Palm Springs

NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Romance | Directed by Max Barbakow

Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti star in a fresh and funny comedy that might remind you of something you saw before.
By A.O. SCOTT

The Old Guard

NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Fantasy | Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

Charlize Theron leads a group of immortal warriors in Gina Prince-Bythewood’s fresh take on the superhero genre.
By A.O. SCOTT

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We Are Little Zombies

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Music | Directed by Makoto Nagahisa

Wry humor, absurd dialogue and unflagging energy propel this dazzling, manic debut from Makoto Nagahisa.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Widow of Silence

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Praveen Morchhale

Praveen Morchhale’s newest drama explores a Kashmiri woman’s desperate quest for freedom and agency.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Relic

NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror | Directed by Natalie Erika James

Natalie Erika James’s arresting debut deftly merges a classic horror genre with an allegory of dementia.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

The Truth

NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Drama, Family | Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda

Following his Palme d’Or-winning “Shoplifters,” the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda visits some of the glories of France.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Family Romance, LLC

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Werner Herzog

This hybrid work of fiction and documentary begins with a creepy feeling that is eventually replaced by an empathetic fascination.
By GLENN KENNY

Denise Ho: Becoming the Song

NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Sue Williams

This moving documentary profiles a singer who has become an influential activist in Hong Kong.
By LOVIA GYARKYE

Welcome to Chechnya

NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by David France

David France’s documentary follows a group of courageous Russian activists working to rescue victims of an anti-L.G.B.T.Q. crackdown.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Hamilton

NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Biography, Drama, History, Musical | Directed by Thomas Kail

The filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s founding-father Broadway musical arrives just in time — vital and more challenging than ever.
By A.O. SCOTT

— Of Possible Interest —

Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America

Documentary | Directed by Tom Shepard

A documentary on L.G.B.T.Q. refugees becomes progressively engaging as its subjects’ paths diverge.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Beats

NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music | Directed by Brian Welsh

Set in Scotland in 1994, the film tells a tender, moody story of friendship.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

The 11th Green

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Christopher Munch

The director Christopher Munch’s first feature since 2011 is both whimsical and dark.
By GLENN KENNY

House of Hummingbird

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Bora Kim

In this delicate movie, a teenage girl in Seoul tries to find a sense of self amid calamities small and large.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Ghost of Peter Sellers

NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Peter Medak

This documentary tells the mesmerizing story of a horrendous film shoot and the psychological flotsam left in its wake.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Lost Bullet

NYT Critic’s Pick | TV-MA | Action, Crime, Thriller | Directed by Guillaume Pierret

This tight French Netflix thriller reminds us how deeply satisfying action can be when you strip it of Hollywood flab.
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

The Pollinators

NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Peter Nelson

Colorful close-ups of thriving bees and interviews with experts show the trials that the bees and the food supply face in the United States.
By TEO BUGBEE

Mr. Jones

NYT Critic’s Pick | Biography, Drama, Thriller | Directed by Agnieszka Holland

In Agnieszka Holland’s historically informed drama, a Welsh journalist travels to 1933 Ukraine, then in the grip of famine.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Wasp Network

NYT Critic’s Pick | Thriller | Directed by Olivier Assayas

Olivier Assayas has created his most mainstream film yet, a spy story replete with double-crosses and romance.
By GLENN KENNY

Miss Juneteenth

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples

The debut feature from Channing Godfrey Peoples explores how black women and girls support each other in a world that often fails them.
By LOVIA GYARKYE

Da 5 Bloods

NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, War | Directed by Spike Lee

Spike Lee’s new joint is an anguished, funny, violent argument with and about American history, with an unforgettable performance from Delroy Lindo at its heart.
By A.O. SCOTT

Gulabo Sitabo

NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Shoojit Sircar

Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana star in this charmingly low-key Hindi comedy.
By RACHEL SALTZ

Hill of Freedom

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Sang-soo Hong

Hong Sang-soo’s film, structured as a letter with the pages out of order, is one of his most daring gambits.
By GLENN KENNY

In My Blood It Runs

NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography, History | Directed by Maya Newell

In plain vérité style, the documentary follows an Arrernte Aboriginal family in Alice Springs, Australia.
By TEO BUGBEE

Marona’s Fantastic Tale

NYT Critic’s Pick | Animation, Drama, Family | Directed by Anca Damian

At the end of her life, a dog reflects on happiness and heartbreak. But the film stays buoyant through its unique and lively animation.
By TEO BUGBEE

— Of Possible Interest —

For They Know Not What They Do

Documentary | Directed by Daniel G. Karslake

Daniel Karslake’s documentary follows four families navigating issues of faith in relation to the sexual orientations and gender identities of their children.
By LOVIA GYARKYE

Aviva

Drama, Music, Romance | Directed by Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin’s movie is fresh in two ways: in its questioning of gender, and in its use of dance as a primary mode of expression.
By BRIAN SEIBERT

The Surrogate

Drama | Directed by Jeremy Hersh

In Jeremy Hersh’s film, a woman agrees to carry a child for a gay couple, and unexpected conflicts arise.
By GLENN KENNY

Tommaso
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara’s new semi-autobiographical drama, starring Willem Dafoe, crackles with ideas and empathy.
By GLENN KENNY

Dreamland
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror | Directed by Bruce McDonald
A double dose of Stephen McHattie helps this freaky noir find its footing.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Searching Eva
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Pia Hellenthal
This portrait of a professed sex worker, writer, anarchist, feminist, musician and recovering addict is a tough film to pin down.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Circumstantial Pleasures

NYT Critic’s Pick | Directed by Lewis Klahr

A new movie by Lewis Klahr, who makes striking, personal assemblages out of cultural detritus.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Papicha

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Mounia Meddour

A young Algerian woman rebels against religious extremism in Mounia Meddour’s vibrant film.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

— Of Possible Interest —

The Vast of Night

PG-13 | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller| Directed by Andrew Patterson

In a small New Mexico town in the 1950s, an eerie throbbing sound and a lot of questions send two friends in search of answers.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Joan of Arc
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Bruno Dumont

Bruno Dumont’s movie features a young actress as the saint in her later years — along with the French pop singer Christophe.
By GLENN KENNY

Villain
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller | Directed by Philip Barantini

An aging ex-con is forced into old ways in this superior crime thriller.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
Documentary | Directed by Elizabeth Carroll

This documentary is an admiring visit with Diana Kennedy, who has devoted her life to researching and cooking traditional Mexican food.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Graves Without a Name

NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Rithy Panh

The filmmaker Rithy Panh attempts to find where his parents, victims of the Khmer Rouge, are buried.
By GLENN KENNY

The Wolf House

NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Animation, Drama, Horror | Directed by Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León

A predator is at the door in a stunning new animated film from Chile.
By GLENN KENNY

How to Build a Girl

NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy | Directed by Coky Giedroyc

Beanie Feldstein rocks as a nerdy high schooler who transforms into a music critic in this clever comedy.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Driveways

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Andrew Ahn

A young boy and his mother find kindness and friendship from an aging veteran, played by Brian Dennehy in one of his final roles.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

South Mountain

NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Hilary Brougher

Talia Balsam gets a rare chance to shine in a lead role in this sharp domestic drama, playing a woman who learns of her partner’s second family.
By GLENN KENNY