NYT Movie Reviews

Movie Review: White Wedding

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 22:30
The bungled wedding story and the road movie collide happily in “White Wedding.”

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Time Marches ... Backward!

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 22:23
The Museum of Modern Art and TCM are revisiting “The March of Time” series, short films created from 1935 to 1951 that examine foreign affairs and social issues.

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Cammie King, Scarlett and Rhett’s Girl, Dies at 76

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 22:03
Ms. King played Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler’s ill-fated little girl, Bonnie Blue Butler, in “Gone With the Wind.”

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Movie Review | 'Etienne!': Rodent Road Trip and Human Bonds

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:28
A boy loses his rodent and finds a girl in “Etienne!,” a sunny-sweet fable about healing wounds with the balm of the open road.

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Movie Review | 'The Winning Season': Redemption as a Team Sport

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:28
An alcoholic finds self-respect as the coach of a high school girls’ basketball team in “The Winning Season.”

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Movie Review | 'Machete': Growl, and Let the Severed Heads Fall Where They May

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 21:23
Robert Rodriguez’s splatter comedy “Machete” is a live-action comic book with roots in the pungent swamp of 1970s B movies.

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Film: Computer Animation, Made by Hand

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 00:33
The animation team Paul and Sandra Fierlinger, in films like “My Dog Tulip,” use custom-made computers to create their hand-drawn-looking images.

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It’s Another Ride for Ben Affleck, Filmmaker-Star

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 12:05
“The Town” gives Ben Affleck another chance to shine as writer, director and star.

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'Cool It,' Film Rival to 'An Inconvenient Truth,' Gets a U.S. Distributor

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 11:58
The documentary is adapted from the writing of Bjorn Lomborg, a Danish statistician who has argued against what he believes are extreme and alarmist scenarios presented by other environmentalists.

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Michael Douglas Discusses His Cancer

Wed, 09/01/2010 - 08:02
Mr. Douglas, the actor and "Wall Street" star, said he had been given the diagnosis over the summer and that he believed he had an 80 percent chance of recovery.

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Movie Review | 'The American': Traveling Man With Few Words and a Big Gun

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 23:53
This suspense thriller, directed by Anton Corbijn, is often more evocative of the art house than of the multiplex.

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Music Review: Satchmo’s Story, Music Substituting for Words

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:23
Wynton Marsalis and friends provided the live accompaniment for a silent film about Louis Armstrong’s childhood.

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A Silent Musical

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 19:59
The new film “Louis” is shown with live music led by Wynton Marsalis.

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'Crocodile Dundee' Star Bites Back at Australian Tax Office

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 08:49
Paul Hogan, the Australian-born, actor who is based in the United States, has been unable to leave Australia because of a tax dispute.

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'Last Exorcism' Expelled From Top Box-Office Spot

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 07:59
Final figures show it was edged out by "Takers."

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Critics' Picks Video: 'Charade'

Tue, 08/31/2010 - 05:41
A. O. Scott looks back at the 1963 caper film starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn and Walter Matthau.

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Film: Much Taller, Still Plastered

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 18:26
The 1981 Dudley Moore comedy “Arthur” is being remade, starring Russell Brand, and filming is taking place all over Manhattan and Queens.

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Hey, Big Spender: Hollywood Isn’t in the Mood

Mon, 08/30/2010 - 11:38
How does Joel Silver, the producer behind “Die Hard” and “The Matrix,” adapt to a movie industry that is cutting costs?

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Arts, Briefly: ‘Last Exorcism’ Tops Slow Weekend at the Movies

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 23:00
A PG-13 rating and a wide release helped push the horror movie “The Last Exorcism” to No. 1 at the box office.

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Movie Review | 'Aashayein': Handsome Guy Is Dying, but He Can Afford Care

Sun, 08/29/2010 - 22:30
Nagesh Kukunoor’s “Aashayein” is a genre-defying Bollywood look at death.

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