Brief Encounters
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Directed by Kira Muratova
A pair of newly restored films from Kira Muratova about restless, disaffected women hold a special, subversive power.

The Long Farewell
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Kira Muratova
A pair of newly restored films from Kira Muratova about restless, disaffected women hold a special, subversive power.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Piaffe
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama, Fantasy | Directed by Ann Oren
In this beautiful and beguiling tale of transformation, a young woman’s altered body unlocks her true self.

Simone Bucio in “Piaffe,” which is ideologically abstract and beguilingly weird, our critic writes.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Our Father, the Devil
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Thriller | Directed by Ellie Foumbi
In this absorbing psychological thriller, a Guinean refugee living in France is rattled by the appearance of a menacing figure from her past.

Souleymane Sy Savane and Babetida Sadjo in “Our Father, the Devil,” a film directed by Ellie Foumbi.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Scrapper
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Charlotte Regan
In Charlotte Regan’s feature-length debut, a girl wise beyond her years reconnects with her father, an immature drifter.

Lola Campbell in “Scrapper,” a film directed by Charlotte Regan.
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

Birth/Rebirth
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Horror, Thriller | Directed by Laura Moss
Two women nurture a reanimated child in this grisly gynecological horror movie.

Marin Ireland in “Birth/Rebirth.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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Mutt
Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Vuk Lungulov-Klotz
A newly out transgender man meets with his estranged father, his ex-boyfriend and his sister for the first time since his transition in this drama.
By TEO BUGBEE

The Monkey King
PG | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Directed by Anthony Stacchi
There’s enough gags in this animated fable from Anthony Stacchi that a dozen land.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Landscape With Invisible Hand
R | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi | Directed by Cory Finley
The latest film from Cory Finley follows two teens on an alien-controlled earth who stream their love life to an extraterrestrial audience.
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

Blue Beetle
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Angel Manuel Soto
The plot is boilerplate and the superhero is not particularly compelling. At least his family members steal the show.
By MAYA PHILLIPS

Aurora’s Sunrise
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary, Animation | Directed by Inna Sahakyan
This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories.

A scene from the documentary that includes animation, “Aurora’s Sunrise.”
By TEO BUGBEE

Medusa Deluxe
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Mystery | Directed by Thomas Hardiman
A gruesome attack on a stylist upends a hairdressing contest in this invigoratingly bold debut.

Clare Perkins, left, with Lilit Lesser in “Medusa Deluxe.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

King Coal
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life.

By following two girls in “King Coal,” the director Elaine McMillion Sheldon considers the future of the Appalachian region.
By ROBERT DANIELS

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The Last Voyage of the Demeter
R | Horror | Directed by André Øvredal
This horror movie, based on a chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” is set on a cargo ship unwittingly transporting an evil demon.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Red, White & Royal Blue
R | Comedy, Romance | Directed by Matthew López
This film, about an American president’s son who falls for a British prince, starts with a giddy premise and has the derring-do to succeed.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Jules
PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Marc Turtletaub
Ben Kingsley plays an elderly man struggling with a fading memory when an extraterrestrial crashes into his life.
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

The Pod Generation
PG-13 | Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Sophie Barthes
This satire on our techno-capitalist future is best enjoyed the way it’s made — without taking itself too seriously.
By BRANDON YU

Lady Killer
The Strange Mister Victor
NYT Critic’s Pick
Two newly restored films by the director Jean Grémillon, whom cinephiles discuss like a special secret, get a second life in theaters.

Jean Gabin and Mireille Balin in “Lady Killer.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Klondike
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, War | Directed by Maryna Er Gorbach
In a film set in 2014, a couple in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine try to maintain normality as war rocks their home.

By BEN KENIGSBERG

Our Body
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Claire Simon
The French director Claire Simon’s profoundly humane documentary focuses on patients in the gynecology ward of a Paris hospital.

A scene from “Our Body.”
By LISA KENNEDY

Dreamin’ Wild
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Biography, Drama, Music | Directed by Bill Pohlad
A new film dramatizes the true story of two brothers thrust into the spotlight 30 years after the album they recorded as teenagers is discovered.

