NYT Critics’ Pick Movies - The Two-Week Edition

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Song to Song



This drama about intersecting love lives features themes like betrayal, identity and art. Religion appears, too, in the film, set in Austin, Tex.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
March 16, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Terrence Malick
Writer Terrence Malick
Stars Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara, Michael Fassbender, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett
Rating R
Running Time 2h 9m
Genres Drama, Music, Romance


Taipei Story



The Taiwanese director Edward Yang’s second feature, a portrait of urban alienation from 1985, is getting a theatrical release in the United States.
By GLENN KENNY
March 16, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Edward Yang
Writers T'ien-wen Chu, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Edward Yang
Stars Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko, Su-Yun Ko, Nien-Jen Wu
Running Time 1h 50m
Genre Drama

P.S. Jerusalem

The filmmaker Danae Elon’s child provides some of the most insightful moments in this documentary chronicling the return to the city of her youth.
By BEN KENIGSBERG
March 16, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Danae Elon
Writer Sophie Farkas Bolla
Stars Luai Musa Hatib, Amos Touitou Elon, Andrei Touitou Elon, Tristan Touitou Elon, Philip Touitou
Running Time 1h 27m
Genre Documentary

T2 Trainspotting



The sequel to the gloriously scabrous film that kick-started the careers of Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor illustrates the consequences of a misspent youth.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
March 16, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Danny Boyle
Writer John Hodge
Stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle
Rating R
Running Time 1h 57m
Genre Drama


After the Storm



NYT Critics’ Pick Drama Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
The Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest family drama, focusing on a writer who’s fallen on hard times, works in a quiet cinematic register.
By GLENN KENNY
March 15, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Hirokazu Koreeda
Writer Hirokazu Koreeda
Stars Hiroshi Abe, Yôko Maki, Satomi Kobayashi, Lily Franky, Sôsuke Ikematsu
Running Time 1h 57m
Genre Drama


Frantz



François Ozon’s adaptation of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1932 antiwar film, “Broken Lullaby,” is set in Germany and France in the aftermath of World War I.
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
March 14, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director François Ozon
Stars Pierre Niney, Paula Beer, Ernst Stötzner, Marie Gruber, Johann von Bülow
Rating PG-13
Running Time 1h 53m
Genres Drama, History, War

Raw



Julia Ducournau’s film unfolds during rush week in a nightmarish veterinary school.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
March 9, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Julia Ducournau
Writer Julia Ducournau
Stars Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella, Laurent Lucas, Joana Preiss
Rating R
Running Time 1h 39m
Genres Drama, Horror






Olivier Assayas’s new film is both a supernatural thriller and an unnerving inquiry into the drift and mystery of modern life.
By A. O. SCOTT
March 9, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Olivier Assayas
Writer Olivier Assayas
Stars Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin
Rating R
Running Time 1h 45m
Genres Drama, Mystery, Thriller






Winter gives way to summer, and a Greek island offers a middle-aged doctor an opportunity for hedonistic adventure.
By GLENN KENNY
March 8, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Argyris Papadimitropoulos
Writers Argyris Papadimitropoulos, Syllas Tzoumerkas
Stars Makis Papadimitriou, Elli Tringou, Dimi Hart, Hara Kotsali, Milou Van Groesen
Rating Not Rated
Running Time 1h 44m
Genres Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller






This mesmerizing documentary takes its title from the name of a remote outpost of 94 people facing an environmental catastrophe.
By KEN JAWOROWSKI
March 8, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Directors Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands
Writers Ewan McNicol, Anna Sandilands
Running Time 1h 22m
Genres Documentary,
Comedy, Drama

Beauty and the Beast



A compassionate Belle and a splendid monster are the hallmarks of this live-action remake of the 1991 animated film.
By A.O. SCOTT
March 3, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Bill Condon
Writers Stephen Chbosky, Evan Spiliotopoulos
Stars Dan Stevens, Emma Watson, Luke Evans, Ewan McGregor, Josh Gad
Rating PG
Running Time 2h 9m
Genres Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance

Apprentice



In this film from Singapore, the chief executioner at a high-security prison takes on a new assistant.
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
March 2, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Junfeng Boo
Writer Junfeng Boo
Stars Firdaus Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahmad, Boon Pin Koh, Nickson Cheng
Running Time 1h 55m
Genre Drama


Donald Cried



In this comedy directed by Kris Avedisian, frenemies from high school rediscover each other for better and worse when one returns to their hometown.
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
March 2, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
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Director Kris Avedisian
Writers Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman
Stars Jesse Wakeman, Louisa Krause, Tyrone Alcorn, Ted Arcidi, Kris Avedisian
Running Time 1h 25m
Genres Comedy, Drama


Junction 48



In this drama directed by Udi Aloni, Tamer Nafar plays an Arab Israeli citizen trying to build a music career.
By BEN KENIGSBERG
March 2, 2017
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Udi Aloni Writers Oren Moverman, Tamer Nafar
Stars Tamer Nafar, Samar Qupty
Running Time 1h 35m
Genres Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Music, Thriller


Catfight
In this film that takes jabs at callous privilege, two former college frenemies face off in a battle of trophy wife versus struggling artist.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
NYT Critics’ Pick
Director Onur Tukel
Writer Onur Tukel
Stars Sandra Oh, Anne Heche, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Ahdoot, Dylan Baker
Running Time 1h 36m
Genres Comedy, Drama