NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

She Dies Tomorrow
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Drama, Thriller | Directed by Amy Seimetz


A film made before the pandemic now feels uncomfortably timely.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Sunless Shadows
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Mehrdad Oskouei


Mehrdad Oskouei’s documentary brings empathy to a tough subject: women and girls convicted of murdering male family members.
By KRISTEN YOONSOO KIM


River City Drumbeat
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Anne Flatte, Marlon Johnson


At the heart of this documentary from Marlon Johnson and Anne Flatté is a drum line in Louisville, Ky., that offers children a chance to engage with Black art and history.
By TEO BUGBEE

Howard
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Don Hahn


A new documentary looks at the prodigious talent of Howard Ashman, one half of the musical team behind “The Little Mermaid” and others, before he died of AIDS at 40.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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Pychomagic, a Healing Art
Documentary | Directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky


In this documentary, Alejandro Jodorowsky compares Freud’s “science” to his own “magic” and chronicles aiming for cures with methods resembling performance art.
By GLENN KENNY

Out Stealing Horses
Not Rated | Drama, Mystery | Directed by Hans Petter Moland


But the protagonist of this film, based on a Norwegian novel, would prefer to forget the past.
By GLENN KENNY