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The Dead Don’t Hurt
NYT Critic’s Pick
R
Drama, Western
Directed by Viggo Mortensen
Mortensen gives his film a nested, at times unnecessarily complicated structure, but with performances this good, it’s hard to mind much.
By Ben Kenigsberg
May 30, 2024
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Young Woman and the Sea
PG
Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Directed by Joachim Rønning
Daisy Ridley plays Gertrude Ederle, who persuades her father to pay for swim lessons, and then goes on to be a pioneer.
By Glenn Kenny
May 30, 2024
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Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle
PG-13
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Directed by Susumu Mitsunaka
This film extends the story told in an anime series about high school volleyball teams.
By Maya Phillips
May 30, 2024
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The Young Wife
R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by Tayarisha Poe
A beleaguered bride spirals on her wedding day in Tayarisha Poe’s stylish but overly familiar comedy-drama.
By Devika Girish
May 30, 2024
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The Great Lillian Hall
NYT Critic’s Pick
Not Rated
Drama
Directed by Michael Cristofer
Jessica Lange is ideally cast as a grande dame of the theater who is facing a reckoning in this well-crafted melodrama by Michael Cristofer.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
May 30, 2024
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In a Violent Nature
NYT Critic’s Pick
Not Rated
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Directed by Chris Nash
Chris Nash’s ultraviolent horror movie is an unexpectedly serene, almost dreamlike meditation on a murderous psyche.
By Jeannette Catsoulis
May 30, 2024
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Ezra
R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by Tony Goldwyn
This drama centers on a boy with autism and his divorced dad, with a cast featuring Robert De Niro, Rose Byrne, Whoopi Goldberg and Bobby Cannavale.
By Natalia Winkelman
May 30, 2024
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Backspot
Not Rated
Drama
Directed by D.W. Waterson
This queer high school movie, starring Devery Jacobs and Evan Rachel Wood, channels an after-school special without the coming-out trauma.
By Lisa Kennedy
May 30, 2024
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Robot Dreams
NYT Critic’s Pick
Not Rated
Animation, Drama, Family, Music
Directed by Pablo Berger
This animated film from Pablo Berger is a silent wonder that says everything about love.
By Amy Nicholson
May 30, 2024
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Handling the Undead
NYT Critic’s Pick
Not Rated
Drama, Horror, Mystery
Directed by Thea Hvistendahl
A zombie movie is wrapped in a gentle tale of mourning and love.
By Alissa Wilkinson
May 30, 2024
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MoviePass, MovieCrash
NYT Critic’s Pick
Not Rated
Documentary, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Directed by Muta'Ali Muhammad
An illuminating documentary about the ill-fated (though now-revived) subscription service finds an unexpected story.
By Alissa Wilkinson
May 29, 2024
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Atlas
PG-13
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Directed by Brad Peyton
Jennifer Lopez stars in a sci-fi action thriller that wonders whether artificial intelligence is really all that bad.
By Alissa Wilkinson
May 24, 2024
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The Beach Boys
PG-13
Documentary, Biography, Music
Directed by Frank Marshall, Thom Zimny
This Disney documentary looks at the family ties and sweet harmonies that turned a California band into a popular treasure.
By Nicolas Rapold
May 24, 2024
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Solo
Not Rated
Drama, Romance
Directed by Sophie Dupuis
Sophie Dupuis’s sensitive French Canadian drama takes a turn when a young, starry-eyed drag queen (Théodore Pellerin) opens up to questionable figures.
By Beatrice Loayza
May 23, 2024
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Queen of the Deuce
Not Rated
Documentary, Biography
Directed by Valerie Kontakos
This warm remembrance of a Times Square legend is too careful with its iconoclastic heroine.
By Jeannette Catsoulis
May 23, 2024
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Sight
PG-13
Biography, Drama, History
Directed by Andrew Hyatt
Based on the real life of the pioneering ophthalmologist Ming Wang, this movie follows the character’s struggle to see inside himself.
By Glenn Kenny
May 23, 2024
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The Garfield Movie
PG
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Directed by Mark Dindal
Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, is joined by Samuel L. Jackson as his father, in an inert big-screen adaptation that fundamentally misunderstands its protagonist.
By Brandon Yu
May 23, 2024
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Hit Man
NYT Critic’s Pick
R
Action, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Directed by Richard Linklater
Glen Powell stars in one of the year’s funniest, sexiest, most enjoyable movies — and somehow it’s surprisingly deep, too.
By Alissa Wilkinson
May 23, 2024
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Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
Not Rated
Drama, History
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
This film, based on a true story about the kidnapping of a Jewish child in 19th-century Italy, underscores the devastating consequences of family separation.
By Lisa Kennedy
May 23, 2024
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The Strangers: Chapter 1
R
Horror
Directed by Renny Harlin
A reboot of the 2008 home invasion film “The Strangers” brings back masked assailants and brutal violence but leaves originality behind.
By Erik Piepenburg
May 16, 2024
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Film Geek
Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by Richard Shepard
The director Richard Shepard details his lifelong obsession with movies in this enthusiastic video essay.
By Calum Marsh
May 16, 2024
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In Our Day
NYT Critic’s Pick
Not Rated
Drama
Directed by Hong Sang-soo
The Korean director Hong Sang-soo winds together the slenderest strands of two intersecting stories to make a tender film about simple pleasures.
By Brandon Yu
May 16, 2024
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IF
PG
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Directed by John Krasinski
The film is a slim story about a girl named Bea (Cailey Fleming) who helps a crank named Cal (Ryan Reynolds) play matchmaker. Oh, and Bradley Cooper is a glass of ice water.
By Amy Nicholson
May 16, 2024
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Coma
Not Rated
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Directed by Bertrand Bonello
Bertrand Bonello’s latest horror film, dedicated to his teenage daughter, pushes the boundaries of the conventional pandemic movie.
By Beatrice Loayza
May 16, 2024
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Back to Black
R
Biography, Drama, Music
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson
The facts get softened and shuffled for an Amy Winehouse biopic that leaves her perspective at the edges.
By Alissa Wilkinson
May 16, 2024
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Babes
R
Comedy
Directed by Pamela Adlon
Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau star in Pamela Adlon’s pregnancy comedy, but it never quite lands.
By Alissa Wilkinson
May 16, 2024
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
NYT Critic’s Pick
R
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Directed by George Miller
The fifth installment of George Miller’s series delivers an origin story of Furiosa, the hard-bitten driver played here by Anya Taylor-Joy.
By Manohla Dargis
May 15, 2024
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Poolman
R
Comedy, Mystery
Directed by Chris Pine
Chris Pine’s shaggy debut feature has a charismatic cast that rambles along with him on a Los Angeles detective adventure.
By Nicolas Rapold
May 10, 2024
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Mother of the Bride
Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Mark Waters
Brooke Shields plays a single mother who comes face to face with her college ex-boyfriend at her daughter’s destination wedding in this tired romantic comedy.
By Natalia Winkelman
May 9, 2024
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Aisha
Not Rated
Drama
Directed by Frank Berry
The “Black Panther” star Letitia Wright shows understated vulnerability in this immigrant drama by Frank Berry. Josh O’Connor (“Challengers”) also stars.
By Lisa Kennedy
May 9, 2024
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