NYT Movie Reviews

The 40th anniversary of James Dickey’s book about wilderness and survival shouldn’t slip by unnoticed.

A running squabble over a cartoon awards banquet boiled over yesterday when Walt Disney Studios said it would withdraw from the guild that hands out trophies for animation achievement.

A lawyer for Paul Hogan said his client had been served with a departure prohibition order when he traveled to Sydney for his mother's funeral.

The "Mean Girls" star was sentenced to 90 days in jail less than two months ago.

The carmaker, which plans to release a mass-market electric car this year, the Leaf, has enlisted Robert Downey Jr. for its commercial voice-overs.

“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” Seth Schiesel argues, fails to make the emotional investment that defines today’s best games.

The program includes public interviews with Paul Reubens, Steve Carell, Patricia Clarkson and Neil Gaiman, and panel discussions on "Saturday Night Live," vampires in popular culture and the rise of the political right.

A screening of “Love Story” at Harvard teaches freshmen that melodrama means never having to say you’re sorry for all the insults.

"Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan" will document a Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit as it trains in the United States and is deployed in war zone.

Some indie record labels are distributing movies too. Their business model is: Stay small and informal, know your audience and put out stuff you like

Mark Zuckerberg, the company founder, has been locked in a standoff with the makers of a film about the social network.

The artist and filmmaker is also a devotee of instant film.

The filmmaker discusses his latest documentary about New Orleans, how the film was affected by news events and some of the famous figures who would not speak to him on camera.

“The Expendables” with Sylvester Stallone leading an ensemble cast was No. 1 with about $16.5 million, bringing the cumulative total to about $65 million, according to Hollywood.com.

Three silent films by Josef von Sternberg, the master of shadow and light, have been released in a boxed set by Criterion.

Gary Giddins looks back at films of the ’30s, ’40s and ’50s, from Jimmy Stewart westerns to propaganda driven by a samba beat.

Li Cunxin’s journey from his home in rural China to pursue ballet in the United States is chronicled in “Mao’s Last Dancer,” a new movie by Bruce Beresford.

Li Cunxin left his home in rural China and his way of life to pursue ballet in the United States, a journey chronicled in "Mao's Last Dancer," a new movie by Bruce Beresford.

With two controversial new roles and a candor to match her beauty, the “Slumdog” star Freida Pinto completes her passage from India.

This time with a farce, Fatih Akin furthers his reputation of one of Europe’s top directors.