To challenge an authoritarian state, you need to know its soul. Ask Costa-Gavras.

Top-to-bottom, Pakula's Watergate chronicle is a best-of-show.

Catch and release, then discard. Despite Jennifer Garner.

Paul Scofield steals both storyline and movie as Sir Thomas More.

Lean's desert epic defines a genre and gives meaning to the word "sweep" —

Whatever's Hicks' bright idea, it's stale before even leaving the kitchen.

Coppola has done better, but Bridges' broken heart looms large.

Look at Mama Cass looking at Janis Joplin. That's worth the movie.

Russell Banks' New Hampshire novel gets a superlative James Coburn.

Daniel Craig puts the vulnerable James back into Bond.

Quick-study Ben Kingsley sneaks up on you, hatchet in hand.

Among the best and truest "talkies" ever made. Bless Lumet.