NYT Critics’ Pick Movies + Two of Possible Interest

Review: ‘Bleed for This’ Is a Boxing Movie That Gets Boxing
BLEED FOR THIS

By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Ben Younger
Writers Pippa Bianco, Angelo Pizzo, Ben Younger
Stars Miles Teller, Aaron Eckhart, Katey Sagal, Ciarán Hinds
Rating R
Running Time 1h 56m
Genres Biography, Drama, Sport

Review: ‘The Edge of Seventeen’ Takes Teenage Movies to a Higher Place
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Kelly Fremon Craig
Writer Kelly Fremon Craig
Stars Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson
Rating R
Running Time 1h 44m
Genres Comedy, Drama

Review: In ‘Off the Rails,’ an Eager Conductor Stalks New York’s Transit System
OFF THE RAILS
By NEIL GENZLINGER
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Adam Irving
Writers Tchavdar Georgiev, Adam Irving
Stars Renée Strauss, Charles Bilal, Courtney Brown, Sally Butler, Michael Stuart Garfinkle
Running Time 1h 26m
Genre Documentary

Review: Merrily (and Ruefully) Recalling an Epic Broadway Flop
BEST WORST THING THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED
NYT Critics’ Pick Directed by Lonny Price Documentary 1h 35m
FIND TICKETS
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Lonny Price
Writers Kitt Lavoie, Lonny Price, Ted Schillinger
Stars Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Terry Finn, Ann Morrison, Jim Walton
Running Time 1h 35m
Genre Documentary

Review: ‘Uncle Howard’ Looks Back at a Filmmaker’s Work Cut Short
UNCLE HOWARD
By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Aaron Brookner
Stars Aaron Brookner, John Giorno, Jim Jarmusch, Tom DiCillo, Elaine Brookner
Running Time 1h 36m
Genres Documentary, Biography

Review: A Pickpocket Is Recruited by the C.I.A. in ‘The Take’
THE TAKE

By NEIL GENZLINGER
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director James Watkins Writers Andrew Baldwin, James Watkins
Stars Idris Elba, Richard Madden, Charlotte Le Bon, Kelly Reilly, José Garcia
Rating R
Running Time 1h 32m
Genres Action, Drama

Review: ‘Ne Me Quitte Pas’ Takes 2 Alcoholics and Chronicles the Tedium of Their Lives
NE ME QUITTE PAS

By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critics’ Pick
Directors Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden
Writers Sabine Lubbe Bakker, Niels van Koevorden
Stars Bob, Marcel
Running Time 1h 47m
Genres Documentary, Comedy, Drama

Review: ‘Notes on Blindness’ Is John Hull’s Trip From Darkness to Light
NOTES ON BLINDNESS

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
NYT Critics’ Pick
Directors Pete Middleton, James Spinney
Writers Pete Middleton, James Spinney
Stars John M. Hull, Marilyn Hull, Miranda Beinart-Smith, Eileen Davies, Simone Kirby
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Drama

Review: ‘Hunter Gatherer’ Profiles Two Men Living on the Margins
HUNTER GATHERER

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Joshua Locy
Writer Joshua Locy
Stars Andre Royo, Jeannetta Arnette, Kellee Stewart, Kevin Jackson, Ashley Wilkerson
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Drama

-- Of Possible Interest --

Review: ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Unleashes J.K. Rowling’s Magic on Old New York
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM

By MANOHLA DARGIS
Director David Yates
Writer J.K. Rowling
Stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler, Colin Farrell
Rating PG-13
Running Time 2h 13m
Genres Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Review: ‘Manchester by the Sea’ and the Tides of Grief
MANCHESTER BY THE SEA

By A. O. SCOTT
Director Kenneth Lonergan
Writer Kenneth Lonergan
Stars Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges
Rating R
Running Time 2h 17m
Genre Drama

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