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Movie Review | 'Defiance': A Society in the Forest, Banding Together to Escape Persecution

Posted: December 31st, 2008, 1:21am EST by By A. O. SCOTT

Edward Zwick’s stiff, musclebound new movie tells the true story of the Bielski partisans, who fought the Nazis and rescued hundreds of Jews through the darkest years of war and genocide.
Movie Review | 'Good': Aligning With the Nazis, Blindfold Tightly in Place

Posted: December 31st, 2008, 1:05am EST by By STEPHEN HOLDEN

“Good” is an anemic screen adaptation of C. P. Taylor’s play about a respectable “good German” who passively acquiesces to Hitler’s agenda.
Films Reach Theaters a Drib Here, Drab There

Posted: December 31st, 2008, 12:48am EST by By MICHAEL CIEPLY

At least a dozen of the supposedly hottest contenders in the Oscar race are being teased out to the public in peekaboo release patterns.
ArtsBeat: 'The Terminator,' 'Deliverance' Chosen for National Film Registry

Posted: December 30th, 2008, 5:34pm EST by By DAVE ITZKOFF

The Terminators may be an army of unstoppable robots hellbent on the destruction of the human race, but they'll always be welcome in the Library of Congress.
Judge Delays Ruling on Blocking Release of ‘Watchmen’ Film

Posted: December 30th, 2008, 3:10am EST by By MICHAEL CIEPLY

A superhero movie may not reach theaters on its scheduled date after a federal judge said that he might block the film’s release because of an ownership dispute.
Critic’s Choice: New DVDs: Notable DVDs of 2008

Posted: December 30th, 2008, 2:29am EST by By DAVE KEHR

The DVD divisions of the major studios, along with a growing group of dedicated independents, have continued to unearth treasures.
Ann Savage, Cult Movie Actress, Dies at 87

Posted: December 30th, 2008, 12:47am EST by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Ms. Savage earned a cult following as a femme fatale in 1940s pulp-fiction movies, most notably as the ruthless villain in “Detour.”
Movie Review | 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button': It’s the Age of a Child Who Grows From a Man

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 3:38pm EST by By A. O. SCOTT

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” sighs with longing and simmers with intrigue while investigating the philosophical conundrums and emotional paradoxes of its protagonist’s condition.
Movie Review | 'Revolutionary Road': Two Faces in the Crowd, Raging Against the Crab Grass

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 3:09pm EST by By MANOHLA DARGIS

“Revolutionary Road,” a waxworks edition of the furiously unsentimental novel by Richard Yates, tracks the unraveling of a handsome young suburban couple in the 1950s.
Movie Review | 'Valkyrie': Mission Imperative: Assassinate the Führer

Posted: December 29th, 2008, 1:29pm EST by By MANOHLA DARGIS

“Valkyrie” transforms World War II into a boy’s adventure.