Red Carpet
Golden Globes to ‘Argo’ and ‘Les Misérables’
By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES
“Homeland” and “Girls” also won awards, and Daniel Day-Lewis won for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln.
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Jodie Foster at the Golden Globes.
Jodie Foster came out as gay, sort of, in her speech at the Golden Globes, but was more elliptical than loud and proud.
The TV Watch
A Salute to Girl Power in Hollywood
By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
The Golden Globe ceremonies seemed to focus on female wunderkinds in Hollywood.
Female Directors Gain Ground, Slowly
By CARRIE RICKEY
Carlo Allegri/Associated Press; Cook Allender; Fred Conrad/The New York Times
Among directors making strides in 2012 were, from left, Jennifer Westfeldt (“Friends With Kids”), Neema Barnette (“Woman Thou Art Loosed: On the Seventh Day”) and Alison Klayman (“Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”).
The percentage of female directors on the list of 250 top-grossing films of 2012 jumped to 9 percent from 5 percent in 2011.
Recalibrating a Directing Brotherhood
By ROBERT ITO
Eric Alexander-Hughes
The director Allen Hughes
The crime thriller “Broken City” is the first feature film that Allen Hughes has directed without the help of his twin brother, Albert, in their two-decade filmmaking career.
News & Features
Partying Before and After Golden Globes
By MELENA RYZIK
Quentin Tarantino, Hugh Jackman and other A-listers and gawkers celebrated themselves and one another.
Sundance Makes a Family of the Denied
By TOM ROSTON
The Sundance Film Festival has created a growing family of directors whose movies weren’t accepted for a screening there.
Snapshot
Just Cry Uncle: Write, and Direct, What You Know
By MEKADO MURPHY
The director Sheldon Candis recalled his Baltimore boyhood to create the script for his first film, “Luv.”
The Messy Work of Examining Disorganizations
By LOGAN HILL
A film about Occupy Wall Street is one of three documentaries about current social movements that will be shown at the Sundance Film Festival.
DVD
Descending Into a State of Nature
By DAVE KEHR
Two films depicting men who shed modern society’s constraints — Richard Fleischer’s “Ashanti” (1979) and Ted Kotcheff’s “Wake in Fright” (1971) — have surfaced on DVD.
In His Comfort Zone
By DAVID CARR
At this point in Ethan Hawke’s life, directing an Off Broadway play in New York with like-minded actors seems like the highest and best use of his skills.
Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie
By STEPHEN RODRICK
Paul Schrader, Bret Easton Ellis, Lindsay Lohan and a porn star named James Deen try to make a movie for $250,000 that will save all of their careers. What could go wrong?
For Golden Globes, It’s a Good Time
By BROOKS BARNES
After a few rough years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and its Golden Globes are on the rebound.
Movie Reviews
Movie Review 'Gangster Squad'
These Law Enforcers Will Stop at Nothing
By A. O. SCOTT
“Gangster Squad” is a throwback to another time, with some character voices reminiscent of McGruff and Offissa Pupp thrown in.
Movie Review 'A Haunted House '
A Horror Movie Parody
By NEIL GENZLINGER
Marlon Wayans stars in “A Haunted House,” a horror movie parody directed by Mike Tiddes.
Movie Review 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola '
Bollywood Laughs at Corruption
By RACHEL SALTZ
Vishal Bhardwaj’s “Matru ki Bijlee ka Mandola” shows a rich, drunken industrialist leading a demonstration against himself.
Movie Review 'Quartet'
A ‘Rigoletto’ Reunion Just Might Save the Day
By A. O. SCOTT
“Quartet” assembles a posse of lovable geezers in a palatial residence for aged artistes and entangles them in the mildest imaginable comic and dramatic situations.
Movie Review 'The Baytown Outlaws'
Heavily Armed and Not All That Bright
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
In “The Baytown Outlaws,” with Eva Longoria and Billy Bob Thornton, a Southern shoot-em-up, the focus is on three trigger-happy brothers.
Movie Review 'Fairhaven'
As Sea Gulls Hover, Three Old Friends Reunite for a Funeral
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
In Tom O’Brien’s “Fairhaven,” three old friends from a Massachusetts fishing village are reunited for a funeral.
Movie Review 'Struck by Lightning'
First He Is Killed, and Then He Tells His Tale
By STEPHEN HOLDEN
“Struck by Lightning” kills its protagonist in the beginning of the film, then has him narrate the story from beyond the grave.
Movie Review 'High Tech, Low Life'
Bloggers Using the Internet to Spread Truth in China
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
The documentary “High Tech, Low Life” follows two very different Chinese bloggers who try to report what the government-controlled press won’t.
Movie Review 'Clandestine Childhood'
Raised by Political Activists in a Dictatorship’s Shadow
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Benjamín Ávila’s film is a semiautobiographical story about a 12-year-old being raised in the late 1970s in Argentina by activists opposed to the ruling military junta.
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Movie Listings for Jan. 11-17
In the Afflecks' Corner, Genuine Shock
January 14, 2013
GIFs of the Globes
January 14, 2013
Parsing What Jodie Foster Did (and Didn’t) Say
January 14, 2013
Photos & Video
This Week's Movies | Jan. 11, 2013
The New York Times critics on “Gangster Squad,” “Quartet” and “Clandestine Childhood.”
A Great Year in Film
Melena Ryzik discusses this year's biggest successes and themes in her preview of the Academy Awards.
Special Section
The Oscars Issue
Paul Thomas Anderson on "The Master," Kathryn Bigelow on "Zero Dark Thirty," screenplay excerpts, behind-the-scenes of "The Hobbit" and more.
Photos & Video
Landing an Unlikely Role in 'Flight'
Melena Ryzik chats with the British actress Kelly Reilly about her first movie role shot in America: a leading part opposite Denzel Washington.
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Les Misérables'
Tom Hooper, the director of “Les Misérables,” narrates a scene from the film.
Anatomy of a Scene: 'Django Unchained'
By MEKADO MURPHY
Quentin Tarantino, the director of "Django Unchained," narrates a scene from the film.
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.
Anatomy of a Scene
In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.
John Goodman in the Crescent City
On a balcony overlooking his New Orleans neighborhood, John Goodman discusses movies with Melena Ryzik.
'Zero Dark Thirty,' in Wider Release, Captures Box-Office Crown
January 13, 2013
A Sundance Offshoot in Brooklyn?
January 11, 2013
This Week's Movies: Jan. 11
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