A fine and loving memorial that preserves his charm, his intellect and his splendid body of work.

At once admirable and deeply unsettling.

Propelled by a captivating, wrenching performance by Karine Vanasse as Hanna, a 13-year-old girl adrift in a sea of powerful emotions in Montreal in 1963.

Mysterious, poetic and allusive, The Werckmeister Harmonies beckons filmgoers who complain of the vapidity of Hollywood movie making and yearn for a film to ponder and debate.

Quite simply a treat for the ear.

Mr. Gast skillfully blends photographs, celebrity interviews with Norman Mailer and others, and colorful forays into the Zairian countryside, where Ali fostered black brotherhood and became a huge favorite, in a film that ''gazes well beyond the ring and seeks engagement with history''.

Brims with understanding of the complexities of relationships, the frailties of humankind and the possibilities of joy.

Its winning cast, spirited music and mordant view of establishment figures, from the police to cocaine-sniffing record industry executives, make Bandits a stylish, buoyant entertainment.

Mr. Drake can be rivetingly angry, intense, frenetic, frank and touching.

An intriguing and entertaining introduction to Johnson through his varied art; the mystery surrounding his death, which may have been his final performance piece, and the reminiscences of contemporaries.

Literate and handsome.

A smooth, skilled example of animated filmmaking.

Not often does a family film come along that is literate, clever, mischievous and just plain fun.

Leelee Sobieski and Albert Brooks, especially Mr. Brooks, deliver outstanding performances in the first feature film to be directed by Ms. Lahti.

In a very real way, The Great Dance constitutes an act of preservation and a requiem.

But while rooted in British sensibilities, Bean is not to be confused with a Noel Coward comedy. Not every gag in Bean succeeds, but compared with most comedies, this one is a keeper.

Acted by an appealing cast, enlivened with well-chosen and varied music and filmed with bleak beauty by the cinematographer Eduardo Serra.

Astringent and unsentimental, it is a case study of losing, its clear eye focused unwaveringly on the realities of commerce and kinship.

Brigham City, like "God's Army," may proselytize for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but Brigham City is also an example of concise, skillful filmmaking.

This well-cast film does with a lighter hand for art what "The Producers" does for show business.

Artfully treading a fine line between operatic tragedy and romantic comedy.

An offbeat little charmer of a mystery.

Sublime in its involvement with the yearning of mankind to explore the heavens.

The characters...are well cast, well directed and skillfully acted, if not a particularly admirable lot.

Impressive, unsettling, deeply felt film.

May not be dispassionate filmmaking, but it is certainly entertaining.

The portrayals by the fetching Ms. Yoshikawa and Mr. Takeda are consistently absorbing, and Mr. Limosin's plotting, though essentially gimmicky and manipulative, packs mystery and tension.

Intelligent, insightful, touching.