Restoring Horror to a Grisly Luster
By DAVE KEHR
Restored horror movies on DVD include “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Terror Train,” “The Funhouse” and the standbys in “Universal Classic Monsters: The Essential Collection.”
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Back From the Future
By DAVE KEHR
Paramount Pictures
Denzel Washington as an airline pilot with a dark secret in Robert Zemeckis’s new film, “Flight.”
The director Robert Zemeckis, who has been making motion-capture films for a decade or so, talks about “Flight,” his first live-action movie since “Cast Away.”
Disney’s New Hero Is So 1982
By MEKADO MURPHY
Walt Disney Pictures
Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) and Felix (voiced by Jack McBrayer) in "Wreck-It Ralph"
Disney’s forthcoming animated film “Wreck-It Ralph” revisits the 8-bit style of video games from the 1980s.
Treacherous Mother Nature, Out to Get Us All
By ERIK PIEPENBURG
Roadside Attractions
Jane McNeill as a resident of a town whose water supply is contaminated in “The Bay,” directed by Barry Levinson.
Barry Levinson’s new movie, “The Bay,” which opens on Friday, is another in a long line of eco-horror films.
News & Features
The Past Is Always Present, Even Uninvited
By JOHN ANDERSON
The Museum of Modern Art’s series Mapping Subjectivity explores experimental Arab cinema of the last 5o years.
Beauty and Beast Meet at the Movies
By STEVEN KURUTZ
In December, Swann Auction Galleries in Manhattan will auction a collection of around 150 movie posters with a common theme, the woman in distress in the arms of a moster.
Movie Reviews
Movie Review 'Cloud Atlas'
Souls Tangled Up in Time
By A. O. SCOTT
“Cloud Atlas,” which lavishly adapts the David Mitchell novel, is a film about migratory souls and wayward civilizations, loaded with soaring themes and flights of feeling.
Movie Review | 'Chasing Mavericks'
Surf’s Up, but the Rest of Life Can Really Drag a Guy Down
By MANOHLA DARGIS
In “Chasing Mavericks,” Gerard Butler takes a young surfer under his wing to tutor him in the ways of a famed California surf break.
Movie Review 'The Loneliest Planet'
Two Hikers Who Need to Watch Their Steps
By A. O. SCOTT
In “The Loneliest Planet” Gael García Bernal and Hani Furstenberg play a couple on a pre-wedding hiking trip in the Caucasus Mountains.
Movie Review 'Silent Hill: Revelation 3D'
A Mile a Minute in One Long Nightmare
By ANDY WEBSTER
A teenager encounters a pyramid-headed executioner, harpy-like nurses and a creature cobbled from mannequin limbs.
Movie Review 'The Other Son'
Parents Who Are Left Holding the Truth, Palestinian or Israeli
By A. O. SCOTT
In “The Other Son,” there are psychological and political consequences when children living along the Palestinian-Israeli divide are switched at birth.
Movie Review 'Pusher'
Cocaine Peddler Pays a Bloody Price
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Richard Coyle and Agyness Deyn star in a British remake of a Danish crime drama that came from Nicolas Winding Refn, the director of “Drive.”
Movie Review 'The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling'
Early Stones, Presented as Diamonds in the Rough
By A. O. SCOTT
“The Rolling Stones: Charlie Is My Darling” reveals the intensity of rock ’n’ roll at a time when it still felt risky and thrilling.
Movie Review 'Sleep Tight'
Maybe She Forgot to Tip the Super
By MANOHLA DARGIS
The director Jaume Balagueró’s “Sleep Tight” watches an apartment building concierge who is watching, and tormenting, a resident of the building.
Movie Review 'Fun Size'
Halloween Till Dawn
By ANDY WEBSTER
The Nickelodeon star Victoria Justice plays a high-school student chasing down her lost little brother on Halloween in “Fun Size.”
Movie Review | 'The Black Tulip'
Troubling the Taliban
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“The Black Tulip,” a melodrama set in Afghanistan, finds its characters in trouble with the Taliban.
Movie Review | 'Dinotasia'
Predators in Prehistory
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Dinotasia,” a computer-animated film, explores the beasts that roamed the earth many millions of years ago.
Movie Review | 'Orchestra of Exiles'
Ensemble of Expatriates
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
The documentary “Orchestra of Exiles” looks at Bronislaw Huberman and his efforts to organize musicians displaced by the Nazis.
Movie Review | 'Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story'
A One-Armed Student of Hoops
By DANIEL M. GOLD
“Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story” follows the true story of a one-armed basketball player looking to get a college scholarship.
Movie Review | 'Gut'
A Pair’s Twisted Diversions
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
Gut,” a horror movie directed by Elias, finds a couple of co-workers with an addictive new pastime.
Movie Review 'Dust Up'
Meth and Mayhem Out West
By NICOLAS RAPOLD
Ward Roberts stages beatdowns, chase scenes and face-offs in “Dust Up.”
Movie Review 'The Revisionaries'
Culture Wars in the School Board
By DANIEL M. GOLD
The documentary “The Revisionaries” looks at the Texas Board of Education and its agenda over school textbooks.
Movie Review 'The Zen of Bennett'
A Pop Culture Father Figure, as Mellow as His Tone
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“The Zen of Bennett,” Unjoo Moon’s documentary about the singer Tony Bennett, was assembled during the production sessions for Mr. Bennett’s blockbuster album, “Duets II.”
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Photos & Video
This Week’s Movies | Oct. 26, 2012
The New York Times critics on “Cloud Atlas,” “Chasing Mavericks” and “Pusher.”
Disney Goes Retro
By MEKADO MURPHY
Images and character designs from the animated film “Wreck-It Ralph.”
Now Screening, Now Screaming
A look at some of the horror movie screenings around the city during the Halloween season.
A House of Horror Films
This illustration depicts some key features of the haunted house, drawn from classic horror films. Can you identify a movie for each?
Photos & Video
ArtsBeat | Video
Video: John Hawkes on 'The Sessions'
By MEKADO MURPHY
John Hawkes discusses his role in "The Sessions," in which he plays Mark O'Brien, a journalist with polio who spent most of his life in an iron lung.
ArtsBeat
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Holy Motors'
By MEKADO MURPHY
Leos Carax, the director of "Holy Motors," discusses a musical scene from his film that features Kylie Minogue.
ArtsBeat | Video
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Argo'
By MEKADO MURPHY
Ben Affleck discusses a scene from his third feature as a director, "Argo."
Martin McDonagh on ‘Seven Psychopaths’
Martin McDonagh, the writer and director of “Seven Psychopaths,” discusses his film.
Anatomy of a Scene
In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.
Special Section
The New Season | Movies
Nicole Kidman indulges her wild streak, Ben Affleck gains confidence behind the camera, the critics discuss the state of film and more.
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