Ken Fox

A truly fresh take on the romantic comedy: It's as sad as it is funny, and the boy-girl match so misbegotten you can't help but pray it won't work out in the end. Call it an anti-rom-com, and see it if you can.

Carries an important and timely reminder about the fate of torture victims, so deftly wrapped within a touching and beautifully acted melodrama that the result is the furthest thing from a didactic message movie.

A nonstop cavalcade of Roth-style animation starring Rat Fink, vintage footage, artfully animated black-and-white film, and fanciful "interviews" with beautifully preserved cars of the era.

Don't be put off: Hernandez's exquisite romance works on an emotional, as well as intellectual, level.

The film is surprisingly satisfying and meaningful.

A sharp, superbly acted character-driven comedic drama.

While Gyllenhaal is a competent actor, Ledger - surprisingly enough - is becoming a great one, and the levels of intensity they bring to their roles render this romantically star-crossed relationship emotionally lopsided.

The casual listener is easily put off, but by the end of the film, even a newcomer can see the magic that made fans of Kurt Cobain and Sonic Youth and led the estimable Yo La Tengo, Pearl Jam and Wilco to cover Johnston's remarkable body of work.

Baer asks all the right questions.

Akin achieves a peaceful balance here –- alongside the death and seemingly senseless tragedy, there’s also a kind of reassuring equilibrium.

A clever, ingeniously animated film filled with many shining moments.

Beautifully shot in rich colors by Franz Lustig, it's possibly Wenders' most accessible film to date, and among his most emotionally satisfying.

A wildly entertaining detective thriller that succeeds entirely on its own terms.

Indeed, Hirschbiegel himself seems reluctant to single out a protagonist, and finally settles on Junge.

This dark, almost mythic heart is what makes the film such an emotionally rich experience.

Expansive and undeniably brilliant.

Sweet, melancholy comedy; it's ineffable charm lies entirely in the delivery.

Eisenstadt has an unerring sense of comedic rhythm and a knack of cutting away just in time to extract the drop of humor from a potentially pathetic situation.

Newcomer Cassidy is excellent, and Hoskins gives a flawless performance.

Polanski's film is an unqualified success both dramatically and artistically.

Not many films have the power to change how one sees other people, but this remarkable anthology of loosely connected shorts from writer-director David Riker just might.

Unpredictable and hugely entertaining.

Versatile, highly skilled Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland's poignant drama examines the lingering effects of U.S. intervention in Southeast Asia.

Gowariker's stunningly choreographed, four-hour spectacle (reportedly one of the most expensive films in the industry's history) is a fascinating mix of Hollywood genres and tropes.

The results are a harrowingly intimate connection with a torn, tormented father, and an uncommonly powerful film.

Akinshina and Bogucharskij are remarkable together, and Moodysson once again demonstrates a sophisticated visual skill matched only by his innate understanding of the adolescent heart.

Extraordinary documentary.

Ends on a cruel, cynical note that would surely make Billy Wilder snort with approval.