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

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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