NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)
The Forty-Year-Old Version
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Radha Blank
Radha Blank’s film is an intimate, epic reckoning with age, ambition and everything else.
Radha Blank in her autobiographical feature, “The Forty-Year-Old Version.”
By A.O. SCOTT
Time
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by Garrett Bradley
In Garrett Bradley’s moving documentary, a woman fights for her family and justice as a husband and father’s absence reverberates.
Fox Rich in a scene from “Time,” | Directed by Garrett Bradley.
By LISA KENNEDY
Black Box
NYT Critic’s Pick | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour
An amnesiac begins to see strange visions in this engrossing thriller streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Phylicia Rashad and Mamoudou Athie in “Black Box.”
By GLENN KENNY
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey
In this moving documentary, the famed naturalist maps how steeply the planet’s biodiversity has diminished over his lifetime.
The naturalist David Attenborough in the documentary “A Life on Our Planet.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN
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Faith Ba$ed
Comedy | Directed by Vincent Masciale
Two friends who know nothing about filmmaking try to make a Christian-themed movie set in outer space. That’s where just about all of the jokes in this comedy land.
From left, Lance Reddick, Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason in “Faith Ba$ed.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG
Books of Blood
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Directed by Brannon Braga
A Clive Barker short-story anthology is the source of inspiration for this lackluster trilogy of horror tales.
Britt Robertson in “Books of Blood.”Credit...
By AMY NICHOLSON
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Comedy, Drama | Directed by Radha Blank
Radha Blank’s film is an intimate, epic reckoning with age, ambition and everything else.
Radha Blank in her autobiographical feature, “The Forty-Year-Old Version.”
By A.O. SCOTT
Time
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by Garrett Bradley
In Garrett Bradley’s moving documentary, a woman fights for her family and justice as a husband and father’s absence reverberates.
Fox Rich in a scene from “Time,” | Directed by Garrett Bradley.
By LISA KENNEDY
Black Box
NYT Critic’s Pick | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller | Directed by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour
An amnesiac begins to see strange visions in this engrossing thriller streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
Phylicia Rashad and Mamoudou Athie in “Black Box.”
By GLENN KENNY
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Alastair Fothergill, Jonathan Hughes, Keith Scholey
In this moving documentary, the famed naturalist maps how steeply the planet’s biodiversity has diminished over his lifetime.
The naturalist David Attenborough in the documentary “A Life on Our Planet.”
By NATALIA WINKELMAN
-- For Bad Movie Aficionados -- You Know Who You Are --
Faith Ba$ed
Comedy | Directed by Vincent Masciale
Two friends who know nothing about filmmaking try to make a Christian-themed movie set in outer space. That’s where just about all of the jokes in this comedy land.
From left, Lance Reddick, Luke Barnett and Tanner Thomason in “Faith Ba$ed.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG
Books of Blood
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi | Directed by Brannon Braga
A Clive Barker short-story anthology is the source of inspiration for this lackluster trilogy of horror tales.
Britt Robertson in “Books of Blood.”Credit...
By AMY NICHOLSON
