Subject: Movies Update: 'The Nice Guys' and More
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Review: 'The Nice Guys' Pairs Gosling and Crowe as Slapstick Detectives

By A. O. SCOTT

Shane Black's convoluted caper blends pop-culture riffs from the '70s with a zany mix of mistaken identity, nudity and grisly murders.

Review: 'O.J.: Made in America,' an Unflinching Take on His Rise and Fall

By A. O. SCOTT

This ESPN documentary extends the narrative beyond the O.J. Simpson murder trial, as a biography and a history of race, fame, sports and Los Angeles.

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Movie Reviews

Review: In 'Maggie's Plan,' Greta Gerwig Aspires to Motherhood on Her Terms

By A. O. SCOTT

This film, the fifth from Rebecca Miller, stars Ms. Gerwig as a millennial who, on the way to finding a sperm donor, falls for a part-time professor.

Review: Anthony D. Weiner's Self-Destruction Is a Documentary's Focus

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

This portrait examines the troubled career of a New York politician and the sexting scandals that brought him down.

Review: 'Kaili Blues,' a Dreamy Trek With Otherworldly Beauty

By KEN JAWOROWSKI

Bi Gan's meandering film, centering on a search for a nephew, is indifferent to plot but has a compelling fantastical quality.

Review: 'Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising' Has an Animal House for the Fairer Sex

By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

Nicholas Stoller's sequel to the 2014 original stars a returning Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne as a couple taking on new raucous collegians next door.

Video Features

Shane Black Narrates a Scene From 'The Nice Guys'

By MEKADO MURPHY

The director discusses a sequence featuring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling.

News & Features

The Superhero Franchise: Where Traditional Movie Stardom Goes to Die

By WESLEY MORRIS

Once, we liked Hollywood actors who owned their myth. Now a franchise owns it.

Alice in Wonderland, With Even More British Whimsy

By BROOKS BARNES

Disney is counting on James Bobin, known for working on "Da Ali G Show" and the "Muppets" movies, to extend its franchise with "Alice Through the Looking Glass."

A Word With: Steven Spielberg

By MANOHLA DARGIS

The director, in Cannes with "The BFG," discusses the original author's anti-Semitism and explains why "Jaws" remains a painful memory.

Pedro Almodóvar Explains His Connection to the Panama Papers

By RACHEL DONADIO

The director says his offshore company was created not to avoid taxes but to make international deals in the years before the euro made that easier.

On Video

On DVD: Rock 'n' Roll High Schools in Taiwan and America

By J. HOBERMAN

Edward Yang's "A Brighter Summer Day" (1991) and Paul Feig's TV series "Freaks and Geeks" offer different but equally worthy visions of adolescence.

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Review: 'The Other Side,' a Harrowing Visit With People on the Margins

By GLENN KENNY

The documentarian Roberto Minervini portrays drug use, alienation and militarization among the disaffected in West Monroe, La.

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