La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing)
Paolo Virzì's trite Italian family drama manages to sentimentalize even cancer.
Fortapàsc
Marco Risi's biopic about a journalist slain by the Camorra is lean and strong.
Prova d’Orchestra (Orchestra Rehearsal)
Fellini's forgotten morality play about Italian chaos hasn't lost an ounce of relevance.
A Bucket of Blood
If it's horror-schlock you want, Roger Corman is always glad to oblige.
A Perfect Getaway
Schlock thrillers are a kick when a director knows how to make fun of himself.
Love Actually
Richard Curtis turns to Bill Nighy for a performance worth a fireside sitting.
Streets of Fire
Walter Hill's rock 'n' roll fable is among the best popcorn movies of the 1980s.
2012
Camp rules Roland Emmerich's end-world, but here's the sad news: It's not funny.
Il deserto rosso (The Red Desert)
Antonioni's landmark "Red Desert" makes 1960s Ravenna into a color wasteland.
Greenberg
Noah Baumbach's downbeat slice of life is too dour for anyone's good.
The Ghost Writer
Roman Polanski stamps authority onto a thriller about a Tony Blair-style lackey.