Subject: Movies Update: 'Money Monster,' Cannes and More
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Review: In 'Money Monster,' a Broke Investor Holds a Grudge and a Gun

By A. O. SCOTT

George Clooney plays a financial news talk-show host, and Julia Roberts is his producer in this self-assured hostage drama.

Critic's Notebook

Even on Alert, It's Still Cannes

By MANOHLA DARGIS

Security concerns aside, the film festival maintains its traditions of silliness and controversy.

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Movie Reviews

Review: In 'The Lobster,' Colin Farrell Plays a Divorced Man in a Loner-Hating Society

By A. O. SCOTT

Yorgos Lanthimos's surreal allegory about tyrannical monogamy and its direct counterpart is dosed with bitterness as well as comic whimsy.

Review: In 'Love & Friendship,' Austen Meets Whit Stillman

By A. O. SCOTT

This adaptation, starring Kate Beckinsale, is enlivened by Mr. Stillman's keen eye for character and Austen's sense of fun.

Review: In 'High-Rise,' Tom Hiddleston and Class War Hit a Low Point

By A. O. SCOTT

Ben Wheatley adapts J.G. Ballard's futuristic novel about a residential building that descends into decadence and barbarism.

Review: In 'Last Days in the Desert,' Ewan McGregor Is a Conflicted Jesus

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

Rodrigo García's depiction of the temptations of Christ is a primal meditation on patriarchal authority.

Review: 'Sunset Song' Shows a Woman's True Grit

By STEPHEN HOLDEN

In Terence Davies's film, scenes of Scottish rural life are stitched together in a slow-moving story rife with both natural beauty and tragedy.

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Yorgos Lanthimos Narrates a Scene From 'The Lobster'

By MEKADO MURPHY

The director and co-writer of the film discusses a sequence featuring Colin Farrell.

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This Week's Movies: May 13, 2016

The New York Times film critics review "Money Monster," "High-Rise" and "Sunset Song."

News & Features

'Weiner' Covers a Political Campaign Set on Self-Destruct

By MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM

Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's documentary "Weiner" records Anthony D. Weiner's scandal-plagued New York mayoral bid in 2013.

Crowe and Gosling in a Comedy? Seriously

By MARGY ROCHLIN

Two Hollywood stars talk about channeling Abbott and Costello, performing a toilet scene and getting it all together for "The Nice Guys."

On Video

Cursed Films, Blessed on Blu-ray

By J. HOBERMAN

Mr. Fuller's TV film "Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street" (1972) and Mr. Passer's "Cutter's Way" (1981), both initial failures, are reborn on disc.

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Review: 'Cash Only': Repaying a Crook, When Things Turn Gritty

By KEN JAWOROWSKI

In Malik Bader's drama, the clock is ticking fast for a desperate Detroit landlord who steals money from the wrong person.

Review: Cops in 'The Trust' Spice Up Deadly Dull Jobs

By NEIL GENZLINGER

Nicolas Cage and Elijah Wood play police-department partners who deal with boredom, social invisibility and pent-up rage by planning a heist.

Review: 'Paths of the Soul,' a Road Trip Unlike Any Other

By GLENN KENNY

Chronicling a 1,200-mile pilgrimage by the Buddhist residents of a Tibetan village, this movie upends the traditions of documentary and narrative filmmaking.

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