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"Bride and Prejudice" is a stunningly beautiful, visual film.

Phoebe in Wonderland is the kind of heartfelt, rainy-day, curl-up-in-a-blanket-with-hot-chocolate story that stays with you a long time.

An overview of a memorable but disturbing little film.

Elle Fanning turns in a stunning performance as a young girl suffering from a disease which she cannot understand.

Can a movie get by on creepy imagery and sympathetic characters alone? Apparently not.

A supposed true story about the ins and outs of a British Shakespearean troupe traveling through India, performing stage productions; leading to a dramatic love affair.

The Reader is a moving film about a woman's ties to the Holocaust and her affair with a young boy.

This Japanese movie is a sensitive exploration of ritual and transformation that succeeds in being humourous, deeply moviing, and life affirming in the face of loss.

All Fall Down is a fine drama about a ladies' man and his family with a cast including Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Warren Beatty, Angela Lansbury and Brandon De Wilde.

Berlin Express is a thriller about a kidnapped doctor, filmed in 1949, in postwar Germany, with rare archival footage of the devastation of Frankfurt am Main.

When a detective begins to investigate the disappearance of a woman, it brings together four couples, who's lives suddenly intertwine.

Love Letters is a romantic drama starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotten in a Cyrano de Bergerac story of deception, murder, tragedy, mystery and forgiveness.

Coco Avant Chanel is a lush and beautiful movie but it doesn't shy away from Chanel's humble origins.

This film is a beautifully executed boy meets girl story by the up and coming Uruguayan director Adrian Biniez.

Doubt is a gripping film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's play about a priest accused of having an improper relationship with a Catholic school student.

Brad Pitt stars in this sentimental yet bleak story of a man who doesn't grow up - he grows young.

When a girl's body is found brutally mutilated in a field, independent stories of pain and grief are interwoven and suddenly come together.

An exciting yet uncomfortable coming of age story with a strikingly honest portrayal of being a 15-year old girl from a single parent family in a small British town.

Gaslight is a suspense thriller 1944 about a man who wants to drive his wife insane, starring Charles Boyer as a cruel husband and Ingrid Bergman as the tormented wife.

Though Ophuls' women seem intimately linked with the ruin and death of their lovers, his deeper message lies in the condemnation of women's disempowerment.

In a brief dissection of four of Ophuls' films, his attitude toward patriarchy can be discovered; Madame de..., Letter From an Unknown Woman, Caught and Reckless Moment.

The disadvantaged do not have a voice in society. Films of Max Ophuls depicted the plight of the lower classes by employing mute characters to represent the disempowered.

Portrait of Jennie, a romantic thriller about star crossed lovers starring Jennifer Jones and Joseph Cotton is a haunting film produced by David O. Selznick in 1948.

Ophuls employs images of bars to illustrate how societal Institutions restrict women from expression and power; Madame de..., Letter, Caught and Reckless Moment analyzed.

Ophuls films contend with the roles and hierarchy imposed on the individual by his/her society, which lie in opposition to love and freedom.

Ophuls' films demonstrate his understanding of destiny and eternal recurrence in the films; Madame de..., Letter From an Unknown Woman and Reckless Moment.

Released in December 2008, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a touching movie that teaches lessons about life, death, and the adventures in between.

Darren Aronofsky's film is nuanced, extremely realistic and well-researched, as well as emotionally gripping to the very last.

Academy Award-nominated Ryan Gosling delivers a heart-wrenching performance of a teacher on the brink of total self-destruction.

The best foreign films about food have the power to tempt and tantalise with their sumptuous imagery. Here's a look at some of the very best dramas about food.

Academy Award winners Halle Berry and Benecio Del Toro bring powerhouse performances to "Things We Lost in the Fire."

Precious is a hard-hitting story of a young black girl, devastated from familial physical and sexual abuse, who finds the spirit to rise above poverty and oppression.

The Coen Brothers' new film does not have the star-studded cast of Burn After Reading, but it is a daringly funny existentialist piece that carries far more meaning.

What happens when you sleep? Not enough. Though meant to be frightening, Paranormal Activity is at best tiresome reality TV.

Jennifer Jones was a romantic leading lady of the Golden Era of Hollywood who won one Oscar and was nominated for four more. The actress has died at the age of 90.

The Barretts of Wimpole Street stars Jennifer Jones as Elizabeth Barrett, who falls in love with John Browning (Bill Travers) in defiance of her father (John Gielgud).

The 1920s comprised the Golden Age of Silent Movies. These three epic films set during the American and French Revolutions are part of the reason why.

Can a 12-year-old boy from the Stockholm suburbs find true happiness with an immigrant from the land of the undead? Only if he can manage to let the right one slip in.

Dressed to Kill was the final installment in the popular series starring Rathbone As Holmes and Bruce as Dr. Watson. Not a perfect movie, it is still enjoyable today.

Classic movie fans who own a TV will be salivating shamelessly throughout July, when Turner Classic Movies screens 39 great Hollywood films from the watershed year 1939.

Brokeback Mountain represents the best of both worlds in adaptation--a faithful retelling of the source and an excellent movie in its own right.

Director Danny Boyle has tapped Oscar-winning screenwriter Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) to write the script for DreamWorks Animation's Truckers.

Casablanca is a romance classic set in Morocco during the dangerous era of WWII. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid star in suspenseful love triangle.

Disney/Pixar's WALL-E receives another Best Film Award, this time from the Chicago Film Critics Association.

Crimes of Passion, made in 1957, is a film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, a sociopathic newlywed helping her policeman husband (Sterling Hayden) advance in the LAPD.

Not just another entertainment, but a film that can help change lives, Fireproof is an uplifting, inspirational movie.

Brief biography of Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, famous for his book One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Brought to life by Cloud Ten Pictures, the Left Behind film series based on the best-selling Left Behind novels are not just entertainment, but a powerful inspiration.

A forgotten relic of seventies exploitation film making, Enzo Castellari's Inglorious Bastards steps back into the limelight thanks to Quentin Tarantino's loose remake.

Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in The Blue Dahlia (1946) is a classic film noir based on a story written by detective writer Raymond Chandler.