Faith
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Documentary | Directed by Valentina Pedicini
Valentina Pedicini’s final documentary tracks the “Warriors of Light” — their leader, and their monks and mothers, in Italy.

A scene from “Faith,” a documentary by Valentina Pedicini.
By GLENN KENNY

Mija
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Music | Directed by Isabel Castro
In this documentary, a new generation of Mexican American musicians reflect the nuances of their realities on both sides of the border.

Jacks Haupt in the documentary “Mija.”
By BEANDREA JULY

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They/Them
Horror, Thriller | Directed by John Logan
A masked ax-murderer runs amok at a gay conversion camp in this flimsy, Kevin Bacon-starring slasher flick.
By CALUM MARSH

Bliss
Drama, Romance | Directed by Henrika Kull
Two sex workers fall in love in this low-key L.G.B.T.Q. drama from Germany.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Prey
R | Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Dan Trachtenberg
The “Predator” franchise gets a prequel and the Comanche Nation gets a space invader in this unremarkable adventure.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

A Love Song
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Romance | Directed by Max Walker-Silverman
Two former childhood friends rekindle their connection in this sweetly hopeful story of romantic longing.

Wes Studi, left, with Dale Dickey in “A Love Song.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Resurrection
NYT Critic’s Pick | Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Andrew Semans
A successful single mother encounters a terrifying man from her past in this crazily enjoyable horror movie.

Rebecca Hall in “Resurrection.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

We Met in Virtual Reality
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Joe Hunting
This innovative documentary tags along with people who are finding happiness in a graphical online world.

A still from “We Met in Virtual Reality.”
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Nope
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Jordan Peele
Jordan Peele’s genre-melting third feature stars Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as brother-and-sister horse wranglers defending the family ranch from an extraterrestrial threat.

From left, Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea in “Nope,” the latest feature from the director Jordan Peele.
By A.O. SCOTT

A Dark, Dark Man
NYT Critic’s Pick | Crime, Drama | Directed by Adilkhan Yerzhanov
This exceptionally grim police procedural recalls films like Bong Joon Ho’s “Memories of Murder” and Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.”

Dinara Baktybayeva plays a reporter in “A Dark, Dark Man.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Aftershock
NYT Critic’s Pick | TV-MA | Documentary | Directed by Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee
Black mothers are dying from childbirth at alarming rates. A new documentary explains why.

Shawnee Benton Gibson and Bruce McIntyre, at right, are central figures in the documentary “Aftershock,” from the directors Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee.
By BEANDREA JULY

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The Day the Music Died/American Pie
Documentary | Directed by Mark Moormann
Don McLean tries to clear up some misapprehensions about the eight-an-a-half-minute song that took on a life of its own, in this documentary.
By GLENN KENNY

Anything’s Possible
PG-13 | Romance | Directed by Billy Porter
Self-preservation and allyship are also wrapped up in this sweet young adult romantic comedy, which is Billy Porter’s feature film directorial debut.
By KYLE TURNER

Marx Can Wait
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Marco Bellocchio
In a moving new documentary, the Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio gathers his fascinating, aging family members to make sense of their brother’s suicide.

Three of the Bellocchio brothers, from left: Marco, the filmmaker; Alberto; and Camillo, who killed himself at 29. In “Marx Can Wait,” the family’s surviving members delve into Camillo’s death.
By A.O. SCOTT

Don’t Make Me Go
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Hannah Marks
John Cho and Mia Isaac play a father and daughter on a road trip in this twisty drama, which explores the gulf between familiarity and intimacy.

John Cho and Mia Isaac in “Don’t Make Me Go.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

She Will
NYT Critic’s Pick | Thriller | Directed by Charlotte Colbert
A traumatized star is supernaturally primed for vengeance in this gorgeously ghostly thriller.

