The 15-year-old cancer patient in Ian Barnes' Wish 143 is less specific about his object of affection, hoping only to lose his virginity before he dies.

Nazi cameraman Willy Wist remembers shooting victims assembled at a graveyard, anticipating their end. Imagining what that's like makes A Film Unfinished so daunting, so astute and so memorable.

You don't need to know the specifics to appreciate Lisbeth now — she's as potent a cipher as any franchise hero: as resourceful as Bourne, as lethal as Bond.

The director and producer of the 2007 Oscar-winner Taxi to the Dark Side, Alex Gibney pushes past conventional documentary structures and expectations to tell stories in new ways.

It's in stories that Chloe suggests we make ourselves, as well as others.

Juanita Wilson's beautifully composed The Door is the likely winner of this years Oscar for Best Short Film.

The mobile frames are always slightly off, as Mia misunderstands what she sees and also eludes your understanding. This is the film's most effective strategy, to connect images that promote desire with images that do not.

For the first time this year, U.S. domestic movie revenues topped $10 billion. Much of the U.S. output was loud and aimed at young male consumers. But some filmmakers were doing something else.

As Lone Scherfig's movie makes delicately clear, Jenny's convinced that David's lies are charming, a sign of his intelligence.