New York Times Movies

“Haywire,” directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring the mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano, delights in its own action.

The writer, comedian and Golden Globe host has made a great career of irreverence. But his best trick is being just reverent enough to keep getting invited to the party.

The horror director Ti West, whose latest film is “The Innkeepers,” likes to build suspense by subverting audience expectations.

An influential coterie knows that dressing for the red carpet is not just about looking fetching for fans; it can also win roles and lucrative contracts.

Coriolanus seems like a fantasy modern politician. But the true moral of this political fable, newly adapted by Ralph Fiennes, isn’t one we’re eager to embrace.

Cate Blanchett and her husband, Andrew Upton, will end their tenure with the Australian theater company for which she starred in an acclaimed production of "A Streetcar Named Desire."

Raro Video has released “Il Cappotto,” Alberto Lattuada’s adaptation of the Gogol short story “The Overcoat,” on DVD.

In “Grey Matter” Kivu Ruhorahoza gathers recollections of the months of massacres in Rwanda and the effects of the bloodshed on those who survived.

In “Watching TV With the Red Chinese,” two visiting students try to figure out American culture in 1980.

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth” tells the sad story of a public housing project in St. Louis in the broader context of dying American cities after World War II.

The Elric brothers of “Fullmetal Alchemist” return to the animated screen to continue their quest for a philosopher’s stone.

Frederick Wiseman trains his unblinking camera on the Crazy Horse Saloon, a strip club in Paris.

The film executive Lindsay Doran is an advocate for mood-elevating films, but she says movies do not need joyful resolutions to please viewers.

The new Mexican film “Miss Bala” reflects that county’s mood of foreboding as it enters its sixth year of a frontal assault on drug traffickers.

Jang Hun’s “Front Line,” a Korean War drama opening Friday in New York and Los Angeles, is South Korea’s submission for the Academy Award for best foreign language film.

“Red Tails” is a whiz-bang action film about the Tuskegee Airmen, African-American fighter pilots in World War II.

Gerardo Naranjo’s “Miss Bala,” an art-house thriller, is based on the real story of a Mexican beauty queen who became entangled with a drug cartel.

A look at the genesis of "J. Edgar," which may be a contender in the best-actor category for Leonardo DiCaprio.

Zack Parker’s “Scalene” is a disturbingly clever drama of triangulated tension among a mother, her mute son and his caregiver.

Whitney Sudler-Smith’s documentary about Halston demonstrates little interest in fashion and even less insight into that designer.