الجمعة، 20 يناير 2012

Movies Update: Reviews of 'Haywire' and 'Red Tails,' News on Sundance and More

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Gina Carano in
Movie Review | 'Haywire'

Someone Done Her Wrong. Horrible Mistake.

"Haywire," directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring the mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano, delights in its own action.

Olivia Thirlby in

Technology Helps Sundance Films Capture the Moment

Technology and a faster pace of filmmaking may be partly behind the festival's overriding stark image of a broken nation with broken people.

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From left, Leslie Odom Jr., Michael B. Jordan, Nate Parker, Kevin Phillips, David Oyelowo and Elijah Kelley in
Movie Review | 'Red Tails'

Pilots Who Fought to Soar Above Racism

"Red Tails" is a whiz-bang action film about the Tuskegee Airmen, African-American fighter pilots in World War II.

Stephanie Sigman in
Movie Review | 'Miss Bala'

Beauty Queen With No Place to Hide

Gerardo Naranjo's "Miss Bala," an art-house thriller, is based on the real story of a Mexican beauty queen who became entangled with a drug cartel.

Frederick Wiseman's documentary
Movie Review | 'Crazy Horse'

The Agony Behind an Erotic Club's Ecstasy

Frederick Wiseman's documentary "Crazy Horse" is a behind-the-scenes look at how seriously the famous Paris erotic revue takes itself as an artistic endeavor.

The designer Halston in
Movie Review | 'Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston'

Looking for Halston, Finding the '70s

Whitney Sudler-Smith's documentary about Halston demonstrates little interest in fashion and even less insight into that designer.

Margo Martindale plays a frustrated mother in
Movie Review | 'Scalene'

A Case of She Said, She Said and He Can't Say

Zack Parker's "Scalene" is a disturbingly clever drama of triangulated tension among a mother, her mute son and his caregiver.

Shin Ha-kyun in
Movie Review | 'The Front Line'

Two Koreas, at War but Closely Entwined

Jang Hun's "Front Line," a Korean War drama opening Friday in New York and Los Angeles, is South Korea's submission for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

News & Features

'War Horse' is running simultaneously as a play, left, and as a film, and their producers view each as beneficial to the other.

Symbiotic Bond for Stage and Screen Versions

With shows like "War Horse," "Rock of Ages" and "Chicago," Broadway has come to embrace film adaptations as good for business.

Rodriguez, from the film
The Carpetbagger

At Sundance, an Instant Audience-Award Contender

The Sundance Film Festival's programmers are predicting that the documentary "Searching for Sugar Man," about a forgotten 70s-era rocker, will be the world cinema audience favorite.

Paula Barreto (left), with her parents, Luiz Carlos and Lucy Barreto at their Manhattan apartment.
Arts & Leisure

Brazil's Ruling Family of Film

Since the founding of their family production company 50 years ago, the Barretos of Brazil have helped make more than 80 films.

From left, Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and Joel Edgerton in Baz Luhrmann's 3-D adaptation of

The Rich Are Different: They're in 3-D

Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" draws 3-D a step closer to maturity by bringing it into real-world drama.

The cast of

'The Artist' and 'The Descendants' Take Globes

George Clooney also won best actor in a motion picture drama for his role in "The Descendants."

DVD

Renato Rascel as a government functionary whose life is transformed in

Mantle of Dreams Yields a Nightmare

Raro Video has released "Il Cappotto," Alberto Lattuada's adaptation of the Gogol short story "The Overcoat," on DVD.

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Photos & Video

Slide Show: Playing at Sundance

Images from select films appearing at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Slide Show: Cronenberg's World

Images from films appearing in the Museum of the Moving Image series on David Cronenberg.

Slide Show: The Red Carpet at the Golden Globes

A slide show of images of fashion from the red carpet.

Slide Show: Golden Globe Winners

Winners at the 2012 Golden Globe awards.

Showtimes & Tickets

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Movies Producer
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