'Alice' Grabs Imax Screens From 'Avatar'
The hunger for 3-D pictures, a blockbuster publicity campaign and curiosity about a performance by Johnny Depp pushed "Alice in Wonderland" to No. 1 at the weekend box office. |
Variety Lays Off Two Critics in an Overhaul
The show business trade paper said "economic reality" dictated jobs cuts, eight in total. |
'The Hurt Locker' Wins Big at Oscars
The Iraq war drama "The Hurt Locker" took home the Oscar for best picture, while its director, Kathryn Bigelow, became the first woman to win an Oscar for best director. |
Interpreter's Fate in a Broken Afghanistan
"Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi" is as unsettling and complex as the country it traverses. |
Sex and Money and High Rollers (Memories Were Made of This)
"The Good Guy" is fresh enough to provide the voyeuristic kick of glimpsing the frenzied lifestyle of aspiring masters of the universe. |
Haunted by What Dad Did in the War
The sins of the father weigh heavily and sometimes scarcely at all in the documentary "Harlan — In the Shadow of 'Jew Süss.' " |
What's a Nice Girl Doing in This Hole?
Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" is busy, garish and periodically amusing. |
A Town Torn Asunder by Racial Killing in '70
Jeb Stuart's "Blood Done Sign My Name" scrupulously examines a page from the recent history of the South. |
On a High School Lacrosse Team, Opposites Attract and Attack
The film's observations about race, class and friendship are clear and accessible without being overly didactic. |
Jewish Film Festival Grows to Extravaganza
Films will be shown from eight countries, in languages including sign, that relate to Jewish history or culture or storytelling. |
New Honor for the Designs That Get Movies Moving
In a competition at the South by Southwest festival, film and television titles get the credit(s). |
The Drama of How the Race Is Run
This awards season has had as much narrative sweep as a made-for-television mini-series. |
MGM Said to Be Considering a Prepackaged Bankruptcy
In such a move, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer would be taken over by its creditors in exchange for debt forgiveness, people briefed on the matter said. |
Old Jokes Home: The Oscars Gags That Wouldn't Die
Can you tell which of these jokes came from Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin's Oscars patter, and which came from Paul Lynde's performance at a 1976 Dean Martin roast? |
Manifesto From the Battle for the Barnes Collection
"The Art of the Steal" is a hard-hitting documentary about a high-cultural brawl. |
Documenting a Quarrelsome Marriage
"Phyllis and Harold" is an impossibly self-involved portrait of a union far more commonplace than its offspring seem to believe. |
On the Phone, Alienated and Indulging
"Easier With Practice" is an intimate drama about a fledgling author with a sensitive soul. |
Divining the Academy's Intent
As folks shake off their red carpet hangovers, the post-mortems about why "The Hurt Locker" beat "Avatar" are rolling in. |
Film Review at Heart of Suit Against Variety
The complaint accuses Variety of contractual breach, negligence and unfair business practices in connection with the film, "Iron Cross." |
Mysteries and Hopes Converge on a Shrine
One of the pleasures of "Lourdes" is that it takes place in the space between the inexplicable (no explanation is possible) and the unexplained. |
Bollywood Soars Toward Hollywood
The films of Bollywood are gaining more momentum, and interest, in the United States. |
Learning to Read, Murder, Survive
"A Prophet" is one of those rare films in which the moral stakes are as insistent and thought through as the aesthetic choices. |
Predicting Winners by Hunch and History
A bit of number crunching to inform your last-minute choices in the office Oscar pool. |
When the Language of Diplomacy Includes 'Kapow!'
