Movies

Planet Earth Is Blue and So Very Far Away

“Moon,” presents a vision of life beyond Earth that emphasizes claustrophobia and loneliness.

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Sons and the Father Who Made Them

“Tetro” is a visually lush cinematic fugue about love, ambivalence and two brothers fleeing the dark shadow of their domineering father.

• Family Dynamics, Without the Bullets

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French Political Thriller as Allegory, but There’s a Bazooka in the Closet

“Le Combat dans l’Île” is the latest in what seems to be an endless parade of obscure or half-forgotten French films to find their way to Film Forum.

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A Musician’s Passion

In this documentary portrait of the Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour, we get to groove to his crisp, soaring, polyrhythmic music.

• Festival for New York, That Muslim City

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Portrait of an Activist

Daryl Wein’s documentary about the onetime AIDS activist Richard Berkowitz is a polemic against societal amnesia.

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Up in the Air

“Blast!” is about a bunch of nerds in Sweden mucking about with an unfathomable contraption attached to a hot air balloon.

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Everybody’s a Movie Critic: New Web Sites and Online Readers Chime In

They have suffered pay cuts, layoffs and Hollywood’s urge to write them off every time a poorly reviewed movie makes good at the box office.

Independent Autopsy in Carradine Case

A forensics expert hired by the family of David Carradine said an independent autopsy showed that the actor had not committed suicide, The Associated Press reported.

Mogul Ascends With Old Hollywood Clout

Ariel Z. Emanuel, brother of President Obama’s chief of staff, has emerged as Hollywood’s top power player.

• Times Topics: Ariel Z. Emanuel
• Screen Actors Approve New Contract

Screen Actors Approve New Contract

The vote ended a nearly yearlong standoff that resulted in the union’s missing out on potential pay increases and on contracts on new television series.

A MoMA Retrospective of Tim Burton’s Career

The exhibition will contain more than 700 drawings, paintings, puppets, costumes and other artifacts from Mr. Burton’s film career.

Son of Major Tom, at Ground Control

Duncan Jones, the son of David Bowie, charts his own path as the director of “Moon.”

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Weinstein Company Takes Step to Ease Debt

The company, which has yet to have a film reach $100 million at the domestic box office, has hired the financial consultant Miller Buckfire, which says it specializes in “overleveraged” companies.

Making a Case for the Environment and the Bottom Line

A 20 percent weight reduction in DVD packaging is expected to reduce costs and cut carbon emissions by more than 30 percent.

Eat, Drink, Think, Change

“Food, Inc.” is part of a new generation of food films that drip with politics, not sauces.

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Family Dynamics, Without the Bullets

Francis Ford Coppola makes his own kind of film with “Tetro,” his second movie in two years.

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• Sons and the Father Who Made Them

In Monday Recount, ‘The Hangover’ Grabs No. 1 Spot From ‘Up’

When ticket sales were recalculated on Monday, the top spot went to the R-rated Warner Brothers comedy “The Hangover.”

• ‘Hangover’ Rages, as ‘Land of the Lost’ Thuds

Will Warner Grow Tired of New Line, Its Pet Indie?

Now folded into Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema is surprising some as it manages to hang on to its indie flair.