Gregory Weinkauf

The critics hail the top 12 films in a year of sorrowful cinema.

In 2003, women continued to claim and transform the cinema.

The Return of the King marks a zenith in cinematic potential.

Love Don’t Cost a Thing registers as antithetical teen comedy.

The epic sweep of Timeline is easily forgotten.

The Cat in the Hat forms clumps for easy disposal.

On his maiden voyage, veteran director Peter Weir masters the sea epic.

The officially sanctioned Tupac Shakur biopic emerges, and it’s quite money.

Revolutions runs a joyride through a nifty vision of hell.

Alien returns revised and remains bloody brilliant.

Christine Jeffs and Gwyneth Paltrow imbue Sylvia Plath with new life . . . uh, and death.