The Apartment (1960)

Romantic Comedy Rated NR

  The dork as romantic-comedy hero is considered to be a contemporary concept – honed by the likes of Tobey Maguire, Steve Carell and Adam Brody – but Jack Lemmon specialized in just such characters decades ago, particularly in The Apartment. A comedy about both romantic and corporate corruption, The Apartment stars Lemmon as C.C.

30 Days of Night (2007)

Horror Rated R

tdb

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Drama Rated R

“…trickier than it appears – and far too tricky for first-time director Ben Affleck.

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Drama Rated PG-13

“…somehow finds just the right tone – two parts empathy, one part goofiness and not a trace of derision.

Rendition (2007)

Drama Rated R

“Despite the high stakes involved … Rendition plods along with little vitriol and even less energy.

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

Comedy Rated R

“Are the Farrellys (not to mention Stiller) in a creative lull, or have I always been wrong about them?

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007)

Comedy Rated R

“…about as small as movies get, yet often, unexpectedly, as moving.

Lust, Caution (2007)

Thriller Rated NC-17

“…a rare erotic film in which the eroticism is more than window dressing.

Seeker: The Dark is Rising, The (2007)

Family Rated PG

“…an overstuffed yet uninspired pastiche of fantasy elements.

Rushmore (1998)

Comedy Rated R

My choice for best coming-of-age movie of all time, comedic or otherwise. Director Wes Anderson, working from a script he wrote with Owen Wilson, mastered his unique craft with just his second film, a heartfelt and hilarious story about a bizarrely precocious prep-school student named Max Fischer (Jason Schwartzman, painfully, perfectly awkward) who learns to