Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Making History by MANOHLA DARGIS



By MANOHLA DARGIS


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.


Published: December 6, 2014 at 07:00PM


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A Statue More Than Worth Its Weight in Gold by CARA BUCKLEY



By CARA BUCKLEY


Academy Awards are lucrative for all, but are key especially for the success of some art house films.


Published: December 3, 2014 at 07:00PM


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Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Where the Biggest Enemy Is Tedium by MANOHLA DARGIS



By MANOHLA DARGIS


The Israeli comedy “Zero Motivation” looks at the monotony of life for two young female soldiers assigned to a remote desert outpost.


Published: December 2, 2014 at 07:00PM


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It’s Hard to Worry About the Script When the Set Is Getting Ready to Sail by MELENA RYZIK



By MELENA RYZIK


Scott Cohen’s feature film debut, “Red Knot,” was filmed aboard a ship bound for Antarctica.


Published: December 2, 2014 at 07:00PM


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Walking With Solitude, and Her Baggage by A. O. SCOTT



By A. O. SCOTT


“Wild” stars Reese Witherspoon as a woman who takes on an arduous solo trek along the Pacific Crest Trail.


Published: December 2, 2014 at 07:00PM


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Monday, December 1, 2014

Off to the Stars, With Grief, Dread and Regret by A. O. SCOTT



By A. O. SCOTT


In Christopher Nolan’s science-fiction parable “Interstellar,” Earth is dying, and a team of astronauts searches the universe for a new home for the human race.


Published: November 4, 2014 at 07:00PM


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Abstract Notions of Assorted People by ANDY WEBSTER



By ANDY WEBSTER


Richard Linklater, the director of “Boyhood,” has often been philosophically inquisitive, and never more so than with “Waking Life.”


Published: November 29, 2014 at 07:00PM


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