NYT Critic’s Pick Movies Plus One of Possible Interest

The Death of Stalin


Armando Iannucci’s movie is a very funny comedy about life, death and totalitarianism, and it features a superb Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Armando Iannucci
Writers Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin
Stars Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jeffrey Tambor, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko
Rating R
Running Time 1h 46m
Genre Comedy


Hannah


Charlotte Rampling is transfixing as a woman suffering for her husband’s crime in this quietly stressful film.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Andrea Pallaoro
Writers Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado
Stars Charlotte Rampling, André Wilms, Stéphanie Van Vyve, Simon Bisschop, Jessica Fanhan
Running Time 1h 35m
Genre Drama


Claire's Camera


The director Hong Sang-soo shows us the less-than-glamorous side of a famous beach town.
By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Sang-soo Hong
Writer Sang-soo Hong
Stars Isabelle Huppert, Min-hee Kim, Mi-hee Chang, Jin-young Jung, Yoon Heesun
Running Time 1h 9m
Genre Drama


Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy


A second documentary about Andy Goldsworthy is concerned with how time changes his art — and him.
By BEN KENIGSBERG
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Thomas Riedelsheimer
Stars Andy Goldsworthy, Holly Goldsworthy
Rating PG
Running Time 1h 33m
Genre Documentary


Red Sparrow


Jennifer Lawrence stars as a Russian ballerina who becomes an intelligence operative in a lurid, bloody, slickly entertaining thriller.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Francis Lawrence
Writer Justin Haythe
Stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker
Rating R
Running Time 2h 19m
Genres Mystery, Thriller


Oh Lucy!


The writer-director Atsuko Hirayanagi traces the ordinary absurdities of one woman’s life in this against-the-odds charmer.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Atsuko Hirayanagi
Writers Boris Frumin, Atsuko Hirayanagi
Stars Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, Kaho Minami, Kôji Yakusho, Shioli Kutsuna
Running Time 1h 35m
Genres Comedy, Drama

Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?


A filmmaker investigates a racial murder committed by his great-grandfather in Jim Crow-era Alabama. It’s an intensely, painfully personal project.
By A. O. SCOTT
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Travis Wilkerson
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Documentary

-- Of Possible Interest --

Review: ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Gives a Child of the Universe Powerful Friends
A WRINKLE IN TIME


By A. O. SCOTT
Director Ava DuVernay
Writers Jennifer Lee, Jeff Stockwell
Stars Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Levi Miller
Rating PG
Running Time 1h 49m
Genres Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

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