W.C. Fields, equal parts tragedy and triumph, was at once totally unique and an everyman. He used his finely honed comedic and physical talents (refined in earlier days as one of vaudeville's most skilled jugglers) to ...

Critics loved this documentary on the arch gagman with the funny twang when it first appeared on PBS in the 1980s, but except for a few TV airings on other channels, it nearly vanished into obscurity. We should be glad ...

Audrey ventures into edgy territory in Terence Young's "Wait Until Dark," based on the stage play by Frederick Knott (writer of "Dial M for Murder"). The Oscar-nominated actress excels in the role of a sightless woman ...

The burning relevance of Guggenheim’s probing, riveting documentary has already generated much healthy debate, shining a spotlight on a nagging issue we can no longer afford to ignore. The film covers a number of ...

Director Fox has made a career out of exploring homosexuality amidst the fraught political and social climate in Israel. With "Water", he has created an offbeat espionage thriller in which the question of whether or ...

This visually ravishing and often surreal coming-of-age story put Roeg, a highly accomplished cinematographer, on the map as a director. Interlacing jarring, primal images of the otherworldly Outback terrain and its ...

Oliver Stone's poisonous ode to the "the go, go "80s" hinges on Douglas's bravura, Oscar-winning portrayal of Gekko, seemingly a composite of Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky, whose mantra "greed is good" justifies any ...

Folman’s expertly hand-animated, Oscar-nominated documentary is a memoir of sorts, mixing evocative personal reverie and candid recorded interviews to revisit an infamous event known as the Sabra/Shatila massacre. But ...

Best known for her role in "Splendor in the Grass," directed by husband Elia Kazan, Loden was a ravishing beauty who transformed herself into a wayward housewife-in-curlers for this absorbing, ultra-realistic character ...

Winner of the Best Foreign Film Oscar, this definitive “War and Peace” took four years to make, and (adjusted for inflation) holds the record for the most expensive film ever made. The expense is evident in the ...

Director Kim’s action-packed historical epic was the top grossing Korean film of 2011, thanks to its breathless intensity and breathtaking photography. At heart it’s a simple story of pursuit and revenge, but Kim ...

Based on the H.G Wells classic, "War" helped feed the public's lurid fascination with the possibility of world annihilation, with a Martian invasion standing in for nuclear attack. "Worlds" is capably directed, the cast ...

Nominated for an Oscar, Frei's ever-fascinating portrait honors the work of a man who makes visible the misery of others because he believes ignoring famine or genocide is tantamount to endorsing it. Self-effacing and ...

It’s a cliché to say that music is a healing force, but in this incredibly moving doc about three Ugandan war orphans on the road to self-renewal, we bear witness to the role the arts can play in transforming grief and ...

By today’s standards, the cartoons collected here (“Duck Amuck,” “For Scent-imental Reasons,” “What’s Opera, Doc?”) are not just witty, wild, and funny, they’re downright insane. Of course, some may offend contemporary ...

This incredibly moving documentary, which deals with eco-consciousness and the transformative power of art, inspires rather than preaches- a high compliment. Waste Land goes way beyond extolling the importance of ...

The third chapter in Mehta’s Elemental Trilogy (“Fire,” “Earth”), this extraordinary film has a bleak premise—a child widow forced into a religiously strict lifestyle, yet it's anything but downbeat. Instead, the ...

Expertly voiced by veteran actors like Hurt, Briers, Ralph Richardson, Zero Mostel, and Denholm Elliott, Rosen’s “Watership Down” brings the bestselling Richard Abrams novel to vivid, tail-thumping life. Despite the ...

A flavorful, inspiring evocation of the 1970's black experience and the richness of their musical life and heritage. A skillfully balanced mix of music and commentary, this film consistently fascinates as a social ...

Screen legend Lillian Gish delivers a strong, deeply affecting performance in Griffith’s fervid soap opera about an “illegitimate” rube attempting to move beyond her tragic past. Based on a Victorian stage play that ...