NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

King Richard
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Biography, Drama, Sport | Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
Will Smith and Aunjanue Ellis play the parents of Venus and Serena Williams in a warm, exuberant, old-fashioned sports drama.


From left, Demi Singleton as Serena, Saniyya Sidney as Venus and Will Smith as the future tennis stars’ father, Richard Williams, in “King Richard.”
By A.O. SCOTT

Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Radu Jude
A viral video scandal ensnares a Bucharest schoolteacher in Radu Jude’s biting, bawdy and brilliant Covid-age fable.


Katia Pascariu as Emi in “Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn,” from the Romanian director Radu Jude.
By A.O. SCOTT

— Of Possible Interest —

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
PG-13 | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy | Directed by Jason Reitman
Jason Reitman, son of the original “Ghostbusters” director, delivers a toothless film with Paul Rudd as a love interest and plenty of cutesy ghosts.


In “Ghostbusters: Afterlife,” the main characters are adorable, wide-eyed children, played by, from left, Celeste O’Connor, Finn Wolfhard, Logan Kim and Mckenna Grace.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Food! Glorious Food!

NONFICTION
Seven Immigrant Women Who Changed the Way Americans Eat
“Taste Makers,” by Mayukh Sen, features women who, often while confronting sexism and racism in the food industry, introduced Americans to the dishes of their native cultures.


From left, Julie Sahni, Najmieh Batmanglij, Marcella Hazan and Madeleine Kamman. Mayukh Sen’s book “Taste Makers,” a group portrait of these women and three other foreign-born female cooks, is unquestionably timely, an opportunity to reflect on America’s complicated history with immigrants and their food.
By HETTY MCKINNON

EAT
A Crispy Upgrade for Cheese and Crackers
An unpretentious bar snack transformed into something sublime.


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Fowl’s Day

How to Make Your Thanksgiving Dinner Less Boring
Samin Nosrat will say it: Every year, the meal is a lot of the same. Here are five ways she adds brightness, crunch, freshness and flavor.


Spoon a fried sage salsa verde over your roast turkey for bright, palate-pleasing flavor.
By SAMIN NOSRAT

A Beginner’s Thanksgiving: 7 Recipes That Lighten the Workload
For first-time cooks, or anyone looking to simplify the holiday prep, this special menu minimizes effort and maximizes flavor.


These recipes call for a limited number of essential ingredients, many of which are shared across the menu.
By ERIC KIM

How climate change and extreme weather are crimping America’s pie supply
For Mike’s Pies in Florida, even once supply chain problems resolve, there’s still climate change
By Laura Reiley

12 Wines for Thanksgiving and Beyond
The characteristics that make a bottle great for the holiday work for just about any occasion. These wines not only taste good, they feel good.


By ERIC ASIMOV

Food! Glorious Food! — The Pre-Fowl Edition

The Untold Story of Sushi in America
How a controversial religion from Korea quietly built an empire of raw fish.
By DANIEL FROMSON

This Lemon Pie Captures the Feeling of Home
For years, Yewande Komolafe didn’t feel a connection to the food she was cooking professionally — until she started making Edna Lewis’s recipes.


Edna Lewis’s buttermilk chess pie inspired this lemony version with a black pepper crust.
By YEWANDE KOMOLAFE

Here’s the Secret to the Best Mashed Potatoes for Thanksgiving
You’ve tried boiling, but Genevieve Ko found a better way to make this side dish fluffier — and more flavorful.


A final sprinkle of salt — or a ladle of gravy — can add an extra savory note to mashed potatoes.
By GENEVIEVE KO

The Absolute Best Pumpkin, Apple and Pecan Pies for Thanksgiving
Melissa Clark has spent months perfecting techniques, so you don’t have to.


For the best pies, skip the pumpkin, increase the pecans, and precook your apples.
By MELISSA CLARK

For Arab Americans, It’s Not Thanksgiving Without Hashweh
The rice-based stuffing is often a centerpiece of celebrations in the Arab world, and on holiday tables in the United States.


Chicken or lamb filled with hashweh — or “stuffing” in Arabic — is a staple of celebratory meals. But hashweh can also stand on its own at the Thanksgiving table.
By REEM KASSIS

Padma Lakshmi’s Thanksgiving Turkey: Slow Roasted and Richly Sauced
The host of “Taste the Nation” and “Top Chef” isn’t a professional chef herself. That’s why her bird is stress-free and foolproof.


Padma Lakshmi uses a potato masher and fork to smash the fruits and vegetables that roast with her turkey to turn them into gravy.
By Genevieve Ko

Mix and Match the Perfect Sidesgiving
Because vegetarians have always known that sides are the real star.


