Movie Review 'The Double Hour'
Romance or Film Noir? Both, and a Thriller
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The plot of “The Double Hour” is so complex that only a vigilant detective could piece it together.
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Alma Har'el
The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival begins on Wednesday and runs through May 1. Above, a scene from "Bombay Beach," Alma Har’el’s documentary examining a crumbling bohemian community on the edge of the Salton Sea in California.
The festival’s selections, however quirky, offer crucial exposure for serious independent filmmakers.
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Robin Wright as Mary Surratt in Robert Redford's film.
“The Conspirator,” Robert Redford’s latest turn as director, imagines the path of justice in the aftermath of Lincoln’s assassination.
Movie Review 'The Princess of Montpensier'
Pawn, Prize and Beauty, So Submit She Must
By MANOHLA DARGIS
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Mélanie Thierry with Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, left, and Lambert Wilson in “Princess.”
“The Princess of Montpensier,” Bertrand Tavernier’s period tale about wars on the battlefield and those closer to home, is a rousing amalgam of ambition, moods and genre conceits.
Movie Reviews
Movie Review 'Armadillo'
Fortunes and Misfortunes of War, From a Danish Perspective
By A. O. SCOTT
This documentary follows troops in Helmand Province in Afghanistan into a firefight and its aftermath.
Movie Review 'Rio'
Macaw Finds His Wings, and Much More, in Brazil
By ANDY WEBSTER
An animated comedy about a blue macaw’s adventures in Rio, with the voice of Jesse Eisenberg as Blu, the macaw.
Movie Review 'A Screaming Man'
A Pool Man in Chad, at the Intersection of the Personal and the Political
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“A Screaming Man,” by the Chadian-born filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, is a tender story about an individual at the intersection of the personal and the political.
Movie Review 'The Imperialists Are Still Alive!'
Émigrés in New York Who Aren’t Outsiders
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“The Imperialists Are Still Alive!,” written and directed by Zeina Durra, follows Middle Eastern immigrants whose lives revolve around art galleries and parties.
Movie Review 'Scream 4'
The Shrieks Continue
By MIKE HALE
The director Wes Craven’s core team has reassembled for “Scream 4,” and the action has returned to Woodsboro, scene of the original 1996 film.
Slide ShowMovie Review 'The First Beautiful Thing'
Family Portrait
By NEIL GENZLINGER
The Italian director Paolo Virzì paints a rich portrait of a family, told in a mother’s deathbed flashbacks, in “The First Beautiful Thing.”
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Urban Realist With a Humanist Streak
By A. O. SCOTT
Looking back on the New York films of Sidney Lumet, who died April 9, we may miss their present-tense urgency and journalistic clarity.
News & Features
Visiting the Festival From Home
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
The Tribeca Festival has a menu of 6 features and 18 short films that will be available online and in a video-on-demand format.
A Film Angers an Emirate Festival
By RANDY KENNEDY
Perhaps the curators of the Sharjah Biennial should have thought twice before inviting the participation of an Iranian-American filmmaker whose biggest hit to date was called “I Am a Sex Addict.”
Abroad
Hope Sprouting Amid Italian Film Studio’s Decay
By MICHAEL KIMMELMAN
A fabled studio may serve as a public-private business model for Italian cultural institutions suffering from funding cuts.
Out There in the Dark, All Alone
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Movies, once a collective experience, are now often seen in solitude, on digital devices. Has something been lost?
Rrrring! Hello, Sidney? It’s Happening Again!
By JONAH WEINER
“Scream” was meant to be a trilogy, but it’s back in its fourth incarnation, with two more films possible.
Frankly, My Dear, the ‘Windies’ Do Live for This
By KIM SEVERSON
The network of ardent “Gone With the Wind” book and film fans plans to descend on Atlanta for the novel’s 75th anniversary.
Investing in a Conspiracy of a Past Century
By JAMIE MALANOWSKI
In semi-retirement, the founder of TD Ameritrade has turned to a career in film production.
Russell Brand Is Up and Down at Movie Theaters
By BROOKS BARNES; Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS
“Arthur,” a $40 million Warner Brothers remake starring Russell Brand, was a distant second at the weekend movie box office.
That Noisy Woodpecker Had an Animated Secret
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
A scholar found that an animator embedded images paying homage to modern art into Woody Woodpecker cartoons in the 1940s.
Sidney Lumet, 1924-2011
A Director of Classics, Focused on Conscience
By ROBERT BERKVIST
Mr. Lumet, who preferred the streets of New York to the back lots of Hollywood, directed “12 Angry Men,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” “The Verdict,” “Network,” among others.
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Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin
By DENNIS LIM
The Museum of Modern Art presents a retrospective of the Soviet director Dziga Vertov (1896-1954), who celebrated the higher perception of cinema.
Spoiler Alert: It Hits an Iceberg
By JOHN ANDERSON
It’s hard to keep the audience on its toes these days, as any aspect of a movie is usually available online as soon as the closing credits of the first screening have rolled.
Video
Mean Streets and Nasty Spies
By DAVE KEHR
Martin Scorsese’s “Taxi Driver,” a groundbreaking hybrid of the grind house and the art house, is out on Blu-ray for its 35th anniversary.
It’s Time for Your Face-Lift, Miss Piggy
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
Disney is aiming to rejuvenate the Muppets franchise with a new movie this fall.
Arts | Westchester
A Classic Theater Is Renovated and Reimagined
By PHILLIP LUTZ
The Picture House in Pelham has reopened, its painstakingly refurbished interior ready to welcome moviegoers as it has since 1921.
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Way Back in Time With Two Friends Who Go Way Back
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Finding an Original Heroine
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Q. and A. With Tina Fey
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Photos & Video
Tribeca Returns
Stephen Holden narrates a look at some of the selections in the Tribeca Film Festival.
An Animated City
The director Carlos Saldanha discusses setting the animated film "Rio" in his hometown.
Critics' Picks: 'Passion of Joan of Arc'
A .O. Scott examines the currents of emotion in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 film.
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‘The Princess of Montpensier’
A sword fight sequence from Bertrand Tavernier’s 16th-century drama.
Cinecittà: Rome’s Fabled Film Studio
Photographs of the Italian film studio where for generations some of the most memorable scenes in motion picture history were shot.
The Last Word: Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet was one of America's most prolific filmmakers. Here he discusses his career, his gritty New York films and his legacy.
Photos & Video
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Hanna'
The director Joe Wright narrates a scene from the action thriller "Hanna," starring Saoirse Ronan.
A Grand Transformation in 'Arthur'
Jason Winer, the director of "Arthur," narrates a look at a scene shot inside Grand Central Terminal.
Behind the Train Scenes of 'Source Code'
Duncan Jones, the director of the action thriller "Source Code," narrates a look at the film's train sequences.
Anatomy of a Scene
In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.
Times Pulse
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