NYT Critic’s Pick Movies

Gloria Bell
NYT Critic’s Pick R Drama, Romance Directed by Sebastián Lelio
The Chilean writer-director Sebastián Lelio finds a perfect partner in Moore for this fantastic remake of his 2013 movie “Gloria.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Babylon
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Franco Rosso
This 1980 movie is just now being released in the United States, and it serves as a scrapbook of a particularly harsh moment in time.
By WESLEY MORRIS

3 Faces
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Jafar Panahi
In this pleasurably intelligent movie, Jafar Panahi explores the divide between fiction and documentary, past and present.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Island of the Hungry Ghosts
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary Directed by Gabrielle Brady
In Gabrielle Brady’s moving documentary, asylum seekers on Australia’s Christmas Island are viewed through the eyes of a compassionate trauma counselor.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

An Elephant Sitting Still
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Bo Hu
This is the only feature from Hu Bo, a talented young Chinese director who died shortly after it was completed.
By A.O. SCOTT

Black Mother
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary Directed by Khalik Allah
In Khalik Allah’s poetic movie, the most prevalent perspective is not that of a documentarian, but of a filmmaker’s love.
By GLENN KENNY

-- Of Possible Interest --

Captain Marvel
PG-13 Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi Directed by Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
The newest member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe goes on a nostalgia trip in the company of Samuel L. Jackson and Annette Bening.
By A.O. SCOTT

A Madea Family Funeral
PG-13 Comedy Directed by Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry puts on the floral-print dress for what he says is the last time. Sit up and pay attention.
By A.O. SCOTT

The Photographer of Mauthausen
Biography, Drama, History, Thriller Directed by Mar Targarona
Set in a concentration camp, the film balances Hitchcock-like suspense with stark illustrations that some horrors cannot, and will not, be trivialized.
By JASON BAILEY

Two TC Things o' Interest

Two things of possible interest, one free tonight (2019.03.08), one not free (2019.04.26):

Tonight (Friday, Mar. 8) at the O’Shaughnessy: Toshi Reagon: “I Have Seen the Good Worlds.” Especially if you have plans to see “Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower – The Concert Version” when it comes to the O’Shaughnessy on April 26 (one performance only!), catch this free talk by Toshi Reagon, who created the new opera with her mother, Sweet Honey in the Rock founder Bernice Johnson Reagon. Her lecture is described as “notes on Octavia E. Butler’s ‘Parable of the Sower’ and the Art of Prediction as Activation.” 7 p.m. Free, but tickets are required. P.S. Today is International Women’s Day.

https://oshag.stkate.edu/event/kelly-lecture-i-have-seen-the-good-worlds/

The O'Shaughnessy Presents

Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower–The Concert Version
A Women of Substance Event
Friday, Apr 26 | 7:30 pm

In this genre-defying work featuring a powerhouse ensemble of 20 singers and musicians, Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower harnesses two centuries of Black music to give musical life to Butler’s acclaimed science fiction novel of the same name.

Written by Toshi Reagon, who Vibe Magazine called “one helluva rock’n’roller-coaster ride,” in collaboration with Bernice Johnson Reagon, the iconic singer, scholar and activist, Parable of the Sower becomes a mesmerizing theatrical work of rare power and beauty that reveals deep insights on gender, race and the future of human civilization.

https://oshag.stkate.edu/event/octavia-e-butlers-parable-of-the-sower/

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