Review: ‘A Bigger Splash,’ With a Speechless Tilda Swinton, Is Ready for Its Close-Up


By MANOHLA DARGIS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Luca Guadagnino
Writers David Kajganich, Alain Page
Stars Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson
Rating R
Running Time 2h 4m
Genres Crime, Drama, Mystery
Review: ‘Elstree 1976,’ in a Galaxy Not Far, Far Away
ELSTREE 1976
By NEIL GENZLINGER
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Jon Spira
Writer Jon Spira
Stars Paul Blake, Jeremy Bulloch, John Chapman, Anthony Forrest, Laurie Goode
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Documentary
Review: ‘Dheepan,’ About Sri Lankan Refugees, Looks Like a Prophecy
DHEEPAN

By A. O. SCOTT
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Jacques Audiard
Writers Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
Stars Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Rating R
Running Time 1h 55m
Genres Crime, Drama
Review: ‘Belladonna of Sadness,’ a Bewitching Masterpiece
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS

By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Eiichi Yamamoto
Writers Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Jules Michelet, Eiichi Yamamoto
Stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Itô, Aiko Nagayama, Shigako Shimegi, Masaya Takahashi
Running Time 1h 33m
Genres Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Review: In ‘Dark Horse,’ a Real-Life Steeplechase Champion Inspires a Town
DARK HORSE

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Louise Osmond
Writer Louise Osmond
Rating PG
Running Time 1h 25m
Genres Documentary, Drama
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Review: ‘Beautiful Something’: Craving Love in Philadelphia
BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Director Joseph Graham
Writer Joseph Graham
Stars Brian Sheppard, Zack Ryan, Colman Domingo, John Lescault, David Melissaratos
Rating Not Rated
Running Time 1h 37m
Genres Drama, Romance
Review: ‘Those People’: Heartbreak Among the Upper Crust
THOSE PEOPLE

By ANDY WEBSTER
Director Joey Kuhn
Writers Grainne Belluomo, Joey Kuhn
Stars Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower, Meghann Fahy
Running Time 1h 29m
Genres Drama, Romance
Review: In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Super-Bro Against Super-Bro
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
By A. O. SCOTT
Directors Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie
Rating PG-13
Running Time 2h 26m
Genres Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller

By MANOHLA DARGIS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Luca Guadagnino
Writers David Kajganich, Alain Page
Stars Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson
Rating R
Running Time 2h 4m
Genres Crime, Drama, Mystery
Review: ‘Elstree 1976,’ in a Galaxy Not Far, Far Away
ELSTREE 1976
By NEIL GENZLINGER
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Jon Spira
Writer Jon Spira
Stars Paul Blake, Jeremy Bulloch, John Chapman, Anthony Forrest, Laurie Goode
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Documentary
Review: ‘Dheepan,’ About Sri Lankan Refugees, Looks Like a Prophecy
DHEEPAN

By A. O. SCOTT
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Jacques Audiard
Writers Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain, Noé Debré
Stars Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Claudine Vinasithamby, Vincent Rottiers, Faouzi Bensaïdi
Rating R
Running Time 1h 55m
Genres Crime, Drama
Review: ‘Belladonna of Sadness,’ a Bewitching Masterpiece
BELLADONNA OF SADNESS

By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Eiichi Yamamoto
Writers Yoshiyuki Fukuda, Jules Michelet, Eiichi Yamamoto
Stars Tatsuya Nakadai, Katsuyuki Itô, Aiko Nagayama, Shigako Shimegi, Masaya Takahashi
Running Time 1h 33m
Genres Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Review: In ‘Dark Horse,’ a Real-Life Steeplechase Champion Inspires a Town
DARK HORSE

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Louise Osmond
Writer Louise Osmond
Rating PG
Running Time 1h 25m
Genres Documentary, Drama
-- Of Possible Interest --
Review: ‘Beautiful Something’: Craving Love in Philadelphia
BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Director Joseph Graham
Writer Joseph Graham
Stars Brian Sheppard, Zack Ryan, Colman Domingo, John Lescault, David Melissaratos
Rating Not Rated
Running Time 1h 37m
Genres Drama, Romance
Review: ‘Those People’: Heartbreak Among the Upper Crust
THOSE PEOPLE

By ANDY WEBSTER
Director Joey Kuhn
Writers Grainne Belluomo, Joey Kuhn
Stars Jonathan Gordon, Jason Ralph, Haaz Sleiman, Britt Lower, Meghann Fahy
Running Time 1h 29m
Genres Drama, Romance
Review: In ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ Super-Bro Against Super-Bro
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR

By A. O. SCOTT
Directors Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Writers Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Stars Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie
Rating PG-13
Running Time 2h 26m
Genres Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller