Director Gillian Armstrong combines a documentary-like feel with the elegance of a period piece in this adaptation of the beloved Louisa May Alcott novel about four daughters and their mother (played at different ages by Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Claire Danes and Kirsten Dunst, among others). The result makes you feel like a fifth sibling

All statement, all speech, all display, this third feature from writer-director John Singleton is a frustrating fizzle, especially considering the promise of his Boyz N the Hood. As we see college life through the eyes of three freshmen – a naïve white sorority type (Kristy Swanson); a black athlete (Omar Epps); and a racist loner

The Big Sleep legendarily doesn’t make a lick of sense, but you really wouldn’t want it to. Watching the sleazy, double-crossing characters in this Raymond Chandler adaptation talk circles around each other is the movie’s great joy. The picture was delayed about a year while director Howard Hawks shot new scenes, partly to clarify the

Satoshi Kon isn’t working on nearly the same level here as with Millennium Actress, even if this animated feature has its slight charms. Centering on a trio of homeless wanderers who stumble upon an abandoned baby at Christmas, Kon’s film relies heavily on coincidence and broad humor. The main characters – an alcoholic, a former

There’s more nuance, drama and genuine emotion in this animated tale than in half the live-action stories to come out of Hollywood. The multilayered movie follows a documentary filmmaker who tracks down an aging Japanese movie star and asks her to recount her past. What follows is a magical interweaving of flashback, re-enacted scenes from