Listen to the rhythms of Broadcast News—from Holly Hunter’s daily crying jags to William Hurt’s cock-of-the walk patter—and you’ll hear how romantic comedy can approach an art form, a roundelay that requires the ear of a conductor. How Do You Know, James L…

Was anyone clamoring—finally!—for a movie about the bear in the hat? Even the original Hanna-Barbera TV series was nap-inducing for those old enough to remember it; Yogi Bear on the big screen feels not just needless, but wasteful.

Everyone has a favorite Jeff Bridges, whether it be his immortal Jeff Lebowski (“takin’ ’er easy for all us sinners”), his Clintonesque President (The Contender), his friendly lost alien (Starman) or his flirty jazz-bar piano player (The Fabulous Baker Boys).

Let’s give the third Narnia adventure points for narrative speed…

The Brattle Theatre takes an alternative look at Christmas cheer this year with it's Alt-Xmas series, running December 17 through 19…

Ignore the hurricane brewing on Broadway as director Julie Taymor slings her Spider-Man into shape. She’s got a bigger shitstorm onscreen with this cacophonous, cinematically awkward adaptation of Shakespeare’s final play, a suspicious centerpiece of this year’s New York Film Festival…