Pierfrancesco Diliberto, or "Pif," conjures up a bittersweet and poignant Mafia movie.

Gregory Peck shows his remarkable versatility in a movie about the 1950s urban rat race.

Pasolini's debut feature demonstrated a willingness to play by (and change) neorealist rules.

Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi steal the show in Paul Greengrass's brilliant thriller.

While special effects minus monsters are a joy to behold, "Gravity" lacks gravitas.

Turning the outsourcing paradigm upside down makes for subversive science fiction.

Marco Bellochio's tough 1965 debut presaged a wave of social change.

Roberto Rodriguez spews most of his action in an hour, leaving behind flaccid remains.

It's déjà vu all over again, and again, in a horror-thriller Melissa George takes to heart.

Believe it: the best recent movie about Islamic terrorism may be a... comedy.

Vittorio De Sica took a subtle approach in underscoring the horrors of Italian anti-Semitism.

In M. Night Shyamalan's first (and best) feature, seeing dead people was all the rage.