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Left to right: Gabriel Basso, Ryan Lee, Joel Courtney and Riley Griffiths in "Super 8."
In J. J. Abrams’s “Super 8,” teenagers making a zombie movie in 1979 discover something even stranger than the undead.
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Party of two: Rob Brydon, left, and Steve Coogan banter across England in “The Trip,” directed by Michael Winterbottom.
In “The Trip” Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon motor to fine restaurants in northern England, and along the way they philosophize, joust and parry, and entertain each other, frequently by imitating someone else.
Extra Virgin
A scene from “Agrarian Utopia,” a documentary set in Thailand.
Uruphong Raksasad’s “Agrarian Utopia” focuses on two families of farmers in Thailand.
Arts & Leisure
Storming the Box Office in His Jammies
By BROOKS BARNES
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Ryan Reynolds poses for a portrait at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles.
Ryan Reynolds is the star of “Green Lantern” as Warner Brothers tries to establish a new film series with the popularity of “Harry Potter.”
Movie Reviews
MOVIE REVIEW | 'BRIDE FLIGHT’
Three Friends, Each on a Journey
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Bride Flight” is a fictionalized story inspired by the Last Great Air Race — a 12,000-mile flight from London to Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1953.
MOVIE REVIEW 'ROAD TO NOWHERE'
Trouble Ahead: Director Falls for Leading Lady
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Monte Hellman’s noirish “Road to Nowhere” follows a moviemaker as he creates a film based on a true-crime story of insurance fraud in North Carolina.
MOVIE REVIEW 'REVERSION'
‘Reversion’
By NEIL GENZLINGER
In Mia Trachinger’s bleak “Reversion,” characters are mutants who cannot sense the passage of time; the present, future and past merge for them.
MOVIE REVIEW
‘Viva Riva!’
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
In “Viva Riva!” Djo Tunda Wa Munga, the Congolese writer and director, repackages the revenge thriller with distinctive African beats.
MOVIE REVIEW
‘Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer’
By ANDY WEBSTER
“Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer” is John Schultz’s exuberant film featuring Megan McDonald’s popular children’s book character.
MOVIE REVIEW 'QUEEN OF THE SUN'
‘Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?’
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Queen of the Sun,” Taggart Siegel’s revelatory documentary on honeybees, beekeepers and colony collapse disorder.
MOVIE REVIEW | 'JUST LIKE US’
‘Just Like Us’
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Just Like Us,” a documentary by Ahmed Ahmed, the Egyptian-American comic, is a lightweight argument for broader minds and thicker skins.
MOVIE REVIEW 'TROLLHUNTER'
‘Trollhunter’
By MIKE HALE
“Trollhunter,” the Norwegian director André Ovredal’s clever and engaging mock documentary.
MOVIE REVIEW | ‘ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT’
The Trick an Animal Cannot Learn: How to Be Wild Again
By MANOHLA DARGIS
A man and his elephant, their long relationship and their bittersweet parting form the center of this documentary.
MOVIE REVIEW 'REINDEERSPOTTING: ESCAPE FROM SANTALAND'
Living a Drug Life in a World of Snow
By MIKE HALE
Joonas Neuvonen’s documentary, “Reindeerspotting: Escape From Santaland,” tracks a group of addicts in Finland and what they do to feed their habit.
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.
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The Long Goodbye
In Defense of the Slow and the Boring
By MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTT
The Times’s chief film critics discuss the lingering bias against movies that aspire to more than entertainment.
ARTSBEAT
Ask the Critics: How Boring Is Boring Enough?
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
As the debate over so-called boring movies picks up, here’s your chance to grill the Times’s chief film critics, Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott, about your favorite (or least favorite) examples. They’re taking your questions on those and any other topics you want to raise.
E-mail the CriticsFrom Opinion
OP-ED COLUMNIST
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By TA-NEHISI COATES
The new “X-Men” film is more than a summer flick. It’s historical fiction.
Photos & Video
Critics' Picks: 'Lawrence of Arabia'
A. O. Scott looks back at David Lean's epic of revolution in the Middle East.
Exclusive Clip: 'Trollhunter'
A scene from "Trollhunter," about a group of student filmmakers who find trolls in the Norwegian countryside.
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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