Peter Hutton, Filmmaker With Austerely Romantic Worldview, Dies at 71

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Peter Hutton, Filmmaker With Austerely Romantic Worldview, Dies at 71
All of Mr. Hutton’s films were silent. Generally devoid of camera movement and montage, they suggest sketchbooks or photographic albums.

Op-Ed Columnist: White Savior, Rape and Romance?
The full brutality of slavery is strangely missing in a retelling of a Civil War story.

Board Elections to the Motion Picture Academy Have Rare Sizzle
Diversity is among the issues being watched closely ahead of these contests for the governing body of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

‘Finding Dory’ Tops Domestic Box Office in Its Second Weekend
The No. 1 movie in North America was again “Finding Dory,” which took in about $73.2 million this weekend for a two-week domestic total of $286.6 million.

George Lucas Abandons Plan to Build Art Museum in Chicago
The filmmaker George Lucas said he would move his narrative art museum to California after “seemingly unending litigation to protect a parking lot.”

Review: In ‘Independence Day: Resurgence,’ the Fault Is Not in the Fireworks
All you really need to know about this sequel to the 1996 smash hit is that it took multiple men to cook up this pottage, which hinges on humanity battling aliens.

‘Life, Animated’ Shares a Family’s True Fairy Tale
The film adaptation of Ron Suskind’s book about his autistic son includes the animation that helped them communicate.

On DVD: In ‘The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T,’ Practice Makes Pandemonium
Dr. Seuss’s sole live-action effort, from 1953, was a one-of-a-kind movie in many ways. So is the 2015 stop-motion curiosity “Anomalisa.”

New York Asian Film Festival Includes a Bit of Japanese Horror
“Creepy,” from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, has its premiere on June 29 in the wide-ranging festival, which runs through July 9.

Movie Listings for June 24-30

Review: ‘Yarn’: And You Thought It Was Just for Knitting Mittens
This documentary looks in on people working in yarn, from artists making graffiti to those fashioning playground structures.

Anatomy of a Scene | ‘The Neon Demon’
Nicolas Winding Refn narrates a sequence from “The Neon Demon,” starring Elle Fanning.

Review: ‘T-Rex’ Fights Like a Girl. And That’s Worth Gold.
Claressa Shields, the first female boxer to win an Olympic gold medal, is the indomitable center of Drea Cooper and Zackary Canepari’s impressive documentary.

Review: In ‘The Phenom,’ Landing on the Couch for Losing the Strike Zone
A baseball movie with little baseball, this film asks: When a hot pitching prospect melts down, can an overzealous parent be far behind?

Review: ‘Septembers of Shiraz’ Revisits the 1979 Iranian Revolution
This well-meaning yet nuance-free film focuses on a prosperous and friendly couple targeted for harassment during political upheaval.

Review: In ‘The Kind Words,’ Siblings and a Secret
This film, by the Israeli writer and director Shemi Zarhin, follows a family looking to uncover buried truths.

Review: In ‘Breaking a Monster,’ a Plea to Play Heavy Metal
As three black seventh-graders from Brooklyn rise as potential music stars in this documentary, they must face much more than the music.

Review: ‘Eat That Question,’ on Frank Zappa, the Media and Cultural Upheavals
A documentary about Zappa is rich in archival interviews that say worlds about this musician — who was well known but not well understood — and his times.

Review: ‘From This Day Forward’ Attests to Love’s Adaptability
Sharon Shattuck’s documentary tells her family story of growing up with a transgender parent.

Review: In ‘The Neon Demon,’ Beauty Masks a Rotting Core
This puerile movie from the Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn is set in the high-fashion modeling world of Los Angeles. Elle Fanning and Keanu Reeves star.

Same Character, Different Film: Recurring Roles in Non-Sequels
A look at recurring characters like Ray Nicolette, played by Michael Keaton in “Jackie Brown” and “Out of Sight.”

Review: ‘Three’ Asks, Any Mozart Aficionados in the House?
This action-packed crime film by Johnnie To offers mayhem, comical desperation, surreal visuals and compounding excitement. Classical music, too.

Review: ‘The Shallows’: Surfer Girl. Peckish Shark. Uh-Oh!
Blake Lively stars as a young woman on a surfing mission in this thriller. But a really, really big shark has its own ravenous plans.

Review: In ‘Right Now, Wrong Then,’ a Double Take and Its Choices
The South Korean director Hong Sang-soo twice tells the tale of a first meeting between an older man and younger woman, with different outcomes.

This Week’s Movies: June 24, 2016
The New York Times film critics review “The Duel,” “Free State of Jones” and “Wiener-Dog.”

Review: Ranger vs. Preacher? In ‘The Duel,’ It’s No Contest
Woody Harrelson, who plays a charismatic preacher, delivers a strong performance, but this film is largely characterized by unpersuasive story turns.

Review: In ‘Les Cowboys,’ a Girl Vanishes, and Her Father Can’t Bear It
Directed by Thomas Bidegain, “Cowboys” uses the narrative codes of the classic western, like John Ford’s “The Searchers,” to tell a modern story.

Anatomy of a Scene: Nicolas Winding Refn Narrates a Scene From ‘The Neon Demon’
The director discusses a sequence from his film featuring Elle Fanning.

Review: ‘Wiener-Dog,’ the Tail That Wags Through a Few Bitter Lives
As usual, Todd Solondz focuses on the awfulness of our species, dramatized in this film through dark, deadpan comic vignettes in the presence of a dachshund.

Review: In ‘Hunt for the Wilderpeople,’ Lighting Out for the Bush
Taika Waititi’s comedy centers on a foster child in New Zealand first placed with an older couple and then on the run.

Review: Matthew McConaughey Rebels Against Rebels in ‘Free State of Jones’
Mr. McConaughey plays Newton Knight, the Mississippi farmer who led a dissident Confederate group in the Civil War, and a political coalition after.

The Gospel Singer Mavis Staples to Get Kennedy Center Honor
Other recipients of the award this year are Al Pacino, Martha Argerich, James Taylor and the Eagles.

Paul Giamatti, a Baseball Commissioner’s Son, Makes His Own Calls
Mr. Giamatti, star of the new baseball film “The Phenom,” isn’t much of a sports fan. But don’t get him started on Bob Stanley of the Red Sox.

The Gospel Singer Mavis Staples to Get Kennedy Center Honor
Other recipients of the award this year are Al Pacino, Martha Argerich, James Taylor and the Eagles.

Snapshot: Alexander Skarsgard, of Sound Mind and Body to Play Tarzan
Mr. Skarsgard stars in “The Legend of Tarzan,” opening on July 1. Here, he talks about the hard work of preparing for the role.

Grand Cherokee Product Placement Becomes Awkward for Fox
The S.U.V. featured in “Independence Day: Resurgence,” has gained notoriety after being involved in a crash that killed the actor Anton Yelchin.

Review: ‘Swiss Army Man’ Is a Buddy Movie in Which One Pal Is Dead