Lou Lumenick

This multi-pronged labor of love doesn't always work, but it often does, sometimes in ways that take your breath away.

On several levels, this film is a real-life horror story that puts most Hollywood movies to shame.

The filmmakers follow this compassionate and articulate man as he returns to Rwanda a decade later to revisit his demons.

Find Me Guilty belongs to the odd couple of Dinklage and Diesel, whose volatile performance finally proves he is much more than an action star.

A smart, dark road comedy.

Unusual and utterly disarming documentary.

Offers some stunningly beautiful sequences and an engaging, if at times quite dark, story line.

Except when Norton is playing retarded, he and De Niro basically compete to see who can under-act the other. It's positively mesmerizing.

Vastly more explicit (be warned) and intelligent (than "Angel Eyes"). It also leads to much darker - and more interesting - places.

Genuinely charming, treacle-free family films are tough to find these days, so I'm happy to heartily recommend We Bought a Zoo as heartwarming holiday fare that even jaded adults can share with the kids.

Hrebejik directs with a sure hand, deftly balancing comedy and drama in a most involving and satisfying manner.

An impeccably acted and directed - but quite icy - portrait of deception and betrayal.

May be the most purely entertaining foreign-language crossover since "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."

It's the oldest bittersweet story in the book, of course, but music-video director Marc Webb approaches his feature debut with great confidence, flair and a minimum of schmaltz.

Like the similar, and slightly superior, "The Conjuring" last summer, Oculus eschews the buckets of gore common to R-rated horror movies and takes a relatively subtle, psychological approach — even if the somewhat disappointing ending leaves the door open for a sequel (or three).

It's a sly, low-key comedy in which he casts himself as a neurotic, self-absorbed curmudgeon.

There are touching interviews with a couple of former inmates...The most riveting part of The Decomposition of the Soul is their return to the prison, which was closed in 1989 and turned into a memorial to its victims.

May be boomer-baiting formula, but this ingratiating, big-hearted holiday treat is as British as plum pudding - and the closest thing on the market to the famous Ealing comedies.

Legendary hipster filmmaker Jim Jarmusch’s wryly funny exercise in genre bending hits so many grace notes it ends up being his most satisfying film in years.

After 23 years and three attempts, Predators finally delivers a solid sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger B-movie classic.

The kind of movie that is beyond criticism.

Leconte turns up the erotic heat in the most gorgeously photographed black-and-white film since Wim Wenders' sublime "Wings of Desire."

A lively and poignant comedy with lots of laughs and juicy roles for a roster of seasoned performers who should be seen more often.

To say that Vulgar is not for all tastes might be the understatement of the year. For starters, this black comedy has a male rape scene that makes the one in "Deliverance" seem mild by comparison.

Unlike "Dirty Harry," this film doesn't particularly have an overt political ax to grind. But it thankfully strips away the veneer of glamour that Guy Ritchie and his imitators have applied to British crime films over the last decade or so.