Love, Ages Apart
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Michael Haneke’s “Amour” and David O. Russell’s “Silver Linings Playbook” differ in many ways, but in each, a home plays a critical role.
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Renewed Love for Symbol of New Wave
By MAÏA de la BAUME
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Emmanuelle Riva
Emmanuelle Riva, revered for her role in “Hiroshima Mon Amour,” is getting prizes for her work in Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” but says she never wanted to be a star.
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Sharon Seymour, the production designer of "Argo," discusses her process.
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Spielbergian, on a Budget
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The indie “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and the big-budget “Lincoln” have more in common than initially meets the eye.
A ‘Rounded’ Actor Keeps His Passions Out Front
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The actor Bill Pullman is portraying the president again, but his obsessions go far beyond the screen.
Harry Carey Jr., Sidekick to John Wayne, Dies at 91
By PAUL VITELLO
Mr. Carey Jr. was considered the last surviving member of a group known informally in Hollywood as the John Ford stock company.
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'The Hobbit' Holds Lead at Busy Movie Theaters
By BROOKS BARNES
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," distributed by Warner Brothers, took in $32.9 million, for a new three-week domestic total of $222.7 million.
A Director Continues His Quest
By DENNIS LIM
“The Master,” according to its director, Paul Thomas Anderson, is a relationship film set in the context of movements like Scientology.
As Enigmatic as Her Picture
By BROOKS BARNES
Like the main character in her movie “Zero Dark Thirty” the director Kathryn Bigelow deflects questions about herself.
Sneaking Back, From Out of Nowhere
By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
Almost unseen on screen this millennium, Jean-Louis Trintignant has returned with a quietly confident, and award-winning, performance in “Amour.”
Grace Notes, Far From Hollywood
By DENNIS LIM
A look at a selection of strong films from the year that audiences may have missed.
These Worlds Take a Lot of Work
By MEKADO MURPHY
Dan Hennah and Joe Letteri discuss their production design and special effects work on “The Hobbit” films.
Hidden Passions, Visible in Clothes
By ERIC WILSON
Jacqueline Durran’s costumes for the film “Anna Karenina” draw heavily on the 1950s.
Words Well Worth a Picture
Screenplay excerpts from “Argo,” “Moonrise Kingdom,” “Silver Linings Playbook” and “This is 40.”
Movie Reviews
Movie Review | ‘Django Unchained’
The Black, the White and the Angry
By A. O. SCOTT
“Django Unchained” is pulpy, digressive, jokey, giddily brutal and ferociously profane, but it is also a troubling and important movie about slavery and racism.
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Deep Down, He Wants to Help
By A. O. SCOTT
Gus Van Sant’s “Promised Land,” starring Matt Damon as a drilling-rights salesman, is an earnest attempt to dramatize the central arguments about fracking and its impact.
Movie Review | ‘Les Misérables’
The Wretched Lift Their Voices
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Amid the grime, power ballads and surging strings, there is a familiar, reassuring story of oppression, liberation and redemption.
Movie Review | ‘Allegiance’
Underbelly of a Brotherhood
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“Allegiance” exposes the gears of race and privilege that grind beneath a National Guard unit’s easy familiarity.
Movie Review | ‘Tabu’
Remembrance of Passions (and Follies) Lost
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In “Tabu” the Portuguese filmmaker Miguel Gomes tells two tales, that of a three women of different classes in contemporary Lisbon, and of the eldest one’s adventures in Africa during her youth.
Movie Review 'West of Memphis'
A Happy Ending, Sort of, Comes With No Closure
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“West of Memphis” follows the successful but prolonged legal battle to free the so-called West Memphis Three, who were released from prison last year under a plea bargain.
Movie Review | ‘Parental Guidance’
‘No Means No,’ and More From Wise Grandparents
By MANOHLA DARGIS
When the grandparents step in to baby-sit for a few days, generational child-rearing styles clash, and smiles and tears and a lot of sentimentality ensue.
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The Year in Movies
Against the Odds, Smart Films Thrive at the Box Office
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25 Favorites From a Year When 10 Aren’t Enough
By A. O. SCOTT
Despite the year’s critical cries of despair over the declining fortunes of cinema, the film industry responded with a resounding “So what?”
The Year of the Body Vulnerable
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The body — not exalted, but in its weaknesses — gets focus in many significant films of 2012, including “Amour,” “The Sessions” and “Rust and Bone.”
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The Oscars Issue
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A Chat With David O. Russell
The director David O. Russell talks to Melena Ryzik about personal storytelling at the Ghetto Film School in the South Bronx.
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The New York Times critics on “Les Misérables,” “Django Unchained” and “West of Memphis.”
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Anatomy of a Scene: 'Django Unchained'
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