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New Captain for a Series Becalmed

By BROOKS BARNES 19 minutes ago

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Rob Marshall, who has directed “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

To reboot its sagging “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, Disney chose Rob Marshall to direct the fourth installment, which will screen at Cannes.

Alice Springs

From the documentary "L'Amour Fou."

Saint Laurent’s Other Half

By ELAINE SCIOLINO

Pierre Bergé, the partner of Yves Saint Laurent, talks about their relationship, the subject of “L’Amour Fou,” a French documentary.

Movie Review | 'City of Life and Death'

A Tale of Nanjing Atrocities That Spares No Brutal Detail

By MANOHLA DARGIS

“City of Life and Death” portrays the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians tortured and killed during the mass butchery known as the Rape of Nanjing.

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News & Features

Tween Stars Wanted: Must Be Primed for Pressure

By BROOKS BARNES

Potential tween stars like China Anne McClain, 12, need not just talent, but the ability to cope with the temptations of fame.

Video: China McClain on 'A.N.T. Farm'

Disney Profit Declines 1%, Partly on Movies and Parks

By BROOKS BARNES

The company took several financial blows but managed to contain the damage.

Benjamin Walker in the title role of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” due for release next year.

Aside From the Vampires, Lincoln Film Seeks Accuracy

By MICHAEL CIEPLY

On the set of “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” history is being both respected and rewritten.

Critic’s Notebook

Hsiao Ai in “A Time to Live and a Time to Die,” directed by Hou Hsiao-Hsien.

Casting Light on Taiwanese Cinema

By MIKE HALE

The Taiwan Stories series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center is an attempt to shine some light on this national cinema.

Dana Wynter and Kevin McCarthy in the 1956 film

Dana Wynter, ‘Body Snatchers’ Actress, Dies at 79

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ms. Wynter was known for the 1956 sci-fi classic but also appeared in numerous television series.

Stars Gain Control of Online Images

By JEREMY BEILER

A company called WhoSay — a little-known start-up with a prominent clientele — offers content services for social media, and grants full ownership to the celebrities.

‘Thor’ Shows Box-Office Muscle

By BROOKS BARNES; Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

“Thor,” a thundering big-screen debut for the comic-book realm’s god of thunder, was No. 1 at North American theaters over the weekend.

Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson in a scene from “Midnight in Paris.”

This Germ of an Idea Calls for an Antibiotic

By WOODY ALLEN

Woody Allen recalls how he might have got an idea for a film set in Paris. The rest is (not) history.

“Bridesmaids,” are (from left): Wendi McLendon-Covey, Rose Byrne, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph (the bride) and Ellie Kemper.

Tossing the Bouquet Out of the Genre

By MEGAN ANGELO

“Bridesmaids” was written by friends and stars friends, and that chemistry informed many aspects of the movie.

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Will Ferrell stars in “Everything Must Go,” a low-key drama directed by Dan Rush.

Fledgling Filmmaker Casts Against Type

By JONAH WEINER

Short cuts for a first feature film: adapt a Raymond Carver story and cast a comedy star as the dramatic lead. That’s what Dan Rush did with “Everything Must Go.”

“Dick Rich and His Syncho-Symphonists” in a 1928 performance from “Vitaphone Varieties.

All Talking, All Singing, All but Forgotten

By DAVE KEHR

“Vitaphone Varieties,” a four-disc set of DVDs offers performances from the 1920s and later.

Narrowing the Export Gap in Indies

By JOHN ANDERSON

Film Forward, a program run by the Sundance Institute and a presidential arts committee, brings independent films to screenings around the world.

The Reluctant Transgender Role Model

By CINTRA WILSON

Sonny and Cher’s daughter, now a man, is the subject of a documentary of his transition from female to male.

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Movie Reviews

Movie Review | 'Thor'

Have Golden Locks, Seeking Hammer

By A. O. SCOTT

“Thor,” directed by Kenneth Branagh, is a programmed triumph of commercial calculation over imagination.

Movie Review | 'The Beaver'

Leave It to the Beaver to Do All the Talking

By MANOHLA DARGIS

A depressed toy manufacturer fails to commit suicide and begins communicating through a hand puppet. Nasty and brutish, the beaver owns the film.

Movie Review | 'Something Borrowed'

From left, John Krasinski, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson and Colin Egglesfield in Luke Greenfield's “Something Borrowed.”

New Lovers and the Old Triangle

By A. O. SCOTT

“Something Borrowed” is a comedy of marriage and a love triangle made up of Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson and Colin Egglesfield.

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Movie Review | 'Harvest'

Robert Loggia, at the head of the table, makes a point in “Harvest,” directed by Marc Meyers.

The Family That Stays Together Frays Together

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Robert Loggia stars as the dying patriarch of a Connecticut clan in “Harvest,” a meticulously written and exquisitely acted film.

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Movie Review | 'Jumping the Broom'

Loretta Devine, left, plays a postal worker and future mother-in-law to Paula Patton's lawyer in “Jumping the Broom.”

2 Families Put Asunder Just Before the ‘I Dos’

By A. O. SCOTT

In “Jumping the Broom” a nuptial weekend is the backdrop for a trousseau full of revelations revolving around class conflict between the two bridal families.

Movie Review | 'Octubre'

Bruno Odar in “Octubre,” a Peruvian film written and directed by Daniel and Diego Vega.

The Difference a Baby Can Make

By MANOHLA DARGIS

“Octubre,” a Peruvian film, shows how life changes for a shabby moneylender in Lima when an infant is left on his bed.

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Movie Review | 'Extraordinary Stories'

Walter Jakob plays Z, one of three main characters in “Extraordinary Stories,” an Argentine film by Mariano Llinás.

H Plus X Plus Z, Formula for 3 Intersecting Lives

By PAUL BRUNICK

“Extraordinary Stories,” by the Argentine director Mariano Llinás, is a contagiously playful and thrillingly inventive work.

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Movie Review | 'Daydream Nation'

Kat Dennings and Josh Lucas in “Daydream Nation.” The film, the directorial debut of Mike Goldbach, takes its title from a Sonic Youth album.

Picking Up Extra Credit, and Teacher, After School

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

“Daydream Nation” is Mike Goldbach’s directorial debut, but the film belongs to its protagonist, Kat Dennings, who portrays a precocious teenager with a snide edge of defiance.

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Movie Review | 'Last Night'

Tempting Moments

By MANOHLA DARGIS

A marriage hovers on the brink of temptation in “Last Night.”

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Movie Review | 'The People vs. George Lucas'

Fandom Far, Far Away

By MIKE HALE

“The People vs. George Lucas” takes a standard interviews-and-clips approach to the history of “Star Wars” fandom, framed by several large and fuzzy issues.

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Movie Review | 'Passion Play'

Blow the Trumpet, Palooka, Life Is but a Carny Dream

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

A noir-flavored reverie directed by Mitch Glazer and starring Mickey Rourke and Bill Murray, “Passion Play” is metaphysically ambitious but barely palatable.