الجمعة، 30 ديسمبر 2011

Movies Update: Reviews of 'The Iron Lady,' 'A Separation' and More

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Movie Reviews

Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in
Movie Review | 'The Iron Lady'

Polarizing Leader Fades Into the Twilight

By A. O. SCOTT

"Iron Lady," about the former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, is the story of a widow and a half-abandoned mother who happened to have been one of the most powerful women of the 20th century.

Leila Hatami and Peyman Moadi in
Movie Review | 'A Separation'

A House Divided by Exasperation

By A. O. SCOTT

In "A Separation," Iran's candidate for a foreign-language Oscar, a middle-class Tehran couple's disagreement over where and how to live leads to growing chaos.

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Adepero Oduye, right, is a teenager seeking a lesbian experience, possibly with a friend played by Aasha Davis, in
Movie Review | 'Pariah'

A Brooklyn Girl Who's Just Not Frilly

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

"Pariah" is Dee Rees's stirring coming-out story of a virginal 17-year-old African-American lesbian in a pious household in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

Kate Walsh, left, and Elizabeth McGovern in
Movie Review | 'Angels Crest'

A Cold Mountain Village Where Heartbreak Is Everybody's Business

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Gaby Dellal's new film, "Angels Crest," depicts the pain of a small town and a young father after a tragedy.

Fighting alien invaders in
Movie Review | 'The Darkest Hour'

Poof to Life as You Knew It

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

In "The Darkest Hour," four young adults partying in Moscow fight for their lives when aliens invade and glowing fireballs transform most of humanity into cremains.

Gerard Jugnot, left, and Christian Clavier in
Movie Review | 'Le Père Noël Est Une Ordure'

A Crude, Rude Christmas Tale

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

The 1982 farce "Le Père Noël Est une Ordure" presents two social-services hot-line employees who do more harm than good for their distressed clients.

The hit man of
Movie Review | 'El Sicario, Room 164'

A Thug Talks and Talks, and Scribbles

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

In "El Sicario, Room 164,"' a reformed hit man for the Mexican drug cartel regales us with 20 years' worth of kidnapping, torture and cold-blooded murder.

News & Features

Benjamin Walker as you know who in
Film

Specters and Shades of Black in 2012 Films

By NEIL GENZLINGER

There are some odd trends - "The Woman in Black" and "The Men in Black 3," anyone? - and the story, till now untold, of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."

Familiarity Breeds Hollywood Sequels

By MICHAEL CIEPLY

So far, the top seven pictures at the domestic box-office have been sequels, as Hollywood continued a flight to financial safety.

Ms. Streep as Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain.
Movies

Streep Dons Thatcher's Armor

By CHARLES McGRATH

When offered the role of Margaret Thatcher in "The Iron Lady," Meryl Streep explained, "To say, 'No, I'm not interested' would just be ridiculous. There is no other opportunity like it."

DVD

Bo Hopkins, left, and Jason Miller in

Unsung Features, Screwball to Noir

By DAVE KEHR

DVD releases this week include "Nothing Sacred," "The Nickel Ride" and "The People Against O'Hara."

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Photos & Video

Video: Critics' Picks: 'The Thin Red Line'

A. O. Scott looks at the relationship between humans and the natural world in Terrence Malick's war drama.

Video: A New Black Wave?

Nelson George discusses the state of black cinema through a close reading of "Pariah," directed by Dee Rees.

Showtimes & Tickets

Editor FeedBack

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Mekado Murphy
 Movies Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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