest strands of two intersecting stories to make a tender film about simple pleasures.

A scene from “In Our Day,” with the poet Uiju (Ki Joo-bong), left, socializing with two students.
By BRANDON YU

A Prince
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Pierre Creton
Sex, death and domination fuel this beautifully enigmatic pastoral drama from France, which presents the gay coming-of-age of an apprentice gardener.

Vincent Barré and Pierre Creton in “A Prince.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Gasoline Rainbow
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Adventure | Directed by Bill Ross IV, Turner Ross
This semi-fictional tale of a road trip for weirdos is full of joy.

From left, Micah Bunch, Makai Garza, Tony Aburto, Nichole Dukes and Nathaly Garcia in “Gasoline Rainbow.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Directed by Wes Ball
The latest installment in an excellent series finds mythology turning into power.

From left, Raka (Peter Macon), Noa (Owen Teague) and Nova (Freya Allan) in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

I Saw the TV Glow
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, Horror | Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
An outstanding not-quite-horror film about being a fan just before the internet took over.

Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in “I Saw the TV Glow.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Unfrosted
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Biography, Comedy, History | Directed by Jerry Seinfeld
Starring Jerry Seinfeld in his feature directing debut, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is the only corporate saga whose main ingredient is high-fructose sarcasm.

From left, Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan in “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Evil Does Not Exist
NYT Critic’s Pick
Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up his sublime drama “Drive My Car” with a parable about a rural Japanese village and the resort developer eyeing its land.

Hitoshi Omika, left, and Ryo Nishikawa play father and daughter in “Evil Does Not Exist.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Turtles All the Way Down
PG-13 | Drama, Romance | Directed by Hannah Marks
Hannah Marks’s adaptation of John Green’s blockbuster young-adult novel builds a dynamic depiction of a teenager with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Terrestrial Verses
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami
Ordinary Iranians face a maze of byzantine rules and small indignities in this series of gripping vignettes.

Sadaf Asgari in “Terrestrial Verses,” written and directed by Ali Asgari and Alireza Khatami. The movie unfolds as a series of vignettes.
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Nowhere Special
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Uberto Pasolini
This understated tear-jerker sees a dying single father making future family plans for his toddler son.

Daniel Lamont, left, with James Norton in “Nowhere Special.”
By GLENN KENNY

Challengers
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Romance, Sport | Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist play friends, lovers and foes on and off the tennis court in Luca Guadagnino’s latest.

Two sides of a love triangle: Zendaya and Josh O’Connor in “Challengers.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Humane
R | Horror, Thriller | Directed by Caitlin Cronenberg
Caitlin Cronenberg’s debut feature is set in a dystopian world that’s alarmingly believable.
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Ain’t none.

— Of Possible Interest —

Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Zack Snyder
A delirious, pulpy mishmash of knockoffs, Zack Snyder’s film isn’t good, but it sure is something.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Stress Positions
Not Rated | Comedy | Directed by Theda Hammel
The writer-director Theda Hammel’s biting, delirious quarantine comedy skewers white gay men in a world where fact, fiction and authentic experiences collide.
By LISA KENNEDY

Food, Inc. 2
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, News | Directed by Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo
Directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, the sequel about food production in the U.S. is, in some ways, a more hopeful film.

“Food, Inc. 2,” Directed by Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, begins by describing how the last few years have shown the risks of letting a handful of mega-suppliers dominate the market.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy | Directed by Wade Allain-Marcus
Wade Allain-Marcus has directed a rollicking update of the 1991 cult favorite.

Donielle Hansley Jr. and Simone Joy Jones in “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

In Flames
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, Horror | Directed by Zarrar Kahn
Set in Pakistan, the story of a young woman and her family, hemmed in by men, shifts from realism to genre, with heart-pumping consequences.

Ramesha Nawal in “In Flames.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Civil War
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action | Directed by Alex Garland
In Alex Garland’s tough new movie, a group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst, as a photographer, travels a United States at war with itself.

Kirsten Dunst plays a war photographer in Alex Garland’s “Civil War.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

It’s Only Life After All
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Music | Directed by Alexandria Bombach
The director Alexandria Bombach benefited from the musician Amy Ray’s archivist instincts in this warm, compelling new documentary.

Amy Ray and Emily Saliers were routinely mocked for being too earnest, too poetic, too folky, too lesbian. The documentary “It’s Only Life After All” takes a look at their legacy.
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI