NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

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The Hidden Life of Trees
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Documentary | Directed by Jörg Adolph, Jan Haft
Jörg Adolph uses the sensorial capacities of cinema to thrillingly visualize a German forester’s contention that trees are social, sentient beings.


A scene from the documentary “The Hidden Life of Trees.”
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville’s sharp and vividly compelling documentary tries to pin down a brilliant, troubled man.


Anthony Bourdain, the subject of the documentary “Roadrunner.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Tom Hurwitz, Rosalynde LeBlanc
A striking new documentary explores the enduring legacy of a dance piece created by Bill T. Jones at the height of the AIDS crisis.


A still from the documentary “Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters.”
By GLENN KENNY

Pig
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama, Thriller | Directed by Michael Sarnoski
Nicolas Cage plays a reclusive truffle hunter in this fiercely controlled character drama.


Nicolas Cage in “Pig.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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No Ordinary Man
Documentary | Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt
This documentary sheds light on a prominent jazz musician whose death became a spectacle when it was discovered he was transgender.


Billy Tipton, center, in the documentary “No Ordinary Man.”
By TEO BUGBEE