NYT Critics’ Pick Movies

[lsanderson]

Review: ‘Chicken People,’ Pampering Royalty That Clucks
CHICKEN PEOPLE
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Nicole Lucas Haimes
Running Time 1h 23m
Genres Documentary, Comedy, Family
By HELEN T. VERONGOS

Review: An Unflinching Portrayal of Impending Mortality in ‘Chronic’
CHRONIC

NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Michel Franco
Writer Michel Franco
Stars Tim Roth, Michael Cristofer, Elizabeth Tulloch, Tate Ellington, David Dastmalchian
Rating R
Running Time 1h 33m
Genre Drama
By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Review: In ‘Closet Monster,’ a Teenager’s Self-Discovery Is Tinged With Danger
CLOSET MONSTER

NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Stephen Dunn
Writer Stephen Dunn
Stars Aaron Abrams, Jack Fulton, Joanne Kelly, Isabella Rossellini, Jinji Dawson
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Drama
By KEN JAWOROWSKI

Review: ‘The Jazz Loft According to W. Eugene Smith’
THE JAZZ LOFT ACCORDING TO W. EUGENE SMITH

NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Sara Fishko
Writer Sara Fishko
Stars David Amram, Carla Bley, John Cohen, Harry Colomby, Bill Crow
Running Time 1h 27m
Genres Documentary, Biography, History, Music
By GLENN KENNY

Review: In ‘Queen of Katwe,’ a Pawn Finds Her Crown Through Chess
QUEEN OF KATWE

NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Mira Nair
Writer William Wheeler
Stars Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza, Taryn Kyaze
Rating PG
Running Time 2h 4m
Genres Biography, Drama, Sport
By A. O. SCOTT

Review: A Rough Cut of ‘The Thief and the Cobbler’ Makes It to MoMA
THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER

NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Richard Williams
Writers Richard Williams, Margaret French, Howard Blake, John Patrick Shanley
Stars Vincent Price, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Beals
Rating G
Running Time 1h 12m
Genres Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
By GLENN KENNY