Film
New on DVD 
Whatever Works; Monty Python: Almost the Truth; On the Road With Charles Kuralt: Set 1
Skin
Skin is based on the true story of a white family in South Africa that fights against the country’s rigid racial laws so their dark-skinned daughter can be classified as white.
This Is It
Pieced together from raw footage of Michael Jackson preparing for a series of comeback concerts, This Is It gives the audience rare glimpses of the “genius at work.”
Precious
Based on the best-selling novel Push by Sapphire, Precious is about a 350-pound illiterate teenager who has been impregnated twice by her father and is emotionally abused by her mother.
New on DVD
Cheri; I Am Because We Are; Black Adder, Remastered
Amelia
A biopic about an extraordinary woman, the resolutely ordinary Amelia “never takes flight,” said Leah Rozen in People.
Antichrist
In Lars von Trier’s “most extreme work yet,” a couple moves to the country and spirals into self-destruction after the death of their child.
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Jonathan Parker’s “acutely witty” satire mocks New York’s contemporary art and music scene.
Michael Jackson: 'This Is It' Inc.
Is Jackson's posthumous concert-rehearsal movie a loving tribute or a morbid cash grab?
New on DVD
Drag Me to Hell; Every Little Step; Stop Making Sense
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You is the second in producer Emmanuel Benbihy’s “Cities of Love” series; the first was 2006’s Paris, je t’aime.
Paranormal Activity
First-time writer-director Oren Peli's psychological thriller will make you want to sleep with the lights on, said Betsy Sharkey in the Los Angeles Times.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are is that “rare adaptation that goes deeper, not dumber,” in its translation of a children’s classic, said Michael Phillips in the Chicago Tribune.
John C. Reilly: 'Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant'
How director Paul Weitz translates three books from the popular 'Cirque de Freak' series into one movie
Hilary Swank: 'Amelia'
How the pioneering aviator is portrayed in director Mira Nair's new biopic
Lars von Trier's 'Antichrist'
Is the director's latest a film of 'great beauty,' or completely 'tasteless'?
Updating 'Astro Boy'
How a new version of the 1960s Japanese cartoon translates to the big screen
Couples Retreat
In Peter Billingsley's comedy, a husband and wife having trouble conceiving ask their friends to come along to a couples resort designed to mend marriages.
A Serious Man
A good and decent Jewish college professor tries to understand why his life is coming apart at the seams in Ethan Coen and Joel Coen's latest “work of cruel comic genius.”
An Education
Carey Mulligan gives a breakthrough performance in this coming-of-age story about a 16-year-old who begins a dalliance with an older man, played by Peter Sarsgaard.
