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Safe House: Men on the Run in Run-of-the-Mill Thriller Safe House
By Karina Longworth, February 09, 2012
"He's sooo hot," the woman sitting next to me at the screening of Safe House sighed to her friend as the film's opening images of Ryan Reynolds... More>>
The Vow: Rachel McAdams Gets the Sense Knocked Out of Her The Vow
By Nick Pinkerton, February 09, 2012
The Vow, a full-bodied lunge for the heartstrings, has a humdinger of a premise, forcing its characters to face a question that most of us ask... More>>
Pina: Big Emotions and an Extra Dimension Pina
By Melissa Anderson, February 09, 2012
"You just have to get crazier" were the words of advice that mighty choreographer Pina Bausch once gave to one of her dancers, who fondly recalls... More>>
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By Tim Grierson, February 09, 2012
This year's Academy Award-nominated shorts offer a little something for every viewing temperament — though some categories require sitting... More>>
Chronicle: Average Teens Become Superheroes and Stay Grounded Chronicle
By Aaron Hillis, February 02, 2012
In our status-updated, YouTubed, and retweeted age of self-documentation, does the "faux-found-footage" genre — popularized by The Blair... More>>
A Separation Lets You Be the Judge in a High-Stakes Iranian Legal Drama A Separation
By J. Hoberman, February 02, 2012
A Separation — the fifth feature by Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi — is an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put you... More>>
We Need to Talk About Kevin: We Have a Problem Child We Need to Talk About Kevin
By Karina Longworth, January 26, 2012
In Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin, Tilda Swinton lives out an urban bohemian's worst nightmare. Forced to give up her independence... More>>
Nearing 60, Liam Neeson, Action Star, Has Finally Arrived New Times film feature
By Eric Hynes, January 26, 2012
Halfway through last year's rough-and-tumble thriller Unknown, assassins come calling for a man who's suffering from amnesia (Liam Neeson). All... More>>
Sundance 2012 Was Thick with the Anxieties of our Times New Times film feature
By Karina Longworth, January 26, 2012
It's potentially dangerous to look at the lineup of the Sundance Film Festival, which ended Sunday, as a reflection of the character of... More>>
Man on a Ledge Is a Leap into the Familiar Man on a Ledge
By Brian Miller, January 26, 2012
The hero of the red-herring heist flick Man on a Ledge draws two reactions from the Manhattan throng beneath his 21st-floor perch on a midtown... More>>
Haywire: Steven Soderbergh Makes an Impact With MMA Leading Lady Gina Carano Haywire
By Nick Pinkerton, January 19, 2012
There's a point in Haywire when the film's protagonist, ex-Marine Mallory Kane (Gina Carano), gone rogue from her job as hired muscle for a... More>>
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Gimmickry and Oscar-Trolling in New 9/11 Drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
By Nick Pinkerton, January 19, 2012
Director Stephen Daldry has never met a Big Theme he didn't like: After 2002's The Hours, a lugubrious women's-problem picture touching on AIDS... More>>
Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady The Iron Lady
By Karina Longworth, January 12, 2012
The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher as victimized woman In the first scene of The Iron Lady, which re-teams director Phyllida Lloyd with her Mamma... More>>
Pariah: To Be Young, Gifted, Black, and Lesbian Pariah
By Melissa Anderson, January 12, 2012
The first 10 minutes of Dee Rees' funny, moving, nuanced, and impeccably acted first feature, in which coming of age and coming out are... More>>
Joyful Noise: Dolly Parton and Queen Latifah's Sullied Union Joyful Noise
By Melissa Anderson, January 12, 2012
A holy hot mess of the sacred and the inane, Joyful Noise, about a small-town Southern gospel choir, lifts from Usher's "Yeah!" to give us this... More>>
Contraband: Just Another "One Last Job" Movie Contraband
By Nick Pinkerton, January 12, 2012
Will there someday be a movie where the "one last job" goes off without a hitch? Not Contraband, anyway, which begins with that time-tested... More>>
Pariah Filmmaker Dee Rees on Coming Out and Growing Up New Times film
By Ernest Hardy, January 12, 2012
One of the biggest success stories of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival was writer-director Dee Rees' film Pariah, about 17-year-old black lesbian... More>>
In the Land of Blood and Honey: Angelina Jolie Goes to Bosnia In the Land of Blood and Honey
By Karina Longworth, January 12, 2012
It's 1992 at the start of In the Land of Blood and Honey, and Ajla (Zana Marjanovic) and Danijel (Goran Kostic) are about to hook up at Bosnian... More>>
Karina Longworth Looks Ahead to the Most Anticipated Films of 2012 New Times film
By Karina Longworth, January 05, 2012
We know — you're excited about The Dark Knight Rises. And The Avengers. And The Hunger Games. So are we. We're also excited about a lot of... More>>
J. Hoberman Names His Top Movies of the Year Top Movies of the Year
By J. Hoberman, December 29, 2011
The past 12 months brought a number of powerful, introspective, big-theme cine-statements, many of them by old masters (see below). Some pondered... More>>
Karina Longworth on Why You May Not Have Seen Her Favorite Film of 2011 Favorite Films of 2011
By Karina Longworth, December 29, 2011
Margaret, written and directed by Kenneth Lonergan (You Can Count on Me), starring Anna Paquin with key supporting performances from Matt Damon... More>>
Nine Films to Anticipate in 2012
By Karina Longworth, December 29, 2011
We know — you're excited about The Dark Knight Rises. And The Avengers. And The Hunger Games. So are we. We're also excited about a lot of... More>>
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Rooney Mara Takes Control of the Juggernaut The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
By J. Hoberman, December 22, 2011
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is hardly a personal project. Still, David Fincher's sveltely malevolent remake of the 2009 Swedish blockbuster... More>>
Mission Impossible -- Ghost Protocol: Tom Cruise Lives Another Day Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol
By Nick Pinkerton, December 22, 2011
For 15 years and now four sequels, Tom Cruise has pilgrimaged regularly to the Mission: Impossible franchise. Like a Hindu's rejuvenating bath in... More>>
A Dangerous Method: David Cronenberg Discusses His Latest Film A Dangerous Method: David Cronenberg Discusses His Latest Film
By Nicolas Rapold, December 22, 2011
"They were experimenting on themselves," says David Cronenberg, with no small amount of satisfaction, about the psychoanalytic all-stars of his... More>>
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  1. Chronicle (2012/ I), 22.0 mil, 22.0 mil
  2. The Woman in Black, 20.9 mil, 20.9 mil
  3. The Grey, 9.3 mil, 34.6 mil
  4. Big Miracle, 7.8 mil, 7.8 mil
  5. Underworld: Awakening, 5.5 mil, 54.2 mil
  6. One for the Money, 5.2 mil, 19.6 mil
  7. Red Tails, 4.7 mil, 41.1 mil
  8. The Descendants, 4.6 mil, 65.5 mil
  9. Man on a Ledge, 4.4 mil, 14.6 mil
  10. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, 3.8 mil, 26.7 mil
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