NYT Movie Reviews

The annual Oscar nominees’ luncheon, where everyone roots for one another, was attended by 150 of the 188 in the running for awards, including 20 in the acting category.

The academy's president opened the annual nominees luncheon with an admonition that the Oscar show should last only three hours. But even the nominees luncheon stretched toward that mark.

"The Intouchables," the comedy-drama by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, stars Francois Cluzet as a paralyzed millionaire who forges an unlikely friendship with the Senegalese parolee (Omar Sy) he hired to take care of him. It has gone on to become one of the most successful films of all time at the French box office.

In “Bad Fever” the painfully awkward hero longs for a career in comedy, though it’s clear from the outset that his real gift is for tragedy.

In the documentary “Splinters” competition surfers skim the waves off Papua New Guinea while being weighed down by personal problems back in their village.

Unlikely allies find themselves working together to save three whales trapped in ice in Alaska in “Big Miracle.”

The documentary “Windfall” shows the bitter rancor sowed among the residents of rural Meredith, N.Y., when the wind turbines came to town.

Evil stalks two hit men at loose ends in “Kill List,” which delves into horror, psychodrama and religious rot.

“Carol Channing: Larger Than Life,” a documentary by Dori Berinstein, chronicles the career of that theatrical clown “with huge saucer eyes, gigantic red lips and a massive smile.”

“W.E.,” Madonna’s film about Wallis Simpson also time-travels to the almost-present to tell the story of a bored New York housewife intrigued by Mrs. Simpson.

“The Woman in Black,” starring Daniel Radcliffe, isn’t especially scary, but it keeps you on edge, and without the usual vivisectionist imagery.

During the final weekend at a New England inn, two employees capture ghostly images and haunting sounds on their cellphones and webcams.

In Josh Trank’s “Chronicle,” three teenage boys inexplicably acquire extraordinary powers.

The contenders in the best-actor Oscar race aren't campaigning, unless you count all those television and press appearances this week.

"Rango," "Hugo," "Harry Potter" and "Dragon Tattoo" took home specialty awards over the weekend.

Abel Ferrara, the director of "King of New York" and "Bad Lieutenant," said he had cast Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani to play Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Anne Sinclair in a film about their lives during a notorious sex scandal. But Mr. Ferrara's producer was less certain that this would be his next project.

Anthony Bourdain on why he loathes "Midnight in Paris" and is seriously rooting for "The Tree of Life."

"Nightline" anchor Terry Moran shares his Oscar ballot.

This low-budget film about three teenage boys who learn they have superpowers was No. 1 at North American theaters over the weekend, taking in about $22 million.

Douglas Trumbull is getting a special Oscar for technological contributions, and he’s not finished contributing them.