"Formosa Betrayed" addresses one of the trickiest balancing acts in global politics. |
Rivers Takes Aim at Stars' Outfits at Oscars
Celebrities beware: Joan Rivers is on their case in her new gig on E!'s "Fashion Police." |
Movie Listings
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Oscar Night Suspense, Then Poof! Cable's Back
Cablevision customers in the New York area faced the prospect of Oscar night without Channel 7, the Oscar channel, because of a contract dispute. |
All at Sea, Surrounded by Red Herrings
Martin Scorsese's camera sense fills every scene with creepiness, but sustained suspense seems beyond him. |
Taking a Gamble
Ben Kingsley and Amitabh Bachchan's scenes together have real charm in "Teen Patti." |
When Troubled Cops Cross the Thin Blue Line
"Brooklyn's Finest" burrows deep into the collective memory of generations of meaty, emotional movies about New York City cops in trouble. |
The Academy Smiles With Both Faces
The Oscars telecast exposed an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in identity crisis: the ceremony was big and commercial; the winners were small and arty. |
Oscar Casts Its Glow on a Regular Guy
Mark Boal, the screenwriter of "The Hurt Locker," navigates the award shows. |
The Many Shades of Family Dysfunction
In "Happy Tears," the writer and director Mitchell Lichtenstein struggles to find the humor in a host of horrors. |
Designed by Whom? Often It Was a Guess
You can count on the Oscars for a night of epic glamour meant to pump adrenaline into viewers' veins. |
A Horror Show
The problem with "The Crazies?" Not crazy enough. |
Huge Film, Small Film: Big Stakes
Very soon now, whatever suspense remains in this Oscar season will be over. Bullock or Streep? "Avatar" or "Hurt Locker"? All will be revealed. Will you be watching? |
Florida Ponders Tax as Tool to Aid Family-Values Films
Some fear a proposed change to a film incentive program would discriminate against productions with gay characters. |
Amiable Tramp Drifting Through Postwar Japan
The Japanese actor Kiyoshi Atsumi played the character Tora-san in 48 films. Four of those films are arriving on DVD. |
Charles B. Pierce, Director of 'Boggy Creek,' Dies at 71
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Wedding Plan: Jump a Broom or Eat Goat?
In "Our Family Wedding," ethnic traditions add a fresh approach to the traditions of a movie genre. |
A Saint Among Sinners, With Operatic Dreams
"Harlem Aria" is a follow-your-dreams fable of surpassing sentimentality. |
With 'The Cove' Victorious at Oscars, Japanese Village Defends Itself
"The Cove" documents dolphin hunts in the village of Taiji, where about 2,000 such animals are killed for their meat each year. |
Post-Oscars, Letterman Has His Own 'Elinor Burkett' Moment
Ms. Burkett, the "Music by Prudence" producer who interrupted the acceptance speech of its director-producer, Roger Ross Williams, was the focus of a sketch Monday night on "Late Show With David Letterman." |
Family Dynamics
Kimberly Reed's compelling documentary, "Prodigal Sons," is filled with revelations. |
In an Ever-Changing New York, Falling in Love May Be the Only Constant
The best thing about "The Last New Yorker" is its evocation of the relentless speed with which the city tears down and rebuilds itself. |
Three Loners on a Road Leading to One Another
William Hurt, who specializes in playing high-strung, upscale neurotics, brings his formidable skills to "The Yellow Handkerchief." |
Supersizing the Show (Austerity Is So 2009)
Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony was one enormous Hollywood stimulus package. |
Writer for Hire Is a Wanted Man
With "The Ghost Writer," Roman Polanski creates a wholly believable world rich in strange contradictions and ominous implications. |
Critics' Picks Video: 'Aliens'
A. O. Scott looks back at James Cameron's 1986 science fiction film. |
The Buddy-Police Recipe: Take Guns, Add Some Wisecracking, Stir
From time to time, "Cop Out" offers glimpses of the giddy, goofy delight it might have been. |
'Avatar' Plagiarism Suit Dismissed in China
James Cameron won't have to share his "Avatar" profits with a Chinese writer who said the movie plagiarized his work. |
Poland Looks Inward After Film Puts 'Mall Girl' Culture on View
"Galerianki" is a darkly devastating fictional film that portrays the real-world lives of young teenage girls who sell their bodies in return for designer clothing and goods. |
For Web and Public TV, Brief Films That Dramatize Issues
An attempt by a public television stalwart to bring the young into the fold with punchy takes on social issues. |
Outside the Abbey's Fortified Walls, a World of Fairy Girls and Beasts
"The Secret of Kells" conveys the almost sacred magic of color and line. |
Oscar Winners Try to Keep Whale Off Sushi Plates
The team behind "The Cove" set up a sting operation at a restaurant that officials say served illegal whale meat. |
A Charlie Chan Film Stirs an Old Controversy
New screenings of a 1968 documentary, "The Great Charlie Chan," have revived discussions of how Hollywood portrays Asian-Americans. |
Romance in the Desert
Despite a miserable experience editing "The Hurt Locker," true love blossomed for editors Chris Innis and Bob Murawski. |
Hurt Capital of New York Wins No Oscar
The troubles of New York State government recall some of the Oscar-nominated films, like "Up in the Air" or "Inglourious Basterds." |
Short in Time, Long on Wit and Daring
The best of this year's 10 nondocumentary Oscar-nominated shorts combine imaginative daring with meticulous attention to craft. |
