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| Movie Review: ‘The Dictator,’ Sacha Baron Cohen’s New Comedy Wed, 16 May 2012 18:27:18 GMT Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest creation, Admiral General Aladeen, is the star of the new comedy “The Dictator.” |
| Special Report: Cannes Festival: They'll Always Have Cannes Wed, 16 May 2012 06:33:04 GMT For better or worse the Cannes International Film Festival seems more than ever a model of stability, at a time when other major European festivals are working through regime changes. |
| Bradford Young, Cinematographer for ‘Middle of Nowhere’ Wed, 16 May 2012 17:17:31 GMT Bradford Young, whose movies have focused on people who have been marginalized, says he is still trying to figure out what he wants to say with the camera. |
| Currents | Q&A: Billy Bob Thornton on His New Memoir, ‘The Billy Bob Tapes’ Thu, 17 May 2012 02:13:01 GMT If the actor’s new memoir reads as if he’s sitting around telling stories, it’s because it was written that way. |
| Lindsay Lohan and Her ‘Liz & Dick’ Role Thu, 17 May 2012 00:53:01 GMT The producer of “Liz & Dick,” a television film about Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, says some of Taylor’s friends aren’t happy about his casting Lindsay Lohan. |
| Movie Review: ‘Elena,’ by Andrei Zvyagintsev, Set In and Around Moscow Wed, 16 May 2012 19:23:01 GMT “Elena,” by Andrei Zvyagintsev, follows a married couple and their class resentments. |
| Wes Anderson’s ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ With Bill Murray Mon, 14 May 2012 12:08:00 GMT “Moonrise Kingdom,” Wes Anderson’s seventh feature, concerns a group of adults searching for fugitive teenage lovebirds on a New England island in 1965. |
| Campaign Spotlight: Ads Advise Maximizing the Moviegoing Experience - Campaign Spotlight Mon, 14 May 2012 17:51:57 GMT A new campaign from Imax urges movigoers to watch large-format films for emotional rather than rational reasons. |
| Renoir’s Vision for a United Europe in ‘Grand Illusion’ Tue, 15 May 2012 14:06:46 GMT Renoir’s “Grand Illusion,” from 1937 (and now newly restored), may have lessons for a Europe bitterly divided at present. |
| ArtsBeat: 'The Avengers' Holds Strong at No. 1 Sun, 13 May 2012 17:29:37 GMT Tim Burton's tepidly reviewed "Dark Shadows" wilted under the holdover heat of "Marvel's The Avengers," which took in an astounding $103.2 million at North American theaters in its second weekend. |
| Sexuality and Other Female (Film) Troubles Sun, 13 May 2012 03:13:02 GMT “Hysteria,” starring Maggie Gyllenhaal, is just one of several new films directed by women that depict sexuality from a female perspective. |
| ‘Elena’ and Its Director, Andrei Zvyagintsev Wed, 16 May 2012 17:19:14 GMT The director Andrei Zvyagintsev’s film “Elena” has led to his regard as a seer of contemporary Russia. |
| ‘The Color Wheel’ and ‘Impolex,’ Films by Alex Ross Perry Wed, 16 May 2012 17:21:24 GMT The director Alex Ross Perry’s latest film is “The Color Wheel,” a comedy-drama about contentious siblings played by himself and Carlen Altman. |
| DVD: New DVDs: ‘Pillow Talk,’ ‘Girl on a Motorcycle’ Sun, 13 May 2012 03:55:11 GMT The suggestion of sex permeates “Pillow Talk” (1959) and “Girl on a Motorcycle” (1968), two unrated movies newly reissued on Blu-ray. |
| Andrew Garfield on Playing Biff Loman and Spider-Man Fri, 11 May 2012 19:54:50 GMT Andrew Garfield’s Biff, in “Death of a Salesman” on Broadway, is just the latest in a string of conflicted, richly complex characters this 28-year-old actor has played in his short but already impressive career. |
| Character Study: Gone Hollywood, Bollywood Theater in Queens Still Struggles Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:01 GMT To keep his Bollywood theater in Queens from going under, Somasundaram Gunasegaram started showing American movies. But he is already $100,000 behind on rent. |
| Critic’s Notebook: From After Dark Films, a Spate of Genre Movies Wed, 16 May 2012 21:03:01 GMT After Dark Films has released a series of B movies that glory in their bullets, explosions and martial arts. |
| Weekend Miser: Hitchcock and ‘Mildred Pierce’ at Museum of Moving Image Fri, 11 May 2012 15:37:53 GMT The Museum of the Moving Image offers movies and lots of extra features. |
