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miércoles, 1 de junio de 2011

Movie Reviews

MOVIE REVIEW | '!WOMEN ART REVOLUTION'

Enhancing the Image of Feminist Art

By RACHEL SALTZ

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville/Zeitgeist Films

Feminist Studio Workshop in 1973, from "!Women Art Revolution."

A documentary makes the case that the feminist art movement has been more influential than is generally acknowledged.

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3-D Starts to Fizzle, and Hollywood Frets

By BROOKS BARNES and MICHAEL CIEPLY

DreamWorks Animation and Paramount Pictures

The ticket sales for the 3-D version of "Kung Fu Panda 2" have been disappointing.

The strongest films have benefited from 3-D, but consumers are rejecting middling movies that employ the technology to wring more money from moviegoers.

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When Life Throws Those Curveballs

By DENNIS LIM

Focus Features

Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor in “Beginners."

In “Beginners,” an autobiographical film from the writer and director Mike Mills, the main character’s 75-year-old father comes out of the closet.

Video Interview: Mike Mills

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Craig Roberts in “Submarine,” a portrait of a Welsh teenager.

Growing Funnier Each Serious Minute

By JONAH WEINER

With “Submarine” the British writer-director Richard Ayoade displays his flair for humor and empathy.

Anatomy of a Scene: 'Submarine'

Debbie Reynolds Auctions Costume Collection

Compiled by RACHEL LEE HARRIS

Ever wanted to dress up as Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” or as Marilyn Monroe in “The Seven Year Itch”?

THE MEDIA EQUATION

An Outsider Making Waves in Hollywood

By DAVID CARR

Janice Min moved to Los Angeles 10 months ago to revive The Hollywood Reporter, and by turning the struggling daily into a sharp weekly, she has given it new life.

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Panda vs. Peacock: The Showdown

By MEKADO MURPHY

The filmmakers of “Kung Fu Panda 2” explored more of China for inspiration in scenery and design.

From left: Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Rose Byrne, Ellie Kemper, Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph in “Bridesmaids” (co-written by Ms. Wiig), in which the female comic shines.

The Funnywoman, Alive and Well

By A. O. SCOTT

“Bridesmaids” has been hailed as a vindication of the rights and abilities of all women to make jokes, and thus a resounding rebuttal to what is supposedly a widespread assumption otherwise.

Abrams at a recording session for the score of “Super 8.”

Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser

By FRANK BRUNI

He constructs his movies like magical boxes, full of intriguing mysteries. Of course, eventually he has to let everyone see what’s in there.

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VIDEO

John Wayne in “Rio Lobo” (1970). Fox is releasing Blu-ray editions of two films from Wayne's late-middle period: “The Horse Soldiers” and “The Comancheros.”

The Many Shades of Wayne

By DAVE KEHR

Just in time for Father’s Day, Fox is releasing Blu-ray editions of two films that belong to John Wayne’s late-middle period: “The Horse Soldiers” and “The Comancheros.”

AMERICAN PREMIERE Gisèle Casadesus and Gérard Depardieu in “My Afternoons With Margueritte,” showing June 4 and 5.

Year One of Festival: 65 Films in 5 Days

By KARIN LIPSON

Offerings in the Gold Coast International Film Festival include the documentary “Chasing Madoff” and Gérard Depardieu in “My Afternoons With Margueritte.”

HER LIFE IN FOCUS Farrah Fawcett in 1989. Her final story became the object of a lengthy battle.

The Long Goodbye

By JIM RUTENBERG

When the iconic ’70s actress Farrah Fawcett died in June 2009, the legal fight over how she would be remembered had only just begun.

Slide Show: A Wrenching Documentary

Owen Wilson, left, is Gil, who travels back in time to 1920s Paris, and Marion Cotillard is Adriana, a fictional mistress of Picasso's who catches Gil's eye.

Decoding Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’

By JOSEPH BERGER

Paris in the 1920s, as portrayed in Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris,” was fertile ground for art, literature and complicated relationships, decrypted here.

Movie Reviews

MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE TREE OF LIFE'

Heaven, Texas and the Cosmic Whodunit

By A. O. SCOTT

“The Tree of Life,” directed by Terrence Malick, envisions the origin of the universe and ponders some of life’s deepest questions.

MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE HANGOVER PART II'

From left, Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms in

3 Men and a Monkey-Baby

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms return as buds in trouble before a marriage in sequel to Todd Phillips’s hit.

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MOVIE REVIEW | 'KUNG FU PANDA 2'

In “Kung Fu Panda 2,” Po, center, voiced by Jack Black (with Monkey, voiced by Jackie Chan, and Tigress, voiced by Angelina Jolie), faces down the peacock who led a campaign against pandas.

A Noble Panda Takes On a Nightmare Enemy

By A. O. SCOTT

Po, the hero of “Kung Fu Panda 2,” works out his identity crisis and faces Shen, the villainous peacock who has conducted a campaign of genocide against pandas.