NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

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Rise
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Biography, Drama, Sport | Directed by Akin Omotoso
The story of the real-life N.B.A. superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo is told with heartfelt charm in this endearing Disney+ biopic.


Ral Agada, left, and Uche Agada in “Rise.”
By CALUM MARSH

Beba
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Rebeca Huntt
An Afro-Latina filmmaker explores her identity and generational trauma growing up in New York City and attending a predominantly white college.


Rebeca Huntt in “Beba,” her documentary about growing up Afro-Latina in New York.
By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

We
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Alice Diop
Alice Diop’s observational documentary is a beautiful, loose-limned portrait of Paris’s suburbs.


Young residents of Paris’s suburbs in the documentary ‘We.’
By DEVIKA GIRISH

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
NYT Critic’s Pick | Animation, Comedy | Directed by Mike Judge
Even though you can guess what these two characters will say as they’re sucked into a black hole, their cosmic adventure still delivers new laughs.


The title characters are dropped into 2022 in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe.”
By GLENN KENNY

Flux Gourmet
NYT Critic’s Pick | Comedy, Drama, Horror | Directed by Peter Strickland
Peter Strickland’s latest film is a speculative comedy about art, desire and gastrointestinal discomfort.


Asa Butterfield, Fatma Mohamed and Ariane Labed in “Flux Gourmet.”
By A.O. SCOTT

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Wildhood
Drama | Directed by Bretten Hannam
Three young men explore their Indigenous heritage and questions about their gender and sexual identity in this film.
By NATALIA WINKELMAN