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'Don’t Say That Word (It Might Come True)
By BEN KENIGSBERG
An archaeological team and a documentary crew get stuck in an ancient Egyptian tomb in “The Pyramid,” starring Denis O’Hare and Ashley Hinshaw.
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Three of New York’s leading repertory film houses will showcase Robert Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” in a stretch of 18 days.
Fifteen documentaries are in sharp-elbowed competition to be among the five Oscar nominees for that category, a spot that can save a film from obscurity.
In “Still Alice,” Julianne Moore plays a Columbia linguistics professor who receives a devastating diagnosis.
An archaeological team and a documentary crew get stuck in an ancient Egyptian tomb in “The Pyramid,” starring Denis O’Hare and Ashley Hinshaw.
Liv Ullmann’s version of Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” features Jessica Chastain and Colin Farrell as class-bound lovers repelled and attracted by each other in a battle of the sexes.
A restored version of Mario Monicelli’s 1960 film, “The Passionate Thief,” is having its first New York theatrical run at Film Forum.
“Wild” stars Reese Witherspoon as a woman who takes on an arduous solo trek along the Pacific Crest Trail.
A lifelong friendship between two women is put to the test when one of them falls in love in “Life Partners.”
The Israeli comedy “Zero Motivation” looks at the monotony of life for two young female soldiers assigned to a remote desert outpost.
A lesbian prostitute and her heterosexual mentor in sex work experience comic adventures around New York in “The Foxy Merkins,” which has the tone of an absurdist buddy comedy.
“Uzumasa Limelight,” directed by Ken Ochiai, tells the story of one of the “kirareyaku,” old-school samurai actors, at the end of his career.
In “Dying of the Light,” a C.I.A. operative is determined to chase down a terrorist who the agency says is already dead.
In “Red Knot,” a newlywed couple voyaging to Antarctica confront stresses in their marriage.
In “Delusions of Guinevere,” a former child actress uses social media to get attention.
“Murder of a Cat,” in which a man tries to solve the mystery of the death of his pet, is a quirky variation on the private eye theme.
In the rom-com “Take Care,” a woman injured in a car accident and needing help managing her daily life calls on an old boyfriend.
“Comet,” the feature debut of the director Sam Esmail, deconstructs love, time and probability.
In “Billy Bates,” a singer helps a tortured artist work through his problems.
The Norwegian thriller “Pioneer” focuses on an oil exploration worker who develops deep suspicions about his employer.
With interviews and historical footage, “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry” surveys a heady period in the late ’60s when women organized to demand their rights.
In “Concerning Violence,” Goran Hugo Olsson uses archival clips, texts by the scholar Frantz Fanon and voice-overs by musicians to revisit anticolonialist struggles of the 20th century.
“A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness” harnesses the formal properties of film to ponder ways of engaging with the world.
In “The Imitation Game” Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, whose code-breaking work helped win World War II yet whose homosexuality led him to face indecency charges in Britain.
Lily Yeh, whose work aims to heal communities, aims for more personal healing in the documentary “The Barefoot Artist.”
A documentary by Gary Null and Valerie Van Cleve, “Poverty Inc.” finds modern-day slavery and indentured servitude spawned by corporate practices.
In “Ungli,” four young professionals — led by Kangana Ranaut and Randeep Hooda — set out to avenge the aggrieved and the powerless amid widespread malfeasance in Mumbai.
With her civil rights movie, “Selma,” Ava DuVernay has done what few female directors get the opportunity to do: go large — with politics and history, with serious muscle.
Mark Wahlberg stars in a remake of “The Gambler,” a 1974 film with James Caan. The two actors met to discuss both films recently.
Ridley Scott and the visual effects supervisor Peter Chiang explain how they brought the plagues to Egypt in the new epic “Exodus: Gods and Kings.”
Holiday movies usually share similar lessons but not necessarily the same merits. Here is a sampling — good and bad — from the past 25 years.
Academy Awards are lucrative for all, but are key especially for the success of some art house films.
Sundance may be known for its small dramas, but comedies get pride of place this year.
The cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema discusses his experimentation with the Imax camera for “Interstellar.”
The studio, working with law enforcement agencies, has been exploring whether the hacking was related to one of Sony’s coming movies, “The Interview.”
Roller skates, pizza, math class and an Oscar nomination: the life of an 11-year-old movie star.
The costume designer discusses those briefs and compromising with Michael Keaton and Edward Norton.
Scott Cohen’s feature film debut, “Red Knot,” was filmed aboard a ship bound for Antarctica.
The breach exposed two things the movie industry loathes — the piracy of films and details about executive compensation — and sent a ripple of dread across Hollywood.
A new documentary by Marilyn and Hal Weiner crosses the political divide to put the issue of climate change back in everyday conversations.
The drama, set in New York in 1981, wins best film along with best actor and supporting actress.
Fifteen films make the shortlist, including “Citizenfour,” winner of the Gotham Film Award on Monday.
The Bagger goes in search of Julianne Moore, and gets waylaid by Bennett Miller and others.
Serving as both star and producer, she showed the film to her mother, her co-star Laura Dern and Ms. Dern’s parents. Afterward there was silence.
“Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb,” which opens in the United States on Dec. 19, features Robin Williams in his final film role.
The No. 1 movie in North America was again “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1.” But moviegoing over the Thanksgiving holiday dropped 21 percent compared with the period a year ago.
The group is to begin voting today and will announce results as the winners are chosen.
Chris Rock and Questlove talk about working together on “Top Five,” which Mr. Rock wrote, directed and stars in as a stand-up comic turned unhappy film star.
We are in the midst of hard times now, and it feels as if art is failing us.
The writing-directing married pair behind “Still Alice,” about a woman struck by Alzheimer’s, are dealing with a different disease, A.L.S.
To combat declining attendance, movie theaters are experimenting with more immersive and interactive experiences, including moving seats, scents and precipitation.
Sony Pictures Entertainment is investigating what provoked the cyberattack, including whether there are any ties to a coming film that has elicited the ire of North Korea.
A hefty and heavily illustrated new book, “75 Years of Marvel” (Taschen), emphasizes the comic book’s role in a cultural stew that includes film, TV, pop music and radio.
“Flaming Star,” the 1960 Elvis Presley western directed by Don Siegel and steeped in racial animus, is now out on Blu-ray.
Lucasfilm’s teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” released online on Friday, stirs armchair critics to action.
The first “Star Wars” film in 1977 gave a much needed financial boost to Marvel Comics, which published a six-issue tie-in.
Mr. Yablans spent time as president of Paramount Pictures while it released some of the most acclaimed movies of the 1970s and led MGM/UA in the 1980s.
Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings” features the 11-year-old Isaac Andrews as the voice and visage of the Almighty.
The best present ideas, selected by Times experts, to make shopping easy this season.
Jean-Marc Vallée narrates a sequence from the film featuring Reese Witherspoon and Mo McRae.
Tilda Swinton, Uma Thurman and Julianne Moore stood out as they made their entrances.
The filmmaker, actor and comedian Chris Rock discusses his career and his latest film, “Top Five.”
Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, “Big Hero 6,” breakthrough performances, movie listings and more.
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Morten Tyldum discusses a sequence from from the film, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch.
The director discusses a sequence from the film.
For the season of caps and gowns, A. O. Scott reviews Mike Nichols’s 1967 Oscar-winning film about coming of age in an uncertain world.
The director discusses an interrogation sequence from his film.
In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.
This guide includes links to the original reviews from the archives of The New York Times.
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