NYT Critic’s Pick Movies

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The Souvenir
NYT Critic’s Pick R Drama, Mystery, Romance Directed by Joanna Hogg
Honor Swinton Byrne plays a film student navigating love and ambition in 1980s London in Joanna Hogg’s oblique and exquisite new film.
By A.O. SCOTT

All Creatures Here Below
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Collin Schiffli
Karen Gillan and David Dastmalchian give incredible performances in Collin Schiffli’s horrifying Midwestern tragedy.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Asako I & II
NYT Critic’s Pick Not Rated Drama, Romance Directed by Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
The Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi follows up his marathon “Happy Hour” with a story of love among young urbanites.
By GLENN KENNY

The Wandering Soap Opera
NYT Critic’s Pick Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Directed by Raoul Ruiz, Valeria Sarmiento
An exiled Chilean filmmaker went back in 1990 to turn his homeland’s turmoil into a series of surreal sketches.
By A.O. SCOTT

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See You Yesterday
Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller Directed by Stefon Bristol
Stefon Bristol’s film imagines what “Back to the Future” might look like with a black cast. The stakes turn out to be significantly higher.
By CANDICE FREDERICK

Aniara
R Drama, Sci-Fi Directed by Pella Kagerman, Hugo Lilja
Colonists aboard a spaceship fleeing a ruined Earth encounter unrelenting tragedy in this tastefully mounted but punishing film.
By TEO BUGBEE

Perfect
Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller Directed by Eddie Alcazar
In Eddie Alcazar’s woozily incoherent sci-fi nightmare a troubled young man undergoes a gruesome transformation.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum
R Action, Crime, Thriller Directed by Chad Stahelski
The supercharged third installment of the hyper-violent franchise is staggeringly accomplished and wearyingly soulless.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Drama, Mystery, Thriller Directed by Stacie Passon
A Shirley Jackson novel from 1962 is the basis for this fable, directed by Stacie Passon, in which the men ruin the day.
By JENNIFER SZALAI