Basically, the whole thing can be summed up as an epic midlife crisis.

It's skillfully rendered fun, but don't expect to remember much the next day.

An extremely well-acted and well-directed remake of a 1957 oater.

Clarkson, the reigning queen of the indies, is simultaneously funny and heartbreaking, following up killer performances in "The Station Agent" and "All the Real Girls."

As this Woodstock-on-wheels careens through the countryside, stopping only to play for thousands of hirsute revelers -- and, once, to stock up on booze in Saskatoon -- its famous passengers celebrate with delirious joy the pure, unadulterated magic of music.

An open- and-shut case, but that doesn't mean it can't also be an entertaining one.

As a snarky, stylish Santa Fe couple, Paul Rudd and Steve Coogan deploy a wit drier than the sprawling landscape surrounding their desert mansion. If you enjoy your comedies devoid of easy sentimentality (as this reviewer does), this one’s for you.

Breezy and informative. It offers a view of the talented, opinionated man that only his son could pull off.

Don't get the wrong idea -- to Rowe's credit, this isn't just a movie about sex. It's a compassionate study of human loneliness. Whatever you do, don't confuse this with the Hollywood rom-com of the same name.

The pace slackens a little after the first hour, but the photography by Remi Adefarasin and music by Magnus Fiennes keep the emotion stoked.

Offers well-chosen selections from Aleichem's darkly humorous work.

It's "Saturday Night Fever," Johannesburg-style.

As someone who has never completed a crossword puzzle, I was surprised how engaged I was by Wordplay.

Chiara Mastroianni, whose mom, Catherine Deneuve, starred in Demy's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964), appears here as Julie's sister. Vive la New Wave.

The drivel they call "reality TV" pales in comparison with the gripping big-screen documentary Bus 174.

A laugh-filled comedy that might be described as "The Full Monty" meets the Three Stooges.

An impressive experimental movie, is practically a one-man show by Yasuaki Nakajima.

Qualifies as perfect family entertainment.

There’s a lot going on here, but Washington’s complex, emotionally turbulent performance makes it all work.

Like a Canadian "Six Feet Under," the indie dramedy Whole New Thing mixes characters (teen and adult, gay and straight, married and single) who seem both completely plausible and capable of anything.

The crime drama is smartly written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, it features a piercing lead performance by Jessica Chastain, and it’s got something for almost everyone: from gambling and glitterati to the mafia and ice skating.

Panahi, who defied a filmmaking ban from the Iranian government to make this, is a director always worth supporting.

A Woman in Berlin, which is based on an anonymously written memoir of the same name, serves also as a testimony to women who put men in their place.

Credit the disarming cast, especially Oshri Cohen as the boy and Arie Ellias as his eccentric grandfather. They help turn what could be a standard comedy into a life-affirming, enjoyable one.

There's extreme brutality, gore and violence, scads of severed body parts and oceans of squirting blood, as the brave -- and buffed -- people of Bang Rajan fight to the death.

The highlight of this package of 12 recent animated shorts from around the world is Australia's "Ward 13."

Ritchie is tops when it comes to getting a group of guys (and, occasionally, gal) together to complete a bloody, belligerent task. And this is as taut an ensemble of his as ever.

Often darkly funny and very well acted, it's a pleasingly subtle, Hitchockian thriller with dark comic overtones.