Parker Posey stars as a thirtysomething New Yorker who falls for a Parisian man in writer-director Zoe Cassavetes's indie romantic comedy. [PG-13]
Set chiefly during the late 1980s, this German drama traces the career of an East German secret police officer. [Rated R]
Three women are on the run from a group of villains who want their money in this low-budget western. [Not rated]
With a title only Borat could love, the Adult Swim trio of talking food items make the jump to the large screen for the first time. You may be familiar with their promotional campaign. (We're looking at you, Boston.) [Rated R]
Joseph Gordon Levitt, Matthew Goode and Jeff Daniels star in a bank heist thriller that marks the first time behind the camera for accomplished screenwriter Scott Frank. [Rated R]
What if a group of five children were stranded in a snowed-in airport on Christmas Eve... would that be something that interests you? What if we also told you that there were both hijinks and misadventures? TV director Paul Feig ("Freaks & Geeks") directs. [Rated PG]
Emperor Ming of planet Mongo is bored and the only thing that seems to appease his ennui is to slowly destroy that celestial trifle known as Earth, bombarding his new plaything with hailstorms and earthquakes. While Earth's inhabitants scramble to understand what is happening to their planet, Dr. Hans Zarkov figures out the space coordinates of the origin of attack and commandeers a rocket. But before take-off he inadvertently kidnaps beautiful New York reporter, Dale Arden, and famed football player, Flash Gordon. Will these mere Earthlings be able to stop the wrath of Emperor Ming? Maybe not, but Flash Gordon is no mere Earthling; he's a New York Jet.
Hollywood's top canine star gets lost during a commercial shoot and eventually finds his way to a firehouse (where he becomes a star all over again) in this kid-friendly comedy. [Rated PG]
Joel Schumacher directs Jim Carrey and Virginia Madsen in a conspiracy thriller that sounds like a cross between Stranger than Fiction and The Da Vinci Code, as a man encounters a mysterious book that appears to be about his own life. It's a shame the film's title also comes close to describing its Metascore. [Rated R]
This historical epic is set in 18th-century Kazakhstan. [Not rated]
Rural 1920's Thailand serves as the backdrop for this action-packed story of a man who witnesses his parents' brutal murder and searches for revenge among a vicious group of cattle rustlers. [Not Rated]
Just as Wes Craven's 1977 film was remade in 2006, his 1985 sequel now gets the remake treatment. This time, a group of National Guard soldiers encounter some nasty mutants in the desert. [Rated R]
TV's Rainn Wilson co-stars in this family sci-fi adventure about a young brother and sister who begin to develop special powers after uncovering some mysterious toys. [Rated PG]
When astronaut Billy Bob Thornton is forced to retire to save his family's farm, he brings his dreams of space with him, and decides to build his own rocket. This Polish brothers drama also stars Virginia Madsen and Tim Blake Nelson. [Rated PG]
A young would-be pianist plots revenge against the woman who caused her to fail her Conservatory entrance exam in this French drama. [Not rated]
This Japanese film has been described as a psychedelic version of Ingmar Bergman's classic "Fanny and Alexander." [Not rated]
Pizza! Pizza! No, it's not about Little Caesar's. Instead, this comedy focuses on a "war" between two pizza restaurant-owning families in Yonkers, New York. [Not rated]
This no-name (unless you count Donnie Wahlberg) thriller finds townsfolk--including a new bride--dying as a result of a curse of a long-dead mad ventriloquist. If you like horror films with spooky dolls, this one's for you. [Rated R]
Terrence Howard stars in the story of the man who started Philadelphia's first African-American swim team in 1973. [Rated PG]
Hubert Sauper's documentary examines the impact of globalization on African poverty. [Not rated]
Famed documentarian Frederick Wiseman adapts a chapter from Russian novelist Vasily Grossman's "Life and Fate" in which he imagines a letter written in 1941 by an elderly Jewish woman, a physician living in a small Ukrainian village that has fallen to the Nazis. [Not rated](New York: Film Forum: 1/29-2/11)
