NY Times: ‘Barbie’ Is a Sleeper Hit in China - The movie has exceeded box office expectations, as China’s female moviegoers celebrate a film that addresses women’s rights head-on. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/world/asia/china-barbie-women-feminism.html -

NY Times: ‘Barbie’ Reaches $1 Billion at the Box Office, Warner Bros. Says - No movie in Warner Bros. history has sold so many tickets so fast, the studio said of the movie directed by Greta Gerwig. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/movies/barbie-1-billion-box-office.html -

NY Times: Who Is Neil Breen? - The producer, writer, director and star has made five imaginative, bewildering low-budget paranormal thrillers, spurring both ridicule and awe. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/movies/neil-breen-films.html -

NY Times: William Friedkin’s Final Film to Premiere at the Venice Film Festival - “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial,” with Jake Lacy and Kiefer Sutherland, was the director’s first new drama in more than a decade. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/movies/william-friedkin-venice-film-festival-caine-mutiny-court-martial.html -

NY Times: Nine Provocative William Friedkin Movies to Stream - The director specialized in grimy thrillers and social dramas that occasionally courted controversy. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/movies/william-friedkin-streaming.html -

NY Times: Justin Simien on Releasing ‘Haunted Mansion’ in the Midst of a Strike - The director found himself alone on the promotional tour because his stars couldn’t take part. Still, as a writer, he’s made connections on the picket line. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/08/movies/justin-simien-haunted-mansion.html -

NY Times: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem’ | Anatomy of a Scene - The director Jeff Rowe narrates a sequence from his animated film. - https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000009031848/teenamge-mutant-ninja-turtles-mutant-mayhem-scene.html -

NY Times: ‘Winter Kills’ Returns in New Print at Film Forum - Part black comedy, part paranoid thriller, the 1979 movie returns after four decades in a new 35 mm print at Film Forum. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/movies/winter-kills-all-of-the-plots-thicken.html -

NY Times: Justin H. Min, Travel Writer? The Path Not Taken for a Rising Star - Success came relatively easy — until he tried acting. For a moment, journalism seemed more viable. But now he’s the lead in “Shortcomings.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/movies/justin-h-min-shortcomings-beef-umbrella-academy.html -

NY Times: ‘Aporia’ Review: Killing Time - Strong acting helps stabilize this dopey sci-fi/family drama. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/aporia-review.html -

NY Times: ‘King Coal’ Review: A View From Appalachia - A coal miner’s daughter turned filmmaker profiles a region’s relationship with fossil fuel and presents a eulogy for a way of life. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/king-coal-review.html -

NY Times: ‘Love in Taipei’ Review: Finding Home - In this romantic comedy set in Taiwan, a young American finds herself torn between a parent-approved boy wonder and a rebellious slacker. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/love-in-taipei-review.html -

NY Times: ‘Jules’ Review: Close Encounters of the Lonely Kind - Ben Kingsley plays an elderly man struggling with a fading memory when an extraterrestrial crashes into his life. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/jules-review.html -

NY Times: ‘Red, White & Royal Blue’ Review: Keep Calm and Pine On - This film, about an American president’s son who falls for a British prince, starts with a giddy premise and has the derring-do to succeed. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/red-white-royal-blue-review.html -

NY Times: ‘Aurora’s Sunrise’ Review: A Patchwork Record of the Armenian Genocide - This standout documentary combines archival footage and animated re-enactments to share one survivor’s memories. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/auroras-sunrise-review.html -

NY Times: ‘Sound of the Police’ Review: The Silence and the Fury - This documentary dives into the nation’s outrageous history of the policing of Black citizens by touching on the 2022 killing of Amir Locke. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/sound-of-the-police-review-documentary.html -

NY Times: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Review: Blood on the Water - This horror movie, based on a chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” is set on a cargo ship unwittingly transporting an evil demon. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/the-last-voyage-of-the-demeter-review.html -

NY Times: ‘The Last Waltz’ With Robbie Robertson Is One of Rock’s Great Docs - The film capturing the Band’s final performance in 1976 is a showcase for the group’s main songwriter and guitarist, Robbie Robertson. And for some, that was a problem. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/arts/music/robbie-robertson-the-last-waltz.html -

NY Times: ‘Love Life’ Review: Encounters in Grief - In this Japanese drama from Koji Fukada, the death of a child alters life for a couple and for the boy’s previously absent father. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/movies/love-life-review-encounters-in-grief.html -

NY Times: Striking Writers and Studios Agree to Restart Negotiations - The two sides in the Hollywood stalemate will formally meet on Friday, after an informal sidebar session last week. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/business/media/writers-strike-movies-television.html -