Melissa Levine

Omar Sharif plays a surrogate father who’s a little too wise for his own good.

Another youth-violence drama overexerts itself in its lunge toward Art.

This Roman Holiday redux sacrifices itself for a happy ending.

An Afghan girl faces the terror of life under the Taliban.

For Dirty Dancing, the second verse is worse than the first.

In Errol Morris’s Oscar-nominated documentary, Robert McNamara considers the lessons of war.

Robert Altman’s love letter to ballet is beautiful but empty.

The critics’ picks for flicks that the best-of list missed.

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

Warner Bros. delivers a merchandising vehicle that falls flat.