Born to Be NYT Critic’s PickDocumentaryDirected by Tania CyprianoThis documentary follows Dr. Jess Ting in his work at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.By Glenn Kenny
Crazy, Not InsaneDocumentary, Biography, CrimeDirected by Alex GibneyIn this Alex Gibney documentary, the psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, who has spent decades studying the pathology of violence, explains what makes people murder.By Ben Kenigsberg
Ainu MosirDramaDirected by Takeshi FukunagaThis quietly observed drama follows a teenager living in a community of Ainu people in Hokkaido, Japan struggling to preserve their culture.By Natalia Winkelman
69: The Saga of Danny HernandezDirected by Vikram GandhiThe rise and fall of the provocative rapper Tekashi69 is chronicled in this Hulu documentary.By Calum Marsh
Come AwayPGAdventure, Drama, FantasyDirected by Brenda ChapmanDavid Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie play grieving parents in a dreary melodrama that imagines Peter Pan and Alice (of Wonderland) as siblings.By Natalia Winkelman
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey NYT Critic’s PickPGFamily, Fantasy, MusicalDirected by David E. TalbertThis Netflix holiday movie offers energetic sequences, charming music and a delightful cast.By Lovia Gyarkye
Fireball: Visitors from Darker Worlds NYT Critic’s PickDocumentaryDirected by Werner Herzog, Clive OppenheimerApocalyptic comets, complicated math, ancient rituals, eccentric scientists: Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s new documentary has it all.By Glenn Kenny
Ammonite NYT Critic’s PickRBiography, Drama, RomanceDirected by Francis LeeKate Winslet’s fossil hunter and Saoirse Ronan’s convalescent embark on a forbidden seaside romance.By Jeannette Catsoulis
The ClimbRComedy, DramaDirected by Michael Angelo CovinoTwo friends face the challenges of adulthood and the treachery of women in this empty, energetic bromance.By A.O. Scott
DreamlandRDrama, ThrillerDirected by Miles Joris-PeyrafitteIn this 1930s drama, Margot Robbie plays a bank robber who finds an unlikely partner in crime in Finn Cole’s teenage dreamer.By Manohla Dargis
