viernes, 29 de julio de 2011

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Movie Reviews

A shrine listing the victims of violence in Altgeld Gardens in Chicago, seen in the documentary
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE INTERRUPTERS'

Confronting a Plague of Violence

By MANOHLA DARGIS
"The Interrupters," a documentary by Steve James, takes a look at a gutsy, activist component of the Chicago Project for Violence Prevention.
Miranda July stars in her film
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE FUTURE'

Is That All There Is? Milking Life for More

By A. O. SCOTT
The fears and frustrations that shadow us on our awkward trip through the life cycle often feel enormous, and "The Future" elevates them to something metaphysical and wondrous.
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Olivia Wilde and Daniel Craig in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'COWBOYS & ALIENS'

Extraterrestrials Land at the O.K. Corral

By MANOHLA DARGIS
In "Cowboys & Aliens," Daniel Craig rides into the New Mexico Territory and wrangles extraterrestrials that look like cousins of the monsters from the "Alien" films.
Don Cheadle, left, portrays an F.B.I. agent and Brendan Gleeson a small-town cop in John Michael McDonagh's
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE GUARD'

Mismatched Partners in a Crime Comedy

By MANOHLA DARGIS
In "The Guard" Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle are reluctant crime-fighting buddies.
Steve Carell as a suburban everyman who discovers that his wife is cheating on him, in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE'

What's a Guy to Do if His Wife Cheats on Him? Head to the Mall

By A. O. SCOTT
"Crazy, Stupid, Love," packed with appealing stars, is essentially a study in the varieties of masculine sexual confusion.
Dominic Cooper in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'THE DEVIL'S DOUBLE'

Straight From Uday Hussein's Inner Circle

By A. O. SCOTT
"The Devil's Double," a slick, English-language excursion into Saddam Hussein's Iraq, might seem either timely or insensitive, given the uprisings in the Middle East.
Mark Duplass in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'TRUE ADOLESCENTS'

Great Outdoors Beckons as a Test of Manhood

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
Mark Duplass stars in Craig Johnson's film "True Adolescents," which explores the sexual discomfort of boys and men not entirely secure in their masculinity.
Gilles Lellouche in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'POINT BLANK'

It's Paris, and Everyone Is Rotten but the Man Chased by the Police

By STEPHEN HOLDEN
"Point Blank" is a French thriller involving cops, gangsters, a kidnapping and a breakneck chase.
John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker and Luke Treadaway battle angry aliens in
MOVIE REVIEW | 'ATTACK THE BLOCK'

Inner City vs. Outer Space

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Joe Cornish's comedic "Attack the Block" considers the chance of an alien invasion in South London.

News & Features

ARTS & LEISURE

Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today

By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
Pierre Boulle's idea of peculiarly advanced simians has evolved from his 1963 novel "Planet of the Apes" to Rupert Wyatt's new film, "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," the seventh film based on the book.
From left: Zach Galifianakis (the Big Baby), Chris Evans (the Hero) and Ryan Reynolds (the Bachelor).
ARTS & LEISURE

Babies to Heroes: A Field Guide to Big-Screen Men

By A. O. SCOTT and MANOHLA DARGIS
The male archetypes populating contemporary Hollywood offer clues about what the men of our dreams look like, or at least what moviemakers are trying to sell us.
Harmony Santana a transgender actress with a role in a new movie. While actors have long appeared on screen in drag, transgender performers have been less visible.
ARTS & LEISURE

When They Play Women, It's Not Just an Act

By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Harmony Santana is among a small group of openly transgender actors who are increasingly recognizable and finding a place on screen.

DVD

In Otto Preminger's 1968 comedy

Gleason as Tripster, Groucho as God

By DAVE KEHR
"Skiddoo," Otto Preminger's 1968 psychedelic comedy starring, among others, Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Mickey Rooney and Grouch Marx, is a finely controlled mess.
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Photos & Video

VIDEO: Critics' Picks: 'Back to the Future'
A. O. Scott explores the existential predicaments that arise in Robert Zemeckis's 1985 time-travel adventure.
VIDEO: Anatomy of a Scene: 'The Future'
Miranda July, the director of "The Future," narrates a look at the film.
VIDEO: Gender Roles
The new movie "Gun Hill Road" distinguishes itself from transgender films of the recent past by relying on an actress, Harmony Santana, who is herself transgender.

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