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| Movie Review: ‘Safe House,’ With Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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In this story about the bad, bad things that agents sometimes do in the name of country and company, Denzel Washington is put through his action-flick paces.
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Author: By MANOHLA DARGIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: Bela Tarr’s Final Film, ‘The Turin Horse’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Hungarian director Bela Tarr’s black-and-white film “The Turin Horse” (he has said it’s last) is a thorough and systematic statement of intellectual despair.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: Three Programs in ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films 2012’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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“Oscar Nominated Short Films” programs present documentary, live action and animated movies from around the world.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN |
Category: Movies |
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| For ‘The Descendants,’ a New Angle in the Oscar Race |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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“The Descendants,” slipping from front-runner to underdog in the Oscar race, tries a new tack.
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Author: By BROOKS BARNES |
Category: Academy Awards (Oscars) |
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| Movie Review: ‘The Vow,’ With Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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In a romantic tale, Rachel McAdams plays an artsy young wife happily married until a car accident sends her into a coma from which she emerges with amnesia.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘The Dish & the Spoon,’ From Alison Bagnall |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Alison Bagnall’s film “The Dish & the Spoon” follows the relationship between a woman upset by her husband’s infidelity and a British teenager.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Chico & Rita,’ Animated Film About Cuba and Its Music |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The fictional couple in this animated film about Cuba and its music mingle with real-life legends like Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk and Chano Pozo.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: Linda Cardellini in Liza Johnson’s Film ‘Return’ |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Liza Johnson’s sober feature film debut, about a soldier returning from overseas duty, is a study of depression in a depressed environment.
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Author: By STEPHEN HOLDEN |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review | 'In Darkness': ‘In Darkness’ From Agnieszka Holland - Review |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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In “In Darkness,” set in the sewers of Lvov, Poland, a righteous gentile selflessly assists in the survival of a handful of persecuted Jews.
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Author: By A. O. SCOTT |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review | 'Rampart': ‘Rampart,’ Starring Woody Harrelson - Review |
(Mon, 28 Nov 2011)
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“Rampart,” directed by Oren Moverman and starring Woody Harrelson as a dirty Los Angeles police officer, tells a familiar story with visual punch and hustling energy.
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Author: By MANOHLA DARGIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Private Romeo,’ Directed by Alan Brown |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The director Alan Brown redirects the “Romeo and Juliet” narrative from interfamily rivalry to intrainstitutional homophobia.
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Author: By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,’ Starring Josh Hutcherson |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Another island goes kablooey in this sequel to the film “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” which again gives a Jules Verne tale a 3-D treatment.
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Author: By NEIL GENZLINGER |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Review: ‘Bonsai People,’ a Documentary About Muhammad Yunus |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The border between business and philanthropy is a rocky platform in a documentary about the microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus.
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Author: By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Movie Listings for Feb. 10-16 |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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A critical guide to movies playing in New York.
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Category: Academy Awards (Oscars) |
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| Movie Review: Bill Morrison Documents the Reign of Old King Coal |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Bill Morrison’s documentary uses found footage to recall the days when coal fueled Britain and to recount the demise of the mining trade.
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Author: By MANOHLA DARGIS |
Category: Movies |
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| Damien Bona, Creator of ‘Inside Oscar,’ Dies at 56 |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Mr. Bona, along with Mason Wiley, wrote an encyclopedic, usually affectionate but sometimes acerbic guide called “Inside Oscar: The Unofficial History of the Academy Awards.”
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Author: By DENNIS HEVESI |
Category: Bona, Damien |
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| The Carpetbagger: Oscar Nominees in the Crafts Categories |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The craft professions behind the movies — costume design, art direction and makeup — get a moment in the spotlight too.
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Author: By MELENA RYZIK |
Category: Movies |
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| Carpetbagger | Below the Line: The Oscar-Nominated Editor of 'Moneyball' Deconstructs a Scene |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Christopher Tellefsen, the Oscar-nominated editor of “Moneyball,” breaks down a video clip from the Oscar-nominated movie.
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Author: By MEKADO MURPHY |
Category: Bennett Miller |
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| The Carpetbagger: Working With Kids Isn't as Hard as They Want You to Believe |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The director of “Monsieur Lazhar” talks about why making the foreign-language Oscar short list is nerve wracking and harder than actually being nominated.
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Author: By LARRY ROHTER |
Category: Academy Awards |
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| The Carpetbagger: South by Southwest Announces Its Midnight and Shorts Programs |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The South by Southwest film festival announces its Midnighter series, as well as its short films.
