Movies

For all the controversy preceding its release (much of it, let's be honest, self-generated), Michael Moore's Sicko begins with a point few Americans would dispute:

It's not for nothing that student films have a reputation for being a little, well, sophomoric. But for every stinker, there's another gem. Take Robert Rodriguez's early effort Bedhead, about a girl who takes revenge on her bullying brother.

An airy souffle, a tangy confection — how many food metaphors will Ratatouille provoke? Set largely behind the swinging doors of a Parisian restaurant, Brad Bird's movie charts the course of a budding chef named Remy (voiced by Patton Oswalt) from stowaway to culinary artiste.

Send repertory film listings to tami.fertig@citypaper.net. AMBLER THEATER 108 E. Butler Ave., Ambler, 215-345-7855, www.amblertheater.org. Key Largo (1948, U.S., 100 min.) Tagline of the week: