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Two mad-as-hell mamas take back their public school from the bureaucrats and unions that seemingly enforce the status quo.

This lovely documentary follows six international ballet hopefuls, ages 10 to 17, as they compete for the Youth America Grand Prix.

Woody Allen sets his latest farce into action with a cast of one-dimensional, annoying characters played by a group of terrific actors.

This movie about John Lennon's young-adult years showcases the importance of the importance of both his mother and aunt in his life.

This timely documentary is a witness to the events in Prince William County, Va., whose board of supervisors voted in 2007 to require police officers to question anyone suspected of being an undocumented immigrant.

This pseudo-mockumentary starring Milla Jovovich echoes both The Blair Witch Project and The X-Files.

Jane Campion's achingly immediate yet eternal story about the love between tubercular poet John Keats and the literal girl-next-door, Fanny Brawne. It affords the filmmaker another rich opportunity to scratch beneath the surface of female sexuality.

Steven Soderbergh directs this DV-cam look at the life of a high-end Manhattan call girl (played by porn star Sasha Grey).

From the director of Old Joy comes this minimalist story about a girl (the elfin Michelle Williams) and her dog getting by in society's margins.

A strident Renée Zellweger stars in this forgettable fish-out-of-water comedy.

Catherine Deneuve stars as the matriarch of this family, whose holiday gathering is like some marvelous do-si-do in which the characters partake in endless swirls of accusations, confessions, and glimpses of grace.

Madonna's film-directing debut, which stars Gogol Bordello charismatic frontman Eugene Hutz, is a slight and philosophically dubious effort.

Edward Norton and Colin Farrell top this predictable police procedural about clean and dirty cops who are also brothers in a family of Irish cops.

Denzel Washington directs and stars in this inspirational but predictable drama set in the Jim Crow South of the Thirties.

Wes Anderson boards another train of ironic whimsy, although this time the train is quite literal and not just the train of thought in his head.

This amazing-looking Mexican epic is a work of historic fiction by a first-time filmmaker, and focuses on the aftermath of the takeover in 1519 of the Aztec empire by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortés.

The line separating civic duty from vigilantism is the focus of this paranoid thriller set squarely in the new age of terrorism.

Slow Burn – starring Ray Liotta, LL Cool J, and Mekhi Phifer – becomes one of those movies that’s so bad, it’s almost entertaining. Almost.

The director of Fight Club and Se7en switches gears here from psychological thrillers to something that more closely resembles a police procedural.

Ivan Thompson, the "Cowboy Cupid" who brokers marriages between American men and Mexican women, is a truly fascinating documentary character that is expertly revealed through rock-solid storytelling.

This Italian film presents a modern parable about a Palestinian family, whose home in the West Bank is abruptly taken over by Israeli soldiers.

A clunker if there ever was one, Doogal is so mind-numbingly incoherent that parents and children alike will stare dazedly at the movie screen wondering what the heck is going on.

This documentary raises staggering questions about virtually every aspect of the criminal-justice system as it follows what happens to several convicts who have been exonerated by DNA evidence submitted by the Innocence Project.

Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas debuts as a director of his own material with this nasty little story about interpersonal deceptions and Hollywood ethics.

This French romantic comedy is little more than a heap of clichés whenever the director and star Yvan Attal's real-life wife, Charlotte Gainsbourg, disappears from the screen.

New Iraqi drama by Iranian Kurd Bahman Ghobadi is lyrical and heart-wrenching as it focuses on the children of conflict.

Bernie Mac gets punk'd by Ashton Kutcher.

Cautionary tales about the pitfalls of indie filmmaking don’t come more searingly truthful or sober-minded than this.

So the difference between this and a snuff film is … ?

Two glacier climbers face the worst and live to tell about it in this harrowingly intimate documentary report.