Everything clicks here.

Could be called the "Red Badge of Courage" of World War II movies.

An especially compassionate look at human frailty that also never loses sight of the inherent ridiculousness of "the human condition." Jesus' Son is one of this summer's best movies.

A rich and challenging variation on the serial-killer genre.

In his finest, funniest, most poignant film to date, Tim Burton plays cinematic alchemist, turning drive-in schlock into movie gold.

A delight to the eye, ear, and mind

Kat's English assignment, which provides the movie's title, is a sweet finish to an entertaining movie -- and makes 10 Things I Hate About You quite likable.

An offbeat delight.

This is a beautiful, surprisingly uplifting movie, made by someone who actually understands people.

One of the best films of the year, a polished, contained piece of provocation.

A strange and lovely combination of cinematic nostalgia and offbeat (gay) love story.

Perhaps the primary reason A Room With a View is so involving is that Ivory has cast the film perfectly, and given each of the actors ample room to breathe. Even the characters you're not supposed to like are allowed their moments of vulnerable humanity.

More than a family saga, this is a family meditation.

Not a film for everyone. And though I deeply admire it, it's not a film that even I want to see again in the immediate future.

The fact that this film, so sensitive to woman's plight, was made by a man is perhaps cause for a little hope.

[Roos's] dialogue (including an on-and-off voiceover by Ricci's pregnant, runaway sociopath) has a ringing clarity, his satire is low-key but quite real, and his actors mesh so perfectly you'd swear they rehearsed for months before shooting.

An unassuming little film that packs a huge emotional and artistic punch.

Perhaps the most remarkable documentary project ever undertaken, and certainly the longest, is Michael Apted's Up series, which he began shooting for the BBC in 1962.

We marvel at the almost perfect realization of a character whom we're not necessarily meant to like.

MTV, comic books and gangster flicks are all in Lola's cinematic family tree; it's a heady, breathless ride.

Fruitvale is outstanding, a telling portrait and testament to the life of one man and the complicated relationships to race and class that still exist within America today.

L.A. Confidential is at the same time his (Hanson) most personal movie and Hollywood filmmaking at its best.

It's a masterpiece, a sublime tone poem that shows what cinema is capable of when it tries to do more than just tell a story.

A gorgeous dreamscape of a movie...one of the most exhilarating experiences of pure cinema that will be offered this year.

It's as wise and funny and revealing as anything ever created by Mike Nichols and Elaine May.

This is an ambitious movie that attempts too much rather than too little.

Leigh and his solid cast make sure that inside jokes translate to a broad audience, and that their rendering of the back-stage drama is smart, engrossing and often very funny.

Don't miss it.