NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)

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Marx Can Wait
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Marco Bellocchio
In a moving new documentary, the Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio gathers his fascinating, aging family members to make sense of their brother’s suicide.


Three of the Bellocchio brothers, from left: Marco, the filmmaker; Alberto; and Camillo, who killed himself at 29. In “Marx Can Wait,” the family’s surviving members delve into Camillo’s death.
By A.O. SCOTT

Don't Make Me Go
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Hannah Marks
John Cho and Mia Isaac play a father and daughter on a road trip in this twisty drama, which explores the gulf between familiarity and intimacy.


John Cho and Mia Isaac in “Don’t Make Me Go.”
By AMY NICHOLSON

She Will
NYT Critic’s Pick | Thriller | Directed by Charlotte Colbert
A traumatized star is supernaturally primed for vengeance in this gorgeously ghostly thriller.


Alice Krige in “She Will.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

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The Deer King
R | Animation, Action, Adventure | Directed by Masashi Ando, Masayuki Miyaji
A series of Japanese fantasy novels is the basis for this tenderly wrought and brilliantly animated adventure movie.
By CONCEPCIÓN DE LEÓN

Persuasion
PG | Drama, Romance | Directed by Carrie Cracknell
Dakota Johnson smirks her way through a Netflix adaptation of the rekindled romance in Jane Austen’s last novel, our critic writes.
By TEO BUGBEE