This documentary featuring alt-metal band System Of A Down examines various 20th- and 21st-century genocides. [Not rated]
This Iranian drama examines the challenges faced by three women in an old district of Tehran. [Not rated]
This feature-film expansion of the Comedy Central "Cops" spoof finds the deputies in Miami Beach for a police convention. Finally, the sheriff's shorts might come in handy. [Rated R]
Renee Zellweger stars as bestselling children's author Beatrix Potter in Chris Noonan's biopic. Ewan McGregor and Emily Watson co-star. [Rated PG]
This Israeli drama finds two 18-year-old girls serving their compulsory military duty on a patrol in Jerusalem. [Not rated]
The core of Eric Steel's controversial documentary is culled from one year of continuous footage shot of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, a time period that includes 24 attempted suicides. Steel interviews friends and family of the jumpers--including the one person who survived the leap. [Rated R]
Jasmila Zbanic's debut feature deals with the aftermath of the war in Bosnia, and its impact on one family in particular. [Not rated]
There's no Madea--or Tyler Perry--in the writer-director's latest comedy, although the cast does feature The Wire's Idris Elba. [Rated PG-13]
The classic tragedy is told as it has never been told before: as an animated underwater fantasy about seals. That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as fishy. [Not rated]
Based on a true story, this WWII actioner follows a group of North African soldiers who battled the Nazis as part of the French army. [Rated R]
This werewolf romance is based on the book by Annette Curtis Klause. [Rated PG-13]
This experimental thriller is inspired by Dante's "Inferno." [Not rated]
James D. Scurlock's documentary examines America's culture of debt, from the federal government's inability to balance the budget to individual Americans who routinely keep balances on their credit cards. [Not rated]
The kids notice some spooky things about their new home when their parents relocate the family from the city to a remote sunflower farm in this horror/suspense flick. [Rated PG-13]
Marc Rosenbush's dramedy follows a detective who investigates a mysterious death in a Buddhist temple. [Not rated]
Billed as "the first American gay sequel ever," this comedy returns characters from 2005's poorly-reviewed Eating Out. [Not rated]
An auto upholsterer (Paul Giamatti) attempts to escape his dreary life by domesticating a hawk in a drama based on Harry Crews' 1973 novel. [Not rated]
Set in a poor New York neighborhood, this drama centers on two brothers, one whom is developmentally disabled. [Rated PG-13]
Desmond Nakano's WWII drama centers on Japanese-American families who were relocated to internment camps and used baseball as a way to escape their unpleasant reality. [Not rated]
The folks behind Scary Movie and Date Movie insist on returning with another collection of sub-SNL-caliber movie spoofs. Actually, we think it's the same folks; it's quite possible that at this point, these movies make themselves. [Rated PG-13]
George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, and Tobey Maguire star in Steven Soderbergh's black-and-white murder mystery set in Berlin after the conclusion of WWII and shot in the style of 1940s cinema. [Rated R](LA/NY 12/15; others 1/22; wide 1/19/07)
Clint Eastwood's companion piece to Flags of our Fathers tells the same WWII story from the perspective of Japanese soldiers. [Not rated]
Billy Dee Williams and Gabrielle Union star in a drama set in the South. [Rated PG-13]
This religious drama set in 1850's Appalachia is directed by Michael Landon Jr. [Rated PG-13]
Luc Besson wrote and directed this partially-animated adaptation of his own children's book about a ten-year-old boy who discovers a race of miniature people. The music-oriented vocal cast includes Madonna, Snoop Dogg and David Bowie. [Rated PG]
Writer-director Darren Aronofsky's first fim since 2000's Requiem for a Dream is
An Argentinean law professor deals with the legacy of his famous father--as well with being a father himself for the first time--in this Spanish-language dramedy. [Not rated]
Set in 1920s China and England, this adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel about love in the time of a cholera epidemic stars Edward Norton, Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber. [Rated PG-13]