By TEJAL RAO

A Vegetarian Thanksgiving
Kay Chun’s new recipe for stuffed mushrooms with an escargot-flavored filling evokes the French classic.


By SAM SIFTON

Five-Star, Honey-Glazed Chicken
Yewande Komolafe graced us with this one-pan recipe. Don’t miss it.
By EMILY WEINSTEIN

EAT
The Secret to a Better Green Salad
A chef’s tricks can make even the simplest salads shine.
By ERIC KIM

Tracing Mexico’s Complicated Relationship With Rice
Having arrived in the country via the Spanish Conquest, the grain’s presence poses the question: What’s native, and what isn’t, when it comes to a nation’s culinary history?
By AATISH TASEER and STEFAN RUIZ

For Many Members of the Arab American Diaspora, Mansaf Offers a Taste of Home
The traditional Bedouin dish of bread, rice, lamb and yogurt is a talisman of identity in Jordan — and in various communities in suburban Detroit.


A home-cooked mansaf of bread, rice, lamb and yogurt made by the Bazzi family, who own the Dearborn institution Habib’s Cuisine.
By DIANA ABU-JABER and RENEE COX

In Senegal, a Return to Homegrown Rice
The country has remained mostly dependent on the grain’s importation since colonization in the 1800s. But some locals are trying to change that.


At Phare Des Mamelles, a restaurant in a lighthouse in Dakar, Senegal, grilled thiof (a white grouper fish) is served with cups of tamarind sauce (left), sauce moyo (right), roasted vegetables, limes and riz de la vallée (“rice of the valley”), which is grown in one of the country’s primary areas of cultivation, the Senegal River Valley. Beside the dish are some of its raw ingredients, including (clockwise from bottom) tamarind fruits, tomatoes, a bowl of dried peppers, fresh pepper fruits, onions, miniature eggplants, miniature green bell peppers, baby carrots and potatoes.
By ANGELA FLOURNOY and MANUEL OBADIA-WILLS

The Thrilling Dare of Scorched Rice
When browned on the bottom of the pot by a skilled cook, the grain is transformed into a complex delicacy, one prized by food cultures around the world.
By LIGAYA MISHAN and ANTHONY COTSIFAS

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Seeing the World Through a Grain of Rice
The widely consumed staple is freighted with history, and has as many culinary applications as it does meanings.
By HANYA YANAGIHARA

Marking a Different Thanksgiving Tradition, From West Africa
Liberian Americans have a complicated relationship with their holiday that plays out in the foods they make and the ways they reflect on a proud and difficult history.


Ms. Wreh’s Thanksgiving spread includes a mix of Western and Liberian foods.
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Jonathan Reynolds, Playwright and Food Columnist, Dies at 79
His plays tended to parody American institutions. His food writing tended to be full of humor.


Jonathan Reynolds in 2003 in “Dinner With Demons,” a one-man show in which he cooked a full dinner onstage.
By NEIL GENZLINGER

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Passing
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall’s piercing drama stars Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga as old friends navigating the color line in 1920s New York.


Ruth Negga, left, as Clare and Tessa Thompson as Irene in “Passing.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Uppercase Print
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Radu Jude
Radu Jude’s rousing, form-bending new feature rails at the power of propaganda to suffocate people’s freedoms.


A scene from Radu Jude’s “Uppercase Print.”
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Paper & Glue
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by JR
JR, plying his art of making and displaying gigantic portraits, carries on, this time without the inimitable Agnès Varda.


An aerial view of the prison at Tehachapi, Calif., with a supersize image of inmates, as seen in “Paper & Glue,” a documentary by the artist JR.
By LISA KENNEDY

7 Prisoners
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Crime, Drama | Directed by Alexandre Moratto
Alexandre Moratto plunges into the psychological traumas of human trafficking in this gripping Brazilian drama on Netflix.


Christian Malheiros in “7 Prisoners.”
By ISABELIA HERRERA

Belfast
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Kenneth Branagh
In this charming memoir, Kenneth Branagh recalls his childhood in Northern Ireland through a rose-tinted lens.


Front row from left, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Jude Hill and Lewis McAskie in “Belfast.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Julia
PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by Julie Cohen, Betsy West
An invigorating new documentary looks back on Julia Child and her influence on how Americans cook and eat.


Julia Child and a fridge friend in an archival image as seen in the documentary, “Julia,” directed by Julie Cohen and Betsy West.
By GLENN KENNY

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

North by Current
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Angelo Madsen Minax
In this documentary, the filmmaker Angelo Madsen Minax reckons with the loss of his niece, his vibrant sister’s rocky recoveries and being transgender in a traditional, Mormon environment.


