February 15, 2008 | In the world according to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu’s bleakly fascinating view of life in Romania near the end of Nicolae Ceauşescu’s iron-fisted rule,…

May 18, 2001 | About 45 minutes into Angel Eyes, a riveting drama about wounded hearts and second chances, I was struck by the sudden realization that I had no…

March 5, 1999 | You don't have to be Sigmund Freud, or even Oprah Winfrey, to figure that panic attacks, unseemly sensitivity and a readiness to cry out loud can be serious…

June 20, 1997 | As the Batman movie series continues apace, things are getting entirely out of hand. It started out simply enough with just one brooding hero (played by…

March 30, 2005 | As Chris Rock noted during the recent Oscarcast, location is everything when it comes to comedies aimed primarily at what showbiz trade papers euphemistically describe as…

June 15, 2005 | A Batman movie in which the Caped Crusader, not a flamboyant bad guy, is the real star? What a concept! But wait, there’s more: In Batman Begins,…

May 24, 2002 | Perhaps the most impressive thing about Bartleby, Jonathan Parker's cheeky update of Herman Melville's classic 1853 novella, is how faithful the movie remains to the spirit,…

May 3, 2002 | The simplicity of the storytelling and the eloquence of the imagery make Baran fascinating in ways that transcend any barriers of culture or language. Yes, this…

November 21, 2003 |  Appropriately enough for a season when we traditionally divide our time between nostalgic glances backward and anxious gazes forward, we now have writer-director Denys Arcand's The…

August 12, 1994 | Since the death of novelist John Cheever, hardly anyone has dealt with WASP angst as sympathetically and insightfully as writer-director Whit Stillman. And that, mind you, is…