But those gains seem to be largely on paper, critics say.
Critical obtuseness has relegated other excellent films to virtual invisibility, whether Jean-Luc Godard's "Nouvelle Vague," from 1990, one of his best films and the victim of an in-print assassination by the Times' Vincent Canby, or Darejan Omirbaev's "Chouga," which received similar, if briefer, treatment, in 2008, by that paper's critic Stephen Holden.
The paper's critic, Robbie Collin, said the acting was "heightened", and the script "thoroughly awful".
The three-hour film "looks remarkable" but "sporadically sways into the absurd", the paper's critic Henry Barnes wrote.
Noel Holston of the Star Tribune highlighted the episode in the paper's "Critic's choice" section.
Reviewing the film for the trade paper Variety, critic Jonathan Holland called it "less a feast than a somewhat rushed, but thoroughly enjoyable, three-course meal", commenting that the main difference from the source novel was the sacrifice of psychological nuance.
The paper's critics have been mostly silent about this report.
[C3.] Times Committee Issues Report In order to build readers' confidence, an internal committee at The New York Times has recommended taking a variety of steps, including responding more assertively to the paper's critics.
On Twitter and blogs, the paper's critics said that was why the established media, typified by the stately New York Times, needed to be shaken up by the internet.
During the current term, allowing her to cover court developments that involve the topics on which she voiced opinions in June risks giving the paper's critics fresh opportunities to snipe at its public policy coverage.
