Melissa Levine

Mr. Holland goes to France, in a feel-good film that doesn’t.

In Mike Leigh’s new film, motherhood is a very tricky business.

An underground band self-destructs in the hands of its damaged leader.

Ice Cube’s family movie may make you long for the hood.

A French auteur makes a Hollywood-style epic.

A taut psychological drama morphs into a thriller. Unfortunately.

A bitter wine freak makes an adorable hero in Alexander Payne’s Sideways.

Yes, it’s another waning-samurai film, but this one is brilliant.

Another documentary exposes the President as a right-wing imperialist.

A new film denounces corporate ruthlessness.

John Waters’s latest farce strives for nothing more than NC-17.

Documentary shines a light on the luminous Howard Zinn.