الجمعة، 23 مارس 2012

Movies Update: Reviews of 'The Hunger Games,' New Directors/New Films and More

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Movie Reviews

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in
Movie Review | 'The Hunger Games'

Tested by a Picturesque Dystopia

Jennifer Lawrence stars as a teenage survivalist in a recycled American frontier myth in "The Hunger Games," a film adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel.

Olivier Gourmet as a government official in
Critic's Notebook

Discovering Great Films Scaled Small

The New Directors/New Films festival offers intimations of future greatness from fledgling filmmakers, alongside occasional masterpieces.

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Rachel Weisz stars in
Movie Review | 'The Deep Blue Sea'

A Heart Needs One Thing, Society Wants Another

"The Deep Blue Sea" is based on Terence Rattigan's play about a woman's attempt to live by the dictates of her heart rather than the expectations of society.

Joe Taslim, left, and Yayan Ruhian in
Movie Review | 'The Raid: Redemption'

Bad Guys Upstairs, Gore Down the Hall

"The Raid: Redemption," written and directed by Gareth Huw Evans, tells of a police action against a crime lord, complete with meticulous and bloody fight scenes.

Willem Dafoe and Shanyn Leigh as a couple living on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in Abel Ferrara's apocalyptic film.
Movie Review | '4:44 Last Day on Earth'

The World Is Ending; Check Your To-Do List

"4:44 Last Day on Earth," Abel Ferrara's new film, offers an intimately scaled view of the destruction of the world.

Michael C. Hall and Brie Larson in
Movie Review | 'The Trouble With Bliss'

A Deadbeat, He'll Never Live Up to His Name

Michael Knowles's film "The Trouble With Bliss" follows a 35-year-old who lives with his father and does very little, except attract women.

Stephen Dorff portrays a Secret Service agent kidnapped and locked inside a car trunk in
Movie Review | 'Brake'

Captive in Cramped Box, and Cellphone Is No Use

Stephen Dorff stars as a Secret Service agent taken captive in a terrorist plot to assassinate the president.

News & Features

Julia Roberts and Armie Hammer in
Arts & Leisure

The Better to Entertain You With, My Dear

The screen comedy "Mirror Mirror" reflects Hollywood's preoccupation with fairy tales, as do the television series "Grimm" and "Once Upon a Time."

Fans of

How 'Hunger Games' Built Up Must-See Fever

A small crew with a tiny marketing budget made gradual use of social media to build interest in a movie with tricky subject matter.

Joe Taslim as Jaka and Iman Aji as Eko in
ArtsBeat

Behind the Action of 'The Raid: Redemption'

Gareth Evans, the director of "The Raid: Redemption," discusses elements of the action in his film, including video clips.

DVD

Walter Brennan, left, and Dana Andrews in Jean Renoir's film

Jean Renoir's Plunge Into the American Mire

Jean Renoir's "Swamp Water" (1941), his first American movie, has been released in a limited-edition Blu-ray by Twilight Time.

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Photos & Video

Interactive Feature: Fun With the Sun - Help Us Choose Our Summer Movies Cover

We're asking readers to vote on their favorite illustration for the Summer Movies issue of Arts & Leisure.

Video: Feeding Hunger for 'The Hunger Games'

The Hollywood reporter Brooks Barnes reports on Lionsgate's new interactive marketing campaign for "The Hunger Games."

Slide Show: A Taste of the New

Images from some of the films appearing in the New Directors/New Films series.

Showtimes & Tickets

Editor FeedBack

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Mekado Murphy
Movies Producer
The New York Times on the Web

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