الجمعة، 13 مايو 2011

Movies Update: Reports From Cannes and Reviews of 'Bridesmaids,' 'Everything Must Go' and More

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From left, Ellie Kemper, Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Rose Byrne, Maya Rudolph and Wendi McClendon-Covey in
Movie Review | 'Bridesmaids'

Deflating That Big, Puffy White Gown

By MANOHLA DARGIS

"Bridesmaids" celebrates the giddy, liberating humor of the writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.

From left, Michael Sheen, Rachel McAdams, Woody Allen, Owen Wilson and Lea Seydoux on the red carpet during the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival.
Critic's Notebook

Paris (and Cannes) in the Spring, Through Woody Allen's Eyes

By MANOHLA DARGIS

The Cannes Film Festival led with Woody Allen's new movie, "Midnight in Paris"; other early screenings have included Julia Leigh's "Sleeping Beauty" and Gus Van Sant's "Restless."

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Will Ferrell and Christopher C J Wallace in
Movie Review | 'Everything Must Go'

A Picture Window on a Life Turned Inside Out

By A. O. SCOTT

"Everything Must Go" adapts and fills in the blanks of the Raymond Carver story "Why Don't You Dance?"

Yves Saint Laurent and his models in
Movie Review | 'L'Amour Fou'

The Passions and Demons of Yves Saint Laurent

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

"L'Amour Fou," a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, the French couturier, narrated by Pierre Bergé, his partner in business and in life.

A scene from
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.

Sam Elliott in
Movie Review | 'The Big Bang'

A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

"The Big Bang" carries film noir parody into particle physics territory to try to solve the mystery to end all mysteries.

Srdjan Todorovic in
Movie Review | 'A Serbian Film'

Torture or Porn? No Need to Choose

By A. O. SCOTT

"A Serbian Film," directed by Srdjan Spasojevic, doesn't just push the envelope of the extreme-cinema niche, it shreds it.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a raging, foul-mouthed menace to society in Spencer Susser's debut feature,
Movie Review | 'Hesher'

Burn This, Curse That, Wreak Your Havoc

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Spencer Susser's "Hesher" stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a tattooed, profanity-spewing, heavy-metal life force. And guess what? He has lessons to teach.

News & Features

At the High Line in September, Rooftop Films showed Anna Farrell's

Starry, Starry Cinema (The Breezes Are Free)

By FELICIA R. LEE

A wide assortment of outdoor film series cater to a variety of audiences, from Francophiles to children.

Benjamin Walker in the title role of

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.

DVD

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.
The actor Jude Law, who is a member of this year's Cannes Film Festival jury.
Slide Show: Opening Night at Cannes

A look at some of the stars and filmmakers at the opening night of the Cannes International Film Festival.

Video: 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'

A. O. Scott discusses how truth and justice are sacrificed as order is brought to a lawless land in John Ford's 1962 film.

Slide Show: Stars Beneath the Stars

A look at some of New York City's outdoor screening venues.

Showtimes & Tickets

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Mekado Murphy
 Movies Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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