The prodigiously talented Taiwanese director Ang Lee revitalizes the martial arts film in one fell swoop via intelligent storytelling, jaw-dropping cinematography, and riveting action choreography that feels more ...

This surprise box office hit launched Clive Owen to stardom, and no wonder. His calm, collected voiceover holds us fast, anchoring this slick, smart noir film where nothing is quite as it seems. Hodges and screenwriter ...

Berlinger’s exposé takes us to the heart of the ancient Cofán nation, where lack of clean drinking water and an epidemic of cancer has caused untold misery for Indian natives. Leading the David and Goliath legal case ...

In this frank portrait, Zwigoff introduces us to the shy, geeky, reclusive man whose unsavory, joyfully perverse comics - often representing the artist's fetish for piggyback rides and big-legged gals - have been ...

Peter Watkins’s singular approach to storytelling freely blends documentary and narrative filmmaking techniques to create an arresting and thoroughly unique viewing experience. Both of these films are based on fact, but ...

Departing from the intimate grandeur of “Scent of Green Papaya,” Hung adopts a grittier tone for his elegantly crafted “Cyclo,” which trails a hard-luck Vietnamese teen who becomes embroiled in an exploitative criminal ...

Depardieu’s dashing embodiment of the unsightly, poetically gifted Cyrano sets a new standard for film versions of this popular play. But Rappenau’s opulent update succeeds on multiple levels: It’s visually fluid and ...

Call it post-commie performance art, anti-ad satire, or just a downright nasty practical joke, “Czech Dream” dramatizes Eastern Europe’s apparently mass desire for the conveniences of Western consumer culture, those ...