NYT Critic’s Pick Movies

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Pin Cushion
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Deborah Haywood
This debut feature from the British director Deborah Haywood follows a teenager and her mother as they struggle to fit in to a new town.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Unfriended: Dark Web
NYT Critic’s Pick R Horror Directed by Stephen Susco
A young man finds hidden files, and plenty of danger, on a laptop in this thriller that plays out on a computer screen.
By GLENN KENNY

McQueen
NYT Critic’s Pick R Documentary Directed by Ian Bonhôte, Peter Ettedgui
A documentary from Ian Bonhôte explores the recurring motif of triumph over abuse in the fashion designer’s world.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

The Third Murder
NYT Critic’s Pick Not Rated Crime, Drama, Mystery Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
A defense lawyer finds that the more he searches for the truth the more it slips away in the latest from the Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Blindspotting
NYT Critic’s Pick R Comedy, Drama Directed by Carlos López Estrada
Written by and starring Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal, the film struggles to balance its ambition as an entertainment with its social concerns.
By GLENN KENNY