Italian Film 101
Ten of the best Italian movies ever made as a starting place for exploration. With classics from such infamous filmmakers as Fellini, De Sica, Rossellini, Visconti, and Antonioni.

Top 10 German Films
The best German films explore everything from claustrophobic submarine warfare to expressionistic visions of the future, from angelic dreams of immortality to a certain mischievious dwarf. Lang, Wenders, Schlöndorff, Fassbinder, Herzog: here is our list of the ten best German films.

Jurgen's Top Ten 2006
A list of film critic Jurgen Fauth's top ten films of the year 2006.

Top Ten Indie Romances
We adore a good love story, a film so romantic that the end will bring tears to your eyes. Our top indie

Adrien Brody and Elsa Pataky at Cannes
Adrien Brody and Elsa Pataky arrive at the Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull Premiere

Top Ten Irish Films
Top Ten Irish Films: the best Irish movies

The Best Anime DVDs
The best Japanese animation on DVD.

Sibel Kekilli
German actress Sibel Kekilli made her feature film debut in Fatih Akin's award winning film Head-On (Gegen die Wand).

Head-On (Gegen die Wand)
A photo from the Strand Releasing film "Head-On (Gegen die Wand)", directed by Fatih Akin and starring

Top Ten Canadian Films
Canada: the land of mounties, maple syrup, and strange individuals who insert videotapes into their bellies.

Mallika Sherawat
A stunning photo of Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat.

Margo Stilley
Debut: Stilley mades her film debut in 9 Songs .Photo Gallery: For more of Margo Stilley, see our 9 Songs

Rosamund Pike
Rosamund Pike at the 2008 Academy Awards.

Watch Movies Online
Watching movies online is easier than ever. Put that broadband connection to good use and find the best places to stream free films in great quality to your desktop, laptop, or TV.

Top 10 Indie Essentials
Essential independent films, including movies by Wes Anderson, Lynne Ramsay, Sofia Coppola, Victor Nunez, Richard Linklater, Jim Jarmusch, and Patricia Rocezma.

Thandie Newton
A photo of the stunning actress Thandie Newton.

A photo gallery of famous French Actresses
French Actresses

What is Bollywood?
Brief overview of the history of Bollywood cinema that covers the history of Bollywood cinema from 1913 to the present. A general primer in the history of India's Bollywood cinema.

Paz Vega
Paz Vega: a stunning photo of the talented and beautiful Spanish actress.

Bollywood Actresses Photo Gallery
Bollywood Actresses bollywood leading ladies india's biggest sex symbols bollywood photos

Spanish Actress Photo Gallery
Spanish Actresses: a photo gallery of Latina leading ladies. Including luminous stars of cinema Penelope Cruz, Salma Hayak, Leonar Wattling, Alice Braga and many more.

Essential French Films
In diversity and accomplishment, the output of French filmmakers rivals that of any country. Here is a list of ten classic French films that should not be missed by any serious film fan.

British Comedies
The ten funniest British films on DVD, from your About Guides Marcy Dermansky and Jurgen Fauth

Super Size Me
What happens when you eat McDonald's for thirty days, three meals a day, super-sized when asked, widely

10 Bollywood Actresses To Know
10 Bollywood Actresses To Know - Bollywood beauties, from world famous actress Aishwarya Rai and Rani Mukherjee to rising stars Mallika Sherawat and Sonam Kapoor.

Cult Films on DVD
Small budgets and a private vision often produce the hippest and edgiest stuff in filmmaking. Here are the ten cult films you can't live without.

The Intouchables
Review: The Intouchables. Directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano hope to tug on your heartstrings with The Intouchables, the story of a disabled wealthy French man who hires a Black Muslim ex-con as his caretaker. But as Jordan Hoffman writes, even the French can make nauseating pap. François Cluzet and Omar Sy star.

Mercedes Cabral at Cannes
Mercedes Cabral attends the Kinatay Photocall held at the Palais Des Festivals during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2009 in Cannes, France.

Black Snake Moan
A photo from the Paramount Vantage release "Black Snake Moan", directed by Craig Brewer and starring

Aishwarya Rai Photo Gallery
A photo gallery of Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai.

An Inconvenient Truth
David Guggenheim documents Al Gore's slide show: a compelling and easy to understand scientific exploration of the dramtic effects of global warming.

Foreign Film Oscars
A list of past Academy Award winners in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Award-Winning Bollywood Films: Cannes Film Festival
Award-Winning Bollywood Films: Cannes Film Festival presents a list of Bollywood films that have won awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival over the years.

