A wacky cross between “Ulysses” and “Sullivan’s Travels,” the Coens’ stylized slapstick adventure is packed with loopy dialogue, smart visual gags, and plenty of sly cultural references (legendary gangster Baby Face ...

Targeting greed, class snobbery, and the elite institutions of respectable society. Anderson’s sardonic comedy finds McDowell reprising the rebellious student he played in “If...,” here transformed into a would-be man ...

Bent Hamer’s wonderfully droll “O’Horten” tracks the unusual nighttime adventures of a mild-mannered train conductor coming to terms with the banality of his existence. He visits his mother in an old folks’ home, ...

Sublimely human and touchingly romantic, Lee Chang-dong’s affecting “Oasis” turns every sentimental-movie convention you can think of on its head, telling a very mature story about two handicapped people who find common ...

Raoul Walsh's tight, pounding "Burma" is one of the best WWII films out there, and reportedly one of Flynn's personal favorites. It should be, as the swashbuckling star turns in a gritty, first-rate performance as the ...

Based on a beloved novel by Ivan Goncharov, "Oblomov" combines the sensitivity of a Chekhov tale with the farcical tradition of Russian theater. As the title character, Tabakov is adorably ruffled, indecisive, ...

This sterling family entertainment demonstrates the always relevant life lesson of adhering to your own passions and interests. Director Joe Johnston imbues the film with an authentic '50s feel, and conveys the sense of ...

Director Carol Reed helped cement James Mason's stardom with this gritty, gripping nail-biter. Mason is indeed electric as the desperate protagonist. The under-rated Robert Newton is also memorable as Lukey, a slightly ...

This nail-biting noir features the estimable talents of Ryan, a progressive in real life who plays a noxious bigot to the hilt, and handsome singer-actor Belafonte, showing a decidedly less wholesome side here. Director ...

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, this intense drama is a troubling work for troubled times. While operating as a gripping thriller (director Beauvois ratchets up the tension expertly), “Gods” also raises thorny ...

Milestone retains all the poignant drama of John Steinbeck’s Depression-era novel, matching Ford’s lyricism in his evocation of the desperate plight of migrant farmworkers sustained only by their pipe dreams. Meredith ...

Part collage, part memoir, “Of Time and the City” takes an intimate, bird’s eye view of notable goings-on in the Liverpool, famous as the home of the Beatles. Davies frames each interlude with droll commentary about the ...

Beautifully shot and rich in emotion, "Map" is a film that quietly gets under your skin. Elliott is a revelation as Charley, a man carrying a nameless despair that's struck him dumb, while Allen is fabulous (no ...

Written by Panahi after his own 10-year-old daughter was denied entrance to a soccer game due to Islamic restrictions against the mingling of men and women in public arenas, "Offside" is a sharp firecracker of a movie, ...

Though the film is long and contains a fairly high corn factor, it's also visually stunning, and truly soars whenever the music and dancing starts, with peerless renditions of "People Will Say We're In ...

Mapping the psychic places where old friendships go to die, Reichardt's two-man (and one dog) road picture subverts the buddy drama with its slow, somber rhythm and air of unspoken longing. Kurt, a flaky, pot-smoking ...

With a deranged, over-the-top performance by Choi Min-sik, this uber-stylish, paranoid revenge epic from Korea's most talented young director gives the ancient Greeks a run for their money. Violent and visually ...

This masterful adaptation of a Charles Dickens novel was the second for Lean, who abridged the author's long-winded story about a young orphan's changing fortunes in Victorian England into a beautifully paced two-hour ...

The considerable talents of British director Carol Reed and composer/lyricist Lionel Bart combine to create an exuberant musical worthy of its revered source. The cast, both young and old, excel, and songs like ...

The idea of “Olympia” was to glorify the Aryan race, to link footage of the Third Reich’s star athletes with idealized images of Grecian beauty. Of course, that ugly racial ideal shatters early on as Riefenstahl’s ...