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The Most Exciting Oscar Races

Best Actress In the past few weeks, this race--long led by Viola Davis--got a lot more interesting with Golden Globe wins for Meryl Streep and Michelle Williams. Ms. Williams's film may feel too slight, but she's gone on the PR offensive with an in-character GQ cover; Ms. Streep's film has its detractors, and Read More

The Oscars

Academy Award Nominee Rooney Mara

Hugo Leads Oscar Race With 11 Nominations

This morning, thousands upon tens of New Yorkers are realizing they have to go see Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, as that film was announced as one of nine Oscar Best Picture nominees. Big surprises of the morning included that film's nomination for Best Picture, the inclusion of Best Actor nominees Demian Bichir and Gary Read More

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Michelle Williams in Yet Another Impossibly Starmaking Turn with a Sublime Performance as Marilyn Monroe

In the weekly grind of seeing, suffering through, and writing about what passes for movies today, perfection is a word I rarely have the occasion to use. A warm, wonderful and enchanting work of artistry such as My Week With Marilyn is the exception to that problem. What an extraordinary thrill to leave a movie exhilarated instead of drained, sated instead of empty, rejuvenated instead of depressed. It’s a magical experience. Read More

The Wee Hours

Ms. Mulligan, Ms. Williams, Ms. Dunst.

The Wee Hours: Sex and Death at Alice Tully Hall

“Wow, this is it, this view, New York City!” Michael Fassbender said after opening the door to the roof of the Standard, where the glass buildings lining the West Side bound forth from the meatpacking district toward midtown. It was Friday night, and The Observer had just watched the New York Film Festival’s screening of Read More

Party Circuit

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Premiere of My Week with Marilyn

Last night the premiere of My Week With Marilyn was held at Lincoln Center. Just as Marilyn Monroe's influence and allure extended far beyond the Hollywood set, so too did the screening attract a wide array of guests. Attendees included Coco Rocha, Zac Posen (who wore--gasp!-- jeans), Harvey Weinstein, Celine Rattray and the films' stars Read More

Head to Head

Fruit Fight!

The iPhone has been gobbling up the smart-phone market once dominated by the BlackBerry—and if it’s made available on the Verizon Wireless network, as rumored, it’ll get another big bite. But which gadget is really better?

USER-FRIENDLINESS Any idiot can use an iPhone—and we know, because we’ve seen it happen. BlackBerry gets a few points for Read More

Shudder Island

Shutter IslandRunning time 138 minutesWritten by Laeta KalogridisDirected by Martin Scorsese Starring  Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Max von Sydow, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson

2.5 Stars out of 4

Making important, sometimes even unforgettable movies is something for which Martin Scorsese seems hard-wired. Shutter Island is not one of them. Dense, ridiculously overplotted Read More

The Three Sundance Films You Can’t Miss

While the success of films like Little Miss Sunshine, Once and Precious prove that the Sundance Film Festival still holds some pretty serious weight in Hollywood, something about the grandaddy of them all has—shall we say—dulled. Perhaps Sundance lost some edge around the same time it featured heavily in a plotline on Entourage. Sensing this, Read More

Dog Days

Wendy and Lucy Running time 80 minutes Written by Kelly Reichardt and Jon Raymond Directed by Kelly Reichardt Starring Michelle Williams

Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy and Lucy, from a screenplay by Ms. Reichardt and Jon Raymond, who worked together on Ms. Reichardt’s previous film, Old Joy (2006), is another exercise in minimalist cinema about ultra-ordinary Read More