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The New Season Film: Are Films Bad, or Is TV Just Better?
Attendance is down. At the water cooler, they’re talking about “Mad Men.” It’s hand-wringing time for cinephiles.
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Movie Review | 'Honeymoons': Stumbling Over Roadblocks to Love and Hope
The first Albanian-Serbian co-production, the film “Honeymoons” (unsurprisingly about ethnic biases and tensions) has the courage to end in a kind of limbo.
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In Blair Memoir, Is It the Queen or 'The Queen'?
Peter Morgan, the screenwriter of "The Queen," sees a similarity between his script for that film and a scene from Tony Blair's memoir, "A Journey."
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Godard May Attend Oscars After All
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Mr. Godard had sent "a cordial, handwritten note" indicating that he might not snub a November awards ceremony.
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Filmmaker Ordered to Give Testimony in Chevron Case
In a strongly worded opinion, a federal judge wrote the oil company's original request for Joe Berlinger's raw documentary footage was "no fishing expedition."
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Politics on Film, but This Time Leaning Right
“I Want Your Money,” a political documentary by Ray Griggs, is a minor triumph for one of the less visible minorities: the Hollywood right.
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He's O.K.: 'Rocky Horror' Creator Given Residency in New Zealand
Richard O'Brien, the author and composer of the cross-dressing cult classic, will soon be permitted to retire to that nation's moon-drenched shores and sing and dance the Time Warp there once more.
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Film: Movies, Mountains and High Hopes
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Kazan Documentary, With Scorsese Pedigree, Will Come to TV, DVD and Theaters
"A Letter to Elia," a documentary directed by Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones, will be shown as part of PBS's "American Masters" series and released in a DVD boxed set of Elia Kazan movies.
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Lessons of the Summer Box Office
Movie attendance was down, but some films — like “Toy Story 3” and “Inception” — made out very, very well.
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Godard Won't Pick Up Honorary Oscar in Person
Anne-Marie Mieville, his wife and collaborator, said Mr. Godard would not travel to the U.S. for the award. "Would you go all that way just for a bit of metal?" she asked.
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Film: Driven by Fierce Visions of Independence
Barbara Loden’s film “Wanda,” a feminist portrayal of a woman struggling to survive, is being reissued.
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Movie Review | 'My Dog Tulip': A Tender Love Story Between Man and Dog
“My Dog Tulip,” an animated film based on the 1956 memoir by J. R. Ackerley, explores a lonely man’s devotion toward his pet.
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Movie Review | 'Last Train Home': A Family Caught in the Wheels of China’s Industrial Locomotive
This documentary by Lixin Fan traces the conflicts between married migrant factory workers in Guangzhou and their daughter, strains partly resulting from China’s accelerating economy.
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May the Force of Nostalgia Be With You
A vintage interview with Harrison Ford, recorded just as the "Star Wars" phenomenon was taking off, helps us stave off the unpleasant reality that the summer is over.
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Even Hit Like ‘Kick-Ass’ Can Seem Like Miss at Debut
The film “Kick-Ass” fell short in its opening weekend, and bloggers wrote it off as a flop. Never mind that this $15 million film went on to sell almost $100 million in tickets.
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Power of the Natural World at Telluride
Dramatic landscapes equal to the festival's natural surroundings figure in a number of movies here this year, including Danny Boyle's "127 Hours."
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