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Find Me Falling

Not Rated

Comedy, Music, Romance

Directed by Stelana Kliris

Harry Connick Jr. stars as a cranky rocker who returns to Cyprus, the home of the love who inspired a signature hit.

By Lisa Kennedy

Widow Clicquot

R

Drama

Directed by Thomas Napper

This muddled film, based on a true story, chronicles the origins of the French champagne house Veuve Clicquot.

By Beatrice Loayza

Join or Die

Not Rated

Documentary

Directed by Pete Davis, Rebecca Davis

This documentary about the work of Robert Putnam, who wrote “Bowling Alone,” argues that Americans can save democracy by becoming joiners.

By Natalia Winkelman

Oddity

R

Horror, Thriller

Directed by Damian Mc Carthy

A haunted house, a blind psychic and a suspicious death fuel this flawed yet fun supernatural thriller.

By Jeannette Catsoulis

Hollywoodgate

Not Rated

Documentary, War

Directed by Ibrahim Nash'at

In a frustrating documentary, the journalist Ibrahim Nash’at shows the Taliban after American troops left Afghanistan.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Twisters

PG-13

Action, Adventure, Thriller

Directed by Lee Isaac Chung

Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead a stand-alone sequel to the 1996 hit — and times sure have changed.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Great Absence

NYT Critic’s Pick

Not Rated

Drama

Directed by Kei Chika-ura

A skillfully directed Japanese mystery dips into the strangeness of dementia for those who stand by and watch.

By Alissa Wilkinson

My Spy: The Eternal City

PG-13

Action, Comedy

Directed by Peter Segal

The sequel stars a teenage Sophie (Chloe Coleman), who goes on a school trip to Italy with J.J. (Dave Bautista) as her burly chaperone.

By Glenn Kenny

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger

Not Rated

Documentary

Directed by David Hinton

“Made in England” is an essay film about the artists whose passion and cinematography deeply influenced the American director.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Twice Colonized

Not Rated

Documentary, Drama

Directed by Lin Alluna

This documentary follows a renowned Inuit activist over seven years, making sense of the ways in which racism and impoverishment can abrade one’s sense of self.

By Devika Girish

Touch

R

Drama, Romance

Directed by Baltasar Kormákur

An Icelandic widower revisits London, the site of his first romance, in this film from Baltasar Kormakur.

By Beatrice Loayza

Sorry/Not Sorry

Not Rated

Documentary

Directed by Cara Mones, Caroline Suh

Cara Mones and Caroline Suh’s earnest and frustrating documentary, produced by The New York Times, has a bitter punchline.

By Amy Nicholson

Fly Me to the Moon

PG-13

Comedy, Romance

Directed by Greg Berlanti

Greg Berlanti’s movie, starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum as only mildly mismatched lovers, is set against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 landing.

By Glenn Kenny

Dandelion

R

Drama, Romance

Directed by Nicole Riegel

KiKi Layne stars as a struggling musician who meets a rakish Scottish singer (Thomas Doherty) while on the road.

By Nicolas Rapold

The Convert

Not Rated

Action, Drama

Directed by Lee Tamahori

Guy Pearce plays a minister who arrives in New Zealand and finds his allegiances change in this antipodean western set in the 19th century.

By Ben Kenigsberg

Sing Sing

NYT Critic’s Pick

R

Drama

Directed by Greg Kwedar

A deep-tissue turn by Colman Domingo and a breakout performance by Clarence Maclin lift this moving drama about a prison theater program.

By Lisa Kennedy

Eno

NYT Critic’s Pick

Not Rated

Documentary

Directed by Gary Hustwit

A new documentary about the groundbreaking artist Brian Eno breaks its own ground, too.

By Alissa Wilkinson

Mother Couch

Not Rated

Comedy, Drama

Directed by Niclas Larsson

A stubborn matriarch played by Ellen Burstyn lodges in a furniture store and wages emotional warfare with her adult children.

By Glenn Kenny

The Imaginary

PG

Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy

Directed by Yoshiyuki Momose

This poignant animated film casts the world of imaginary friends as an arena to reckon with emotional turmoil and loss of innocence.

By Brandon Yu