الجمعة، 2 مارس 2012

Movies Update: Reviews of 'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax,' 'Being Flynn' and More

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The Lorax, center, is voiced by Danny DeVito in
Movie Review | 'Dr. Seuss' The Lorax'

How the Grinch Stole the Lorax

"Dr. Seuss' The Lorax," the movie version of the children's book, is a noisy, useless piece of junk, reverse-engineered into something resembling popular art.

Bibo Bergeron's

Kids' Film Festival: Fear, Astonishment and the Beatles

The New York International Children's Film Festival offers more than 100 films over four weekends at seven locations for an expected audience of 25,000.

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Movie Reviews

Paul Dano, left, and Robert De Niro as his father in
Movie Review | 'Being Flynn'

A Father and Son Reunion on the Way to the Abyss

In "Being Flynn," directed by Paul Weitz, Robert De Niro reminds us of how resourceful an actor he can be.

Liam Cunningham and Carice van Houten in Paula Van der Oest's
Movie Review | 'Black Butterfly'

Collecting Emotion, and Not in Tranquillity

Paula Van der Oest's film "Black Butterfly" is a biopic about the poet Ingrid Jonker, who has been called the Sylvia Plath of South Africa.

Movie Review | 'The Salt of Life'

Longing for the Beauty That Is Rome in the Form of Earthly Goddesses

"The Salt of Life" is an Italian comedy starring, Gianni Di Gregorio as an aging man dazzled and a little depressed by the abundance of beautiful young women who do not notice him.

An Occupy Wall Street protester last year, in a scene from
Movie Review | 'Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?'

Tracing the Great Recession to a Memo 40 Years Ago

The documentary "Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?" argues that the seeds of the recent financial collapse were sown 40 years ago in a memo.

From left: Te Aho Eketone-Whitu, James Rolleston and Taika Waititi in
Movie Review | 'Boy'

Adult Responsibilities, but a Child's Sensibility

"Boy," an unpretentious comic tale of a youngster's growing relationship with a long-absent father, has a surprising rhythmic genius.

The Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi in his Tehran living room is the center of attention in
Movie Review | 'This Is Not a Film'

A Video From Tehran: It's Not What It Isn't, but What It Is

Jafar Panahi, one of the leading Iranian filmmakers who has been banned from making movies, sits before a camera in "This Is Not a Film."

From left, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Oliver Cooper and Thomas Mann, the party animals of
Movie Review | 'Project X'

A Teenage 'Home Alone' Gone Wild

Thomas Mann plays a high-school nobody who goes down in history after an extreme party in "Project X," directed by Nima Nourizadeh.

Lucas Pittaway and Daniel Henshall in
Movie Review | 'The Snowtown Murders'

A Boy Pays for Mother's Mistakes

"The Snowtown Murders" is based on the 1990s exploits of the notorious serial killer John Bunting and his crew in Adelaide, Australia.

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News & Features

Zach Galifianakis, left, and Will Ferrell presenting the best song award at the Oscars on Sunday.
The Carpetbagger

Academy Wishes Its Future Really Did Belong to the Young

The Carpetbagger says adieu to the awards season, and asks if the Oscars can be saved.

Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano's film

French Film in Its Year of Triumph

The feast of films at the Rendez-Vous series, which starts on Thursday, includes a blockbuster by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.

DVD

Ray Salyer, left, and Frank Matthews in Lionel Rogosin's

Out of the Bowery's Shadows (Then Back In)

Lionel Rogosin's 1956 film "On the Bowery," now out on Blu-ray, aims to offer direct access to a world that had largely gone unrecorded.

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Photos & Video

Slide Show: A Cinematic Rendez-Vous

Images from some of the films appearing in the "Rendez-Vous With French Cinema" series.

Slide Show: Visual Treats for All Ages

Images from the films in the New York International Children's Film Festival.

Video: Justin Kurzel on 'The Snowtown Murders'

The director Justin Kurzel discusses his film about the case of a serial killer in Australia.

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