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• Documentary, Biography, Music
• Directed by Alexis Spraic

“The World According to Allee Willis” shines a light on a musical artist whose creative spirit wasn’t limited to one genre or even to music.

By Alissa Wilkinson

All We Imagine as Light

• NYT Critic’s Pick
• Drama, Romance
• Directed by Payal Kapadia

In Payal Kapadia’s extraordinary drama, three women in Mumbai search for connections amid the city’s vibrant and darkly alienating churn.

By Manohla Dargis

Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes

• Documentary
• Directed by Kathryn Ferguson

A new documentary traces Humphrey Bogart’s development from stage actor to the embodiment of brooding cinematic cool.

By Ben Kenigsberg

• Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery
• Directed by Jake Kasdan

Starring Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, this Christmas offering has the courage to ask: What if the Santa Claus story was like a Marvel movie?

By Brandon Yu

• Directed by Whitney Horn, Lev Kalman

Nothing really makes sense in this homage to ’90s cable thrillers, but that’s sort of the point.

Emilia Pérez

• Comedy, Crime, Musical, Thriller
• Directed by Jacques Audiard

The star of Jacques Audiard’s showy new musical about a trans Mexican drug lord, Karla Sofía Gascón, adds soul to the melodrama. Zoe Saldaña also shines.

• Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
• Directed by Jerry Ciccoritti

A hunky snowman comes to life in this Netflix holiday rom-com that strikes a certain muscle tone.

By Amy Nicholson

Larger Than Life: Reign of the Boybands

• Documentary, Music
• Directed by Tamra Davis

The boy band stories in Tamra Davis’s documentary rarely intersect in a way that builds a meaningful or compelling perspective.

By Chris Azzopardi

• Comedy, Drama
• Directed by Mark H. Rapaport

Trafficking in irreverence, the film follows a pair of stepsiblings with sexual tension.

By Natalia Winkelman

Youth (Homecoming)

• Directed by Wang Bing

In the finale of Wang Bing’s nonfiction trilogy, garment-factory workers return to their families and wrestle with the questions all young people do.

The Last Rifleman

• Directed by Terry Loane

Pierce Brosnan plays a man who sneaks out of his retirement home to attend the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in this charming, but corny drama.

Meanwhile on Earth

• Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
• Directed by Jérémy Clapin

A bereaved young woman faces terrible choices in this dreamily uncertain blend of science fiction and moral philosophy.

By Jeannette Catsoulis

Christmas Eve in Miller's Point

• Directed by Tyler Taormina

Tyler Taormina’s third theatrical feature is a lightly nostalgic ensemble piece set on Long Island.

Small Things Like These

• Drama, History
• Directed by Tim Mielants

Cillian Murphy of “Oppenheimer” fame plays an Irishman interrogating a system of abuse and forced labor, despite everyone’s warnings to look the other way.

• Horror, Thriller
• Directed by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods

In wily, vamping style, the actor plays a friendly neighbor to two missionaries before turning his home into a horror-filled slaughterhouse.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

• Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
• Directed by Dallas Jenkins

The film, based on a 1972 children’s book by Barbara Robinson, tells the story of an unlikely group of kids stunning a small town for the holidays.

By Glenn Kenny

• Directed by Andrea Arnold

Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski star in a film about a preteen girl who longs for a stability she’s never experienced.

• Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Directed by George Nolfi

Humans flee monsters who refuse to surpass 8,000 feet in altitude in this “Quiet Place” copycat.

Meet Me Next Christmas

• Comedy, Romance
• Directed by Rusty Cundieff

This Netflix Christmas rom-com inexplicably wants to remind viewers that the group Pentatonix still exists.

Pedro Páramo

• Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Western
• Directed by Rodrigo Prieto

In this grave adaptation of Juan Rulfo’s surreal novel, the living pray for salvation and the dead murmur regrets, but the filmmaking is oddly orthodox.

• Directed by R.J. Cutler

“Martha,” from R.J. Cutler, argues that she was ahead of her time. But though she sits for a lengthy interview, this isn’t hagiography.

• Directed by Clint Eastwood

In his latest (and perhaps last) movie as a director, Eastwood casts a skeptical eye at the criminal justice system in a mystery starring Nicholas Hoult.

The Graduates

• Directed by Hannah Peterson

In this delicate drama set in Utah, three individuals deal with survivor’s guilt a year after a school shooting takes the life of a loved one.

By Beatrice Loayza

• Action, Drama, History, War
• Directed by Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen’s World War II drama may appear conventional on the surface, but don’t miss what it’s really doing.

• Directed by Isaiah Lester, Yassir Lester

This bowling comedy, co-directed by the standup comedian Yassir Lester and his brother Isaiah, has absurdity to spare.

Chasing Chasing Amy

• Directed by Sav Rodgers

Sav Rodgers sets out to define the legacy of Kevin Smith’s “Chasing Amy” in this documentary, which is elevated by one instructive interview.

• Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
• Directed by Hans Petter Moland

Liam Neeson plays a regretful gangster with a serious medical condition in this drab, downbeat action movie.

Youth (Hard Times)

In Wang Bing’s riveting new documentary about Chinese garment workers, a generation asks: What good is money when you have no rights?

By Nicolas Rapold

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

• Directed by Johan Grimonprez

A passionate and propulsive documentary about the assassination of Patrice Lumumba spins its web in many directions.

A Real Pain

• Directed by Jesse Eisenberg

Jesse Eisenberg directs and stars in a melancholic yet funny exploration of Jewish loss and belonging, with an outstanding Kieran Culkin.

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