NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

I Saw the TV Glow
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, Horror | Directed by Jane Schoenbrun
An outstanding not-quite-horror film about being a fan just before the internet took over.


ustice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine in “I Saw the TV Glow.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON

Unfrosted
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Biography, Comedy, History | Directed by Jerry Seinfeld
Starring Jerry Seinfeld in his feature directing debut, “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tarts Story” is the only corporate saga whose main ingredient is high-fructose sarcasm.


From left, Melissa McCarthy, Jerry Seinfeld and Jim Gaffigan in “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

Evil Does Not Exist
NYT Critic’s Pick
Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up his sublime drama “Drive My Car” with a parable about a rural Japanese village and the resort developer eyeing its land.


Hitoshi Omika, left, and Ryo Nishikawa play father and daughter in “Evil Does Not Exist.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS

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Turtles All the Way Down
PG-13 | Drama, Romance | Directed by Hannah Marks
Hannah Marks’s adaptation of John Green’s blockbuster young-adult novel builds a dynamic depiction of a teenager with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN