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![]() NYT > MoviesLast Build Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:55:26 GMT Copyright: Copyright 2009 The New York Times Company
To Blacks, Precious Is ‘Demeaned’ or ‘Angelic’ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:31:17 GMT “Precious,” about a disadvantaged young woman played by Gabourey Sidibe, left, has sparked controversy over its meaning.“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” has sparked heated debate about its meaning since its limited release.
Movie Review | 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon': Abstinence Makes the Heart ... Oh, You Know Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:51:57 GMT Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) transforms to a wolf and approaches Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) in The Twilight Saga: New Moon.The big tease turns into the long goodbye in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
Movie Review | 'Broken Embraces': Almodóvar’s Happy Agony, Swirling Amid Jealousy and Revenge Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:25 GMT Penélope Cruz and Lluís Homar watching television in a scene from Pedro Almodóvar’s “Broken Embraces.”Can there be such a thing as exuberant melancholy? I can’t think of another way to describe the spirit of “Broken Embraces.”
Movie Review | 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans': A New Orleans Mystery: A Cop So Bad, He’s Good Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:31:28 GMT Nicolas Cage plays the title character, and Eva Mendes is his girlfriend, in “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”Pain, addiction and craziness fuel “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”
Oscar Short List of Documentaries Draws Controversy Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:02:49 GMT Mike Tyson in a scene from the documentary “Tyson.”A screening committee from the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences overlooked at least a half-dozen prominent films.
Film: Opening Wide His (Repaired) Heart Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:05:14 GMT After heart surgery, the comedian Robin Williams has become more introspective and more grateful for what he has.
A Surprise Gets Buzz for Oscars Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:28:29 GMT Worth the Oscar campaign? Jeff Bridges in “Crazy Heart.”“Crazy Heart,” a low-budget film about a washed-up country singer, finds itself at the heart of the Oscar race.
Movie Review | 'The Blind Side': Steamrolling Over Life’s Obstacles With Family as Cheerleaders Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:34:55 GMT Quinton Aaron as Michael Oher in “The Blind Side,” directed by John Lee Hancock.“The Blind Side” is a movie made up almost entirely of turning points and yet curiously devoid of drama or suspense.
Movie Review | 'Mammoth': Bourgeois Bohemians, There’s a Price to Pay Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:50:24 GMT Michelle Williams, Gael Garcia Bernal and Sophie Nyweide in “Mammoth,” directed by Lukas Moodysson.In “Mammoth,” when a rich child eats her lunch in New York, a poor boy in the Philippines cries.
Movie Review | 'My Dear Enemy': Feelings Close to the Surface Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:41:27 GMT Ha Jung-woo and Jeon Do-youn in “My Dear Enemy.” Lee Yoon-ki’s “My Dear Enemy” may confound your expectations of a South Korean film.
Movie Review | 'Planet 51': A Misunderstood Alien, but Not as Smart as E.T. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:58:10 GMT “Lem” voiced by Justin Long and “Chuck” voiced by Dwayne Johnson in “Planet 51.”The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal “Planet 51” belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking.
Movie Review | 'The Sun': When Dusk Finally Settled on the Emperor Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:21:48 GMT Issey Ogata as Emperor Hirohito and Georgi Pitskhelauri as a bowing American adjutant in "The Sun."Alexander Sokurov’s “The Sun” looks at the emperor Hirohito in the murk of Japan’s surrender.
Movie Review | 'Red Cliff': It’s Good Guys vs. Bad Guys on a China-Size Scale Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:52:17 GMT Tony Leung stars in the epic film “Red Cliff,” which reunites him with the director John Woo.With “Red Cliff,” the director John Woo goes back to his violent roots.
Movie Review | 'Staten Island, New York': Gazing Longingly at Manhattan Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:45:44 GMT Ethan Hawke in “Staten Island,” directed by James deMonaco. If “Staten Island, New York” is an ode to what it calls “the forgotten stepchild of Manhattan,” it is a barbed and quirky one.
Movie Review | 'The Missing Person': Probing Psychological Wounds Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:46:38 GMT Michael Shannon in “The Missing Person,” directed by Noah Buschel. “The Missing Person” is a moody, modern-day noir about derailed lives and suppressed memories.
Movie Review | 'Defamation': The Past in the Present Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:46:56 GMT A scene from “Defamation,” directed by Yoav Shamir. In his disorganized and somewhat annoying “Defamation,” Yoav Shamir, an Israeli filmmaker, tries to stir up a tempest.
Movie Review | 'Fix': A Single, Frantic Day Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:44:36 GMT Shawn Andrews and Olivia Wilde in “Fix,” directed by Tao Ruspoli. “Fix” dashes headlong through Los Angeles with a little charm and a lot of verve.
Movie Review | 'The War on Kids': What Ails Public Schools? Better Ask, What Doesn’t? Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:40:12 GMT A student at Columbine High School, which has many surveillance cameras.A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction, “The War on Kids” likens our public school system to prison and its disciplinary methods to fascism.
Essay: Is Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:51:34 GMT Scientists give many reasons not to worry about predictions based on the Mayan calendar that the world will end in three years.
Hollywood Dinner Has Oscars on Menu Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:51:11 GMT Something remarkable happened at the new awards ceremony sponsored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences: Hollywood let its guard down.
In Search of a Father in Search of the Blues Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:34 GMT Robert Palmer depicted in “The Hand of Fatima.”Music critics’ lives don’t often inspire much fascination. But Robert Palmer, the chief popular music critic of The New York Times in the 1980s, was different.
‘2012’ Opening Earns $65 Million Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:53:30 GMT Roland Emmerich’s thriller about a global cataclysm opened at No. 1 with a higher-than-expected $65 million in ticket sales.
Screen Memories Sun, 15 Nov 2009 07:41:21 GMT The most important films of the past decade — and why they mattered.
Film: Madness or Method? Tough to Tell Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:59:06 GMT Lucius Baston, left, and Nicolas Cage, who plays as a tormented, drug-addled cop in a scene from “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.” The film is a loose remake of a 1992 movie starring Harvey Keitel.With “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans,” I was reminded of how exhilarating it can be to watch an actor go far and then just a little too far.
Film: Media Vampires, Beware Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:40:13 GMT Kristen Stewart in Beverly Hills.For Kristen Stewart, life is not easy as a teen idol, but she has learned to dodge the limelight.
Film: Taking a Man, Then Removing His Myth Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:54:26 GMT Right, Issey Ogata as Emperor Hirohito of Japan in a scene from “The Sun.” The dour reputation of the filmmaker Alexander Sokurov belies the beguiling strangeness of some of his work.
DVDs: Russian Story, German Director, Hollywood Film Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:27:26 GMT Linda Darnell plays a Russian peasant in Douglas Sirk's “Summer Storm” adapted from Chekhov's “Shooting Party.”A look at Douglas Sirk’s dark, doom-laden social drama “Summer Storm,” a Blu-ray edition of “The Prisoner” and more.
Television: Filming a Friendship, Founded on Film Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:05 GMT Vilmos Zsigmond, left, and Laszlo Kovacs last year during the production of the documentary about them.“No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos,” to be shown Tuesday on “Independent Lens” on PBS, is an account of the long friendship between two influential filmmakers.
A Writer Tries to Take the High Road as the Low Jokes Fly Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:07:16 GMT In a panel discussion on “The Future of Funny,” the writer Ken Auletta found engaging Judd Apatow was different from talking with Barry Diller.
Film: Filmmakers’ Controversy: Their Dad Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:30:32 GMT William M. Kunstler, the civil rights lawyer, and his daughter Sarah in 1977. Two sisters have captured their father’s long and tumultuous career in the documentary “William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe.”
The Self-Manufacture of Megan Fox Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:41:13 GMT How America’s leading starlet made herself up for the multimedia age.
A Teacher’s Dream Gets to the Screen Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:03:36 GMT Robert Kaplow, who teaches English at a high school in Summit, N.J., wrote a novel, “Me and Orson Welles,” that has just been made into a movie.
Burdened by Billions in Debt, MGM Puts Itself Up for Sale Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:46:09 GMT Estimates for the studio, which owns a 4,000-title film library, range from $1.5 billion to almost $3 billion.
Home of the Mouse Finds Box Office Success in the Land of the Bear Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:43:00 GMT The Walt Disney film "The Book of Masters" is based on Russian folk tales.“The Book of Masters” is Disney’s first attempt at a film specifically for a Russian-speaking audience.
Fox Overhauls the Leadership of Its Entertainment Divisions Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:24:05 GMT Riding a wave of successful films as the president of Fox Searchlight Pictures, Peter Rice will become the top entertainment executive.
Carpetbagger: Soderbergh and Bana at TriBeCa Festival Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:23:08 GMT Eric Bana (and his beast) in his documentary “Love of the Beast.”New films from Steven Soderbergh, Eric Bana and Cheryl Hines join the lineup at the coming TriBeCa Film Festival.
William Morris and Endeavor Explore a Merger Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:50:26 GMT The merger of the two talent agencies would challenge the leadership position of Creative Artists Agency.
Tullio Pinelli, Screenwriter for Fellini, Dies at 100 Sat, 14 Mar 2009 03:33:52 GMT Mr. Pinelli’s prolific screenwriting career included a long partnership with the director Federico Fellini, with whom he wrote “I Vitelloni,” “La Strada,” “La Dolce Vita” and “8 ½.”
Arts, Briefly: Sundance Festival Chooses New Director Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:30:47 GMT The Sundance Film Festival has found its new director.
Arts, Briefly: Ruling Against Novelist in ‘Sahara’ Movie Case Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:20:41 GMT A judge has ruled that the novelist Clive Cussler must pay $13.9 million in legal fees to the production company that made the film “Sahara.”
Carpetbagger: And the DVD Goes To… Tue, 10 Mar 2009 23:53:14 GMT A large number of the Times’s critics’ picks release on DVD this week.
Film Society Chooses Executive Director Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:12:24 GMT Mara ManusMara Manus, the Public Theater’s top financial executive, is taking the helm as the Film Society undergoes a $38 million expansion.
Front Row: We’re Off to See the Ruby Slippers Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:49:31 GMT One of Betsey Johnson's sketches.Betsey Johnson and 20 other designers are recreating Dorothy’s glittering ruby slippers to commemorate the 70th anniversary of “The Wizard of Oz” next year to benefit the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
Arts, Briefly: Cannes Winner to Open New York Film Festival Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:36:11 GMT The 46th New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of “The Class” (“Entre les Murs”).
Charles H. Joffe, Movie Producer, Is Dead at 78 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:46:29 GMT Charles H. Joffe and Diane Keaton on Oscar night 1978.Mr. Joffe was a co-producer of Woody Allen’s movies and the business expert in the talent agency that managed the careers of a host of high-profile comedians.
Paramount Drops Out of Plan to Raise $450 Million for Films Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:02:21 GMT Paramount Pictures said it had pulled out of a planned film finance deal that was meant to raise as much as $450 million.
Out of Control Sat, 31 May 2008 02:08:21 GMT Chris FarleyAn oral biography of the comedian Chris Farley.
‘Sex and the City’ Leads Weekend Box Office Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:45:32 GMT The film has earned an estimated $55.7 million since Thursday, making it an unconventional summer hit.
Fire Destroys Parts of a Popular Movie Lot in California Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:13:36 GMT A fire erupted Sunday at NBC Universal’s studio lot in Universal City, Calif. In the foreground, a set from “War of the Worlds.”A fire at NBC Universal’s studio lot in Universal City, Calif., destroyed a vault full of movie and television images and parts of the popular studio tour. At least six firefighters were injured.
The Media Equation: Slumber Parties Go Digital Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:23:46 GMT In the gender wars, men generally win the race to the bottom. This past week though, women were the ones who seemed completely preoccupied by the reproductive act.
