Melissa Levine

An excellent French film steps into the father-daughter morass.

A drama about post-apartheid hearings devolves into a clumsy romance.

A romantic fantasy made by people with brains — go figure.

Jonathan Caouette’s tumultuous life story spills out over 90 minutes.

An inventive documentary enters the imagination of a reclusive outsider artist.

It’s his 45th movie in 40 years, and you’re not likely to remember it.

A photographer visits an Indian brothel, where heartbreak finally meets hope.

The father of African cinema produces a beautiful anti-circumcision polemic.

Javier Bardem aces the role of a charming quadriplegic who wants to die.

As kid-book adaptations go, Because of Winn-Dixie‘s no dog.

Pacino plays Shakespeare’s most contentious character in a stirring Merchant of Venice.

Almodóvar shoots for noir and misses the mark.