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सोमवार, 12 जनवरी 2015

Jennifer Aniston Interview, 'Beloved Sisters' and More

 





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Jennifer Aniston portrays a pill-popping woman in constant pain in
Putting 'the Cloak of Rachel' to Rest

By FRANK BRUNI

With "Cake," Jennifer Aniston hopes to transcend tabloid coverage and earn the kind of recognition reserved for serious actresses.



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Movie Reviews
From left, Henriette Confurius, Florian Stetter and Hannah Herzsprung in

'Beloved Sisters'

A Literary Triumvirate of Love and Lust

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

"Beloved Sisters" imagines a fraught ménage à trois among the German poet and dramatist Friedrich Schiller and the sisters Charlotte von Lengefeld and Caroline von Lengefeld.
. The Carpetbagger: From Germany, a Literary Giant's Ménage à Trois
. Movie Overview
Sarah Snook in

'Predestinatio'

When Traveling Through Time, Pack a Change of Identities

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Based on a short story by the science-fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, "Predestination" tracks the journeys of a Temporal Agent assigned to right wrongs before they happen.
. Movie Overview
Gulzar Bhat, left, and Afzal Sofi portray best friends seeking a better life in

'Valley of Saints'

Seeking Solace Elsewhere, Before Encountering It at Home

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

"Valley of Saints" tells the story of two men whose plans are disrupted by a military curfew and whose friendship is threatened by a shared love interest.
. Movie Overview
Ashley Shelton in Paul Harrill's

'Something, Anything'

Finding Her Way Back in Small, Slow Steps

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

In "Something, Anything," a young newlywed disrupts her closest relationships as she tries to put her life back together after a traumatic loss.
. Movie Overview
Alex Ross Perry, best known as a director, portrays a pretentious filmmaker in

'La Última Película'

Tripping Over the Hazy Line Between Fiction and Reality

By ANDY WEBSTER

Raya Martin and Mark Peranson's "La Última Película" is a goofy, dazzling riff on Dennis Hopper's ambitious if flawed picture, "The Last Movie."
. Movie Overview
Wrenn Schmidt as a besieged member of a hunting party.

'Preservation'

Where Deer Aren't the Only Trophies

By NICOLAS RAPOLD

In Christopher Denham's "Preservation," a hunting party finds itself pursued.
Keir Gilchrist plays a teenage hacker under house arrest.

'Dark Summer'

Captive, and Not Just to the Internet

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

In "Dark Summer," a teenager becomes the victim of his online obsession.
. Movie Overview

'Ode to My Father'

Searching for Family Along a River of Tears

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

JK Youn's "Ode to My Father" has an obsessive hero seeking relatives lost in the Korean War.
Minka Kelly and Jeremy Irvine star in this film by David Burris.

'The World Made Straight'

Codes and Vendettas, Frozen in Time

By BEN KENIGSBERG

A Civil War legacy cascades through the backwoods of North Carolina in the 1970s in "The World Made Straight," an overcooked adaptation of a Ron Rash novel.
. Movie Overview

'When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism'

In Intimate Quarrels, Deciphering What's Unsaid

By BEN KENIGSBERG

Corneliu Porumboiu's "When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism" consists of only 17 shots, and the truth in each scene remains ambiguous.
Peter Schwarz, formerly Feiv'ke Schwarz, in Yael Reuveny's documentary about her family.

'Farewell Herr Schwarz'

A Family Fractured by the Holocaust

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

In "Farewell Herr Schwarz," Yael Reuveny follows the trail of relatives who were torn apart.
. Movie Overview
Jeroen Willems, left, and Henri Garcin in

'It's All So Quiet'

Death Watch on a Dutch Farm

By NICOLAS RAPOLD

In Nanouk Leopold's "It's All So Quiet," a middle-aged farmer waits on his bedridden father while making plans for when he dies.
. Movie Overview
A scene from

'Black November'

Challenging Corruption in the Niger Delta

By NICOLAS RAPOLD

"Black November," a blood-for-oil drama directed by Jeta Amata, follows a Nigerian activist who mobilized opposition after a deadly explosion.
. Movie Overview
Zhang Hanyu in Tsui Hark's

'The Taking of Tiger Mountain'

A Battle of Bandits and Wits in Civil War Era China

By BEN KENIGSBERG

"The Taking of Tiger Mountain" is a protracted, oddly proportioned Chinese war picture from the action director Tsui Hark, adapted from the novel "Tracks in the Snowy Forest."
Video Features
Video Video: Anatomy of a Scene | A Most Violent Year
The writer and director J.C. Chandor narrates a sequence from his film.
Video Video: This Week's Movies | Jan. 9, 2014
The New York Times film critics review "Unbroken," "A Most Violent Year" and "Into the Woods."
. Related Review: 'Unbroken'
. Related Review: 'A Most Violent Year'
. Related Review: 'Into the Woods'
Video Video: Patti Smith's Cinematic Lullaby
Patti Smith, the "godmother of punk," crossed a new frontier when she wrote an original song for the movie "Noah," based on the biblical flood.

News & Features
Whose Baby Is 'Boyhood'?

By MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES

Two producers of "Boyhood," a leading contender in the Oscar race, have found themselves cut out by the Producers Guild of America.
Patti Smith received a Golden Globe nomination for her song
Hearing Oscar Buzz In Genre-Busting Scores

By CARA BUCKLEY

This year an increased number of less sanguine musicians have found their way into the Oscar conversation, the Carpetbagger reports.
Hugh Bonneville with Paddington the bear, voiced by Ben Whishaw in the new film based on the children's books.
On His Best Behavior and Hoping to Fit In

By ROSLYN SULCAS

"Paddington," a new film based on the children's books by Michael Bond, prepares to open in the United States.
Top, a shoot with green screens in SoHo for
Big-Budget Effects Without the Budget

By NICOLAS RAPOLD

Art-house auteurs are increasingly turning to digital tricks to enhance their dramas.
Russell Brand in
Documentary on Russell Brand to Open South by Southwest Film Festival

By MEKADO MURPHY

"Brand: A Second Coming," directed by Ondi Timoner, will open the festival on March 13.
James Corden and Meryl Streep in

The Carpetbagger

Below the Line: The Sounds of 'Into the Woods'

By MEKADO MURPHY

Blake Leyh, a supervising sound editor for "Into the Woods," discusses the falling trees and cow burps he recorded for the movie.
An artistic look.
Clothes and Character: Colleen Atwood on 'Into the Woods' and 'Big Eyes'

By RACHEL LEE HARRIS

The designer explains the thinking behind the costumes in two of her projects, which ended up being released on the same day.
J.K. Simmons, left, and Miles Teller in

The Carpetbagger

'Whiplash' and Those Bleeding Hands

By CARA BUCKLEY

The writer-director of the film was himself a drummer whose hands did bleed.
Anne Hathaway

Talk

Anne Hathaway's Oscars Advice: 'Do the Opposite of What I Did'

Interview by TAFFY BRODESSER-AKNER

The actress on trying new things, kicking old habits and finding self-acceptance in the midst of criticism.

On Video
Audrey Tautou and Romain Duris take flight in
Romantic Fancy in French Flavors

By J. HOBERMAN

A pair of Gallic meditations on love come to DVD: one fantastical ("Mood Indigo"), the other observational ("A Summer's Tale").


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