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New York Times Critic's Picks

New York Times Critic's Picks

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New York Times Critic's Picks
  • 3 Faces

    Movie

    Directed by Jafar Panah • Arthouse • 2019 • Iran • Farsi with English subtitles
    Featuring Behnaz Jafari, Jafar Panahi, Marziyeh Rezaei

    Winner of the Best Screenplay Award and nominated for a Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, "3 Faces" is Iranian director Jafar Panahi's fourth feature since...

  • 52 Tuesdays

    Movie

    Directed by Sophie Hyde • Drama • 2013 • Australia • English
    Starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Sam Althuizen, Del Herbert-Jane

    16-year-old Billie's reluctant path to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans for a gender transition and their time together becomes limited to Tuesday a...

  • The War Tapes

    Movie

    Directed by Deborah Scranton • Documentary • 2006 • US • English
    Featuring Zack Bazzi, Duncan Domey, Ben Flanders

    Immediate, raw, and direct, “The War Tapes” is the first film shot by the soldiers themselves, bypassing the embedded reporter filter and providing an intimate front-row look at how ...

  • Synonyms

    Movie

    Directed by Nadav Lapid • Comedy • 2019 • Israel, France, Germany • French, Hebrew with English subtitles
    Starring Tom Mercier, Quentin Dolmaire, Louise Chevillotte

    Winner of the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, Nadav Lapid's "Synonyms" follows a disaffected young Israeli who flees Tel A...

  • A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China

    Movie

    Directed by Philip Haas • Documentary • 1988 • US • English
    Featuring David Hockney

    Painted by Wang Hui and his assistants, the seventh scroll of "The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour" contains over 72 feet of beautiful and minutely detailed artistry. Director Philip Haas and famed arti...

  • Bix: "Ain't None of Them Play Like Him Yet"

    Movie

    Directed by Brigitte Berman • Documentary • 1981 • US • English
    Featuring Bix Beiderbecke, Richard Basehart, Doc Cheatham

    Cornetist / pianist / composer Leon “Bix” Beiderbecke (1903-1931) was jazz’s man who got away. Beiderbecke became a legend even in his short lifetime, bringing an amazing new...

  • Denise Ho - Becoming the Song

    Movie

    Directed by Sue Williams • Documentary • 2020 • US • English and Cantonese with English subtitles
    Featuring Denise Ho

    "Denise Ho – Becoming the Song" profiles the openly gay Hong Kong singer and human rights activist Denise Ho. Drawing on unprecedented access, the film explores her remarkable jo...

  • Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet

    Movie

    Directed by Jesse Vile • Documentary • 2012 • US • English
    Featuring Jason Becker, Marty Friedman, Joe Satriani

    When doctors diagnosed 19-year-old rock star Jason Becker with Lou Gehrig's Disease, they said he would never make music again or live to see his 25th birthday. 22 years later, without...

  • Momma's Man

    Movie

    Directed by Azazel Jacobs • Comedy • 2008 • US • English
    Starring Matt Boren, Ken Jacobs, Flo Jacobs

    Bumped from a flight back to Los Angeles, Mikey returns to his childhood home, a cluttered, cocoon-like Manhattan loft presided over by his bohemian parents. Re-installed in a household saturated...

  • Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters

    Movie

    Directed by Rosalynde LeBlanc, Tom Hurwitz • Documentary • 2020 • US • English
    Featuring Bill T. Jones, Arnie Zane

    Reaching beyond the world of dance and the remarkable legacy of renowned choreographer-dancer-director Bill T. Jones, this Peabody Award winning documentary touches the essence of c...