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The Truth
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG | Drama, Family | Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda


Following his Palme d’Or-winning “Shoplifters,” the Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda visits some of the glories of France.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Family Romance, LLC
NYT Critic’s Pick | Drama | Directed by Werner Herzog


This hybrid work of fiction and documentary begins with a creepy feeling that is eventually replaced by an empathetic fascination.
By GLENN KENNY


Denise Ho: Becoming the Song
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Sue Williams


This moving documentary profiles a singer who has become an influential activist in Hong Kong.
By LOVIA GYARKYE

Welcome to Chechnya
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by David France


David France’s documentary follows a group of courageous Russian activists working to rescue victims of an anti-L.G.B.T.Q. crackdown.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Hamilton
NYT Critic’s Pick | PG-13 | Biography, Drama, History, Musical | Directed by Thomas Kail


The filmed version of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s founding-father Broadway musical arrives just in time — vital and more challenging than ever.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Unsettled: Seeking Refuge in America
Documentary | Directed by Tom Shepard


A documentary on L.G.B.T.Q. refugees becomes progressively engaging as its subjects’ paths diverge.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Graves Without a Name
NYT Critic’s Pick | Documentary | Directed by Rithy Panh


The filmmaker Rithy Panh attempts to find where his parents, victims of the Khmer Rouge, are buried.
By GLENN KENNY

The Wolf House
NYT Critic’s Pick | Not Rated | Animation, Drama, Horror | Directed by Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León


A predator is at the door in a stunning new animated film from Chile.
By GLENN KENNY

Bad Education
NYT Critic’s Pick TV-MA Comedy, Drama Directed by Cory Finley


Hugh Jackman is darkly charismatic as the real-life schools superintendent who admitted to stealing $2 million from his Long Island district.
By BEN KENIGSBERG

Beastie Boys Story
NYT Critic’s Pick TV-MA Documentary Directed by Spike Jonze


Ad-Rock and Mike D share stories and grief in a live documentary directed by Spike Jonze.
By A.O. SCOTT

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Robert the Bruce
Action, History Directed by Richard Gray


Angus Macfadyen, who first played the medieval Scottish king in “Braveheart,” reprises his role in this introspective historical drama.
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Eating Up Easter
Documentary Directed by Sergio Mata'u Rapu


A filmmaker shows the daily environmental struggles of his native home.
By KRISTEN YOONSOO KIM

Circus of Books
Documentary Directed by Rachel Mason


A woman’s documentary on the gay pornography and adult goods shop her parents ran for three decades brims with warm remembrances by those who frequented it.
By TEO BUGBEE

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary Directed by Martin Scorsese
In his new documentary, Martin Scorsese revisits a famous Bob Dylan tour that included Joan Baez and Allen Ginsberg.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

Our Time
NYT Critic’s Pick Drama Directed by Carlos Reygadas
The Mexican director Carlos Reygadas explores a couple’s fraught relationship from a languid, deep-focus perspective.
By GLENN KENNY

Hampstead
NYT Critic’s Pick PG-13 Comedy, Drama, Romance Directed by Joel Hopkins
Diane Keaton and Brendan Gleeson fall in love, with a little help from a picturesque London park.
By BILGE EBIRI

Blue Note Records: Beyond the Notes
NYT Critic’s Pick Documentary, Music Directed by Sophie Huber
Featuring Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and other luminaries, a new documentary examines Blue Note’s legacy from Thelonious Monk to hip-hop.
By GLENN KENNY

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Men in Black: International
PG-13 Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi Directed by F. Gary Gray
The fourth installment in this decades-old franchise sputters (while you groan), despite its inherently watchable leads.
By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Dead Don't Die
R Comedy, Fantasy, Horror Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch’s movie, starring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton and a bunch of other interesting people, respects the genre without committing to it.
By A.O. SCOTT

Frozen River (2008)
NYT Critics' Pick This movie has been designated a Critic's Pick by the film reviewers of The Times.
August 1, 2008
Only a Few More Smuggling Days Left Before Christmas? It’s Not a Wonderful Life
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Published: August 1, 2008

Venturing deep into the trenches where hard-working Americans struggle to put food on the table, Courtney Hunt’s somber film “Frozen River” evokes a perfect storm of present-day woes: illegal immigration, ethnic tension, depressed real estate, high gas prices and dire poverty. More

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/08/01/movies/20080801_FROZENRIVER/index.html

By NATHAN LEE
Published: June 27, 2008

An old Indian legend tells of how, after several years of intense meditation, the Buddhist monk Bodhidharma began to grow sleepy. His goal being spiritual awakening, this just wouldn’t do, so he removed his eyelids and flung them to the ground. From the spot where they landed grew the first tea leaves. More

Elsa and Fred (2005)
June 27, 2008
Marching Noisily Toward Late Middle Age
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Published: June 27, 2008

As increasing numbers of baby boomers march noisily into late middle age and early dinners, the wrinkly romance (a genre generally ignored by youth-obsessed Hollywood unless the wrinkles belong to Diane Keaton and Jack Nicholson) could become a multiplex staple. Look out for softer popcorn and larger subtitles. More