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- Movie Review | ‘Four Seasons Lodge’: In the Catskills, Holocaust Survivors Forge a Bond
In the documentary “Four Seasons Lodge,” a group of Holocaust survivors spend their 26th summer at a Catskills bungalow colony.
- Movie Review | ‘The Good Soldier’: Dark Side of Heroism, Told in Four Wars
“The Good Soldier” is an attack on the military, drenched in blood.
- Carl Ballantine, Comedian Who Played a Magician, Dies at 92
Mr. Ballantine was an inveterate quipmeister whose stand-up comedy persona predated and influenced the antic characters of Steve Martin and others.
- A Movie’s Budget Pops From the Screen
Just in case box-office receipts for “Avatar” fall short, Fox has worked hard to hedge its large bet on the movie.
- Arts, Briefly: A Soft No. 1 for ‘Disney’s a Christmas Carol’
An expensive six-month marketing push helped “Disney’s A Christmas Carol” open at No. 1 at North American theaters over the weekend.
- Sunday Routine | Christine Vachon: When Being Home Is an Adventure
An independent film producer spends Sundays with her partner and their daughter, either in their East Village home or on a journey in the city.
- Corner Office: The Benefit of a Boot Out the Door
Jeffrey Katzenberg says that bouncing back from his Disney departure has been one of many valuable lessons.
- Short Cuts
The life of Robert Altman, told in interviews with nearly 200 of his friends, colleagues and family members.
- Film: A New Attack on the Iraq War Film
“The Messenger” portrays conflict on the home front: the struggles of those who tell the next of kin their loved ones are dead.
- Film: Destroying the Earth, Over and Over Again
The director Roland Emmerich is at the helm of another disaster movie with “2012.”
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