الجمعة، 9 سبتمبر 2011

Movies Update: Reviews of 'Contagion,' 'Warrior' and More

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Movie Reviews

Jude Law in the wreckage of a world crumbling under chaos in this Steven Soderbergh thriller about modern plagues.
Movie Review | 'Contagion'

A Nightmare Pox on Your Civilized World

"Contagion," Steven Soderbergh's smart, spooky thriller about contemporary plagues, is a paranoid freakout for the antigovernment, Tea Party age.

Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton in
Movie Review | 'Warrior'

A Tale of Jacob, Esau and Muscles

Gavin O'Connor's "Warrior" follows two estranged brothers who are separately preparing for a mixed martial arts tournament.

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A retreat for the Shanti Project, a human services agency where Ed Wolf, interviewed in
Movie Review | 'We Were Here'

In a City's Plague Years, Caring for Their Own

"We Were Here" is an unblinking chronology of the AIDS epidemic, recounted by five people who lived through it and watched countless friends and lovers die.

The activist Stokely Carmichael in
Movie Review | 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975'

A Tumultuous Time, Captured by Outsiders

"The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975" is a fascinating collection of images and interviews by Swedish television journalists who traveled to the United States to chronicle the era.

Nicolae Ceausescu meeting with Shanghai Shipyard workers in 1971, in
Movie Review | 'The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu'

Popular Ascendance to Grim Downfall

Andrei Ujica's documentary "The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu" is a cinematic tour de force that tracks the rise, reign and grim fall of that executed Romanian dictator.

Boris Spassky, left, and Bobby Fischer in Liz Garbus's film
Movie Review | 'Bobby Fischer Against the World'

When He Was Good, He Was Very, Very Good

"Bobby Fischer Against the World" documents the moment when Fischer's brilliance at chess made him an international hero.

Ezra Miller in Bryan Goluboff's
Movie Review | 'Beware the Gonzo'

Fear and Loathing at Parker Prep

"Beware the Gonzo," the feature directorial debut of Bryan Goluboff, follows a student uprising against a high school's vile clique of alpha teenagers and its smug principal.

A child laborer in rural Mexico in
Movie Review | 'The Inheritors'

For María and José, All Work and No Play

In "The Inheritors," Mexican children toil in the countryside, and look forward to ever more of the same.

Cari Palazzolo, a musician in Austin, Tex., in
Movie Review | 'Echotone'

A Story as Old as Gentrification

In "Echotone," musicians build up Austin, Tex., only to see it taken away.

News & Features

George Kuchar at home, around 1991.

George Kuchar, Made Underground Films, Dies at 69

Mr. Kuchar was a filmmaker whose campy, low-budget movies inspired underground directors and helped kindle the do-it-yourself moviemaking aesthetic now ubiquitous on YouTube

George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in
Critic's Notebook

Hiding Up in Telluride, Silver on Screens

A look back at the just-concluded 38th edition of the biggest little film festival.

Werner Herzog, the director of the documentary

A Bounty of Documentaries at Toronto Festival

In his new film, "Into the Abyss," Werner Herzog dissects the murder of a woman in Texas and the execution of the man convicted in the case.

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Photos & Video

Video: Critics' Picks: 'Black Girl'

A. O. Scott looks at Ousmane Sembene's film about a Senegalese maid working in a French home.

Interactive Feature: 'Straw Dogs,' Then and Now

A clip from the 1971 version of "Straw Dogs" and one from the 2011 remake.

Video
Multimedia Feature: Taking the Score From 'West Side Story'

Two versions of a scene from "West Side Story," one with the film's original score and the other with it removed.

Showtimes & Tickets

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Mekado Murphy
Movies Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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