NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)
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lsandersonThe Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Bruce Weber
A documentary by Bruce Weber about a nonagenarian Italian photographer is sprinkled with la dolce vita, our critic writes.
A scene in “The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo.”
By GLENN KENNY
Blanquita
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Fernando Guzzoni
Based on a sex scandal that sent waves throughout Chile in the early 2000s, the film looks at the meaning of victimhood and the impotence of black-and-white systems of justice.
Laura López in “Blanquita.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA
The Eternal Daughter
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, Mystery | Directed by Joanna Hogg
The actress astonishes in two roles in Joanna Hogg’s haunting film set in a creaky castle in Wales.
Ever the chameleon: Tilda Swinton as Julie, the daughter of Rosalind, whom Swinton also plays in “The Eternal Daughter.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Return to Seoul
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Davy Chou
On a whim, a Frenchwoman goes to visit South Korea, the country of her birth, in Davy Chou’s drama.
Park Ji-Min in “Return to Seoul.”
By AMY NICHOLSON
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard
With arresting interviews and archival footage, this documentary looks back at a 1960s voting-rights campaign in Alabama that gave rise to a national movement for Black power.
A scene from “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power,” a documentary directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard.
By DEVIKA GIRISH
Tantura
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Alon Schwarz
Revisiting a graduate thesis that caused controversy in Israel two decades ago, this documentary examines evidence of a possible massacre in 1948.
Teddy Katz in the documentary “Tantura.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG
Sr.
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Chris Smith
This documentary highlights Robert Downey Sr.’s charisma and curiosity even when it shows him in decline.
Robert Downey Sr. in the documentary “Sr.”
By GLENN KENNY
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary, Biography | Directed by Bruce Weber
A documentary by Bruce Weber about a nonagenarian Italian photographer is sprinkled with la dolce vita, our critic writes.
A scene in “The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo.”
By GLENN KENNY
Blanquita
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Fernando Guzzoni
Based on a sex scandal that sent waves throughout Chile in the early 2000s, the film looks at the meaning of victimhood and the impotence of black-and-white systems of justice.
Laura López in “Blanquita.”
By BEATRICE LOAYZA
The Eternal Daughter
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Drama, Mystery | Directed by Joanna Hogg
The actress astonishes in two roles in Joanna Hogg’s haunting film set in a creaky castle in Wales.
Ever the chameleon: Tilda Swinton as Julie, the daughter of Rosalind, whom Swinton also plays in “The Eternal Daughter.”
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Return to Seoul
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Drama | Directed by Davy Chou
On a whim, a Frenchwoman goes to visit South Korea, the country of her birth, in Davy Chou’s drama.
Park Ji-Min in “Return to Seoul.”
By AMY NICHOLSON
Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Geeta Gandbhir, Sam Pollard
With arresting interviews and archival footage, this documentary looks back at a 1960s voting-rights campaign in Alabama that gave rise to a national movement for Black power.
A scene from “Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power,” a documentary directed by Geeta Gandbhir and Sam Pollard.
By DEVIKA GIRISH
Tantura
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Alon Schwarz
Revisiting a graduate thesis that caused controversy in Israel two decades ago, this documentary examines evidence of a possible massacre in 1948.
Teddy Katz in the documentary “Tantura.”
By BEN KENIGSBERG
Sr.
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Documentary | Directed by Chris Smith
This documentary highlights Robert Downey Sr.’s charisma and curiosity even when it shows him in decline.
Robert Downey Sr. in the documentary “Sr.”
By GLENN KENNY