An Italian poet (Roberto Benigni) falls in love in Iraq in early 2003 in a romantic comedy also directed by Benigni. Yes, it's as bad as it sounds. [Not rated]
French director Claude Chabrol's latest film is a thriller about corporate misdeeds and the French judicial system. (Yeah, that doesn't exactly scream "big American hit.") Isabelle Huppert stars. [Not rated]
Anthony Minghella's ensemble drama set in London's Kings Cross neighborhood stars Jude Law and Juliette Binoche. [Rated R]
Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It's a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival's rock concert. (Viz Media)
Amy Berg's documentary examines pedophilia in the Catholic Church by focusing on one offender, Father Oliver O'Grady. [Not rated]
Sarah Polley stars as a deaf nurse, and Tim Robbins stars as the burn victim she must care for, in this Spanish drama set aboard an oil rig. [Not rated]
This odd quasi-biographical look at the famed photographer reimagines a three-month period of her early career. Nicole Kidman stars. [Rated R]
Two old friends reunite for a weekend camping trip in this critically-acclaimed drama. Indie music fans take note: singer-songwriter Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Palace Music) stars, and Yo La Tengo provides the soundtrack. [Not rated]
Uh... he's an artist. This documentary, on the other hand, is about a 73-year-old woman (and former truck driver) who finds what may or may not be a painting by said artist at a thrift store, and attempts to get her find authenticated. [Rated PG-13]
The inhabitants of Fairy Tale Land (including Little Red Riding Hood, The Seven Dwarves, and Rapunzel) are threatened by evil-doers in an animated adventure that's only half as original as it sounds. [Rated PG]
Nick Cassavetes' drama is a fictionalized account of the life of L.A. drug dealer Jesse James Hollywood, who was one of the youngest criminals to appear on the FBI's most wanted list. Emile Hirsch stars alongside pop star Justin Timberlake. [Rated R]
This documentary chronicles the making of Drawing Restraint 9 by artist Matthew Barney and collaborator Bjork. [Not rated]
Comedian-turned-author-turned-radio-host Al Franken is the subject of a documentary from the team behind "The War Room." [Not rated]
Cedric The Entertainer and Lucy Liu star in this slight action-comedy about a janitor with amnesia who thinks he's a secret agent. At least he has the advantage of being able to forget that this movie exists. [Rated PG-13]
Brad Silberling directs this two-character comedy starring Morgan Freeman and Paz Vega about an actor who gets stranded in the outskirts of east Los Angeles and must rely on a supermarket checkout clerk to guide him back home. [Rated R]
The 5ive millionth movie to replace a letter with a numeral in its title, this serial killer thriller is similarly original when it comes to plot. [Rated PG-13]
Winner of the Silver Bear at the 1975 Berlin Film Festival, Overlord tells one soldier's story from his induction into the British army through the battle on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944. [Not rated]
The subject of this documentary attempts to do just that, despite being the victim of some of the Nazi's cruel "experiments." [Not rated]
Forest Whitaker picked up numerous awards--including an Oscar--for his portrayal of brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who in this thriller (based on the novel) tangles with a Scottish doctor visiting on a medical mission. [Rated R]
A high school baseball umpire (Nick Nolte) serves as a father figure for a teen boy in this coming-of-age drama. [Rated R]
This indie dramedy deals with issues of religion in a small Texas town. [Rated R]
Set in Patagonia, "The Aura" is the latest thriller from Nine Queens writer-director Fabian Bielinsky. [Not rated]
This documentary examines the people who followed 1970s cult leader Jim Jones from Indiana to an eventual mass suicide in Guyana. [Not rated]
Agnieszka Holland's period drama centers on a young music student who becomes Ludwig von Beethoven's assistant... and love interest. [Rated PG-13]
A young girl's imaginary friends go missing in this family drama set in the Australian Outback. [Rated PG]
