NYT Critic’s Pick Movies

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At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary Directed by Erin Lee Carr
Erin Lee Carr’s documentary features interviews with many of the women who accused Larry Nassar, the former team doctor for U.S.A. Gymnastics, of molesting them.
By BILGE EBIRI

Charlie Says
NYT Critic’s Pick R Biography, Crime, Drama Directed by Mary Harron
The director Mary Harron teams up with the writer Guinevere Turner for this smart, disturbing drama about three of Charles Manson’s female followers.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Serengeti Rules
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary, Biography Directed by Nicolas Brown
A documentarian and his crew re-enact real ecological experiments, training the viewer to see biodiversity as beauty.
By TEO BUGBEE

The Biggest Little Farm
NYT Critic’s Pick PG Documentary Directed by John Chester
John Chester’s film documents how he and his wife, entertaining idealistic notions, left their lives in the big city to go work the land.
By GLENN KENNY

Pasolini
NYT Critic’s Pick Biography, Drama Directed by Abel Ferrara
Willem Dafoe plays the great Italian writer, poet and cultural gadfly in the last days of his chaotic, incandescent life.
By A.O. SCOTT

The River and the Wall
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary, Adventure Directed by Ben Masters
Adventurers are tested by treacherous terrain and dangerous currents as they aim to document the potential effects of a border wall on wildlife and residents.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
PG Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi Directed by Rob Letterman
The high-voltage critter from the popular Japanese franchise fights crime in a futuristic city where humans and Pokémon live side by side.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Tolkien
PG-13 Biography, Drama, War Directed by Dome Karukoski
A literal-minded biopic of J.R.R. Tolkien nonetheless has its moments of emotional delicacy.
By GLENN KENNY