NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

Decision to Leave
NYT Critic’s Pick | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller | Directed by Park Chan-wook
Park Chan-wook’s latest, about a forlorn detective falling for his beautiful suspect, is an exuberant, destabilizing take on a classic film noir setup.


Park Hae-il, left, and Tang Wei in the enjoyably dizzying Korean mystery “Decision to Leave."
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Till
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama | Directed by Chinonye Chukwu
Chinonye Chukwu’s new film reminds us that before his gruesome murder galvanized a civil rights movement, Emmett Till was a 14-year-old boy with a doting mother.


Jalyn Hall as Emmett Till and Danielle Deadwyler as his mother, Mamie, in “Till.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Sepa: Nuestro Señor de los milagros
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Walter Saxer
A documentary from the 1980s, now premiering in a restored version, is an eye-opening visit to a Peruvian penal colony.


A still from the documentary “Sepa, Nuestro Señor de los Milagros.”
By GLENN KENNY

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Sell/Buy/Date
Comedy, Drama | Directed by Sarah Jones
In Sarah Jones’s engaging film about the sex trade, everyone has a say.
By LISA KENNEDY