Financier in Hollywood Strikes Deal in D.W.I. Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:04:48 GMT Ryan KavanaughRyan Kavanaugh pleaded no contest to, and was convicted of, one count of driving under the influence of alcohol, while more serious charges were dropped.
Film: That License to Kill Is Unexpired Fri, 30 May 2008 18:34:44 GMT The Bond films, like “Octopussy” (1983), with Roger Moore, have given the character a popular identity beyond the page.Ian Fleming, had he lived, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Wednesday. James Bond, his greatest invention, is ageless and immortal.
Film: Beauty, Brutality and Three Tough Mothers Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:54:46 GMT An unsettling vision from “Mother of Tears,” directed by Dario Argento. Dario Argento’s latest danse macabre, “Mother of Tears,” starring his daughter Asia, is now on DVD.
Fashion Review: 10 Years Later, Carrie Coordinated Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:53:28 GMT Fashion has been a regular character defining trait throughout the “Sex and the City” series, and in the film version, the fashion is jaw-droppingly fantastic.
Disney and Pixar: The Power of the Prenup Sun, 01 Jun 2008 05:57:06 GMT Pixar, co-founded by Steve Jobs, left, and Disney, run by Robert A. Iger, have a Hollywood marriage that works. Starring in their newest animated film is a robot named Wall-E.Two years in, the merger of Disney and Pixar is notable for how well the two companies have made it work.
Movie Review | 'Speed Racer': Gentlemen, Start Your Hot-Hued Engines Fri, 09 May 2008 05:21:47 GMT Emile Hirsh stars in "Speed Racer," directed by Andy and Larry Wachowski.“Speed Racer” sets out to honor and refresh a youthful enthusiasm from the past and winds up smothering the fun in self-conscious grandiosity.
Movie Review | 'Surfwise': A Family That Surfs to a Beat: Its Own Fri, 09 May 2008 17:13:28 GMT Dorian Paskowitz and his wife, Juliette, with their nine children, around 1976. “Surfwise” has a bohemian vibe and a cool sheen, but it’s an eager-to-please, pleasing commercial enterprise with a reassuring narrative arc.
Movie Review | 'Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead': Going for the Finger-Licking Gusto Fri, 09 May 2008 03:18:04 GMT Jason Yachanin and Kate Graham in "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead," directed by Lloyd Kaufman.“Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead” is just about as perfect as a film predicated on the joys of projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea can be.
A Night Out With Ellen Page: Just a Girl From Halifax Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:07:53 GMT While many actresses fantasize about wearing Valentino or Zac Posen on the red carpet, Ellen Page has a completely different idea.
A Knack for Being the Bad Boy Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:22:04 GMT The British actor Ian McShane outside the Cort Theater, where he’s starring in a revival of Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming.” “You do battle with the audience,” he said.The British actor Ian McShane opens next week as the patriarch Max in Harold Pinter’s “Homecoming,” a man-monster of diminishing powers and, of course, many vulgarities.
Tomorrow’s Oscar Hopefuls Today Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:29:03 GMT The “Black List” has become the kind of underground document that writers with projects in development pray will mention their script.
Under a New Watch, Miramax Still Homes in on Awards Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:49:36 GMT A scene from “No Country for Old Men.”Miramax may be a smaller and calmer organization under Daniel Battsek, but the studio has nonetheless remained in the thick of the awards race.
For Struggling Black College, Hopes of a Revival Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:33:37 GMT “The Great Debaters,” starring Denzel Washington, left, tells the story of the winning 1935 Wiley College debate team.Wiley College is suddenly feeling the glow of celebrity with the release of a film about the school’s debating team.
Critic’s Choice: Respect in a Box: Giving John Ford the Major American Artist Treatment Fri, 07 Dec 2007 08:26:30 GMT Henry Fonda in the 1946 film “My Darling Clementine.” “Ford at Fox” is a gargantuan boxed set that assembles 24 of the 50-some films John Ford made for the studio that was his most consistent home. |
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