NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

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The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Kathleen Hepburn, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers
Two indigenous women collide in an urgent, intimate drama about race, motherhood and domestic abuse.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Les Misérables
NYT Critic’s Pick R Crime, Drama, Thriller Directed by Ladj Ly
In modern-day Montfermeil, the setting of Victor Hugo’s novel, the filmmaker Ladj Ly stages his own impassioned cry against oppression.
By GLENN KENNY

63 Up
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary Directed by Michael Apted
Michael Apted revisits the people who have grown up, and grown older, in this long-running, landmark documentary series.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Queen & Slim
NYT Critic’s Pick R Drama Directed by Melina Matsoukas
Daniel Kaluuya and Jodie Turner-Smith star in Melina Matsoukas’s dreamy but intense outlaw romance.
By A.O. SCOTT

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White Snake
Animation, Fantasy, Romance Directed by Amp Wong, Ji Zhao
Love is the answer, even when Romeo is a snake-catcher. Luckily, he’s not great at his job.
By KRISTEN YOONSOO KIM