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Sunday, June 5, 2011

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In Defense of the Slow and the Boring

Michelle Williams and Shirley Henderson in Kelly Reichardt's “Meek's Cutoff.”
Oscilloscope Laboratories

Michelle Williams and Shirley Henderson in Kelly Reichardt's “Meek's Cutoff.”

The Times’s chief film critics discuss the lingering bias against movies that aspire to more than entertainment.

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Jordana Beatty as the title third grader in “Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer,” based on the popular tween book series.
Suzanne Tenner/Relativity Media

Jordana Beatty as the title third grader in “Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer,” based on the popular tween book series.

“Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer” hopes to achieve box-office success with the tween market.

Marlene Dietrich plays an artist's muse in Rouben Mamoulian's “Song of Songs” (1933), part of a new two-film set on DVD.
Universal

Marlene Dietrich plays an artist's muse in Rouben Mamoulian's “Song of Songs” (1933), part of a new two-film set on DVD.

Marlene Dietrich had a break from her collaborations with Josef von Sternberg to star in Rouben Mamoulian’s “Song of Songs” (1933), new on DVD.

News & Features

Adolfas Mekas, Avant-Garde Filmmaker and Teacher, Is Dead at 85

Mr. Mekas was a Lithuanian immigrant who became an influential avant-garde filmmaker and teacher and who, with his brother Jonas, founded Film Culture, the seminal journal for cinéastes.

Movie Reviews
Movie Review | 'X-Men: First Class'

Born That Way, and Proud of It

This latest installment of the “X-Men” series reaches back to the early 1960s for an origin story of mutants.

Movie Review | 'Beginners'

Remembering When Dad Came Out

Christopher Plummer and Ewan McGregor star in “Beginners,” a wistful memory piece about a straight son and his dying gay father.

Movie Review | 'Film Socialisme'

On a Mediterranean Cruise Ship Steered by a Godardian Crew

“Film Socialisme,” Jean-Luc Godard’s latest work to arrive in America, is an assemblage of vignettes, allusions and tracts, by turns provocative, grating, gorgeous and tiresome.

Movie Review | 'Rejoice and Shout'

The Power of Voices Lifted in Song

“Rejoice and Shout,” a historical survey of African-American gospel music, illustrates how it evolved out of the fusion of plantation work songs and Christian hymns.

Movie Review | 'Submarine'

Coming of Age, and Then to Terms

Richard Ayoade’s debut feature, “Submarine,” follows a Welsh schoolboy’s coming of age as he experiences first love, family trouble and stray encounters with the weirdness of the world.

Movie Review | 'Beautiful Boy'

Alone to Face the Fallout From a Son’s Horrific Crime

A married couple’s bottled-up tensions are blasted open as they cope with their son’s shooting rampage and suicide.

Movie Review | 'Mr. Nice'

Reliving a Drug Dealer’s Halcyon Days

“Mr. Nice” reconstructs the life and high times of Howard Marks, a notorious Welsh drug dealer who went by the alias Donald Nice.

Movie Review | 'The Last Mountain'

An Environmental Horror Story

In “The Last Mountain,” Bill Haney looks at the fight over mountaintop removal to mine coal in West Virginia.

Movie Review | 'Turkey Bowl'

Friends, Football and Fun

“Turkey Bowl,” a quirky offering from Kyle Smith, is little more than a touch football game among friends.

Movie Review | '!Women Art Revolution'

Enhancing the Image of Feminist Art

A documentary makes the case that the feminist art movement has been more influential than is generally acknowledged.

Photos & Video
Mid-Century Mutants

A look at some of the sets of “X-Men: First Class” with commentary from the production designer Chris Seagers.

Anatomy of a Scene: 'Submarine'

Richard Ayoade, the director of "Submarine," discusses a scene from his film about an awkward teenager and his first love.

Interview: Mike Mills

Mike Mills, the director of "Beginners," discusses the true events that inspired his fictional film.

Photos & Video
A Home for ‘Life’

Images of the home featured in “The Tree of Life,” with commentary from the production designer Jack Fisk.

Sketching a Panda’s World

A look at some of the production designs for “Kung Fu Panda 2.”

Anatomy of a Scene

In this series, directors discuss ideas and techniques behind moments in their films.

The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made

This guide includes links to the original reviews from the archives of The New York Times.

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