NYT Critics’ Pick Movies Plus Stuff Of Possible Interest (Golden Globes, Best Movies o' the Year...)

Review: In ‘The Big Short,’ Economic Collapse for Fun and Profit
The Big Short
NYT Critics’ Pick
By A. O. SCOTT

Review: In ‘The Girl in the Book,’ a Young Editor Is Unsettled by Her Past With a Novelist
The Girl in the Book
NYT Critics’ Pick
By ANDY WEBSTER

Review: ‘Sunday Ball’ Visits a Soccer Championship in Rio’s Slums
Sunday Ball
NYT Critics’ Pick
By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS

-- Of Possible Interest --

Five Golden Globe Nominations for ‘Carol’ and a Nod to DiCaprio
MICHAEL CIEPLY and BROOKS BARNES

Golden Globe Nominee Reactions
A few thoughts from the newly minted contenders.

Golden Globes 2016: Film Surprises and Snubs
The Carpetbagger
By CARA BUCKLEY

Golden Globes 2016: TV Snubs and Surprises
By MIKE HALE

The Best Movies of 2015
By MANOHLA DARGIS, A. O. SCOTT and STEPHEN HOLDEN

Review: ‘Boy and the World,’ a Colorful and Stirring Animated Journey
By NICOLAS RAPOLD

My tweets

• Thu, 12:07: RT @nytimes: Golden Globes 2016: TV snubs ("Downton Abbey") and surprises ("Mozart in the Jungle") https://t.co/UICgUEnLrG https://t.co/WEl…
• Thu, 12:13: RT @aoscott: Your in-flight viewing today. Melissa McCarthy, Lily Tomlin, Benicio del Toro and 7 others aloft. https://t.co/6MK9G8xaB9
• Thu, 12:14: RT @doctorow: America: shrinking middle class, growing poverty, the rich are getting richer https://t.co/dS2bUgTkN1 https://t.co/gBjv9P3Jgh
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• Thu, 13:49: RT @federicacocco: Refugees "will get a temporary medical insurance number so they can make an appointment with a doctor within 72 hours of…
• Thu, 13:49: RT @federicacocco: Every child & adult will get a first set of winter clothes: a new coat, boots, tuque and gloves, courtesy of the federal…
• Thu, 13:50: RT @MinneapolisHapp: Like to laugh? Check out the 2015 British Arrow Awards playing at the @walkerartcenter through Jan 3: https://t.co/AqF…
• Thu, 13:58: RT @artsmia: Twin Cities artists and creative types, treat your self-employed selves! https://t.co/2jF51XQBbr
• Thu, 13:59: RT @CafeLurcat_MN: Hot drinks, cold oysters and yes, fire! #holidazzle all new in Loring Park! https://t.co/RjadoIJy92
• Thu, 18:40: Wine + Penny = Problem Solved! Chemistry Hack Saves Old Wine https://t.co/LVP6otKUcn via @LiveScience

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