A dark and brooding story that only gets more disturbing over the course its 152 minute runtime.

An entomologist's delight, Jessica Oreck's movie about Japan's insect mania is worth watching even if you're repulsed by creepy-crawlers.

Wonderfully animated, witty and wildly imaginative.

Betrayals will occur and loyalties will be tested, but it's the audience that ends up ripped off.

The film can be dry and a little repetitive. For all of that, it still manages to generate a surprising measure of suspense and it produces outrage in abundance.

Listen closely, however, and amidst the zingers and world-weary chatter, Chekhov's generous humanism comes through loud and clear.

Martha Marcy May Marlene enters so richly into psychological horror it recalls those disturbing dramatizations of Jonestown that were big on TV in the '80s.

Cornish's idiomatic dialogue is hilarious and the longtime comic's sense of timing is perfect.

A film with a big heart; it's an eccentric dramedy and a crowd pleaser.

Bernie is an interesting guy, but he doesn't make for very good company.

A breakthrough comedy, a four-square piece of populist fun that ranks as quite possibly the best mainstream American comedy in years-at least since "The 40-Year-Old Virgin."

The holiday season just got a whole lot brighter.

A CG-steeped period-piece fantasy that weds whodunit drama and punch-and-kick mayhem.

An exciting, fun and sensationally entertaining movie for everyone.

Narrated by Pierce Brosnan, Oceans is simply amazing at times, a truly remarkable and extraordinary journey under the sea that takes us places we have never been before.

The Invisible War is that rare, issues-driven documentary that is so powerful it's apt to change minds.

This impressive documentary on rarely seen art will have strong appeal for art aficionados.

It is a crackerjack thriller and a sensational calling card for the brothers Edgerton.

It may be difficult for the youth-obsessed American culture to appreciate the quiet joys rendered in this Italian charmer. But, given the increasing dominion of the Baby-Boomer Generation--hungry for life-affirming images of old age--Mid-August Lunch could prove a sleeper-in-the-making.

Essentially a sexually charged two-hander with blunt allegorical implications, Kôji Wakamatsu's one-note follow-up to United Red Army is a disappointing affair, visually indifferent and thematically simplistic.

Thrilling and suspenseful without an American star like Russell Crowe or an excess of explosions.

The unexpected directions in their family dynamics and unflinching scenes of the volatile Marc keep Prodigal Sons absorbing.

For all the interviewees who tearfully speak of her work, the film does anything but.

Daddy Longlegs is a discovery destined for year-end top ten critics lists and comparisons to classics like Vittorio De Sica's "Bicycle Thieves" are expected. Hopefully, Daddy Longlegs will also introduce the Safdie brothers to the larger audiences they deserve.

Gripping, offensive and bewildering, Tabloid is a mean-spirited masterpiece.

This magnificent stop-motion cartoon is alive - "it's alive! - with laughs and heart.

Actress and director Maïwenn Le Besco (a.k.a. Maïwenn) confounds expectations by drawing together a heart-thumping patchwork of dramas and emotions.

Using clips from home movies, newsreels and public access TV, Davis does a heroic job of bringing the edgy and diffuse mixed-media New York art scene of the '80s back to life.