A witty and warm Cold War romance, "Stockings" re-shapes Garbo's famous MGM comedy "Ninotchka" into a delightful music and dance-fest. Thanks to the romance of a Paris setting and a buttery Cole ...

Director Nichols brings a chilling true story to life with this suspenseful, engrossing exposé. Streep's nuanced portrayal shows an ordinary woman who, through fate, circumstance and a streak of raw defiance, ...

A diverting, infectious Hitchcock spoof mixing romance, intrigue and murder on a cross-country train trip, Hiller's "Streak" was a box-office smash in 1976. Pairing Wilder and Pryor for the first time ...

Charismatic performances and swift pacing combine to make this a rousing piece of entertainment in the grand Western tradition. John Bailey's stunning cinematography and Bruce Broughton's majestic, Oscar-nominated score ...

Painful yet powerfully rewarding, this award-winning feature remains one of the most affecting films ever made about the AIDS epidemic. Through all the ignominious hospital visits, therapy sessions and ...

Written and directed by Eddy Terstall, this low-key, affectionately told Dutch dramedy follows the vicissitudes of a friendship over 14 years. The film’s two stars, Geel and Hensema, imbue the darker edges of the ...

Bunuel’s concise, sharply cynical “Simon” finds the world-renowned Spanish surrealist filmmaker in a characteristic mode: mocking Christianity and the institution of religion with absolutely savage humor. Beautifully ...

Inspired by his own travel experience in Central America, Fukunaga’s daring debut thriller tracks the fate of two Latin American teens who are each attempting to escape a forbidding circumstance. For Sayra, the route to ...

This touching film speaks to the irrational ties of familial loyalty that even a lifetime of hurt won't extinguish. With warmth and subtlety, it details how the younger generation of women protect the health and ...

Structured episodically, and based on actual letters exchanged between columnist Margaret Buell Wilder and her soldier-husband, David O. Selznick's grand production of "Away" grossed millions in its time and still looks ...

An obvious choice, but it's hard to resist what is likely the best film musical of all time. The period music is delightful, the dancing routines sensational. Thanks to a golden Comden & Green script, this is also among ...

Too often equated with long-hair counterculture types (and celebrity activist Jane Fonda), the U.S. antiwar movement that bloomed between the Tet Offensive in 1968 and the end of the war in the early ’70s included ...

Never resorting to salaciousness, director Meckler fashions an elegant, suspenseful drama that touches on class issues, while subtly exploring an unnaturally close, ultimately destructive sisterly bond created by past ...

Combining the Betty Boop-ish Jazz Age vocal stylings of Annette Hanshaw (via 78RPM phonograph records) with classical Indian mythology, literary interpretation, autobiography (the director’s own quirky account of ...

Chris Eyre's deeply affecting "Skins," adapted from a novel by Adrian C. Louis, is a small but potent film about the complex ties that bind families, and an unblinking look at the dire conditions of reservation life. ...

This wildly profane film is consistently funny, and often side-splitting. And Newman's Reggie adds an element of poignancy; he's a perennial rogue with plenty of charm, but hardly a responsible adult, evidenced by his ...

An exemplary, laugh-out-loud collection of exceptional two-reelers from the silent era, “Slapstick Masters” gathers some of the finest, funniest early work by Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, and the lesser-known but ...

An absurdist parody of sci-fi movies, Allen's "Sleeper" deftly mixes witty one-liners and nutty sight gags to lampoon the absurdities of contemporary society. Allen reaches Buster Keaton-esque comedic greatness ...

The most lavish animated production of its time, Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" remains one of the best loved and most enduring of the studio's golden-age classics, along with "Cinderella" and "Snow White." Bursting with ...

Alternately haunting and sweetly affecting, "Sling Blade" is a beautifully accomplished debut by actor-director Billy Bob Thornton, who conceived, wrote, directed and starred in this absorbing drama. (He won an Oscar ...