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Jonathan Parker’s “acutely witty” satire mocks New York’s contemporary art and music scene.

Michael Jackson: 'This Is It' Inc.

Is Jackson's posthumous concert-rehearsal movie a loving tribute or a morbid cash grab?

New on DVD

Drag Me to Hell; Every Little Step; Stop Making Sense

New York, I Love You

New York, I Love You is the second in producer Emmanuel Benbihy’s “Cities of Love” series; the first was 2006’s Paris, je t’aime.

Paranormal Activity

First-time writer-director Oren Peli's psychological thriller will make you want to sleep with the lights on, said Betsy Sharkey in the Los Angeles Times.

Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are is that “rare adaptation that goes deeper, not dumber,” in its translation of a children’s classic, said Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune.

John C. Reilly: 'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'

How director Paul Weitz translates three books from the popular 'Cirque de Freak' series into one movie

Hilary Swank: 'Amelia'

How the pioneering aviator is portrayed in director Mira Nair's new biopic

Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist'

Is the director's latest a film of 'great beauty,' or completely 'tasteless'?

Updating 'Astro Boy'

How a new version of the 1960s Japanese cartoon translates to the big screen

Couples Retreat

In Peter Billingsley's comedy, a husband and wife having trouble conceiving ask their friends to come along to a couples resort designed to mend marriages.

A Serious Man

A good and decent Jewish college professor tries to understand why his life is coming apart at the seams in Ethan Coen and Joel Coen's latest “work of cruel comic genius.”

An Education

Carey Mulligan gives a breakthrough performance in this coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old who begins a dalliance with an older man, played by Peter Sarsgaard.

New on DVD

Chinatown: Centennial Collection; Anvil! The Story of Anvil; The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

‘New York, I Love You’: The Big Apple in 10 parts

How this "collage of vignettes" portrays "love, New York–style"

Spike Jonze: ‘Where the Wild Things Are’

How Jonze translates Maurice Sendak's classic 1963 children's book to the big screen

Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler: 'Law Abiding Citizen'

Is this new 'revenge thriller 'luridly enjoyable' or 'appallingly violent'?

Vampires, women, and gay men

Is the current vampire craze fueled by women's secret desire to "have sex with gay men"?

A new Moses movie: Offensive to Jews and Christians?

How Fox might update the Biblical character for the big screen

The Invention of Lying

Ricky Gervais—the creator of The Office and HBO’s Extras—and collaborator Matthew Robinson imagine a world in which only the truth has ever been spoken until one day a man lies about his bank account.

November 27, 2009

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