Casey Affleck and Zooey Deschanel star in “Dreamin’ Wild.”
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

War Pony
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Gina Gammell, Riley Keough
Riley Keough and Gina Gammell’s stellar debut, starring many first-time actors, takes a deadpan look at a Lakota-Sioux reservation in South Dakota.

JWasose Garcia, left, and Jojo Bapteise Whiting in “War Pony.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Animation | Directed by Christopher McCulloch
A beloved Adult Swim cartoon comes back to tie up some loose ends.

Dean Venture (voiced by Michael Sinterniklaas), left, and Dr. Orpheus (Steven Rattazzi) in “The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart.”
By DANIELLE DOWLING

Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Salima Koroma
The fraught behind-the-scenes drama of the short-lived quiz game app is chronicled in this smart, briskly funny documentary.

A still from the documentary “Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia,” directed by Salima Koroma.
By CALUM MARSH

They Cloned Tyrone
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Action, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Juel Taylor
In Juel Taylor’s imaginative sci-fi movie, Boyega teams up with Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris to find the forces undermining their community.

Teyonah Parris as Yo-Yo, Jamie Foxx as Slick Charles, John Boyega as Fontaine in “They Cloned Tyrone,” a film Directed by Juel Taylor.
By ROBERT DANIELS

Remainder
NYT Critic’s Pick | Directed by Na Jiazuo
In Na Jiazuo’s striking directorial debut, young people inhabit a place seemingly made up of those who owe money and the thugs who try to beat it out of them.

Huang Miyi, left, and Li Jiuxiao in “Streetwise.”
By GLENN KENNY

Return to Dust
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Ruijun Li
Li Ruijun’s newest feature is a touching portrait of love and resiliency that doubles as a critique of China’s ruling class.

Hai Qing and Wu Renlin in “Return to Dust.”
By AUSTIN CONSIDINE

Oppenheimer
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Biography, Drama, History | Directed by Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan’s complex, vivid portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the “father of the atomic bomb,” is a brilliant achievement in formal and conceptual terms.

Christopher Nolan’s new film, “Oppenheimer,” Cillian Murphy stars as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American physicist who oversaw the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

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Barbie
PG-13 | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance | Directed by Greta Gerwig
She’s in the driver’s seat, headed for uncharted territory (flat feet!). But there are limits to how much dimension even Greta Gerwig can give this branded material.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

| Afire
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Directed by Christian Petzold
Christian Petzold’s new film, about a sour young writer and the woman he desires, generates both cruel comedy and heartbreak.

Thomas Schubert, left, and Paula Beer in “Afire,” a tale about friendship and romance, jealousy and enmity.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

20 Days in Mariupol
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Mstyslav Chernov
While the Ukrainian city was under siege by Russian forces, a team of journalists recorded the brutal war, resulting in this essential documentary.

A scene from the documentary “20 Days in Mariupol,” which charts Russia’s attack on the city.
By JASON FARAGO

Theater Camp
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Comedy | Directed by Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman
In this bitterly funny mockumentary set at a drama institute, the actors feel their characters in their bones.

Molly Gordon and Ben Platt, foreground, in “Theater Camp.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Lakota Nation vs. United States
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary, History | Directed by Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli
In 1980, the Lakota were offered money for their stolen Black Hills land. They refused to accept the settlement and continue to fight today.

By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

Black Ice
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary, Sport | Directed by Hubert Davis
The Canadian filmmaker Hubert Davis amplifies the voices of hockey players of color and reveals the sport’s lesser-known pioneers in this smart, sensitive documentary.

A scene from “Black Ice.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Earth Mama
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Savanah Leaf
In Savanah Leaf’s moving, intimate feature debut, a pregnant woman tries to regain custody of her two children in foster care.

Tia Nomore, right, who stars as a pregnant single mother in “Earth Mama,” with Doechii.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller | Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
In this franchise’s seventh entry, Tom Cruise’s mission includes increasingly improbable leaps, chases and stunts. Luckily for us, he chooses to accept it.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Gray Matter
Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Meko Winbush
Things don’t go well when a teenage girl with mental superpowers ends up at a secret facility in this Max movie entirely devoid of suspense or character.
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

Once Upon a Time in Uganda
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Cathryne Czubek
A new documentary tells how a Ugandan filmmaker and an American producer have reshaped African cinema.

