New York Times - Movies

The actor-director learned a lot about shame, regret and failure — and then made a hit movie.

“You have to get really good at napping,” said Whitney Peak of “Sunrise on the Reaping,” “because you can have breaks anywhere from five minutes to three hours.”

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s “Minotaur,” a Cannes prizewinner, uses the story of a cheating spouse to examine the compromises Russians make under authoritarianism.The Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev in Paris last month. He now lives in France.

Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller star in James Gray’s moody period crime thriller about a family caught up in gangland violence.

Bruce Springsteen, Martin Scorsese and Drew Barrymore, among others, paid tribute to the filmmaker at the Museum of Modern Art’s annual film gala.Steven Spielberg, center, who was honored at the Museum of Modern Art’s annual film gala, was joined by a starry group of friends and colleagues, including Robert De Niro, left, and Martin Scorsese.