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Simultaneously channeling Scorsese, Jarmusch and Wayans, Julian Mark Kheel films each story line of his indie comedy “The Brooklyn Heist” in a different mode.

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ArtsBeat: Ministry Won't Challenge Polanski Bail Ruling

Published 15 hours ago by By MATTHEW SALTMARSH at NYT > Movies

The Justice Ministry had 10 days to submit an appeal to the Swiss Federal Supreme Court, but it said in a statement that it had decided not to appeal against the court's decision to grant bail to the film director.

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Books of The Times: Limelight Lives, Burned by Booze

Published 18 hours ago by By JANET MASLIN at NYT > Movies

A rowdy collection of riotous tales about four of the British Isles’ most stylish drunken actors: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole and Oliver Reed.

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Film: A Director Who Gives Business the Business

Published 31 hours ago by By DAVID CARR at NYT > Movies

You probably wouldn’t notice Jason Reitman, the director of “Up in the Air,” walking by you in an airport. It would be a good place to look, though.

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ArtsBeat: Bail Offer for Roman Polanski Is Approved

Published 33 hours ago by By MATTHEW SALTMARSH at NYT > Movies

The Swiss Criminal Court said it still considered Mr. Polanski a high flight risk, but that his new bail offer of $4.5 million was significant enough to offset those concerns.

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So Many Dark Sides

Published 37 hours ago by By PATRICK HEALY at NYT > Movies

With his Broadway debut in David Mamet’s “Race,” James Spader sticks to his favorite role: the snake.

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Movie Review | 'The Princess and the Frog': That Old Bayou Magic: Kiss and Ribbit (and Sing)

Published 2 days ago by By MANOHLA DARGIS at NYT > Movies

It’s not easy being green. But to judge from how this hand-drawn movie addresses, or rather strenuously avoids, race, it is a lot more difficult to be black.

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Movie Review | 'Old Dogs': A Bit Mangy, but Up for New Tricks

Published 2 days ago by By STEPHEN HOLDEN at NYT > Movies

To describe the knockabout family comedy “Old Dogs” as a ramshackle mess doesn’t begin to evoke the confusion and sloppy continuity of the movie.

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Movie Review | 'Ninja Assassin': Hero Who Can’t Keep His Shirt On

Published 2 days ago by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS at NYT > Movies

The best thing about “Ninja Assassin” is its refreshingly honest title.

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Movie Review | 'Me and Orson Welles': When a Bombastic Young Man Bestrode the Boards of the Mercury Theater

Published 2 days ago by By A. O. SCOTT at NYT > Movies

“Me and Orson Welles” pays tribute to youthful creative ambition where and whenever it may thrive.

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Movie Review | 'The Road': Father and Son Bond in Gloomy Aftermath of Disaster

Published 2 days ago by By A. O. SCOTT at NYT > Movies

The most arresting aspect of “The Road” is just how fully the filmmakers have realized this bleak, blighted landscape of a modern society reduced to savagery.

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Arts, Briefly: New Musical Director for Oscars Show

Published 2 days ago by Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Movies

If the Academy Awards show in March turns out to be teeming with original musical numbers or sexual puns, now you’ll know whom to thank or vilify: Marc Shaiman.

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Arts, Briefly: Lawyer vs. Lawyer in Polanski Case

Published 2 days ago by By MICHAEL CIEPLY; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Movies

Roman Polanski’s legal team in the United States were concerned by the public statements of a French lawyer, Hervé Temime, regarding the case.

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Yanks Film Is Shown; No Word Yet on Sequel

Published 2 days ago by By JACK CURRY at NYT > Movies

Manager Joe Girardi and General Manager Brian Cashman walked the red carpet as Major League Baseball Productions unveiled the 2009 World Series film at the Ziegfeld theater.

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Hunks, Girls and Romance: ‘Twilight’ Dawns Bright at the Box Office

Published 4 days ago by By BROOKS BARNES at NYT > Movies

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” sold a supernatural $140.7 million in tickets over the weekend in North American theaters.

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Still King of the Cinematic Slopes

Published 6 days ago by By ERIC KONIGSBERG at NYT > Movies

“Dynasty,” the latest in a decades-long series of Warren Miller ski films, comes to Symphony Space on Sunday.

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Film: Two Films, Two Routes From Poverty

Published 6 days ago by By A. O. SCOTT at NYT > Movies

“The Blind Side” and “Precious” share a premise but sidestep similar issues.

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DVDs: Advance Troops of Cinema, Marching Through Time

Published 6 days ago by By DAVE KEHR at NYT > Movies

The concept of avant-garde, however vague, is rendered admirably concrete in three recently released DVDs.

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To Blacks, Precious Is ‘Demeaned’ or ‘Angelic’

Published 6 days ago by By FELICIA R. LEE at NYT > Movies

“Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” has sparked heated debate about its meaning since its limited release.

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Film: The House of Tolstoy, in His Winter

Published 6 days ago by By NICOLAS RAPOLD at NYT > Movies

“The Last Station” depicts the author Leo Tolstoy’s decline with his wife and combative coterie.

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Film: Citizen Welles as Myth in the Making

Published 6 days ago by By DENNIS LIM at NYT > Movies

“Me and Orson Welles,” directed by Richard Linklater, attempts nothing so lofty as an explanation of a life.

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Movie Review | 'Fix': A Single, Frantic Day

Published 7 days ago by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS at NYT > Movies

“Fix” dashes headlong through Los Angeles with a little charm and a lot of verve.

