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A Night Out With | Abigail Breslin: She Is What She Eats

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 11:48pm EDT by By MELENA RYZIK

Hanging out with Abigail Breslin, who is starring in “Kit Kittredge: An American Girl,” a movie based on American Girl dolls.
Film: Soft-Core Auteur Turns Attention to Radicals

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 4:02pm EDT by By DENNIS LIM

At 72, Koji Wakamatsu has made his most ambitious work, “United Red Army,” a look at the collapse of the Japanese militant student groups of the 1960s and ’70s.
Film: Pixar Gambles on a Robot in Love

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 1:38pm EDT by By KATRINA ONSTAD

Pixar may have outdone itself in the weird-premises department with “Wall-E,” a $180 million post-apocalyptic, near-silent robot love story.
Jean Delannoy, Filmmaker, Dies at 100

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 2:27am EDT by By ANITA GATES

Mr. Delannoy was a French director of lavish dramas whose career suffered after he was publicly reviled by proponents of the New Wave as the ultimate anti-auteur.
Arts, Briefly: Oscar Rule Changes

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 12:54am EDT by Compiled by MIKE HALE

Beginning with next year’s Academy Awards, films will be limited to no more than two nominations each in the category of original song.
An Appraisal: Sylph or Siren, the Legs Have It

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 12:42am EDT by By MANOHLA DARGIS

Cyd Charisse’s legs could send viewers into raptures, and after watching “Singin’ in the Rain” again, it’s easy to see why.
Movie Review | 'Get Smart': More Deadpan but Still a Bumbler

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 12:38am EDT by By MANOHLA DARGIS

“Get Smart” is made up of feeble and funny jokes, brand actors and enough special effects to give you some bang for your summertime buck.
Movie Review | 'Brick Lane': A Prisoner of Normalcy Finds Ways to Escape

Posted: June 20th, 2008, 12:33am EDT by By A. O. SCOTT

At the center of “Brick Lane,” a modest film directed by Sarah Gavron, is a woman for whom modesty is not just a defining character trait but also a moral principle.