الجمعة، 15 أبريل 2011

Movies Update: A Tribeca Film Festival Preview, Reviews of "The Conspirator," "Rio" and More

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The 10th annual Tribeca Film Festival begins on Wednesday and runs through May 1. Above, a scene from
Critic's Notebook

As Tribeca Festival Turns 10, Grumbling Subsides

The festival's selections, however quirky, offer crucial exposure for serious independent filmmakers.

Robin Wright as Mary Surratt in Robert Redford's film.
Movie Review | 'The Conspirator'

History's Loose Ends, and a Tightening Noose

"The Conspirator," Robert Redford's latest turn as director, imagines the path of justice in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination.

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Mélanie Thierry with Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, left, and Lambert Wilson in
Movie Review | 'The Princess of Montpensier'

Pawn, Prize and Beauty, So Submit She Must

"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.

A medevac helicopter bearing wounded soldiers in
Movie Review | 'Armadillo'

Fortunes and Misfortunes of War, From a Danish Perspective

This documentary follows troops in Helmand Province in Afghanistan into a firefight and its aftermath.

From left, Rafael the toucan (voiced by George Lopez) with the macaws Blu and Jewel (Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway).
Movie Review | 'Rio'

Macaw Finds His Wings, and Much More, in Brazil

An animated comedy about a blue macaw's adventures in Rio, with the voice of Jesse Eisenberg as Blu, the macaw.

Ksenia Rappoport in
Movie Review | 'The Double Hour'

Romance or Film Noir? Both, and a Thriller

The plot of "The Double Hour" is so complex that only a vigilant detective could piece it together.

Neve Campbell in Wes Craven's
Movie Review | 'Scream 4'

The Shrieks Continue

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.

Youssouf Djaoro, center, in
Movie Review | 'A Screaming Man'

A Pool Man in Chad, at the Intersection of the Personal and the Political

"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.

News & Features

Built, perhaps, in days: A film set in graceful decline at Cinecittà studios in Rome, photographed by Gregory Crewdson in 2009.
Abroad

Hope Sprouting Amid Italian Film Studio's Decay

A fabled studio may serve as a public-private business model for Italian cultural institutions suffering from funding cuts.

Spoiler Alert: It Hits an Iceberg

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.

Machine Age Poet, Born in Revolution, Stifled Under Stalin

The Museum of Modern Art presents a retrospective of the Soviet director Dziga Vertov (1896-1954), who celebrated the higher perception of cinema.

DVD

Robert De Niro as the title character in Martin Scorsese's
Video

Mean Streets and Nasty Spies

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.

Photos & Video

Video: Critics' Picks: 'Passion of Joan of Arc'

A .O. Scott examines the currents of emotion in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 film.

Video: Tribeca Returns

Stephen Holden narrates a look at some of the selections in the Tribeca Film Festival.

Video: An Animated City

The director Carlos Saldanha discusses setting the animated film "Rio" in his hometown.

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