Film

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Body of War
Rated 4 star(s)

A spare, powerful Iraq War doc

Body of War

The Witnesses
Rated 4 star(s)

A group of friends deals with the AIDS crisis

The Witnesses

Jellyfish
Rated 3 star(s)

The women of this drama need antidepressants.

Jellyfish

How the Garcia Girls Spent...
Rated 4 star(s)

Three generations of Latinas live, love, learn.

How the Garcia Girls Spent...

Before the Rains
Rated 3 star(s)

Another Englishamn gets steamy in tropical climes.

Before the Rains
 

Still running

What Happens in Vegas

What Happens in Vegas

Don't bet on this rom-com being funny.

Made of Honor

Misogynistic chick flick: not an oxymoron.

Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

The paranoid flip side to the original's buzz.


Critics' choice

Iron Man

Iron Man

"Risky" casting of Robert Downey Jr. pays off.

Standard Operating Procedure

An impressive balancing act from Errol Morris.

The Witnesses

André Téchiné captures the early days of AIDS.


Also opening

Irina Palm

Irina Palm

A widow gives "massages" to make ends meet.

Box Elder

Bromance, the low-budget edition.

Dark Matter

Physics is fun until your advisor steals your work.



Summer film preview

Heroes vs. zeros

Heroes vs. zeros

This summer's lineup pits world-saving superheroes against bumbling funnymen.


Film blog

Get your daily dose

Get your daily dose

Ben brushes up on his French between croissants (and movies) at Cannes.


Q&A

<i>Escape</i> artist

Escape artist

Harold & Kumar’s John Cho takes the lead.

The bromantic era

As writer and star, Jason Segel is fully exposed.

In the cards

21’s Jim Sturgess gets dealt a winning hand.






Features

Team America

Team America

An unlikely duo give an Iraq War doc a human face.

Dream team

A pair of music-video makers maintain perfect harmony on a feature film.

Question authority

Errol Morris queries every query.

The direct approach

Helen Hunt goes behind the camera.

Behind the music

Leave it to a music producer to reimagine the whole idea of the music doc.

The quiet man

A character actor sings the praises of doing as little as possible onscreen.




Art house picks

Planet of the Apes

Planet of the Apes

In his sternest animal growl, the late Charlton Heston tells those damn dirty apes to get their stinkin' paws off him.


Coming soon

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

(May 22) Nineteen years after his last crusade, Indy cracks the whip again.