NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

The Lost Leonardo
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Documentary | Directed by Andreas Koefoed
This documentary about the painting “Salvator Mundi” packs the fascination and wallop of an expertly executed fictional thriller.


Robert Simon, left, and Alexander Parish in the documentary “The Lost Leonardo.”
By GLENN KENNY

Days
NYT Critic’s Pick | Unrated | Drama | Directed by Ming-liang Tsai
Tsai Ming-liang’s latest film has little dialogue and no subtitles, but has plenty of story to tell.


Lee Kang-sheng, left, and Anong Houngheuangsy in “Days,” by Tsai Ming-liang.
By GLENN KENNY

My tweets

• Thu, 12:42: RT @MaxBoot: It won't be long before the Taliban flag is flying above one of the costliest and largest US embassies in the world.
• Thu, 12:43: RT @MrDanZak: A lesson taught and taught and taught again, but never ever learned.
• Thu, 21:54: RT @realTuckFrumper: One More Step Toward Trump Prosecution: Reffensberger Says He’d ‘Absolutely’ Testify Against Trump https://t.co/BPcTvl…
• Fri, 05:36: RT @washingtonpost: Analysis: Afghanistan’s rapid collapse is part of a long, slow U.S. defeat https://t.co/RBZtXWP2Qd
• Fri, 06:16: RT @saletan: This thread teaches a painful lesson: If you refuse masks and other measures to control the virus, you’ll end up with a far gr…
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• Fri, 07:05: How about we just give the US munition plant owners a few billion dollars and call it even? Biden Could Have Stopped the Taliban. He Chose Not to. https://t.co/x30fFJ1RGg
• Fri, 07:20: I wonder if the money we sent to Afghanistan had been magically prevented from reentering the US, how different the war might have turned out?

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