A scene from the documentary “North by Current,” Directed by Angelo Madsen Minax.
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Spencer
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Biography, Drama, Romance | Directed by Pablo Larraín
Kristen Stewart stars as an anguished, rebellious Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s answer to “The Crown.”


Kristen Stewart stars as Princess Diana in “Spencer.”
By A.O. SCOTT

A Man Named Scott
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Music | Directed by Robert Alexander
This film about Kid Cudi is that rare musician-focused documentary, one as sensitive, fully formed and noble in its intentions as the artist himself.


Kid Cudi in the documentary “A Man Named Scott.”
By CHRIS AZZOPARDI

All Is Forgiven
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
A father with a drug problem tries to reconnect with his daughter.


Victoire Rousseau and Paul Blain in “All Is Forgiven,” Directed by Mia Hansen-Love.
By GLENN KENNY

Beans
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Tracey Deer
A middle school student comes of age during a standoff between the police and Mohawk residents during the 1990 Oka crisis in Canada.


Kiawentiio as Beans and Rainbow Dickerson as Lily, her mother, in “Beans.”
By TEO BUGBEE

Mark, Mary & Some Other People
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy | Directed by Hannah Marks
In this romantic comedy, a couple opens their relationship to prove they can be married and modern.


Hayley Law, left, with Ben Rosenfield in “Mark, Mary & Some Other People.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Simple as Water
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Megan Mylan
Filmed in five separate countries, this documentary follows, with ambitious scope and devastating intimacy, Syrian families displaced by war.


Yasmin, right, with her daughter, Faten, in the documentary “Simple as Water.”
By CLAIRE SHAFFER

— Of Possible Interest —

Eternals
PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi | Directed by Chloé Zhao
A pleasing cast and the director Chloé Zhao, who won a best picture Oscar for “Nomadland,” give Marvel’s latest a steady heartbeat.


The gang’s all here: from left, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Don Lee, Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Gemma Chan, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry and Barry Keoghan.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Finch
PG-13 | Drama, Sci-Fi | Directed by Miguel Sapochnik
Tom Hanks, a dog and two robots take a post-apocalyptic road trip in this unexciting drama from Apple TV+.


Tom Hanks plays a character with a robot friend in “Finch.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Food! Glorious Food!

NASA’s Latest Breakthrough: ‘Best Space Tacos Yet’
For the first time, astronauts on the International Space Station cultivated chiles, adding some zing to their tacos.


Mark Vande Hei, a NASA astronaut, helped cultivate chiles on the International Space Station last month.
By DANIEL VICTOR

TRILOBITES
Why Strawberries Turn a Ghostly Shade of White
Researchers unlocked some of the genetic secrets that helped the colorful fruit evolve into so many varieties around the world.
By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Fry Bread Is Beloved, but Also Divisive
For Indigenous people, the dish is both a family comfort food and a relic of colonial displacement.

The history of fry bread is rich and complex, but the dish has become widespread among Indigenous cultures.
The history of fry bread is rich and complex, but the dish has become widespread among Indigenous cultures.
By Kevin Noble Maillard

Coffee and Climate Have a Complicated Relationship
Your morning cup may depend on solving issues with a crop that both contributes to and is deeply affected by the changing climate.
By TATIANA SCHLOSSBERG

Vaccination status and Thanksgiving could be ‘a really combustible mix,’ experts say.
By CHRISTINA MORALES

Toni Tipton-Martin Writes Her Own Legacy
The cookbook author, who will receive the seventh Julia Child Award on Thursday, is using the prize money to start a foundation to support women in food.


By KAYLA STEWART

ONE GOOD MEAL
A Nourishing Filipino-Inspired Soup for Fall
To celebrate the publication of ‘Filipinx,’ their new cookbook, the chef Angela Dimayuga and the writer Ligaya Mishan made nilaga.


Bowls of nilaga, surrounded by (clockwise from left) lumpia; a sawsawan, or dipping sauce, of apple cider vinegar, garlic and serrano chiles; sautéed kale with crispy garlic; and a sweet chili sauce.
By MIMI VU

A More Satisfying Meatless Meatball
Once you find the perfect base of beans, vegetables and grains, the possibilities are endless.


By TEJAL RAO

EAT
It’s Apple Season. This Galette Cuts the Chill With a Kick.
Dorie Greenspan makes a savory tart with apple, sweet potato, cheese and a touch of chile pepper.


By DORIE GREENSPAN

Traveling the World for Recipes, but Always Looking for Home
Famous for her scholarly works, the cookbook author Claudia Roden shows off her lyrical side with her latest, “Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean.”


