NYT Critics' Picks

A Thriller Armed With Thought
‘Captain Phillips’ Stars Tom Hanks as a High-Seas Hostage
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Coop and Papa, Manning Up in Good Times and Bad
‘Cooper & Hemingway,’ an Alliance of Actor and Writer
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Hitting Pay Dirt
‘Symphony of the Soil,’ a Salute to What Feeds Us
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Court the Soul, Pummel the Sexuality
‘God Loves Uganda’ Explores Missionaries’ Antigay Stance
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The Mystery Man Behind the Monsters
‘Gahan Wilson,’ a Documentary About the Quirky Cartoonist
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A Nobel Prize for Alice Munro

A Nobel Prize for Alice Munro
By THE EDITORIAL BOARD
Published: October 10, 2013

Over a long career, Alice Munro’s work has deepened and widened, so that coming new to one of her stories, you find all the others in your mind, mapping in some vestigial way a Canadian geography that feels continuous, no matter how much the stories shift in time and place. Moar

Movies of Possible Interest

A Life Ravels Out, and a Brooding Family Sets Forth
James Franco Directs and Stars in ‘As I Lay Dying’

Oh, Hey, Romeo, What’s Up?
‘Romeo & Juliet,’ Adapted by Julian Fellowes

Toughing It Out, Against All Odds
‘Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete,’ With Jennifer Hudson

My Car's Dash

I keep the top down for most of the summer, or at least whenever I can. The dash is all black, and textured. Over the summer, the dust settles imperceptibly across the top, almost invisible, and the black turns gradually gray. Then, at some point, I dust it off and it's black again. It's just like the Republicans. They screw up everything, scurry away, and then they gradually scuttle back into power, taking the color out of life.

Flowers into S&M? Who knew!

Holding Court in All Their Petaled Glory
Art of the Japanese Chrysanthemum at the Botanical Garden
By WILLIAM GRIMES
Published: October 10, 2013

THE stately chrysanthemum, one of nature’s noblest flowers, harbors a dark secret. It enjoys pain. Moar

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