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A critical guide to movies playing in theaters, as well as a selected overview of film series and festivals.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By BEN KENIGSBERG
A documentary, “The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness,” looks within Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation powerhouse.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By BEN KENIGSBERG
The documentary “Touch the Wall” follows two world-class swimmers, Kara Lynn Joyce and Missy Franklin.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By NICOLAS RAPOLD
The documentary “Antarctica” reveals the community spirit among residents of the southernmost continent.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By NEIL GENZLINGER
“Remote Area Medical” chronicles a nonprofit group that stages free clinics in areas that lack access to basic health care.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By NICOLAS RAPOLD
“The Immortalists,” a documentary directed by David Alvarado and Jason Sussberg, looks at two scientists racing against time and its inevitable consequences.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings” features the 11-year-old Isaac Andrews as the voice and visage of the Almighty.
Published: November 28, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By DAVE ITZKOFF
Lucasfilm’s teaser trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” released online on Friday, stirs armchair critics to action.
Published: November 28, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By BEN KENIGSBERG
“The Historian” centers on a divorced professor who clashes with a superior and walks an ethical tightrope.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Before I Disappear” is Shawn Christensen’s feature-length expansion of his Oscar-winning short, “Curfew.”
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By A. O. SCOTT
“The Babadook,” the Australian director Jennifer Kent’s debut feature, is a horror movie full of interlocking ambiguities.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By A. O. SCOTT
In “The Imitation Game” Benedict Cumberbatch plays Alan Turing, whose code-breaking work helped win World War II.
Published: November 27, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By J. HOBERMAN
“Flaming Star,” the 1960 Elvis Presley western directed by Don Siegel and steeped in racial animus, is now out on Blu-ray.
Published: November 29, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By CARA BUCKLEY
The writing-directing married pair behind “Still Alice,” about a woman struck by Alzheimer’s, are dealing with a different disease, A.L.S.
Published: November 29, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By JON CARAMANICA
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.
Published: November 29, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By ANITA GATES
In “Women Who Flirt,” a man’s good friend decides that she wants him to see her as something more.
Published: November 25, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By BEN KENIGSBERG
In the animated “Penguins of Madagascar,” the title animals will lose their cuteness if an octopus named Dave (voiced by John Malkovich) has his way.
Published: November 25, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By STEPHEN HOLDEN
An invention is part of the plot of “Horrible Bosses 2,” a sequel that tries to recapture the zany feel of the original film.
Published: November 25, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By STEPHEN HOLDEN
A nine-film retrospective, Nastassja Kinski: From the Heart presented by the Film Society at Lincoln Center, runs from Thursday through Dec. 3.
Published: November 22, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By J. HOBERMAN
Daniel Schmid’s “Tosca’s Kiss,” a portrait of opera stars in retirement, is out on DVD in a 30th anniversary edition.
Published: November 22, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By BEN KENIGSBERG
In the documentary “Little White Lie,” a girl who grew up viewing herself as Jewish and white gradually begins to realize that her biological father was black.
Published: November 23, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By BEN KENIGSBERG
A restored version of the animated “The King and the Mockingbird,” an adaptation of a Hans Christian Andersen story, has a New York run.
Published: November 20, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By NICOLAS RAPOLD
Stefan Haupt’s “The Circle” tells the story of a gay Swiss couple, from their (dramatized) meeting in the 1950s to documentary interviews today.
Published: November 20, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By NICOLAS RAPOLD
“Flamenco Flamenco,” by Carlos Saura, presents performances by some of the great ones of the field.
Published: November 20, 2014 at 07:00PM
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By MIKE HALE
A retrospective devoted to the French filmmaker Jean Grémillion at the Museum of the Moving Image highlights his peculiar blend of fantasy and fatalism.
Published: November 20, 2014 at 07:00PM
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