A farce nearly as cracked as his previous "The Dinner Game."

Parts of the movie play like French farce, but ultimately Hrebejk uses very simple cadences to unveil, movingly, the big picture.

Cannibalizes "Saturday Night Fever" for everything from structure to plot, but does it adorably.

Director Samira Makhmalbaf made this raw and effective parable with the recognizable help of her father, legendary director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.

Poignant, eccentric comedy.

Among the movie's oddball treats are Robert Downey Jr. as Grady's flamboyant editor and Rip Torn as a pedantic author and sermonizer known only as Q.

The Cockettes epitomized a brief confluence of new possibilities, not so much in theater as in personal style, lending them a certain historical value that greatly exceeds their contribution to theater.

Could easily serve as an instructional video for repressive regimes who have not yet learned you can get more with honey than with vinegar.

This is a serious and well-acted drama, not a jokey ripoff, whose relevance (however distant) to Columbine is a plus.

The acting is superb, with emotions roiling beneath rigid exteriors.

How dangerous it is to be a woman in Iran, especially one going against the wishes of her menfolk, is brought home time after time in these related vignettes.

This romantic comedy is about a love that is destined to be, and it celebrates that warm huddle of caring and craziness called family.

The joy of Space Cowboys is in spending quality time with some favorite old actors who obviously enjoy working together.

With its intriguing relationships and sacrificial acts, Alice is a good alternative to happily-ever-after fluff.

Simple, joyful and downright innocent movie.

Impressionistic and open to interpretation, which is a kind way of saying that there's no way to figure out the ending.

A charmer with an attractive cast and an excellent soundtrack.

It's a compassionate story about what makes people tick and what really matters.

Wiseman's film is revealing. But it is also a silent rebuke to a society that tries to hide this pervasive problem behind a smug vision of itself.

Like a Hollywood buddy-cop movie gone through a multi-culti blender. It holds up a funhouse mirror to that familiar scenario in which a maverick cop breaks the rules.

Carrey gives an otherworldly, possessed performance as Kaufman.

Fun and frivolous, packed wave to wave with gorgeous young creatures reveling in their physical prowess.

Moore brilliantly unmasks the inanity of the arguments used in the debate over gun control in America. He then undermines himself by leaping into the blame game without supporting his central thesis, that the media is what makes teens like the ones at Columbine turn around and shoot up their schools.

Amazing... There are only a finite number of filmmakers with the devotion, patience and ability to tease out these stories.

A rare window into the apparatus and limitations of glam-rock.

Forget the awful trailer that makes the movie look like chalk screeching on a blackboard. The Banger Sisters is sheer fun, and a great showcase for Hawn.

The startling documentary Daughter From Danang cautions once again to be careful what you wish for.

A perversely enjoyable entry in that new genre, the biopic of the tawdry TV personality.