Movie recommendations from critics Justin Chang (J.C.) and Kenneth Turan (K.T.). In general release unless otherwise noted.
Amazing Grace
Shot during the live recording sessions of Aretha Franklin’s soaring 1972 gospel album “Amazing Grace,” this long-buried concert documentary once was lost but now is found — gloriously so. (J.C.) NR Limited
Apollo 11
More dramatically compelling than any fictional re-creation, Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary restores a sense of how insanely complex the lunar mission was and how audacious. (K.T.) G Limited
Captain Marvel
It’s not only heroes who can have superpowers; movies can have them too, and you can add this to the small list of those that do thanks to a luminous and powerful Brie Larson, costars Samuel L. Jackson, Ben Mendelsohn, Annette Bening and Jude Law, and directors and cowriters Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. (K.T.) PG-13
High Life
Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche play members of a prison ship in outer space in this beautiful, brutal and entirely astonishing science-fiction thriller from French master Claire Denis (“Beau Travail,” “35 Shots of Rum”). (J.C.) R Limited
3 Faces
An actress and a filmmaker set out to solve the mystery of a young woman’s disappearance in this playful, pleasurable and deeply serious portrait of small-town repression and rebellion from Iranian director Jafar Panahi. (J.C.) NR Limited
Transit
Adapted from Anna Seghers’ 1944 novel about a World War II refugee, but hauntingly suspended between past and present, this latest drama from German director Christian Petzold (“Phoenix”) is a quietly extraordinary tale of refugee experiences, then and now. (J.C.) NR Limited
Us
A sensational dual performance by Lupita Nyong’o is the centerpiece of Jordan Peele’s follow-up to “Get Out,” a smart, relentlessly scary horror picture about a family being stalked by murderous doppelgängers. (J.C.) R
Working Woman
Michal Aviad’s excellent feature couldn’t be more relevant or contemporary and makes compelling drama out of workplace sexual harassment; a subtle and insightful character-driven drama that will compel anyone who cares about the interplay of personalities on screen. (K.T.) NR Limited