In Defense of the Slow and the Boring
By MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTT
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Michelle Williams and Shirley Henderson in Kelly Reichardt's “Meek's Cutoff.”
The Times’s chief film critics discuss the lingering bias against movies that aspire to more than entertainment.
Girls of a Certain Age Challenge Hollywood
By PAMELA PAUL
Suzanne Tenner/Relativity Media
Jordana Beatty as the title third grader in “Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer,” based on the popular tween book series.
“Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer” hopes to achieve box-office success with the tween market.
Universal
Marlene Dietrich plays an artist's muse in Rouben Mamoulian's “Song of Songs” (1933), part of a new two-film set on DVD.
Marlene Dietrich had a break from her collaborations with Josef von Sternberg to star in Rouben Mamoulian’s “Song of Songs” (1933), new on DVD.
News & Features
Adolfas Mekas, Avant-Garde Filmmaker and Teacher, Is Dead at 85
By BRUCE WEBER
Mr. Mekas was a Lithuanian immigrant who became an influential avant-garde filmmaker and teacher and who, with his brother Jonas, founded Film Culture, the seminal journal for cinéastes.
Movie Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW 'X-MEN: FIRST CLASS'
Born That Way, and Proud of It
By MANOHLA DARGIS
This latest installment of the “X-Men” series reaches back to the early 1960s for an origin story of mutants.
MOVIE REVIEW 'BEGINNERS'
Remembering When Dad Came Out
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor star in “Beginners,” a wistful memory piece about a straight son and his dying gay father.
Video Interview: Mike MillsMOVIE REVIEW 'FILM SOCIALISME'
On a Mediterranean Cruise Ship Steered by a Godardian Crew
By A. O. SCOTT
“Film Socialisme,” Jean-Luc Godard’s latest work to arrive in America, is an assemblage of vignettes, allusions and tracts, by turns provocative, grating, gorgeous and tiresome.
MOVIE REVIEW 'REJOICE AND SHOUT'
The Power of Voices Lifted in Song
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Rejoice and Shout,” a historical survey of African-American gospel music, illustrates how it evolved out of the fusion of plantation work songs and Christian hymns.
MOVIE REVIEW 'SUBMARINE'
Coming of Age, and Then to Terms
By A. O. SCOTT
Richard Ayoade’s debut feature, “Submarine,” follows a Welsh schoolboy’s coming of age as he experiences first love, family trouble and stray encounters with the weirdness of the world.
MOVIE REVIEW 'BEAUTIFUL BOY'
Alone to Face the Fallout From a Son’s Horrific Crime
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
A married couple’s bottled-up tensions are blasted open as they cope with their son’s shooting rampage and suicide.
MOVIE REVIEW 'MR. NICE'
Reliving a Drug Dealer’s Halcyon Days
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Mr. Nice” reconstructs the life and high times of Howard Marks, a notorious Welsh drug dealer who went by the alias Donald Nice.
MOVIE REVIEW 'THE LAST MOUNTAIN'
An Environmental Horror Story
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
In “The Last Mountain,” Bill Haney looks at the fight over mountaintop removal to mine coal in West Virginia.
MOVIE REVIEW 'TURKEY BOWL'
Friends, Football and Fun
By NEIL GENZLINGER
“Turkey Bowl,” a quirky offering from Kyle Smith, is little more than a touch football game among friends.
MOVIE REVIEW '!WOMEN ART REVOLUTION'
Enhancing the Image of Feminist Art
By RACHEL SALTZ
A documentary makes the case that the feminist art movement has been more influential than is generally acknowledged.
More Reviews
Movie Listings for June 3-9
Movie Review | 'Some Days Are Better Than Others': Fighting Losing Battles Against Isolation
Movie Review | ‘Empire of Silver’: Banking and Bad Behavior
Movie Review | 'Love, Wedding, Marriage': The Dos and Don’ts of ‘I Do’
Sunday Book Review: ‘Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, the Mob (and Sex)’ by Peter Bart
Sunday Book Review: ‘Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant’ by Jennifer Grant
Sunday Book Review: ‘Robert Redford’ by Michael Feeney Callan
Movie Review | 'The Tree of Life': Heaven, Texas and the Cosmic Whodunit
More News & Features
3-D Starts to Fizzle, and Hollywood Frets
The Media Equation: An Outsider Making Waves in Hollywood
The Funnywoman, Alive and Well
Panda vs. Peacock: The Showdown
Filmmaker J. J. Abrams Is a Crowd Teaser
Debbie Reynolds Auctions Costume Collection
Growing Funnier Each Serious Minute
When Life Throws Those Curveballs
Video: The Many Shades of Wayne
Decoding Woody Allen’s ‘Midnight in Paris’
The Long Goodbye
Photos & Video
Mid-Century Mutants
A look at some of the sets of “X-Men: First Class” with commentary from the production designer Chris Seagers.
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Submarine'
Richard Ayoade, the director of "Submarine," discusses a scene from his film about an awkward teenager and his first love.
Interview: Mike Mills
Mike Mills, the director of "Beginners," discusses the true events that inspired his fictional film.
Photos & Video
A Home for ‘Life’
Images of the home featured in “The Tree of Life,” with commentary from the production designer Jack Fisk.
Sketching a Panda’s World
A look at some of the production designs for “Kung Fu Panda 2.”
Anatomy of a Scene
In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.
Summer Movies
The critics' take on girls in action movies, Maria Bello's tough dramas, Michael Fassbender on his rise from bit player to leading man and more.
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