Jonathan Curiel

The film is a damning look at a key Bush operative.

Timeless and tragic.

The story of an amazing life.

A special film.

Through a simple story line, dramatic acting and National Geographic-like shots of the city's rough and pristine edges -- creates cinematic magic.

A wonderful French offering whose jumping-off point is a bullfight.

A minimalist film, Ten looks and feels like a documentary. At the end, there is no big denouement, but a profound realization that the people we see on camera are all aching for answers -- and struggling to come to terms with their lives.

These aren't the marching band songs of your father's or mother's generation but a musical expression that is modern and exciting to watch.

An artful look at religious hypocrisy, interfamily dynamics and the way people wrestle with personal history long after the original events are over.

A touching, sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an Italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes.

Marks Chan's full arrival as an actor. Take away the violence - - and there's plenty of it for those who crave Chan's physical pyrotechnics -- and he's still an immense pleasure to watch onscreen.

There's a certain formulaic and familiar quality about Sweet Home Alabama, but it doesn't matter.

More than just a nostalgia trip.

Gets its punch from simple scenes and conversations.

Dramatic, funny, fun, silly, musical, stylish, romantic and redemptive -- a film worth telling your friends and neighbors about.

A remarkable documentary.

Romantic and even silly -- a combination that makes Divine Intervention an almost irresistible work of art.

An engrossing tale of class differences that reveals tiny details of one man’s descent into hell.

An intense, powerful film.

Director Hiner Saleem has created a magical movie that veers, even within scenes, from love story to tragedy to comic relief.

An unforgettable film.

With this film, we see the Zinn who has changed thousands of lives with his work.

The most compelling reason to see this movie is the profile we get of the horrors of war.

The best movie of 2008? The most revealing war film ever made? The greatest animated feature to come out of Israel? All these descriptions could apply to Waltz With Bashir.

Works more often than it doesn't.

Sweet, funny, sad and profound -- the sort of film that becomes more remarkable when you realize it's based on someone's real life.

Damning.

A silly, snarling romp -- a fun (if you're in the mood for it), sometimes scary look at the life of a socially awkward man whose best friend is a white rodent he names Socrates.