Serious Adulthood Waiting to Happen
Dating, flirting and fighting boredom, with a dying father in the background. |
Film Series and Movie Listings
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Cecile Aubry, Actress and Writer of Children's Stories, Dies at 81
Ms. Aubry, a French actress, had a short but glamorous film career and later became a writer, creating a children's television series. |
Adding Punch to Influence Public Opinion
The Harmony Institute sees "the science of influence" as a way to make movies and television shows have more impact. |
Playing With Phantoms in the Northwest Woods
In a melodrama touched by the supernatural, Zac Efron cares for his dead younger brother. |
Kerrey Ends Talks With Movie Group
After discussions with Bob Kerrey broke down, the Motion Picture Association of America said it would continue to look for a new chief executive. |
A Portrait of Depression
In Sandra Nettelbeck's drama, a wife and mother slowly loses her grip. |
Duvall, Nearly 80, Is Still a Darling of Hollywood
Robert Duvall, star of "Get Low," is among a handful of A-list actors who have neared or reached 80 while suffering little to no career slowdown. |
A Mash Note to Offbeat New Yorkers
The directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini have a new movie coming out this month, "The Extra Man," a comedy based on the book by Jonathan Ames. |
From the Killing Fields, on a Mission of Truth
Thet Sambath suggests a one-man Cambodian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Instead of affixing blame, he seeks the healing power of confession. |
Bullock Wants to Be Removed From Oil Spill-Awareness Campaign
A publicist for Ms. Bullock said she wanted to be removed from a public service announcement amid questions about oil companies' financial support of the campaign. |
Do the Notorious Paparazzo's Photos Qualify as Art or Just Agita?
The celebrity photographer Ron Galella is the subject of Leon Gast's documentary "Smash His Camera." |
Oliver Stone Controversy
Oliver Stone found himself the catalyst of an online brush fire on Monday after he made comments published in The Sunday Times of London. |
Disney Seeks $40 Million in Advance on Miramax
A consortium has until Wednesday to come up with a down payment for Miramax Films, or Disney could reopen the bidding. |
Marketing 'Tron: Legacy' Brings the Hardest Sell Yet
By the time the movie arrives in theaters in December, Walt Disney Studios will have spent three and a half years promoting it. |
Hero of Comic-Book World Gets Real
The British comic-book writer Alan Moore pays tribute to a mentor in a new sound recording. |
Getting the Old Band Back Together
"The Concert," by the Romanian director Radu Mihaileanu, is a kind of French-Russian answer to "The Producers." |
Everybody's a Critic of the Critics' Rabid Critics
Before a ticket had been torn, the feverish commentary and the metacommentary of "Inception" unspooled. |
Maury Chaykin, Character Actor, Dies at 61
Mr. Chaykin was a ubiquitous character actor in films and television who specialized in comic roles. |
Taymor's 'Tempest' Will Be Showcased at New York Film Festival
Ms. Taymor's take on the Shakespeare play stars Helen Mirren as the sorceress Prospera. |
The Man, the Magazine, the Mansion: The World According to Hef
A documentary about Hugh Hefner says that beyond the hedonism, there is an equal-rights advocate who is overlooked. |
Hollywood Animation With a Decidedly French Flavor
With French film and television production in the doldrums, Paris-based animation and visual effects studios like Mac Guff Ligne are looking to Hollywood for new business. |
Telling a Soldier's Tale
Ryan Piers Williams directs a story of a soldier who returns from Iraq. |
Disney Sells Miramax for $660 Million
The deal ends a laborious bidding process that saw the label's co-founders, Harvey and Bob Weinstein, fall short in their attempt to regain control. |
What? We Might Be the Real Losers?
"Dinner for Schmucks" is in some ways an exemplary modern Hollywood comedy. |
Charming Socialites, Although Palm Beach Is Still Out of Reach
A tale of an older asexual gadabout, a throwback to the age of "the confirmed bachelor," and a young man who hopes to be a writer. |
Did We Stutter? Film Society to Pay Tribute to John Hughes
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is planning a two-day celebration of Mr. Hughes's films, including a 25th-anniversary screening of "The Breakfast Club." |
Deja Vu: 'Inception' Rules the Box Office
Even a gun-wielding Angelina Jolie couldn't interrupt the dreamy run "Inception" is having at the North American box office. |
Back to a Land Well Visited: Teenage Angst
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A Home-Wrecking Humanitarian, Footnote Free
Angelina Jolie is something of a mystery, but Andrew Morton has attempted a biography anyway. |
Screenvision to Revamp Preshow Ads at Cinemas
The cinema advertising company is trying to make ads before movies more entertaining by using celebrities and sponsors, and including cellphone interaction. |
Postal Sleuths, Freudian Roiling and Female Revenge
Olive Films, a theatrical and home video distributor, has an ambitious release schedule of older films, including "Dark City" and "Hannie Caulder." |
The Age of Laura Linney
She didn't hit her stride until her mid-30s. Can her new role in a dark TV comedy make her a middle-aged success? |
A State of Transformation
Once solidly progressive, Kansas has turned conservative and Republican. A filmmaker asks why. |
How Can You Enjoy Your Own Funeral? For Starters, Don't Die
Aaron Schneider directs Robert Duvall in the true story of a man who wants to enjoy his own funeral. |
When Pets Reach Across the Aisle
"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore" is a spy-and-action-film pastiche that charms less than its predecessor, "Cats & Dogs" (2001). |
Alan G. Parker Revisits Sid Vicious's Worst Moment
A documentary takes a new look at a death in punkland. |