By ROBERT DANIELS

Amanda
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Carolina Cavalli
A delusional college grad befriends an agoraphobic misanthrope in this stylish dark comedy by the Italian | Director Carolina Cavalli.

From left, Galatéa Bellugi as Rebecca and Benedetta Porcaroli as Amanda in the Carolina Cavalli feature “Amanda.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

The Lesson
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Thriller | Directed by Alice Troughton
A tense standoff between two writers kindles familial fireworks in this wittily self-aware melodrama.

An unhappy family in a den of deceit: from left, Richard E. Grant, Daryl McCormack, Julie Delpy and Stephen McMillan in “The Lesson.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Biosphere
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Mel Eslyn
What happens when a petulant, anti-intellectual president destroys the planet and he and his childhood buddy, the brainy one, are the only survivors?

Sterling K. Brown (left) plays the wiser consigliere to Mark Duplass’s childish former president in “Biosphere.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Joy Ride
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy | Directed by Adele Lim
Four friends travel to China in a trip that goes entertainingly off the rails in this terrific comedy, starring Ashley Park and Sherry Cola.

From left, Stephanie Hsu, Sherry Cola, Ashley Park and Sabrina Wu in “Joy Ride.”
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

Sin La Habana
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Kaveh Nabatian
In Kaveh Nabatian’s new drama, an Afro-Cuban dancer tries to bring his girlfriend to Canada through a sham marriage.

Yonah Acosta in “Sin La Habana.”
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

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Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
PG | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Directed by Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl
The newest animated adventure from DreamWorks follows a high schooler who transforms into a giant tentacled sea creature.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Nimona
PG | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Nick Bruno, Troy Quane
A zingy, chintzy, idea-driven animated feature based on the ND Stevenson comic.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Every Body
R | Documentary | Directed by Julie Cohen
The documentary follows three openly intersex people, set against the larger backdrop of decades of secrecy and unnecessary surgeries.
By TEO BUGBEE

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Documentary | Directed by Stephen Kijak
Stephan Kijak’s new documentary seems keenly interested in the ways in which the closeted actor’s sexuality manifested itself, largely unintentionally, in his movies.
By CALUM MARSH

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
PG-13 | Action, Adventure | Directed by James Mangold
The gruff appeal of Harrison Ford, both de-aged and properly weathered, is the main draw in this generally silly entry in the long-running franchise.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Stroll
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Zackary Drucker, Kristen Lovell
In this documentary, transgender sex workers speak for themselves without sanitizing or sensationalizing their experiences.

Kristen Lovell, who directed and appears in the documentary “The Stroll.”
By DEVIKA GIRISH

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Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
Documentary | Directed by Nancy Buirski
A documentary examines how the winner for best picture of 1969 captured shifts in American life.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Surrounded
R | Western | Directed by Anthony Mandler
Playing a woman disguising herself as a man, Wright is haunting and haunted, and Michael K. Williams is an energetic presence in one of his last roles.
By GLENN KENNY

Sublime
Drama | Directed by Mariano Biasin
A teenager dreams of pop songs, and his best friend, in Mariano Biasin’s tender gay coming-of-age drama.
By ERIK PIEPENBURG

Asteroid City
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Directed by Wes Anderson
In his latest film, Wes Anderson and his all-stars go meta with a TV show about a theatrical play that, in turn, is about a small town, U.S.A.

Grace Edwards, left, and Scarlett Johansson in “Asteroid City.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Elemental
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Peter Sohn
The latest movie from Disney/Pixar tucks a romantic comedy inside a high-concept premise. It’s smoldering and splashy.

Wade (voiced by Mamoudou Athie) and Ember (Leah Lewis), center, in “Elemental.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

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The Blackening
R | Comedy, Horror, Thriller | Directed by Tim Story
With more jokes than jump scares, this comedic horror film is as tartly amusing as it is provocative.
By LISA KENNEDY

The Flash
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Andy Muschietti
In the latest DC Comics blowout, Ezra Miller suits up as the speedy superhero alongside special guests like Batman (hello, Michael Keaton).
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Stan Lee
Documentary, Biography | Directed by David Gelb
Disappointingly, this creation story of Lee gives way to the characters he helped create.
By AMY NICHOLSON