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Movie Review


Movie Reviews

 Emma Stone, Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE HELP'

'The Maids' Now Have Their Say

By MANOHLA DARGIS
"The Help," Tate Taylor's movie set in civil-rights-era Mississippi, shifts between black maids and their employers.
Ayrton Senna is the subject of the racing documentary
MOVIE REVIEW | 'SENNA'

A Spectacular Rise and Fall

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
"Senna," Asif Kapadia's documentary on the Brazilian racecar driver Ayrton Senna, includes racing footage that is frequently heart-stopping.

From left, Chord Overstreet, Kevin McHale, Cory Monteith  and Lea Michele in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'GLEE: THE 3D CONCERT MOVIE'

A Tutorial on Tolerance, With Beats and Upbeats

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
"Glee: The 3D Concert Movie" notes just how terrific it is to be yourself.
esse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in
MOVIE REVIEW | '3O MINUTES OR LESS'

Menu for Trouble: Pizza, a Stripper and Slackers With Weapons

By MANOHLA DARGIS
In "3o Minutes or Less" Jesse Eisenberg plays a pizza delivery man forced into a bank heist by a couple of slackers. It's supposed to be a comedy.
Mona Zakki and Hassan El Raddad portray a married couple in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'SCHEHERAZADE, TELL ME A STORY'

A TV Host Seeks Fluff, but Real Life Intrudes

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Yousry Nasrallah's "Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story" resets "The Arabian Nights" in modern-day Cairo.
Work by Anselm Kiefer, featured in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'OVER YOUR CITIES GRASS WILL GROW'

Touring an Artist's Pre-Apocalyptic Realm

By MANOHLA DARGIS
Sophie Fiennes's film "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow" is a portrait of the painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer at work and an exploration of the artistic compound he created in France.
Jimmy McMillan in the documentary
MOVIE REVIEW | 'DAMN!'

A Brush With Internet Fame

By NEIL GENZLINGER
"Damn!" is more than just a documentary about a quirky New York gubernatorial candidate.

News & Features

Reeve Carney, left, and Michael Mulheren in the musical

All the Editors That Are Fit to Spoof

By KEVIN FLYNN
The musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" continues the fictive depiction of the hard-boiled editor, sometimes played as an all-bark, no-bite softie and other times as an incorrigible schemer.
Viola Davis in a scene from
ARTS & LEISURE

Black-and-White Struggle With a Rosy Glow

By NELSON GEORGE
All manner of documentary and feature films have tried to illuminate the civil rights era. An adaptation of "The Help," a best-selling novel, is just the latest cinematic endeavor.
Leonardo DiCaprio in a scene from
ARTS & LEISURE

The Good, the Bad, Not the Ugly

By MANOHLA DARGIS and A. O. SCOTT
The New York Times's chief film critics take on readers' questions about stars.
Matt Damon in

Achoos of Death Are Film's Scourge

By MICHAEL CIEPLY
In "Contagion," a forthcoming film by Steven Soderbergh, the world is beset by a deadly plague of flu.

DVD

Michael Wilding, seated, hears out Victor Mature in

Desert Tales, Centuries Apart

By DAVE KEHR
Newly restored on DVD, "The Egyptian," directed by Michael Curtiz, stars Michael Wilding in an epic CinemaScopic yarn about the court of a forward-looking pharaoh.

Photos & Video

VIDEO: Critics' Picks: 'MASH'
A. O. Scott looks back at Robert Altman's irreverent film about an army hospital near the front lines in the Korean War.
VIDEO: On Race and Hollywood
Nelson George discusses the ways American movies portray race relations during the struggle for civil rights.
VIDEO: Anatomy of a Scene: 'Senna'
Asif Kapadia, the director of the documentary "Senna," narrates a racing scene from the film.

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