NYT Movie Reviews

The Cinematic View From Telluride

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 10:34
The film festival over the Labor Day weekend is at once more relaxed and more intense than others.

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A Bronx Film School Tale

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 02:45
The Ghetto Film School in the Bronx aims to broaden the pool of filmmaking talent by providing opportunities for young people who might otherwise be overlooked.

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Victims’ Families Fight Film About Madrid Plane Crash

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:40
Spanish courts have not yet ruled on complaints against the movie, and the channel Telecinco showed the first part last week.

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Movie Review | 'We Are Family': Mom-Stepmom Two Step

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:00
“We Are Family,” a film based on “Stepmom,” is about a hard-to-believe relationship between two women.

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Recounting the Past of a Witness to History

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 13:25
A new documentary recounts the early adventures of the journalist Ruth Gruber, now 99.

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Movie Review | 'Max Manus': Assaying the Norwegian Resistance

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 12:21
“Max Manus” is a solidly acted biopic of World War II derring-do.

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Hey, Dad, Get With the (3-D) Program

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 17:14
The sea change of 3-D TV will bring a generation gap. It’s inevitable. It’s genetic.

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No. 1 Sleuth

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 22:00
A history of the beloved matinee detective Charlie Chan.

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40 Years After ‘MASH,’ Gould Reflects on an Era

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:13
A special showing in New York on Saturday will end with a question-and-answer session with some of the stars of “MASH” and the widow of the director, Robert Altman.

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Movie Review | 'Clear Blue Tuesday': A Post-9/11 Pop Musical

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:57
The film about living in New York post-9/11, is earnest and well meaning and, while dangerously sentimental at times, never quite crosses the line into maudlin.

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Movie Review | 'Our Beloved Month of August': A Film Within a Film

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:51
The Portuguese director Miguel Gomes blurs the line between nonfiction and fiction.

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Good Day for Paul Hogan: 'Crocodile Dundee' Star Can Return to U.S.

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 12:09
Mr. Hogan had been prevented from leaving Australia, where authorities said he owed millions in unpaid taxes.

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Elliott Gould on 40 Years of ‘MASH’

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:51
Mr. Gould, who played Trapper John McIntyre in Robert Altman's war satire "MASH," reflects on the film, his work with Robert Altman and his influential facial hair.

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Movie Review | 'Going the Distance': Nothing Keeps Them Apart Except a Continent

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:43
In “Going the Distance,” Drew Barrymore and Justin Long are young lovers struggling through a cross-country romance.

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Movie Review | 'A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop': Remade in China: Coen Brothers’ Tale of Infidelity and Revenge

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:19
The director Zhang Yimou honors the unlikely affinity between himself and Joel and Ethan Coen with a remake of their movie “Blood Simple.”

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Rigor Required, Cream Puffs Need Not Apply

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:19
Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker’s documentary “Kings of Pastry” explores the Olympic-style, three-day competition for French pastry chefs held every four years.

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DVDs: Tough Women and Flawed Men

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:19
The Warner Archive Collection, a burn-on-demand service, has added two films by the great director Frank Borzage, “Living on Velvet” and “Stranded.”

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Movie Review | 'Prince of Broadway': A Street Hustler Becomes a Reluctant Father

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:17
Like its subject, the movie is sharp, charismatic and so light on its feet we never know which way it will turn.

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Film: Seeking the Ordinary in the Eccentric

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 08:14
A new documentary tries to find the hidden side of the pianist Glenn Gould.

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Turkish Action Film Depicts Israeli Raid

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 23:20
“Valley of the Wolves: Palestine” is built around the unsuccessful attempt in May by a six-boat Turkish flotilla to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza.

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