The film ends with a surprisingly upbeat coda. But Startup.com leaves us with a sense that our heroes' idealism will be forever lost.

One of Australian director Peter Weir's most sensitive films.

The film is never less than a satisfying mix of compelling entertainment and social critique. The performances are uniformly superb.

A new version of the greatest psychological mystery of all: love.

Naturalistic, gritty, and unrelenting.

Together is unabashedly about people who need people. The film's satiric skewering of '70s liberalism works because it feels emotionally authentic.

Ozon -- has finally hit a home run, and Rampling is his most remarkable RBI.

Unfolds like quietly engrossing short fiction, reminding us that there are few things more pleasurable than being in the hands of a good storyteller.

Director Martin Scorsese's spectacular, irreverent picture.

No Hollywood film within recent memory has achieved such richness and originality of texture, such a compelling amalgam of passionate human drama and awesome technique.

Unapologetically sentimental, this movie is certain to melt all but the hardest of hearts.

Moviegoers of any (or no) religious persuasion can share in the simple satisfaction of his tense, well-spun murder mystery.

This historical epic about the "virgin queen" of England's early life moves with the crackling urgency of a contemporary political thriller.

A funny, frenetic, and often quite touching microcosm of the Big Apple life itself, essayed by a pitch-perfect cast and boasting authentic urban flavors.

What sells Shrek is ultimately the full-bodied personality of its characters.

One of the year's best films, and certainly its most challenging so far: At more than three hours, watching it is less like consuming entertainment and more like living.

Director Charles Crichton's hilarious romp.

Amid the chaos of this marvelous, uncategorizable film squirms one of the year's best performances.

It is one of the most beautifully staged American movies in a very long time.

Not only one of the best films of the year, it's one of the best films of the decade.

No other movie released this year is as much of a filmgoing necessity as Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux.

Witty portrait of a troubled community.

Stomps the summer movie competition with heart and humor.

Though the film's subject matter is grisly, the electricity between Foster and Hopkins during their prison tête-à-têtes could power every maximum-security prison in this country.

So intensely funny that the viewer must hang on every word: comic gems spill forth almost continuously.

The Japanese title means chaos, and that is what is let loose when a powerful king foolishly tries to release the reins of power, in the hopes of enjoying a peaceful old age.

See L.A. Confidential. Be astonished at discovering anew how very, very satisfying movies can still be. And how fine that can feel.

Rereading Greene's book, one is struck anew by the absolute perfection of the film's casting.