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 April 22, 2011Movies Update |
 Movie Review | 'Incendies'Scavenger Hunt for Family Secrets Across Time and GeographyBy A. O. SCOTT"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.  Critic's NotebookTribeca's Taste of All Things Grim and GoryBy MIKE HALEAt the Tribeca Film Festival, sex farces and horror and crime films are grouped into their own section. ADVERTISEMENT   Movie Review | 'Water for Elephants'Love Triangle Sideshow, a Circus's Main AttractionBy STEPHEN HOLDENFrancis 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 SorrowBy A. O. SCOTTThe 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 EarthBy 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 | 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold'The Hidden Persuaders Come Out in Full ForceBy STEPHEN HOLDENA filmmaker dissects the world of product placement and advertising by making a documentary financed entirely by product placement and advertising.  Movie Review | 'Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'A Tale of the Jazz Age, One With Flying KicksBy 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 CATSOULISIn "Stake Land," Jim Mickle brings on the vampires and fundamentalists in a postapocalyptic world. More ReviewsNews & Features Critic's NotebookThe Lives Sports Change IndeliblyBy MIKE HALEThe ESPN Sports Film series at the Tribeca festival offers seven documentaries about sports figures with a common theme: how competition transformed them.  Michael Sarrazin, Actor, Dies at 70By WILLIAM GRIMESA leading man in the late 1960s and '70s, Mr. Sarrazin brought youthful innocence with a dash of countercultural rebelliousness to his films. DVD Hard Work of Comedy and Straight-ShootingBy DAVE KEHR"Rope of Sand," an early independent production of Hal Wallis, is set in a South African settlement and features a face-off between Burt Lancaster and Paul Henreid. | Photos & Video |
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