A child's-eye view of war and endurance told with humor and heartache-and bathed in nostalgia-Boorman's semi-autobiographical reminiscence of World War II is a ravishing piece of work that perfectly captures the look ...

Hammer Studios’ horror maestro Terence Fisher gives Bram Stoker’s Dracula legend an intelligent and openly erotic twist in this bloody good adaptation. Lee’s creepy turn as the titular Transylvanian (his first of many) ...

Don Cheadle achieves a career peak in Terry George’s “Hotel Rwanda,” delivering an extraordinary performance as the real-life Rusesabagina, a man not unlike Schindler in his integrity and courage. George and his ...

This gripping film conveys how evil can hide in sheep’s clothing. Telling the story of Barbie’s rise to prominence under the Nazis, his prolonged exile and eventual exposure, “Terminus” depicts a man who appeared ...

Based on Clarice Lispector’s best-selling coming-of-age novel, Suzana Amaral’s melancholic drama about a doomed innocent adrift in a harsh, often hostile city boasts an extraordinarily unselfconscious performance by ...

This delightful, refreshingly human romantic comedy benefits from a top-notch script (by Max Shulman and Julius Epstein-co-writer of "Casablanca"), and the unexpected chemistry between the quirky but lovable Matthau and ...

In a word, Yimou’s high-flying action epic is stunning. Here, he pairs all the visual pageantry of his “Raise the Red Lantern” with the jaw-dropping acrobatics of “Hero” and creates a beautiful, thrilling, and often ...

Mamet's debut film is a slow-burning psychological thriller with a shocking ending that cleverly wraps up all of its puzzling plot twists. Mamet regular Joe Mantegna was never better than as the enigmatic Mike, a ...

Joseph L. Mankiewicz's scorching tale of a destructive family vendetta is a stylish, well-conceived outing. Though screenplay credit went to Philip Yordan, Mankiewicz's inspired touch is evident in the ...

A touching, tenderly acted family saga based on the novel by Richard Llewellyn, Ford's "Valley" was a sensation in 1941, beating out "Citizen Kane" for the Best Picture Oscar. Championed by producer Darryl F. Zanuck, ...

The madcap "Million" comprises a delightful romantic comedy and heist picture rolled into one. The sprightly Hepburn and debonair O'Toole make a winning duo, but Hugh Griffith takes top acting laurels as Audrey's father ...

Infectiously amusing, energetic musical based on the Tony winning Broadway production, complete with Frank Loesser songs (most famously, "I Believe In You"), Bob Fosse dance numbers, and a sixties palette of ...

Few filmmakers capture period detail like the team of Merchant-Ivory, and this may be their finest hour. Here, a brilliant Hopkins is the personification of upper-class British reserve, while Thompson is expressive and ...

Like all of Miyazaki’s hand-drawn animated films, “Howl” is charming, magical, good-humored, visually breathtaking, and swollen with themes about identity, humanity, and finding one’s way in the world. No character is ...

In this fascinating, well-crafted tribute to a novelist better known in Europe than in his home country, Selby emerges as more than a Hemingway-esque cliché, though he surely was on par with Papa, as literary critic ...

Strikingly photographed by James Wong Howe, Martin Ritt's uncompromising, anti-hero Western broke new ground for a genre which, in the early '60s, was still stuck in tired old conventions. The movie endures due to ...

With Brian Selznick’s 2007 illustrated children’s novel “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” as his inspiration, director Scorsese delivers a master-class in storytelling and technological innovation. As his 3D camera swoops ...

Warners was quick to capitalize on Crawford's Oscar-winning turn in "Mildred Pierce", promptly casting her in "Humoresque." Another intense performance from Joan is complemented by a steely turn from Garfield (with ...

Adapted from the novel by Noble Prize winner Knut Hamsun, “Hunger” is an anguished film about a man so hungry and down and out he’s afflicted with hallucinations, but who’s chosen to live this way because he believes in ...

Visual artist Steve McQueen’s first feature is a harrowing depiction of a particularly ugly moment in the age-old struggle for Irish independence. Though this devastating film never shrinks from showing all the violence ...