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Author: By MEKADO MURPHY |
Category: Adam Wingard |
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| The Carpetbagger: Making a Play for Older Voters (and Moviegoers) |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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AARP's Movies for Grownups Awards finally get some (limited) respect.
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Author: By BROOKS BARNES |
Category: AARP |
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| Oscar Nominee Luncheon Attracts Big Names |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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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.
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Author: By MICHAEL CIEPLY |
Category: Movies |
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| The Carpetbagger: ‘Harry Potter’ and the Continuity Question |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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"Harry Potter's" production designer talks about the challenges of art direction over all eight films. (Hint: Hogwarts isn't exactly the same in every feature.)
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Author: By MELENA RYZIK |
Category: Alan Rickman |
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| Arts & Leisure: Douglas Trumbull Honored for Technology He’s Still Creating |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Douglas Trumbull is getting a special Oscar for technological contributions, and he’s not finished contributing them.
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Author: By JOHN ANDERSON |
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| Mike deGruy, Documentary Filmmaker and Marine Biologist, Dies at 60 |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Mr. deGruy was an Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and marine biologist.
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Author: By DENNIS HEVESI |
Category: deGruy, Mike |
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| Bela Tarr Says ‘The Turin Horse’ Is His Last Movie |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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The Hungarian director Bela Tarr has made what he is calling his final film, “The Turin Horse,” a black-and-white tale of medieval adversity and survival.
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Author: By NICOLAS RAPOLD |
Category: Movies |
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| MOVIES: From the Monstrous to the Subtle |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Melena Ryzik visits Matthew Mungle, an Oscar-winning makeup artist, at his studio in North Hollywood to discuss his work transforming women into men in “Albert Nobbs.”
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| The Carpetbagger: The 'Descendants' Underdog Offensive |
(Fri, 10 Feb 2012)
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"The Descendants" is trying to exploit its underdog status in a series of measures its studio, Fox Searchlight, hopes will gain it traction with Academy voters.
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Author: By THE NEW YORK TIMES |
Category: Alexander Payne |
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| The Carpetbagger: Black Fire Hydrants, O.C.D Costumes and Other Tricks of the Craft Categories |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The fire hydrant was painted black in "The Artist" while the makeup artist for "Albert Nobbs" studies the wrinkles of everyone he comes across. More on the tricks of the trade of nominees in the so-called craft categories at the Academy Awards.
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Author: By MELENA RYZIK |
Category: David Bowie |
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| The Carpetbagger: Justin Bieber Makes an Awards-Season Appearance, Sort of |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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The Visual Effects Society gives a boost to "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" and "Hugo," while Justin Bieber's film winds up on the short list of inspirational films up for the Epiphany Prize
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Author: By MELENA RYZIK |
Category: Johnny Depp |
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| The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Tabatha Coffey |
(Thu, 09 Feb 2012)
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Tabatha Coffey of “Tabatha Takes Over” on Bravo shares her picks for the Oscar.
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Author: By RACHEL LEE HARRIS |
Category: Billy Beane |
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| The Carpetbagger: My Oscar Picks: Nick Jonas |
(Wed, 08 Feb 2012)
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Nick Jonas picks "The Artist" to win, mainly because he thinks that's what the Academy will go with. But he quite likes "Midnight in Paris."
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Author: By RACHEL LEE HARRIS |
Category: Abraham Lincoln |
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| Oscar Nominees Luncheon |
(Tue, 07 Feb 2012)
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Images from this prelude to the Feb. 26 Oscar ceremony.
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| MOVIES: Anatomy of a Scene: ‘The Woman in Black’ |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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James Watkins, the director of “The Woman in Black,” narrates a scene from the film.
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| ArtsBeat: Rendez-Vous with French Cinema Will Open With Hit Film 'The Intouchables' |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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"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.
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Author: By DAVE ITZKOFF |
Category: Eric Toledano |
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| ArtsBeat: Abel Ferrara Says He's Making a Film About Dominique Strauss-Kahn |
(Mon, 06 Feb 2012)
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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.
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Author: By DAVE ITZKOFF |
Category: Abel Ferrara |
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| ArtsBeat: 'Chronicle' Leads the Way at Movie Theaters |
(Sun, 05 Feb 2012)
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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.
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Author: By BROOKS BARNES |
Category: 20th Century Fox |
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| Shaky Cameras, Shaken Nerves |
(Fri, 03 Feb 2012)
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With the release of “Chronicle”, a look at some of the other genre films that have used a mock documentary style.
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Author: By MEKADO MURPHY |
Category: Movies |
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| Movies Update Newsletter |
(Wed, 10 Aug 2011)
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