Elizabeth Weitzman

Denis' slow, deliberate style shuns typical suspense techniques, relying instead on something far more effective: a stunning performance by Testud.

Chéreau keenly understands both his characters and their unwanted world, from the dehumanization that occurs the moment one enters a hospital to the hope and fear that take over when one leaves.

Eye-opening political documentary focuses on "the strange world of violence and fear, fantasy and deception, in which we now live."

This is an unashamedly old-fashioned children's movie, and a predictable message is part of the mission. But that's okay; what the movie lacks in surprises, it makes up for in whimsical fun.

The biggest flaw is the casting: only Shannyn Sossamon delivers a performance of even modest depth.

Both lightweight and heavy-handed, Carl Bessai's arthouse drama can't even be redeemed by Ian McKellen's sensitive turn in the title role.

We never learn why most of his subjects remain loyal to a faith that so explicitly rejects them.

Is it an exaggeration to call The Women the worst movie of the year? Well, yeah, probably. But it may be the most disappointing, given all the effort that went into it.

There is a great movie in Werner Herzog's Vietnam saga, Rescue Dawn. Unfortunately, it's about 30 minutes long.

The beauty of Ai’s epic imagery feels like a perpetual challenge: Are you looking? Are you listening? Are you responding?

Though some see Treadwell as an idealistic martyr who made the ultimate sacrifice for his passion, others vilify him as an arrogant fool who courted his own end.

An urgent, stirring story made all the more inspiring by the very ordinary nature of its subjects.

If you're wondering whether the rules of love change during war, you won't find a better case than the urgent, darkly comic relationship between these two.

Cute, mostly well-mannered and just a bit off-center.

A lovely, luminous dream.

The most faithful cinematic depiction of adolescence in recent memory.

The intimate history of Doug Block's parents becomes fodder for a broader look at family secrets in this complex documentary.

Kolirin has a sense for the bleakly surreal, and an ability to balance even the darkest experiences with empathetic shades of gray. Everyone here is bound by bars of some sort, and everyone has the freedom to make certain choices within them.

Here is something great and startling -- not necessarily the kind of comforting, consensus-creating film that wins Oscars, but unquestionably a movie that will live in the history of the medium.

Despite the packed plot adapted by Polanski and Robert Harris from Harris' novel -- the pacing feels oddly slack.

As insightful as it is entertaining.

The striking directorial debut from fashion designer Tom Ford -- is so unusually beautiful it would be easy to dismiss it as superficial.

Feels more respectful than real.

Feuerzeig's film - everything a good documentary should be - is a story of family, friendship, art and fame, as seen through the prisms of exceptional beauty and deepest pain.

Dev Anand's unintentionally hilarious Bollywood romance would be considered terrible by any artistic standard, but it serves as proof that sometimes the worst films make for the most fun.

Breillat has made an important, even essential work about the exploitation of young women's sexuality, but is not she complicit as well?

Working from his own original screenplay, Crowe builds a story line full of unexpected twists and digressions.

An appealing Deschanel does her best, but the pair is mismatched in every way, from age to attitude. The entire movie is hung on Carrey's shtick, so if you're a fan, you'll have a decent time.