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Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Critics' Picks: 'Fast Times'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott looks back at the iconic 1980s high school film "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Critics' Picks: ABBA on Screen
NYTimes.com - In the wake of the release of "Mamma Mia," AO Scott looks at the 1994 comedy "Muriel's Wedding," which also used the music of ABBA.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Critics' Picks: Below Ground
NYTimes.com - AO Scott probes the strange world of Guillermo del Toro.
Critics' Picks - 'Dirty Harry'
AO Scott looks at the themes of justice and vengeance in the 1971 film starring Clint Eastwood. Related Article: nyti.ms Please visit nyti.ms in order to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - 'Akira'
AO Scott discusses the anime classic and the obsession with disaster in Japanese pop culture. Please visit nyti.ms to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: 'Brick Lane'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "Brick Lane," a film based on the novel by Monica Ali.
Critics' Picks - 'Citizen Kane'
AO Scott examines the themes of power and isolation in Orson Welles's 1941 film about a newspaper baron. Please visit nyti.ms to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: 'My Winnipeg'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "My Winnipeg," a "docu-fantasy" directed by Guy Maddin.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Saving Grace
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "Savage Grace," a film based on the true story of the Baekeland family.
Critics' Picks - 'The Last Picture Show'
AO Scott looks back at Peter Bogdanovich's film about the end of an era in a small Texas town. Please visit nyti.ms to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Grapes of Wrath' -- NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews John Ford's 1940 film based on John Steinbeck's novel about the Great Depression.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: 'The Edge of Heaven'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "The Edge of Heaven," the latest film from Fatih Akin that won a screenwriting award at Cannes in 2007.
Critics' Picks - 'East of Eden'
AO Scott looks back at Elia Kazan's 1955 film adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - The Tracey Fragments
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "The Tracey Fragments," a film starring Ellen Page about a girl searching for her missing brother.
Critics' Picks - Waking Life'
AO Scott reviews Richard Linklater's unclassifiable 2001 cartoon philosophy seminar. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Mister Lonely
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "Mister Lonely," about celebrity impersonators who live together in a commune.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: The Forbidden Kingdom
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "The Forbidden Kingdom," the first film to unite Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Critics' Picks - 'Rosemary's Baby' - nytimes.com/video
AO Scott looks back at a movie probing themes of paranoia, persecution and motherhood. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," the latest movie from the Judd Apatow film factory and directed by Nick Stoller.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: 'Smart People'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "Smart People," a film about a professor who falls for a former student.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: 'The Visitor'
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "The Visitor," a film about a professor who shares his music passions with an immigrant.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: "Jellyfish"
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "Jellyfish," a film about Israeli life. This film was a winner at Cannes in 2007.
Critics' Picks - 'South Park'
AO Scott discusses the satire of the 1999 animated film "South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut." Please visit nyti.ms to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - Movies: 'The Shop Around the Corner' - nytimes.com/video
AO Scott looks back the holiday classic starring James Stewart and Margaret Sullavan. Watch more videos on nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - 'Top Hat'
AO Scott looks back at the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com - Movie Minutes: "My Blueberry Nights"
NYTimes.com - AO Scott reviews "My Blueberry Nights," the director Wong Kar-Wai's first English language film.
Critics' Picks - NYTimes.com- Movie-Minutes: 'Stop-Loss'
NYTimes.com- AO Scott reviews Stop-Loss, a film about soldiers who are ordered back to duty in Iraq against their will.
Critics' Picks - Movie Minutes: 'Marie Antoinette'
New York Times Chief Movie Critic AO Scott reviews Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette," starring Kirsten Dunst.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Citizen Ruth' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott looks back at Alexander Payne's 1996 film with Laura Dern as a pregnant glue-sniffer who becomes a pawn in the abortion.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Candidate' -- NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott looks at this 1972 film and how it seems to predict subsequent developments in American political culture.
Critics' Picks - 'The Red Shoes'
AO Scott looks back at Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's film about artistic obsession. Please visit nyti.ms to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Patton' - NYTimes.com/video
For Veteran's Day, AO Scott looks back at "Patton," the portrait of a maverick general starring George C. Scott.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Babette's Feast' -- NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott looks at what this unusual Danish film has to say about our own Thanksgiving feast.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'It's a Wonderful Life' -- nytimes.com
AO Scott reveals the dark undercurrents of the holiday classic.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Holiday Inn' - nytimes.com/video
AO Scott reviews Irving Berlin's holiday classic starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Apartment' -- NYTimes.com/video
AO Scott reviews Billy Wilder's brilliant alternative to classic holiday films.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Two-Lane Blacktop' - NYTimes.com/Video
With the auto industry in difficult financial times, AO Scott looks back at the early days of America's fascination with cars.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Malcolm X' -- NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews Spike Lee's biopic about Malcolm X, whose repeated acts of self-transformation inspired the young Barack Obama.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'All the King's Men' -- NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews Robert Rossen's 1949 oscar-winner for best pictrure.
Critics' Picks - 'The Squid and the Whale'
AO Scott looks at Noah Baumbach's family drama set in Brooklyn in the 1980s. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critic's Picks: 'The Maltese Falcon' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott looks at John Huston's 1941 film "The Maltese Falcon" in light of recent financial scandals.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Annie Hall' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews Woody Allen's 1977 Oscar-winning ode to love.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Deer Hunter' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews "The Deer Hunter," Oscar-winner for best picture in 1979.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: Ben Hur - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews William Wyler's epic, 50 years after it won the Academy Award for best picture.
Critics' Picks - 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance'
AO Scott discusses how truth and justice are sacrificed as order is brought to a lawless land in John Ford's 1962 film. Please visit nyti.ms to embed this video. Watch more videos at nytimes.com
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Hoosiers' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews the beloved film about Indiana basketball.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Commitments' - NYTimes.com/Video
In honor of St. Patrick's day, AO Scott reviews Alan Parker's 1991 film about a working-class Dublin soul band.
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'The Bicycle Thief' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott reviews Vittorio De Sica's masterpiece of Neorealism, "The Bicycle Thief."
Critics' Picks - Critics' Picks: 'Ran' - NYTimes.com/Video
AO Scott investigates themes of dissolution in Akira Kurosawa's 1985 masterpiece: how things initially fall apart, and how they sometimes just keep getting worse. Related article: tinyurl.com
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