NYT Critic’s Pick Movie(s)
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lsandersonIo Capitano
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Matteo Garrone
The Italian director of the film “Gomorrah” focuses his tender yet unsparing lens on two teenage boys journeying from their home in Senegal to Europe.
Seydou Sarr, left, and Moustapha Fall in “Io Capitano,” directed by Matteo Garrone.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
About Dry Grasses
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The latest intimate epic from the master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan asks whether the world can change, and we can change with it.
Deniz Celiloglu and Musab Ekici in “About Dry Grasses.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON
Stopmotion
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Animation, Horror | Directed by Robert Morgan
A fraying animator becomes the victim of her own creations in this visually sophisticated horror movie.
Aisling Franciosi in “Stopmotion.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
The Invisible Fight
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Action, Comedy | Directed by Rainer Sarnet
This action comedy set in the 1970s satisfyingly blends kung fu, heavy metal and Orthodox Christianity.
Ursel Tilk, top center, in “The Invisible Fight.”
By AMY NICHOLSON
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Matteo Garrone
The Italian director of the film “Gomorrah” focuses his tender yet unsparing lens on two teenage boys journeying from their home in Senegal to Europe.
Seydou Sarr, left, and Moustapha Fall in “Io Capitano,” directed by Matteo Garrone.
By MANOHLA DARGIS
About Dry Grasses
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Drama | Directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan
The latest intimate epic from the master filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan asks whether the world can change, and we can change with it.
Deniz Celiloglu and Musab Ekici in “About Dry Grasses.”
By ALISSA WILKINSON
Stopmotion
NYT Critic’s Pick | R | Animation, Horror | Directed by Robert Morgan
A fraying animator becomes the victim of her own creations in this visually sophisticated horror movie.
Aisling Franciosi in “Stopmotion.”
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
The Invisible Fight
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Action, Comedy | Directed by Rainer Sarnet
This action comedy set in the 1970s satisfyingly blends kung fu, heavy metal and Orthodox Christianity.
Ursel Tilk, top center, in “The Invisible Fight.”
By AMY NICHOLSON
