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Movie Review 'A Serious Man'
Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
Wilson Webb/Focus Features
"A Serious Man" opens on Friday nationwide.
“A Serious Man” is, like its biblical source, a distilled, hyperbolic account of the human condition.
Festival Forecast: Lots of Sulfurous Clouds
Film Society of Lincoln Center
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willem Dafoe in Lars von Trier "Antichrist," at the New York Film Festival.
Turbulence, grief, rage, vandalism and general filmic chaos pepper the films in the New York Film Festival.
2008 Film Plays Role in Polanski Case
It was barely a blip at the box office, but the documentary “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” has turned into a rare blockbuster in the courtroom.
Revisiting a Cinematic Smackdown, and Other Avant-Garde Pleasures
A look at the film series within the film series, Views From the Avant Garde, at Lincoln Center.
Buzz and Woody Add a Dimension
The technological task of converting “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2” to 3-D was no easy one.
Movie Reviews
Movie Review 'The Invention of Lying'
A World Where Truth Turns Out Not to Be Beauty
“The Invention of Lying” is a mostly funny if melancholic defense of deceit.
Movie Review 'Whip It!'
Misfits With Big Hearts and Roller-Derby Grit
“Whip It” is predictable not only in the contours of its plot, but also in nearly every scene and situation.
Movie Review 'As Seen Through These Eyes'
Art From the Holocaust, Behind the Barbed Wire
“As Seen Through These Eyes” feels like a glib, streamlined examination of a painful, complicated subject.
Movie Review 'Chelsea on the Rocks'
A Grand Central Station of High Times
“Chelsea on the Rocks” is madly infatuated with the Hotel Chelsea’s notoriety as a nexus of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll.
Movie Review 'Afterschool'
Camera Lingers Near Another Lost Boy
Audiences will leave “Afterschool” unnerved, which is probably exactly what its director had in mind.
Movie Review 'Zombieland'
Following a Gore-Slicked Path
“Zombieland” is a minor diversion dripping in splatter and groaning with self-amusement.
Movie Review 'More Than a Game'
Akron’s Little Dribblers Who Became Big Shots
“More Than a Game” looks back on the achievements of a high school basketball team in Akron, Ohio, that happened to include LeBron James.
More Reviews
News & Features
Jewish History, Popcorn Included
In the modern world, including modern cinema, to broach the idea of Jewish identity is to invoke not one crisis but many.
Trailers: A Serious Man | Inglourious Basterds
Looking at an Inmate, Seeing an Artist
With “Bronson,” the director Nicolas Winding Refn tells the story of Britain’s most violent prisoner.
For Studios, Polanski’s Box Office Is the Key
It seems that Hollywood has lined up in support of Roman Polanski.
Powerful Player Joins Polanski Team
Roman Polanski’s American legal team has recruited the lawyer Reid Weingarten, a well-known Washington power player and a friend of Attorney General Eric H. Holder.
More News & Features
Photos and Video
Dark Festival Moments
Stephen Holden narrates a look at the second week of the New York Film Festival.
Dimensional Discoveries
John Lasseter, the director of “Toy Story” and “Toy Story 2,” discusses the process of converting the films to 3-D.
Antonio Campos on 'Afterschool'
Antonio Campos, the writer and director of "Afterschool," discusses the composition of a scene from his film.
Trailer Premiere
‘Four Seasons Lodge’
The debut of the trailer for “Four Seasons Lodge,” a documentary about a group of Holocaust survivors who spend their summers together.
Critics' Picks: 'The King of Comedy'
A. O. Scott reviews Martin Scorsese's 1983 film about the cult of celebrity.
Comment
Readers' Reviews
‘Coco Before Chanel’
“Audrey Tautou is perfect. She has a stillness at her center, and yet is driven, leaving no doubt who is the star of this life-affirming film,” writes Jack Bantoft in England.
Box Office Top 5
- Cloudy With A Chance Of...
- Surrogates
- Fame
- The Informant!
- Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself
TimesPulse
The most popular movies among NYTimes.com readers.
Fall Movies
Viggo Mortensen walks down “The Road,” Lars Von Trier ushers in “Antichrist,” the critics offer a fresh take on indie film and more.
This guide includes links to the original reviews from the archives of The New York Times.
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- Movie Review | 'A Serious Man': Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
- Movie Review | 'A Serious Man': Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
- Movie Review | 'A Serious Man': Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
- Film: Festival Forecast: Lots of Sulfurous Clouds
- Movie Review | 'A Serious Man': Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
- 2008 Film Plays Role in Polanski Case
- Film: Jewish History, Popcorn Included
- Movie Review | 'A Serious Man': Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
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- Polanski's Arrest Could Lead to Extradition
- Polanski Seeks Release from Swiss Jail
- Roman Polanski Is Arrested in Switzerland
- For Studios, Polanski's Box Office Is the Key
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- Calls to God: Always a Busy Signal
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