A surprise blockbuster hit and unlikely launching pad for movie stardom, the original Hangover took a brotastic scenario—guys wake up after a bachelor party in Las Vegas, can’t remember a thing—then mined it for gross-out comic gold…

“One of the funny things about being in love with your brother is that you can say almost anything you want about him,” proclaims Jackie (Tallie Medel), the protagonist of Dan Sallitt’s drama about a young woman smitten with her sibling…

The first and only piece of advice needed on one’s way to the fishing pond is this: Bring your patience…

She used to be one of the more alluringly damaged actors in movies (e.g., The Sweet Hereafter; a strong remake of Dawn of the Dead), but Sarah Polley has evolved into a director who can’t settle for mere feel-badness. That’s something to applaud in itself…

He’s tall and imposing, if a bit aloof and hard to read…

Why are British filmmakers so good at killing off actors while making audiences laugh?…

The world – well, a tiny fraction of it – last saw South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk (The Isle) in Arirang – a semi-autobiographical doc in which he appeared to be having a breakdown…

Because this movie follows a group of French teens who, a few years after Paris’s violent 1968, carry on the glamorous fight, you expect the title to foretell something dreamy: how naive we once were, etc…

Danish hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm) has just completed her first round of breast cancer treatment…

The prolific François Ozon follows unabashed crowdpleaser Potiche with a social satire that’s no less fun, but delivers rather more substance in its sardonic portraiture and pointed self-awareness.