Malick’s Film Adds a Dose of Sincerity to the Festivities
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Brad Pitt plays an angry father in “The Tree of Life,” Terrence Malick's rumination on life itself, which elicited a decidedly mixed reaction at Cannes this week.
In “The Tree of Life” Terrence Malick takes a direct approach in asking some big questions.
Party Love at Cirque de Cannes
By MELENA RYZIK
Two parties at Cannes were intended to stand out: one, hosted by the festival’s president, honored Robert De Niro; the other was a beach party with music by Kanye West.
CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK
At Cannes, Synergy but Not Consensus
By MANOHLA DARGIS
One of the finest films in competition at Cannes so far is Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s “Kid With a Bike,” though critics have welcomed it with polite yawns.
News & Features
Renovations That Seek to Put Film Out Front
By ROBIN POGREBIN
dBox/Rockwell Group.
A cross-section rendering of Film Society of Lincoln Center's new center on West 65th Street.
The Film Society of Lincoln Center will open its new, more welcoming theater complex next month.
Without Ever Showing Up, Malick Is Talk of Cannes
By DENNIS LIM
With his new film “The Tree of Life,” the reclusive filmmaker Terrence Malick provides exactly what Cannes thrives on: mystique and anticipation.
ARTSBEAT BLOG
Hollywood's Box-Office Slump Continues
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
The top 12 films took in about $125.2 million at the domestic box office, down 5 percent from $131.4 million for the top 12 films for the same weekend last year, according to Hollywood.com's box-office reporting service.
New Captain for a Series Becalmed
By BROOKS BARNES
To reboot its sagging “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise, Disney chose Rob Marshall to direct the fourth installment, which will screen at Cannes.
The Films of Rob Marshall
Celebrity Memoirs
BY SHIRLEY MacLAINE and ROB LOWE
Reviewed by CARINA CHOCANO
In their new memoirs, Shirley MacLaine and Rob Lowe treat the reader like a friend while making it clear that noncelebrities can never really understand the strangeness of celebrity life.
So Scandalous a Prosecutor Took Notice
By ERIC PAPE
A film’s depiction of child rape has resulted in charges of exhibiting child pornography for the director of a film festival in Spain.
Trailer
Something Genre Crossing, Something Bold
By MARC SPITZ
Jonathan Demme’s 1986 movie “Something Wild,” a screwball comedy that turns into a noir, now looks like a template for the coming auteur-as-curator era of independent film.
CULTURAL STUDIES
Something About a Witch
By JENNIFER MENDELSOHN
Memories of watching “Winter of the Witch” in school inspired its fans, now grown, to find it. The Internet is fulfilling their wishes.
Starry, Starry Cinema (The Breezes Are Free)
By FELICIA R. LEE
A wide assortment of outdoor film series cater to a variety of audiences, from Francophiles to children.
Weinstein Co. Says It’s Back With Cannes Festival Event
By BROOKS BARNES
After financial troubles and good reviews from “The King’s Speech,” the Weinstein Company is lining up new films.
Movie Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW 'BRIDESMAIDS'
Deflating That Big, Puffy White Gown
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“Bridesmaids” celebrates the giddy, liberating humor of the writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo.
MOVIE REVIEW 'EVERYTHING MUST GO'
A Picture Window on a Life Turned Inside Out
By A. O. SCOTT
“Everything Must Go” adapts and fills in the blanks of the Raymond Carver story “Why Don’t You Dance?”
MOVIE REVIEW 'GO FOR IT!'
Hip-Hop for Life
By ANDY WEBSTER
Carmen Marron’s “Go for It!,” starring Aimee Garcia, is a briskly edited dance-out-of-the-slums story that speaks to working-class young women.
MOVIE REVIEW 'PRIEST'
A Christian Avenger
By MIKE HALE
“Priest” is Scott Stewart’s second-consecutive film starring Paul Bettany as a John Wayne-like Christian avenger.
MOVIE REVIEW 'L’AMOUR FOU'
The Passions and Demons of Yves Saint Laurent
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“L’Amour Fou,” a documentary about Yves Saint Laurent, the French couturier, narrated by Pierre Bergé, his partner in business and in life.
MOVIE REVIEW 'THE FIRST GRADER'
Simple Quest for Literacy Hits a Wall of Politics
By A. O. SCOTT
Kimani Ng’ang’a Maruge, a member of the Kikuyu tribe in Kenya who enrolled in a primary school in 2003, at age 84, became an inspiration and a lightning rod.
MOVIE REVIEW 'THE BIG BANG'
A Taste for Psychedelics and the God Particle
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“The Big Bang” carries film noir parody into particle physics territory to try to solve the mystery to end all mysteries.
MOVIE REVIEW 'A SERBIAN FILM'
Torture or Porn? No Need to Choose
By A. O. SCOTT
“A Serbian Film,” directed by Srdjan Spasojevic, doesn’t just push the envelope of the extreme-cinema niche, it shreds it.
MOVIE REVIEW 'HESHER'
Burn This, Curse That, Wreak Your Havoc
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Spencer Susser’s “Hesher” stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a tattooed, profanity-spewing, heavy-metal life force. And guess what? He has lessons to teach.
MOVIE REVIEW 'CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH'
A Tale of Nanjing Atrocities That Spares No Brutal Detail
By MANOHLA DARGIS
“City of Life and Death” portrays the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians tortured and killed during the mass butchery known as the Rape of Nanjing.
MOVIE REVIEW 'VACATION!'
Sun, Sand and Sexual Tension
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Four college girlfriends hit a North Carolina beach in “Vacation!”
MOVIE REVIEW 'MAKE BELIEVE'
More Than Abracadabra
By NEIL GENZLINGER
“Make Believe” follows teenagers competing at an international magic contest in Las Vegas.
Late Preminger, the Un-Swinger
By DAVE KEHR
Olive Films has released two late Otto Preminger titles: “Hurry Sundown” and “Such Good Friends.”
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