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Brutal Battles and Raging Melodrama
By MIKE HALE
A film loosely based on a bloody and chaotic period of Chinese history.
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Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin as a daughter who travels from Canada to the Mideast, in Denis Villeneuve's “Incendies.”
“Incendies,” Denis Villeneuve’s film based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, is a family quest narrative that takes place in Quebec and an unnamed country resembling Lebanon.
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Niklas-Huub Stapel shows a dark side of St. Nicholas in the Dutch film “Saint” by Dick Maas.
At the Tribeca Film Festival, sex farces and horror and crime films are grouped into their own section.
Movie Review 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold'
The Hidden Persuaders Come Out in Full Force
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
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Morgan Spurlock in a scene from “Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold.”
A filmmaker dissects the world of product placement and advertising by making a documentary financed entirely by product placement and advertising.
Movie Reviews
Movie Review 'Water for Elephants'
Love Triangle Sideshow, a Circus’s Main Attraction
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Francis Lawrence directs Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in “Water for Elephants,” a film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s novel about a Depression-era traveling circus.
Movie Review 'Children of Hiroshima'
Japanese Survivors Shaded by Puzzlement and Sorrow
By A. O. SCOTT
The 1952 Japanese film “Children of Hiroshima” by Kaneto Shindo makes its United States debut as part of a retrospective devoted to Mr. Shindo at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Movie Review | 'Beautiful Darling'
A Warhol ‘Superstar,’ Closer to Earth
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Beautiful Darling,” James Rasin’s documentary about the transsexual Warhol “superstar” Candy Darling, is also a meditation on the worship of movie stars.
Movie Review 'Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'
A Tale of the Jazz Age, One With Flying Kicks
By MIKE HALE
“Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen” mines again that kung fu mother lode “Fist of Fury,” this time for an adventure set in Shanghai after World War I.
Movie Review 'Stake Land'
Bringing On the Vampires in ‘Stake Land’
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
In “Stake Land,” Jim Mickle brings on the vampires and fundamentalists in a postapocalyptic world.
Movie Review 'The Bang Bang Club'
‘The Bang Bang Club’ Shows Photojournalists at Work
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“The Bang Bang Club” is based on a true story of photojournalists in South Africa.
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Arts & Leisure Preview
Prehistoric Cave With a Hornet on the Wall
By LARRY ROHTER
Last year the director Werner Herzog was allowed to film in the Chauvet cave in southeastern France, where archaeologists have found wall paintings 32,000 years old.
Just a Maid in Movies, but Not Forgotten
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Theresa Harris, a black actress whose usual role was as a servant, is one of the inspirations for a new play by Lynn Nottage.
Lip-Syncing the Realities of a Tragic Life
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In “The Arbor,” the filmmaker Clio Barnard revisits the hard-knock life and tough-minded work of the playwright Andrea Dunbar, who died at age 29 in 1990.
Two Old Acting Pals, Together on Film at Last
By JOHN MARCHESE
Mark Ruffalo and Christopher Thornton met as acting students 20 years ago. Now, after a decade-long struggle, their first film together, “Sympathy for Delicious,” is being released.
DVD
At Gaumont in France When All Was Possible
By DAVE KEHR
For anyone interested in how the movies came to be what they are, “Gaumont Treasures, Vol. 2, 1908-1916,” released by Kino International, is essential viewing.
News & Features
Ellen Barkin Is No Uptown Girl
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“I was extremely naive for someone who considers herself a very smart, savvy, cynical New York broad.”
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Thelma, Louise and All the Pretty Women
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Twenty years ago, two female-focused movies looked like they’d change the world. Only one actually did.
Advertising
Film on Branded Content Examines a Blurred Line
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Morgan Spurlock examines the trend of branded content in his documentary, “The Greatest Story Ever Sold” and how that trend is changing popular culture.
Critic's Notebook
The Lives Sports Change Indelibly
By MIKE HALE
The ESPN Sports Film series at the Tribeca festival offers seven documentaries about sports figures with a common theme: how competition transformed them.
‘Restrepo’ Director and a Photographer Are Killed in Libya
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Tim Hetherington, the photographer who was a director and producer of the film “Restrepo,” and Chris Hondros of the Getty photo agency came under fire on the front lines of Misurata.
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Critic’s Notebook
As Tribeca Festival Turns 10, Grumbling Subsides
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The festival’s selections, however quirky, offer crucial exposure for serious independent filmmakers.
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Books of The Times: ‘Stories I Only Tell My Friends’ by Rob Lowe
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Michael Sarrazin, Actor, Dies at 70
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Financing the Hand That Slaps (or Nibbles) You
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Arthur Lessac, Holistic Vocal Coach, Dies at 101
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Urban Realist With a Humanist Streak
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Big Questions, Smart Women, Mann’s Movies
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The co-chief film critics of The Times answer reader questions on cultural differences in movies, character actresses and independent film, and Joel Coen chimes in on the issue of cats.
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Photos & Video
Interview: Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve, the director of "Incendies," discusses his family drama.
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Sidney Lumet was one of America's most prolific filmmakers. Here he discusses his career, his gritty New York films and his legacy.
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