A bisexual love triangle and a mysterious disappearance are at the heart of writer-director Patrick McGuinn's indie drama, which features a soundtrack by indie band The Sea And Cake. [Not rated]
Cevin D. Soling's low-budget comedy is intended as a satire on the U.S. government's war on drugs. [Not rated]
This feature-length documentary follows Mexican musician Carmelo Mu?iz as the troubadour returns home to scratch out a living after years of trying to get ahead in San Francisco. [Not rated]
This highly controversial British drama--shot as a documentary looking back from several years in the future--traces the aftermath of the assassination of President George W. Bush. [Rated R]
Robert De Niro directs this look at the early history of the CIA, aided by an impressive cast that includes Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Alec Baldwin and William Hurt. [Rated R]
Daniel Anker's documentary about the musical experience is the result of five years of working with, and filming, the Philadelphia Orchestra. [Not rated]
This low-budget comedy set in the adult film world has it all: Adrian Zmed, and, er, well, that's about it. [Not rated]
Filmmaker Ralph Arlyck first met Sean while living as a graduate student in San Francisco's Haight Ashbury neighborhood at the height of the 1960s. Thirty years, three generations, and a lifetime later, Arlyck has returned to San Francisco in search of who the adult Sean might have become. (Shadow Distribution)
Yet another underwater IMAX documentary, "Deep Sea 3D" is narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. [Rated G]
This adaptation of Brit Ray Cooney's hit comedic play stars Chevy Case and Penelope Ann Miller. [Not rated]
An art student (Abbie Cornish) and a poet (Heath Ledger) fall in love with each other--and heroin--in an adaptation of Luke Davies' novel about addiction. [Rated R]
This second Van Wilder comedy finds Taj (Kal Penn) partying at England's Oxford University. Because, you know, Oxford students are just so uptight. [Rated R]
This Spanish import follows two young prostitutes in Madrid. [Not rated]
This micro-budget update of "Annie Hall" is set in a college. [Not rated]
Claude Chabrol's French-language adapation of Ruth Rendell's twisty novel centers on a man who makes the mistake of falling for his sister's bridesmaid. [Not rated]
A young boy goes on a journey to retrieve Babe Ruth's stolen bat in this G-rated animated adventure, originally slated to be directed by Christopher Reeve. [Rated G]
This documentary focuses on politics in post-occupation Iraq, and on one office-seeker in particular. [Not rated]
Well, it is exactly what it says it is. Catherine Hardwicke (Lords of Dogtown) directs Keisha Castle-Hughes and Shohreh Aghdashloo. [Rated PG]
This Spanish comedy finds a Madrid department store clerk seeking a promotion. Of course, it might help if he didn't have sex in the furniture department every night. And we didn't even mention the dead body that he misplaced. [Not rated]
Set in Santiago, Chile in 1973, this drama looks at that country's revolution through the eyes of two 11-year-old boys who find themselves on opposite sides. [Not rated]
Bob Odenkirk (HBO's Mr. Show) directs Arrested Development's Will Arnett in a comedy about a criminal who seeks revenge against the judge who put him behind bars... by getting the judge's obnoxious son imprisoned. [Rated R]
This documentary examines Sierra Leone's brutal, decade-long civil war that ended in 2002. [Not rated]
For those of you still not in on the joke, Borat Sagdiyev is the Kazakhstani television reporter portrayed by Sacha Baron Cohen on his "Da Ali G Show." Borat the movie plays out like an extended version of one of that program's skits (not that there's anything wrong with that), with Borat trekking across the U.S., encountering real people and real celebrities. [Rated R]
This German thriller offers a different take on the events that also inspired the American movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose. [Not rated]
A change of pace for director Ridley Scott, romantic comedy "A Good Year" centers on a disgraced businessman (Russell Crowe) who moves to Provence when he inherits a small vineyard there. [Rated PG-13]
Maximilian Schell blends interviews with staged scenes in this examination of the life and relationships of his sister and confidant, Maria Schell. [Not rated](Los Angeles)