The cookbook author Claudia Roden at her London home. Reading her latest book is like talking with her in her garden, the food writer Nigella Lawson said.
By MELISSA CLARK

Long-Simmering Lamb for Waning Fall Days
Braised shanks, a carrot salad and a molasses ginger cake: This cozy menu from David Tanis, drawing from North Africa, is sure to warm.


Lamb shanks are braised slowly to succulence, recalling a tagine, and paired with a bright carrot salad in this fall menu.
By David Tanis
11 Vegetarian Casseroles to Keep You Toasty This Fall
Tuck into the warm embrace of these cheesy, starchy, comforting bakes.

1. Farro and Cauliflower Parmesan

2. Slow-Baked Beans With Kale

3. Wild Rice and Mushroom Casserole

4. Cheesy Baked Orzo With Marinara

5. Vegan Green Bean Casserole

6. Hearty Whole-Wheat Pasta With Brussels Sprouts, Cheese and Potato

7. Cheesy White Bean-Tomato Bake

8. Three-Cheese Cauliflower Casserole

9. Creamy White Bean and Fennel Casserole

10. Cheesy Broccoli Casserole

11. The Big Lasagna

Lidey Heuck’s cheesy baked orzo with marinara.
By Tanya Sichynsky

FRONT BURNER
The Story of a Craft Beer Pioneer
“The Dogfish Head Book” by the brewery founders Sam and Mariah Calagione, and written with Andrew C. Greeley, recounts 26 years of beer adventures.


“The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures” by Sam Calagione, Mariah Calagione and Andrew C. Greeley (Wiley, $35).
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER
A Vodka Rises From the Smoke of the California Wildfires
Hangar 1’s latest spirit is distilled from grapes damaged in the 2020 Glass fire.


Hangar 1 Smoke Point Vodka, $50 for 750 milliliters,
By Florence Fabricant

WINES OF THE TIMES
Your Easy, No-Sweat Guide to Picking Wines for Thanksgiving
The grapes don’t really matter. Neither does where it was made. So long as it refreshes and rejuvenates, it’s the perfect bottle.


By ERIC ASIMOV

Louise Slade, Scientist Who Studied the Molecules in Food, Dies at 74
Her research focused on how to keep dough, bread, cookies and crackers tasting delicious even after weeks on a grocery store shelf.


Louise Slade in 2013. A food scientist, she understood food not as a combination of discreet ingredients but as a system of interacting molecules. That insight led to new standards of consistency.
By CLAY RISEN

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Chess of the Wind
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Mohammad Reza Aslani
Mohammad Reza Aslani’s 1976 film about family mendacity existed for mere days before it was banned and then lost in the ensuing tumult. Now it’s back.


Shohreh Aghdashloo in “Chess of the Wind” a 1976 film suppressed by the Iranian government and recently restored and distributed.
By GLENN KENNY

Last Night in Soho
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller | Directed by Edgar Wright
Two young women from different eras form a psychic bond in Edgar Wright’s sumptuous and surprising horror movie.


Anya Taylor-Joy, left, and Thomasin McKenzie in “Last Night in Soho.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Food! Glorious Food!

This Year’s Thanksgiving Feast Will Wallop the Wallet
Nearly every ingredient, from the turkey to the after-dinner coffee, is expected to cost more, for a host of reasons.
By KIM SEVERSON

How to make the perfect pumpkin soup – recipe
A good squash is your best bet for this substantial seasonal soup, so forget those grown-for-looks-not-flavour orange pumpkins

Felicity Cloake’s perfect pumpkin soup.
Felicity Cloake’s perfect pumpkin soup.
By Felicity Cloake

A GOOD APPETITE
Instant Pot Wisdom, Half a Decade Later
Melissa Clark on how to get the most out of your electric pressure cooker, whether you’re just starting out with it or already an expert.

Knowing what to cook in your electric pressure cooker can set you up for weeknight successes.
Knowing what to cook in your electric pressure cooker can set you up for weeknight successes.
By Melissa Clark

Mortars, Pestles and the Comfort of a Culinary Ritual
Few things yield texture and flavor — as well as connection — as affectingly as this kitchen tool, Yewande Komolafe writes.

Grinding and pounding aromatics by hand can yield textures and flavors that are full of nuance.
Grinding and pounding aromatics by hand can yield textures and flavors that are full of nuance.
By Yewande Komolafe

EAT
Dinner for 10? Make This Party Wreath.
This festively retro dish will delight a dinner with friends, however many you invite.