| Movie Review: Johnny Depp Stars in Tim Burton’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Fri, 11 May 2012 19:00:08 GMT Johnny Depp plays Barnabas Collins in this comedy from Tim Burton (their eighth movie together), based on the soap opera from the 1960s and ’70s. |
| Movie Review: ‘Girl in Progress’ With Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez Fri, 11 May 2012 19:17:16 GMT “Girl in Progress” is a teenager-coming-of-age tale that, by virtue of its self-conscious parody of that genre, turns out to be an unusually smart example of it. |
| Movie Review: ‘Dangerous Ishhq,’ Starring Karisma Kapoor Tue, 15 May 2012 21:13:01 GMT “Dangerous Ishhq,” starring Karisma Kapoor and Rajniesh Duggall, follows two lovers through their past lives. |
| Movie Review: ‘Tonight You’re Mine,’ Directed by David Mackenzie Fri, 11 May 2012 19:43:02 GMT “Tonight You’re Mine,” filmed at an actual rock festival, is a meet-cute romantic comedy that manages to feel fresh and lively. |
| Movie Review: Bobcat Goldthwait’s Film Satire ‘God Bless America’ Fri, 11 May 2012 19:30:07 GMT Bobcat Goldthwait has written “God Bless America,” a film satire that follows a man and a teenage girl who kill the people who offend them. |
| Movie Review: ‘Under African Skies,’ About the Paul Simon Album ‘Graceland’ Fri, 11 May 2012 19:43:04 GMT In “Under African Skies,” the filmmaker Joe Berlinger recounts the controversy surrounding Paul Simon’s album “Graceland.” |
| Movie Review: ‘Bonsái,’ From Chile, Directed by Cristián Jiménez Fri, 11 May 2012 19:43:02 GMT In Cristián Jiménez’s “Bonsái,” a struggling writer constructs a novel from a tragic first love, but it isn’t clear what is memory and what is fiction. |
| Movie Review : ‘I Wish,’ Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Fri, 11 May 2012 19:30:07 GMT In “I Wish” the director Hirokazu Kore-eda spins an elliptical tale of two young brothers trying to reunite their parents. |
| Movie Review: ‘Nobody Else but You,’ Directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu Fri, 11 May 2012 19:43:02 GMT In the sardonic neo-noir “Nobody Else but You” an amateur gumshoe discovers a dead woman who had a lot in common with Marilyn Monroe. Obsession and detective work follow. |
| Movie Review: ‘Where Do We Go Now?,’ From Nadine Labaki Fri, 11 May 2012 19:30:07 GMT In a Middle Eastern village, where Christians and Muslims coexist, the women are bent on keeping their hotheaded husbands from starting a religious war. |
| Movie Review: ‘The Road,’ by the Philippine Director Yam Laranas Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:02 GMT “The Road” conjures a hushed, supernatural universe covering two decades after three joy-riding teenagers disappear at night. |
| Movie Review: ‘Patience (After Sebald),’ a Documentary Wed, 09 May 2012 20:17:18 GMT W. G. Sebald, the German-born author of “The Emigrants,” “Austerlitz” and “The Rings of Saturn,” is the subject of a new documentary. |
| Movie Review: ‘A Bag of Hammers,’ With Jake Sandvig and Jason Ritter Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:02 GMT In “A Bag of Hammers,” two Los Angeles slackers and car stealers are called to adult responsibilities. |
| Movie Review: ‘Nesting,’ With Todd Grinnell and Ali Hillis Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:02 GMT “Nesting” centers on a young couple in their 30s who are worried that the spark and sense of adventure have gone out of their marriage. |
| Movie Review: ‘Sleepless Night,’ Directed by Frédéric Jardin Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:11 GMT In “Sleepless Night,” a corrupt police officer must return the cocaine he nabbed from a vicious dealer in order to release his son from the dealer’s sweaty clutches. |
| Movie Review: ‘Hick,’ Directed by Derick Martini Sat, 12 May 2012 09:08:05 GMT In “Hick,” when a young girl decides to leave her Nebraska home for a glamorous life in Las Vegas, she enters an American heartland jumble of dangers and snares. |
| Movie Review: ‘The Observers’ Looks at Mount Washington Fri, 11 May 2012 15:56:45 GMT Jacqueline Goss’s experimental film “The Observers” looks at different seasons on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. |
