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Review: In ‘Last Days in the Desert,’ Ewan McGregor Is a Conflicted Jesus

LAST DAYS IN THE DESERT
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Rodrigo García
Writer Rodrigo García
Stars Ewan McGregor, Ciarán Hinds, Tye Sheridan, Ayelet Zurer
Rating PG-13
Running Time 1h 38m
Genres Adventure, Drama, History

Review: ‘Sunset Song’ Shows a Woman’s True Grit

SUNSET SONG
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Terence Davies
Writers Lewis Grassic Gibbon (Novel), Terence Davies
Stars Agyness Deyn, Mark Bonnar, Peter Mullan, Ron Donachie, Jack Greenlees
Rating R
Running Time 2h 15m
Genre Drama

Review: In ‘Love & Friendship,’ Austen Meets Whit Stillman

LOVE & FRIENDSHIP
By A. O. SCOTT
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Whit Stillman
Writer Whit Stillman
Stars Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, Emma Greenwell
Rating PG
Running Time 1h 32m
Genres Drama, Romance

Review: ‘Cash Only’: Repaying a Crook, When Things Turn Gritty

CASH ONLY
NYT Critics’ Pick Directed by Malik Bader Crime, Drama, Thriller 1h 31m
By KEN JAWOROWSKI
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Malik Bader
Writer Nickola Shreli
Stars Nickola Shreli, Stivi Paskoski, Danijela Stajnfeld, Malik Bader, Herion Mustafaraj
Running Time 1h 31m
Genres Crime, Drama, Thriller

Review: ‘Paths of the Soul,’ a Road Trip Unlike Any Other

PATHS OF THE SOUL
By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Yang Zhang
Writer Yang Zhang
Running Time 1h 55m
Genre Documentary

Review: Cops in ‘The Trust’ Spice Up Deadly Dull Jobs

THE TRUST
By NEIL GENZLINGER
NYT Critics’ Pick
Directors Alex Brewer, Benjamin Brewer
Writers Benjamin Brewer, Adam Hirsch
Stars Nicolas Cage, Elijah Wood, Sky Ferreira, Eric Heister, Alexandria Lee
Rating R
Running Time 1h 32m
Genres Crime, Thriller

Review: In ‘The Lobster,’ Colin Farrell Plays a Divorced Man in a Loner-Hating Society

THE LOBSTER
By A. O. SCOTT
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Yorgos Lanthimos
Writers Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthymis Filippou
Stars Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, Jessica Barden, Olivia Colman
Rating R
Running Time 1h 58m
Genres Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

Review: Health Care Bureaucracy Runs Amok in ‘A Monster With a Thousand Heads’

A MONSTER WITH A THOUSAND HEADS
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Rodrigo Plá
Writer Laura Santullo
Stars Jana Raluy, Sebastián Aguirre, Hugo Albores, Emilio Echevarría, Úrsula Pruneda
Running Time 1h 14m
Genres Drama, Thriller

-- From the Peanut Gallery --
SUNSET SONG

Having grown up on a farm, this film spoke to me: "The director and crew knows nothing about farms." (And, I'm not convinced that's all they don't know.)

THE LOBSTER