Alice Krige in “She Will.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULI

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The Deer King
R | Animation, Action, Adventure | Directed by Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji
A series of Japanese fantasy novels is the basis for this tenderly wrought and brilliantly animated adventure movie.
By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

Persuasion
PG | Drama, Romance | Directed by Carrie Cracknell
Dakota Johnson smirks her way through a Netflix adaptation of the rekindled romance in Jane Austen’s last novel, our critic writes.
By TEO BUGBEE

Moon, 66 Questions
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama|Directed by Jacqueline Lentzou
This elliptical drama by the Greek writer-director Jacqueline Lentzou rousingly summons the inner turmoil of a young woman who returns home to care for her ailing father.

Sofia Kokkali in “Moon, 66 Questions,” directed by Jacqueline Lentzou.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

This Much I Know to Be True
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Music | Directed by Andrew Dominik
A new music documentary by Andrew Dominik explores the collaboration of Cave and Warren Ellis.

Nick Cave, left, and Warren Ellis in “This Much I Know to Be True,” a documentary by Andrew Dominik.
By GLENN KENNY

Fire of Love
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Documentary|Directed by Sara Dosa
Sara Dosa’s new documentary chronicles the lives and deaths of the French scientists Katia and Maurice Krafft.

Maurice and Katia Krafft, scientists who were devoted to each other and to volcanoes.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Thor: Love and Thunder
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi | Directed by Taika Waititi
The director Taika Waititi injects antic silliness, once again, into this Marvel franchise starring Chris Hemsworth, who swings a mighty hammer and flexes mightier muscles.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Sea Beast
PG | Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy | Directed by Chris Williams
In this new animated film from Netflix, a monster hunter and an orphan become unlikely allies at sea.
By LENA WILSON

Hello, Goodbye and Everything in Between
Comedy, Drama, Romance | Directed by Michael Lewen
In this adaptation of Jennifer E. Smith’s young adult novel, two high school seniors agree to split up in a year. Will they honor their pact?
By LISA KENNEDY

The Princess
R | Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | Directed by Le-Van Kiet
Joey King is credible and compelling as a vengeful would-be princess bride in this over-the-top action fantasy tale.
By AMY NICHOLSON

Down with the King
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Diego Ongaro
In Diego Ongaro’s patient and subtle new film, Freddie Gibbs plays a hip-hop artist struggling with a career malaise.

The real-life rapper Freddie Gibbs stars as the hip-hop artist Money Merc in “Down With the King,” | Directed by Diego Ongaro.
By A.O. SCOTT

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary, Biography, Music | Directed by Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
A new documentary tells the entwined stories of a songwriter and his best-known composition.

The documentary “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song” is likely to be a source of illumination for both die-hard and casual fans, our critic writes.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Rubikon
Sci-Fi | Directed by Magdalena Lauritsch
In this somber morality tale, the bare-bones crew of a space station is faced with an impossible choice.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Rise
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Biography, Drama, Sport | Directed by Akin Omotoso
The story of the real-life N.B.A. superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is told with heartfelt charm in this endearing Disney+ biopic.

Ral Agada, left, and Uche Agada in “Rise.”
By CALUM MARSH

Beba
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Rebeca Huntt
An Afro-Latina filmmaker explores her identity and generational trauma growing up in New York City and attending a predominantly white college.

Rebeca Huntt in “Beba,” her documentary about growing up Afro-Latina in New York.
By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

We
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Alice Diop
Alice Diop’s observational documentary is a beautiful, loose-limned portrait of Paris’s suburbs.

Young residents of Paris’s suburbs in the documentary ‘We.’
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
NYT Critic’s Pick | Animation, Comedy | Directed by Mike Judge
Even though you can guess what these two characters will say as they’re sucked into a black hole, their cosmic adventure still delivers new laughs.

The title characters are dropped into 2022 in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.”
By GLENN KENNY

Flux Gourmet
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama, Horror | Directed by Peter Strickland
Peter Strickland’s latest film is a speculative comedy about art, desire and gastrointestinal discomfort.