| Movie Review: ‘Small, Beautifully Moving Parts,’ With Mary Beth Peil Sat, 12 May 2012 06:23:02 GMT In “Small, Beautifully Moving Parts,” a pregnant technophile in Los Angeles sets out for an uninvited reunion with her mother, currently residing off the grid in the Arizona desert. |
| Movie Review: ‘Portrait of Wally,’ Documentary on Schiele Painting Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:13 GMT “Portrait of Wally” is a documentary on the Third Reich’s art thefts and their aftermath, spotlighting the fate of Egon Schiele’s 1912 oil painting of his mistress. |
| Movie Review: ‘You Are Here,’ With Tracy Wright Fri, 11 May 2012 19:23:02 GMT “You Are Here” is an unsettling visual inquiry, with a methodical archivist as a sleuth, into the nature of consciousness. |
| Movie Listings for may 11-17 Fri, 11 May 2012 04:43:01 GMT A selected guide to movies playing in and outside the New York area. |
| Joyce Redman, Actress Who Feasted on Roles, Dies at 96 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:42:34 GMT Ms. Redman was widely acclaimed for her intelligent stage presence in Shakespearean drama and French comedy. |
| David Ayer’s ‘End of Watch,’ in Los Angeles Grit Thu, 10 May 2012 17:17:13 GMT The director David Ayer’s film “End of Watch” continues his exploration of police officers in the Los Angeles neighborhood where he grew up. |
| Side Effects: The ‘Hunger Games’ Mockingjay: Fiction, for Now Wed, 16 May 2012 17:50:02 GMT With the growing availability of tools to modify organisms, a creature like the bird imagined in the “Hunger Games” series is not an impossible fantasy. |
| Five Directors Choose Their Favorite Summer Movies Thu, 10 May 2012 15:03:08 GMT Five directors share their favorite summer movies. |
| Summer DVDs: Blu-ray and DVD Picks for the Summer Thu, 10 May 2012 15:03:02 GMT Want a film for a quiet Sunday? How about “Barbarella” (1968)? |
| Television: Tim Burton Brings TV’s ‘Dark Shadows’ Back, as a Movie Fri, 11 May 2012 20:03:02 GMT Tim Burton’s “Dark Shadows,” opening Friday, was born of his love of the television series of the same name, from Dan Curtis, that ran in the late 1960s. |
| New Ambitions in Philippine Film Business Tue, 08 May 2012 17:51:02 GMT As independent filmmakers break away from the country's formulaic movie productions, a Philippine film is getting a first-ever release in North America. |
| Fashion Gala at Metropolitan Museum Compares Schiaparelli and Prada Wed, 09 May 2012 01:57:25 GMT The gala, held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, compared Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, whose work is separated by a half-century. |
| MOVIES: This Week’s Movies | May 11, 2012 Fri, 11 May 2012 19:49:53 GMT The New York Times film critics on “Dark Shadows,” “Girl in Progress,” and “Tonight You’re Mine.” |
| MOVIES | ANATOMY OF A SCENE: Inside ‘Tonight You’re Mine’ Fri, 11 May 2012 19:48:00 GMT In Anatomy of a Scene, David Mackenzie narrates a scene from his film, which was shot at a Scotland music festival. |
| MOVIES: Clip: ‘The Color Wheel’ Wed, 16 May 2012 17:19:46 GMT A scene from "The Color Wheel," directed and co-written by Alex Ross Perry. |
| ArtsBeat: Broadway Musical 'Priscilla Queen of the Desert' to Close Wed, 16 May 2012 21:32:43 GMT The musical, about a team of drag performers journeying through remote Australia in a camping (and camp) bus, will play its final show at the Palace Theater on June 24. |
| ArtsBeat: Alan Rickman to Play CBGB Founder in Biopic Wed, 16 May 2012 19:05:25 GMT Alan Rickman will portray play Hilly Kristal, the iconoclastic bearded, flannel-wearing founder of the famous East Village punk-rock club CBGB, in a biographical film to be shot this summer. |
| Morbid Beauty in ‘Dark Shadows’ Fri, 11 May 2012 15:32:11 GMT Images from Tim Burton’s comedy starring Johnny Depp. |
| Director Favorites Tue, 08 May 2012 15:15:19 GMT Images of directors’ choices for their favorite summer movies. |
| MOVIES: Breakthrough Performances Fri, 04 May 2012 19:43:57 GMT Dennis Lim looks at some of the noteworthy performances of the summer movies season. |
| Slide Show: Coming Soon Fri, 04 May 2012 23:32:30 GMT Images from some of the films arriving this summer. |
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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.