Jack Mathews

It is remarkably, unsentimentally dramatized by Fred Schepisi, courtesy of the pitch-perfect performances of its ensemble British cast.

The tension and intrigue between the pretender and his would-be associates is as dense as the woods surrounding their hiding place.

Like Wong's past films, 2046 is lovely to behold, elegantly moody and rich in atmospherics. And the women caught in Chow's web are extraordinary beauties.

The romantic subtext of their characters' relationship is the film's chief liability, and feels forced and undeveloped.

A small gem in the postholiday depression.

A grim, poetic, heart-wrenchingly fine ode to the lost children of Glasgow's forgotten class.

Smith turns it on with co-star Eva Mendes in a manner that will have George Clooney taking notes.

Like Ceylan's earlier films, Climates is as gorgeous as it is self-consciously composed, but an hour and 40 minutes is a long time to spend with Isa, forget three seasons.

In the year of the animated movie, this one soars above them all.

The documentary plays it down the middle, neither condemning nor romanticizing the political outlaws, but making sense of who they were and what they did.

If you approach this movie in the right frame of mind -- that is, with total contempt -- you can still enjoy it as a comedy.

Notre Musique is a cry against war and man's inherent needs for tribalism and violence, a position that wouldn't start a good argument in a college cafeteria.

Belvaux says his tryptich...are stand-alone movies that can be enjoyed in any order. I disagree. None is a complete experience and "An Amazing Couple" can be easily skipped. But the first and third add up to something very poignant and satisfying.

No better than whatever you might pick up while wearing a blindfold at Blockbuster, even if you happen to reach into a trash can.

The film is beautifully shot and edited, but these emotional snapshots won't stay long in the memory.

Critics are already comparing the two movies and largely agreeing that Tarantino?s story about a psychopathic stuntman who targets women for highway carnage is the best. I disagree.

A gripping, sometimes dramatic, sometimes annoying collection of jerky images and subjective impressions.

"Songs" is a delight. It's a visual feast and often hilarious.

By the end of Francois Gerard's plodding, uninvolving melodrama, his boredom will have nothing on yours.

Alche has an amazingly expressive face and becomes such a magnetic presence that you'll feel a distinct need to rescue her.

A small movie that plays like a Western epic.

This is first-rate stuff.

As a sign of how stubborn some irrational religious traditions can be, Hindu protesters forced Mehta to close down her Indian location and finish the film in neighboring Sri Lanka.

A veteran who was in the Allied force trying to drive Germans out of a landmark Italian monastery asks, "What is more important, a great piece of art or a human life?" That it has taken more than 60 years to get this incredible story told answers the question.

He's not someone you may wish you'd known, but he's a fascinating street character.

Does a meticulous job of summarizing these notorious events, but it is the stories of Liuzzo's five children that gives it fresh emotional power.

There's an inherent distance between movies and their audiences that -- combined with the distance between 9/11 and today's opening of the film -- The Guys can't bridge.

Is the story being told worth a movie on its own merits? No way. Time Code exists as an esthetic event -- either a trick or a treat, depending on your expectations.