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The director Michael Haneke, with the actress Emmanuelle Riva, received the Palme d'Or award for his film
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The director Michael Haneke, with the actress Emmanuelle Riva, received the Palme d'Or award for his film "Amour" at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Austrian director Michael Haneke won the Palme d’Or at the 65th Cannes Film Festival on Sunday for “Amour,” a story of love and death focusing on an elderly Parisian couple.

ArtsBeat

Cannes Film Festival: David Cronenberg on Adapting Unadaptable Books

At the Cannes Film Festival, David Cronenberg talks about adapting the Don DeLillo novel about a financier and about how the 2003 book foreshadowed many of today's events.

Tom Sherak, left, the president of the motion picture academy, with the director Martin Scorsese.
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Tom Sherak, left, the president of the motion picture academy, with the director Martin Scorsese.

Because of term limits, Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, is leaving a post that has emerged as one of the few bully pulpits in the film business.

Arts & Leisure

The Beats Hit the Road Again on Screen

From left, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund in “On the Road.”
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From left, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund in “On the Road.”

Walter Salles’s “On the Road” completes a kind of trinity of Beat classics adapted for the screen, following “Howl” and “Naked Lunch.”

News & Features
ArtsBeat

‘Men in Black 3’ Leads Weekend Box Office

But the movie's performance disappointed analysts because Sony Pictures Entertainment and its financing partners spent at least $325 million to make and market the film worldwide.

Voted Most Likely to Slaughter

J. A. Kerswell’s “Slasher Movie Book” looks back lovingly at posters for horror movies both classic and wretched.

The ‘Invisible Art’: A Woman’s Touch Behind the Scenes

If there is one area where women in the film industry hold more positions and influence behind the scenes, it’s editing. But why?

ArtsBeat

Cannes Film Festival: Loud Boos Don't Faze Carlos Reygadas

At the Cannes Film Festival, the filmmaker Carlos Reygadas defends his film "Post Tenebras Lux" after boisterous boos greet one screening.

A Famous Couple’s Tale Revives a Noted Pairing

The director Philip Kaufman and the film editor Walter Murch, who had not worked together in almost 25 years, collaborated again in “Hemingway & Gellhorn.”

Bergman’s Bittersweet Ode to Youth’s Sunset

“Summer With Monika,” Ingmar Bergman’s 1953 film, was called by Jean-Luc Godard, “the most original film by the most original of filmmakers.”

Noomi Rapace Arrives in Hollywood, by Way of Outer Space

How the original girl with the dragon tattoo became Ridley Scott’s new heroine.

A Word With: Michael Haneke

Looking Directly at Life’s Decline

The director Michael Haneke discusses “Amour,” a strong contender for a top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Critic’s Notebook

The Debate at Cannes Rages (as Always): What to Boo?

At Cannes, both “Holy Motors,” a surreal film by the French director Leos Carax, and “The Paperboy,” with Nicole Kidman playing her most lustful character, have drawn some jeers.

ArtsBeat

Cannes Film Festival: The Actor as Literal Shape-Shifter

Denis Lavant, a front-runner for best actor at Cannes, discusses his role in “Holy Motors,” which requires him to assume multiple roles.

Movie Reviews
Movie Review | Bill W.

Earning Lasting Fame for Being Anonymous

“Bill W.” traces the history of Bill Wilson, a co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in the 1930s.

Movie Review | 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Scouting Out a Paradise: Books, Music and No Adults

Wes Anderson’s new film, “Moonrise Kingdom,” is a self-consciously once-upon-a-time tale of two romantic 12-year-olds who create their own paradise by running away.

Movie Review | 'Men in Black 3'

Back in the Day, When Agents and Aliens Were Sweet

“Men in Black 3” returns to the summer of 1969, in a swirl of nostalgia as naïve as “Forrest Gump” and as knowing as “Mad Men,” but not as sour as either.

Movie Review | 'Battle Royale'

A Field Trip to End All Field Trips, Literally, for These Ninth Graders

“Battle Royale” has been compared to Gary Ross’s adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s “Hunger Games,” though it emphasizes pulp and melodrama over political allegory.

Movie Review | 'Oslo, August 31st'

Temptation Dominates the Road to Recovery

“Oslo, August 31st” is a day in the life of a recovering drug addict, Anders. You are never sure what he will do next, and it is clear that he is not, either.

Movie Review | 'The Intouchables'

Helping a White Man Relearn Joie de Vivre

“The Intouchables” is an ingratiating French comedy of cross-racial friendship.

Movie Review | 'Chernobyl Diaries'

Jaunt Through Fallout Zone Goes (Shock!) Awry

Six foreign tourists in Ukraine encounter carnivorous humanoids in “Chernobyl Diaries.”

Movie Review | 'Mighty Fine'

When Dad’s Temper Was the Problem

“Mighty Fine,” about a family that moves from Brooklyn to New Orleans in 1974, features Chazz Palminteri as a father with anger-management issues.

Movie Review | 'Redlegs'

Three Young Men Reunited in Grief

In “Redlegs,” by Brandon Harris, three friends are galvanized by the death of a buddy.

Movie Review | 'OC87'

Filmmaker Puts His Mental Illness on Screen

“OC87” is a man’s portrait of his journey through mental illness.

Movie Review | 'Arjun: The Warrior Prince '

An Animated Mahabharata Story

In “Arjun — The Warrior Prince,” Arnab Chaudhuri animates a story from the ancient Indian Mahabharata epic.

Movie Review | 'The Woman in the Septic Tank'

Let’s Film These Poor People; Maybe We’ll Get Rich

Marlon Rivera’s satire “The Woman in the Septic Tank” follows ambitous young moviemakers who live a life of privilege in Manila but want to make an exploitative film about poverty.

Photos & Video
This Week’s Movies | May 25, 2012

The New York Times film critics on “Men in Black 3,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” and “The Intouchables.”

Anatomy of a Scene: 'Moonrise Kingdom'

Wes Anderson, the director of "Moonrise Kingdom," discusses a scene from his film.

Interview: Joachim Trier

The director Joachim Trier discusses his film "Oslo, August 31."

Jason Redux

The New York Times asked six artists to come up with their own version of a poster for the 1980 slasher film “Friday the 13th.”

ArtsBeat

Cannes Film Festival

Features and interviews with filmmakers at the 65th Cannes Film Festival.

Movies Update
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Special Section
Summer Movies

A look inside Ridley Scott's "Prometheus," an interview with Greta Gerwig, Sacha Baron Cohen as "The Dictator," breakthrough performances and more.

Photos & Video
Anatomy of a Scene

In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.

Arming the Movies

The Specialists, Ltd., a Manhattan company, provides all types of weapons to the movie and TV industries.

Inside ‘Tonight You’re Mine’

In Anatomy of a Scene, David Mackenzie narrates a scene from his film, which was shot at a Scotland music festival.

Morbid Beauty in ‘Dark Shadows’

Images from Tim Burton’s comedy starring Johnny Depp.

Slide Show
Coming Soon

Images from some of the films arriving this summer.

Ask the Critics

Manohla Dargis and A. O. Scott, the co-chief film critics of The New York Times, are answering your questions. Do you have one for them? Please write to them at askthefilmcritics@nytimes.com.

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