NYT Critic’s Pick Movies

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This passionate historical drama from Robin Campillo follows young French activists through an emotional battle for respect and care.
By A. O. SCOTT
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Robin Campillo
Writers Robin Campillo, Philippe Mangeot
Stars Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud
Running Time 2h 20m
Genre Drama

Wonderstruck

Mr. Haynes’s lovely adaptation of Brian Selznick’s book centers on a girl in the 1920s and a boy in the ’70s whose lives are mysteriously connected.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Todd Haynes
Writer Brian Selznick
Stars Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Millicent Simmonds, Cory Michael Smith
Rating PG
Running Time 1h 57m
Genres Drama, Family, Mystery

Only the Brave


This action drama from Joseph Kosinski — about the Granite Mountain Hotshots of Prescott, Ariz. — offers some real feeling under a schematic surface.
By ANDY WEBSTER
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Joseph Kosinski
Writers Ken Nolan, Eric Warren Singer
Stars Josh Brolin, Miles Teller, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Connelly, James Badge Dale
Rating PG-13
Running Time 2h 13m
Genres Biography, Drama

Aida's Secrets


This documentary follows Izak Szewelewicz, who was sent to Israel as a toddler after World War II, on a search for the brother he didn’t know he had.
By DANIEL M. GOLD
NYT Critic’s Pick
Directors Alon Schwarz, Shaul Schwarz
Writers Halil Efrat, Alon Schwarz
Stars Izak Sagi, Shep Shell, Aida Zasadsinska
Running Time 1h 30m
Genre Documentary

Jane


Brett Morgen’s documentary tells her story through footage of Ms. Goodall’s interactions with chimpanzees in what is now Tanzania.
By BEN KENIGSBERG
NYT Critic’s Pick
Director Brett Morgen
Writer Brett Morgen
Star Jane Goodall
Running Time 1h 30m
Genres Documentary, Biography