Asa Butterfield, Fatma Mohamed and Ariane Labed in “Flux Gourmet.”
By A.O. SCOTT

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Wildhood
Drama | Directed by Bretten Hannam
Three young men explore their Indigenous heritage and questions about their gender and sexual identity in this film.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

Lost Illusions
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, History, Romance | Directed by Xavier Giannoli
Xavier Giannoli’s headlong adaptation of a Balzac novel paints a timely picture of literary ambition and media corruption in 19th-century France.

A writer and his editor: Benjamin Voisin, left, and Vincent Lacoste in “Lost Illusions.”
By A.O. SCOTT

Tahara
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Olivia Peace
Rachel Sennott and Madeline Grey DeFreece star in a canny portrait of teenage insensitivity and sexuality amid a tragedy.

Madeline Grey DeFreece, left, and Rachel Sennott in “Tahara.”
By TEO BUGBEE

A Sexplanation
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Comedy, News | Directed by Alex Liu
The director Alex Liu explores the politics and culture of sex ed in the United States while confronting his own shame around sexuality.

Alex Liu in “A Sexplanation.”
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

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Being BeBe
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Emily Branham
Observing its subject with a clear eye, this profile of Marshall Ngwa, who performs as BeBe Zahara Benet, is a breath of fresh air.

BeBe Zahara Benet in the documentary “Being BeBe.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN

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Jurassic World Dominion
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Things get very hectic in the last episode of this trilogy, which brings back familiar faces (Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Sam Neill) along with the usual dinosaurs.
By A.O. SCOTT

Crimes of the Future
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi | Directed by David Cronenberg
In his latest shocker, David Cronenberg prophetically reads the signs while Léa Seydoux performs surgeries on a beatific Viggo Mortensen.

From left, Léa Seydoux, Viggo Mortensen and Kristen Stewart in “Crimes of the Future.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Neptune Frost
NYT Critic’s Pick | Musical, Sci-Fi | Directed by Anisia Uzeyman, Saul Williams
An Afrofuturist fantasia about the state of the world and how to resist it.

Cheryl Isheja in “Neptune Frost,” Directed by Saul Williams and Anisia Uzeyman.
By A.O. SCOTT

Watcher
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror, Thriller | Directed by Chloe Okuno
In Chloe Okuno’s taut first feature, a woman is convinced a man is watching and possibly even following her.

Maika Monroe in “Watcher.”
By LENA WILSON

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After Blue
Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Bertrand Mandico
A planet of women is the eye-popping setting for this psychedelic movie, in which a mother and her daughter try to find an escaped criminal named Kate Bush.
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

Maika
PG | Adventure, Comedy, Family | Directed by Ham Tran
This children’s adventure movie from Vietnam is like “E.T.”—but sloppier and more eccentric.
By BEATRICE LOAYZA

Fire Island
R | Comedy, Romance | Directed by Andrew Ahn
The quips are almost as hot as the sexual tension in Andrew Ahn and Joel Kim Booster’s loosely paced but endearing romantic comedy.
By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI

Benediction
PG-13 | Biography, Drama, War | Directed by Terence Davies
Terence Davies’s latest film is a biography of Siegfried Sassoon, whose writing about World War I changed British literature.
By A.O. SCOTT

Paris, 13th District
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Directed by Jacques Audiard
In his latest movie, the French director Jacques Audiard tells the story of lovers finding their way in Paris.

Lucie Zhang and Makita Samba in Jacques Audiard’s “Paris, 13th District.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Tale of King Crab
NYT Critic’s Pick | Adventure, Drama | Directed by Alessio Rigo de Righi, Matteo Zoppis
This fiction feature debut follows a scandalous son of a physician turned adventurer in spite of himself.

Gabriele Silli as Luciano in “The Tale of King Crab,” a film from Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis.
By GLENN KENNY

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Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
PG-13 | Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Directed by David Yates
Mads Mikkelsen plays an evil wizard with political talent in the latest “Harry Potter” spinoff movie, which also stars Jude Law and Eddie Redmayne.
By AMY NICHOLSON