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A new film collection showcases the decorous, paternal authority that Gregory Peck projected over the course of his long career.

Serious-minded Americans love to idealize the French movie industry, but as French cinephiles tend to see it, it's their own filmmakers who shy away from tough issues.

Italians have the nicest kitchens, and we get to ogle several of them in Saturn in Opposition, a crowded and talky

"Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" is a solid sequel and any family that enjoyed the first film will enjoy this.

Film Reviews: An undercover agent guards an endorsement model with almost no cover at all in the mirthful, sporadically lurid Nipponese spy spoof "Mr Tadano's Secret Mission -- From Japan With Love."

Film Reviews: All the qualities -- strong casting, well-structured script, evocative look -- that made helmer Ketan Mehta's previous costumer, "The Rising," so powerful are in short supply in "Colors of Passion."

Film Reviews: Russian theater gets double-checked by Japanese schoolgirls looking to rebel against authority in the stiff lesbian-themed Nipponese meller "The Cherry Orchard -- Blossoming."

Film Reviews: Maintaining his reputation as an unconventional helmer who embraces sensitive pro-feminist topics in a mainstream way, Magdi Ahmed Ali celebrates female independence while slyly condemning government corruption in "Fawzeya's Secret Recipe."

Film Reviews: One consequence of the death of Spain's General Franco in 1975 was an avalanche of soft-porn movies, and "The Naked Years -- Classified 'S'" is an affectionate, if clumsy, X-ray of the period.

The phrase "divorced couple" sounds like an oxymoron, but there's really no other way to describe the Dutch ex-spouses whose table talk dominates "Stages."