By TEJAL RAO

What to Do With All Those Apples
Did you bring home a ton from the orchard, too? Here’s how to use them.
Five apple recipes.
By EMILY WEINSTEIN

FRONT BURNER
A Domestic Prosciutto From the Ozarks
True Story Foods dry-ages its new prosciutto for 10 months.


True Story Foods prosciutto, six 3-ounce packages, $69.99, truestoryfoods.com.
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

FRONT BURNER
Come for the Focaccia, Stay for the History
“Liguria the Cookbook,” from Laurel Evans, shows the breadth of the Italian region’s cuisine.


“Liguria the Cookbook: Recipes From the Italian Riviera” by Laurel Evans (Rizzoli, $45).
By FLORENCE FABRICANT

Pasta! Pasta! Pasta!

New Orleans Po Boys

Breads

Pumpkin Cheese Cake from a couple of years ago (1570)

Curried Squash Galette

14 Showstopping Desserts That Don’t Require a Mixer
Shortbread cookies, famous brownies, peanut butter cups and other treats can be yours to enjoy with just a little elbow grease.

Dawn Perry’s peanut butter raspberry bars.
Dawn Perry’s peanut butter raspberry bars.
By Nikita Richardson

Last Call for the Beer Bar?
Once the best place in town to discover new craft beers, bars are finding it hard to compete with brewery taprooms.
By Joshua M. Bernstein

THE POUR
Embracing an Unloved Grape
Mountain Tides took on the challenge of exploring the subtleties of petite sirah, a brassy grape long used to help color and flavor wines.
The Mountain Tides labels are based on photos evoking the distinctive character of the vineyards. This one is from Clement Hills.
By Eric Asimov

In the department of who cares…

In order to easily install Windows 11, it requires the motherboard support secure boot. I’d looked it up a couple of times and watched a YouTube or two, but my attempts had always failed. Yesterday, a YouTuber mentioned changing the boot partition over to GPT, which I had not heard of before. I ran the command, and suddenly my secure boot motherboard settings were good for Windows 11. I ran the update assistant, and after quite some time, it choked on one program I had that it said had to be upgraded or else I had to stay on Windows 10. Several fruitless attempts later, after update attempts, uninstalling, and reinstalling, I removed it and rebooted, and then went to bed after starting the update assistant for what I hoped was the last time.

This morning after turning the computer on, it booted into Windows 11. I had to fool around and reset Google Chrome as my default browser — somehow Microsoft Edge had decided to take over, and my ancient Google Picasa is still broken. I hope to be free of the modal Windows Expiry message that has been haunting my computer for quite some time — a time considerably shorter than the July 2020 expiry date on the message. Anyway, everything appears to be working, although I can no longer move the toolbar to the top since it maintains one at the top and bottom. I can make them vanish, however.

NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Dune
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi | Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation is an equally sweeping and intimate take on Frank Herbert’s future-shock epic.


Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica in “Dune.” Paul is considerably less complicated and conflicted onscreen than he is on the page, our critic writes.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Biography, Drama, History | Directed by Will Sharpe
Benedict Cumberbatch plays a British artist who found love, both human and feline, and became famous as the man who drew cats.


Claire Foy and Benedict Cumberbatch in “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain,” directed by Will Sharpe.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

— Of Possible Interest —

Warning
R | Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Agata Alexander
Agata Alexander directs this contemplative collection of science fiction shorts set in the near future.


Thomas Jane in “Warning.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Minyan
Unrated | Drama | Directed by Eric Steel
This queer and Jewish coming-of-age drama builds up a vision of neighbors who speak through gestures of care and affection.


From left, Ron Rifkin, Samuel H. Levine and Christopher McCann in “Minyan.”
By TEO BUGBEE

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama, Romance | Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
In three stories, men and women circle one another as they casually and cruelly share intimacies, express desires and voice doubts.


Shouma Kai, top, and Katsuki Mori in Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Velvet Underground
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Todd Haynes
Todd Haynes’s documentary paints a jagged, revelatory portrait of the New York avant-garde scene of the 1960s.


From left, the band members Maureen Tucker, John Cale, Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed as seen in “The Velvet Underground,” a documentary directed by Todd Haynes.
By A.O. SCOTT

Bergman Island
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
In Mia Hansen-Love’s new film, Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth play filmmakers on the rocks in the Baltic Sea.


Vicky Krieps and Tim Roth as a filmmaking couple in “Bergman Island.”
By A.O. SCOTT

Noroît
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller | Directed by Jacques Rivette
When this unusual film, made in 1976 by the French director Jacques Rivette, opens in New York this week, it will be making its official debut here.


Kika Markham, foreground, in red, and Geraldine Chaplin, back, far left, in “Noroît,” a 1976 film directed by Jacques Rivette.
By GLENN KENNY