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Movie Review | 'Defamation': The Past in the Present

Published 7 days ago by By NEIL GENZLINGER at NYT > Movies

In his disorganized and somewhat annoying “Defamation,” Yoav Shamir, an Israeli filmmaker, tries to stir up a tempest.

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Movie Review | 'The Missing Person': Probing Psychological Wounds

Published 7 days ago by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS at NYT > Movies

“The Missing Person” is a moody, modern-day noir about derailed lives and suppressed memories.

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Movie Review | 'Staten Island, New York': Gazing Longingly at Manhattan

Published 7 days ago by By ANDY WEBSTER at NYT > Movies

If “Staten Island, New York” is an ode to what it calls “the forgotten stepchild of Manhattan,” it is a barbed and quirky one.

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Movie Review | 'My Dear Enemy': Feelings Close to the Surface

Published 7 days ago by By MIKE HALE at NYT > Movies

Lee Yoon-ki’s “My Dear Enemy” may confound your expectations of a South Korean film.

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Movie Review | 'Planet 51': A Misunderstood Alien, but Not as Smart as E.T.

Published 7 days ago by By STEPHEN HOLDEN at NYT > Movies

The agreeable but flagrantly unoriginal “Planet 51” belongs to the mix-and-match school of animated moviemaking.

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Film Series and Movie Listings

Published 7 days ago by By THE NEW YORK TIMES at NYT > Movies

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Movie Review | 'The Blind Side': Steamrolling Over Life’s Obstacles With Family as Cheerleaders

Published 7 days ago by By A. O. SCOTT at NYT > Movies

“The Blind Side” is a movie made up almost entirely of turning points and yet curiously devoid of drama or suspense.

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Movie Review | 'Mammoth': Bourgeois Bohemians, There’s a Price to Pay

Published 7 days ago by By MANOHLA DARGIS at NYT > Movies

In “Mammoth,” when a rich child eats her lunch in New York, a poor boy in the Philippines cries.

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Oscar Short List of Documentaries Draws Controversy

Published 7 days ago by By MICHAEL CIEPLY at NYT > Movies

A screening committee from the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences overlooked at least a half-dozen prominent films.

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Movie Review | 'Broken Embraces': Almodóvar’s Happy Agony, Swirling Amid Jealousy and Revenge

Published 7 days ago by By A. O. SCOTT at NYT > Movies

Can there be such a thing as exuberant melancholy? I can’t think of another way to describe the spirit of “Broken Embraces.”

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Movie Review | 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans': A New Orleans Mystery: A Cop So Bad, He’s Good

Published 7 days ago by By A. O. SCOTT at NYT > Movies

Pain, addiction and craziness fuel “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”

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Movie Review | 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon': Abstinence Makes the Heart ... Oh, You Know

Published 7 days ago by By MANOHLA DARGIS at NYT > Movies

The big tease turns into the long goodbye in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”

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Film: Opening Wide His (Repaired) Heart

Published 7 days ago by By DAVE ITZKOFF at NYT > Movies

After heart surgery, the comedian Robin William has become more introspective and more grateful for what he has.

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Movie Review | 'The War on Kids': What Ails Public Schools? Better Ask, What Doesn’t?

Published 8 days ago by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS at NYT > Movies

A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction, “The War on Kids” likens our public school system to prison and its disciplinary methods to fascism.

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A Surprise Gets Buzz for Oscars

Published 8 days ago by By MICHAEL CIEPLY at NYT > Movies

“Crazy Heart,” a low-budget film about a washed-up country singer, finds itself at the heart of the Oscar race.

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Movie Review | 'The War on Kids': What Ails Public Schools? Better Ask, What Doesn’t?

Published 9 days ago by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS at NYT > Movies

A shocking chronicle of institutional dysfunction, “The War on Kids” likens our public school system to prison and its disciplinary methods to fascism.

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Movie Review | 'The Sun': When Dusk Finally Settled on the Emperor

Published 9 days ago by By MANOHLA DARGIS at NYT > Movies

Alexander Sokurov’s “The Sun” looks at the emperor Hirohito in the murk of Japan’s surrender.

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Movie Review | 'Red Cliff': It’s Good Guys vs. Bad Guys on a China-Size Scale

Published 9 days ago by By MIKE HALE at NYT > Movies

With “Red Cliff,” the director John Woo goes back to his violent roots.

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Essay: Is Doomsday Coming? Perhaps, but Not in 2012

Published 10 days ago by By DENNIS OVERBYE at NYT > Movies

Scientists give many reasons not to worry about predictions based on the Mayan calendar that the world will end in three years.

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A Writer Tries to Take the High Road as the Low Jokes Fly

Published 11 days ago by By MICHAEL CIEPLY at NYT > Movies

In a panel discussion on “The Future of Funny,” the writer Ken Auletta found engaging Judd Apatow was different from talking with Barry Diller.

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Hollywood Dinner Has Oscars on Menu

Published 11 days ago by By MICHAEL CIEPLY at NYT > Movies

Something remarkable happened at the new awards ceremony sponsored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences: Hollywood let its guard down.

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In Search of a Father in Search of the Blues

Published 11 days ago by By BEN SISARIO at NYT > Movies

Music critics’ lives don’t often inspire much fascination. But Robert Palmer, the chief popular music critic of The New York Times in the 1980s, was different.

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