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 February 22, 2008Movies Update |
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Movie Review | 'Be Kind Rewind' In its sweet, lackadaisical way, Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind Rewind” illuminates the pleasures and paradoxes of movie love.  The Carpetbagger makes his predictions for the 80th Academy Awards. ADVERTISEMENT  Movie Review | 'The Duchess of Langeais' Jacques Rivette’s “Duchess of Langeais” seems to me a nearly impeccable work of art — beautiful, true, profound. Movie Review | 'Charlie Bartlett' Two decades after Ferris Bueller, a new smarty-pants seeks popularity in “Charlie Bartlett.” Movie Review | 'The Counterfeiters' Like most films about the Holocaust, “The Counterfeiters,” a brisk, tough movie from the Austrian director Stefan Ruzowitzky, is a survivor’s tale. Movie Review | 'Vantage Point' “Vantage Point,” a gimmick in search of a point, is nothing if not, er, timely. News and Features Until the strike by the Writers Guild of America ended a week ago, Jon Stewart was unable to prepare, or even to think much about, his Oscar assignment. A lawyer accused of paying the private detective Anthony Pellicano to tap telephone calls on behalf of financier Kirk Kerkorian will have his trial separated from Mr. Pellicano’s.  “Step Up 2 the Streets,” the new hip-hop dance movie, represents a second chance of sorts for the director Jon M. Chu.  A look back at some of the more memorable elements of Oscar broadcasts past.  The films of Richard Fleischer are those of an unself-conscious American realist.  Jacques Rivette is a director for whom everything is connected, or, perhaps more alarming, nothing is. The Golden Bear for best film went to “Tropa de Elite” (“Elite Squad”), a Brazilian drama by José Padilha. Go to Movies »DVDNew DVDs More than 30 years after her death, Joan Crawford continues to exert a fascination that has little or nothing to do with her gifts as an actress, a fact that is one working definition of the term “movie star.” Go to DVD » | Blogs This week, David Carr makes a new video, heads to L.A. and finds out why we love the Oscars.
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