French Actors Photo Gallery
French Actors Photo Gallery: photos of famous French actors.

Katherine Waterston
Katherine Waterston - Her Career in Film: Rising Star Katherine Waterston was born into a family of actors.

Hong Kong Action Flicks
Top Hong Kong Action Movies on DVD, from your About Guides Marcy Dermansky and Jurgen Fauth

Top Ten Movies About Writers
Burdened with a craft that's essentially uncinematic, writers in the movies are perennially blocked, broke, and insane, simultaneously romanticized and ridiculed for their excesses--from the wise-cracking drunks of Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle to the sticky sweetness of Shakespeare in Love, the self-regarding self-reflexivity of Adaptation, and the homicidal madness of The Shining. Here are ten films that have something real to say about what it means to write.

Mary-Kate Olsen
Mary-Kate Olsen attend a screening of 'The Wackness.'

Emmanuelle Seigner
Emmanuelle Seigner French Actresses

British Actress Photo Gallery
A photo gallery of British actresses

Film Festivals
Film festivals provide moviegoers with the first exposure to cinema's best new films. The influence of such important international film festivals as Cannes, The Toronto Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festivals, and Sundance point to the most exciting work by contemporary film makers. Major film acquisitions are made, obscure films are discovered, and future classics are recognized. Cinephiles will want to stay up to up to date with news from these top film festivals.

Apocalypto
Mel Gibson's follow-up to The Passion of the Christ uses the decline of the ancient Mayan civilization as backdrop for another epic blood bath. Come for the solar eclipse and stay for the large-scale serial human sacrifice!

Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan
Aishwarya Rai and Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom:2

Happy Endings
Don Roos' ensemble drama "Happy Endings" seems unnecessarily complicated. The two major stories revolve

Kelly Macdonald
Kelly Macdonald at the premiere of No Country For Old Men at the Cannes Film Festival

9 Songs
A photo from the Revolution Films release " 9 Songs ", directed by Michael Winterbottom and starring

Eva Green
Birth Date: July 5, 1980. Place of Birth: Paris, France. Family Facts: Eva Green has a twin sister. Her

Bobby
Bobby Review - Review of Raj Kapoor's 1973 Bollywood film Bobby

Eva Green in "The Dreamers"
A photo gallery of French actress Eva Green

Shu Qi
Background: Shu Qi was born April 16, 1976 in Taiwan. Her name is sometimes seen in the Western order

Abbie Cornish and Heath Ledger in 'Candy'
A photo from the ThinkFilm release "Candy", directed by Neil Armfield and starring Heath Ledger, and

Candy
Oscar-nominee Heath Ledger stars as Dan, a charming but reckless young poet who has fallen in love with Candy (Abbie Cornish), a beautiful young art student from a comfortable middle-class family who is attracted to his bohemian lifestyle. Opens November 17, 2006.

Anti-War Movies
The top ten anti-war movies

Movies About Girlfriends
The best films about the all-important, tumultuous friendships between young women.

Kareena Kapoor
Birth Date: September 21, 1980. Place of Birth: Bombay, Maharashtra, India. Father: Randhir Kapoor. Mother:

"The Chorus" Review
“The Chorus” is a movie you have seen many times before. Cute, well-acted and utterly predictable, Christophe

The 11th Hour
A powerful and alarming new documentary about the global environmental crisis, narrated by Leo DiCaprio.

Best Australian & NZ Films
The Best films from Australia and New Zealand, including movies by Peter Jackson, Jane Campion, George Miller, and Peter Weir.

Michael Pitt at the premiere of "Last Days."
Michael Pitt at the premiere of Last Days

Rani Mukherjee
A stunning photo of Bollywood actress Rani Mukherjee.

Shortbus
A rave review of John Cameron Mitchell's much-anticipated sexually explicit film Shortbus.

Monster
There is nothing extraordinary about Patty Jenkin's debut feature "Monster" except the transformation

Aishwarya Rai
A profile of Aishwarya Rai, crowned Miss World 1994 and one of Bollywood's most famous actresses.

Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
5/5 Stars Like the prophecies that haunt the characters, this movie has been foretold for a long, long

Sophie Marceau
A stunning photo of French actress Sophie Marceau.

Kate Beckinsale in "The Aviator"
Gallery of photos of actress Kate Beckinsale

Battle in Heaven
Carlos Reygadas's sophomore film offers an audacious style, amateur actors performing real on-screen sex, and a melodramatic plot that doesn't add up.

Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain," based on the short story by Annie Proulx, is frank in its depiction of

Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1930-1950
Milestones in Bollywood Cinema: 1930-1950 contains a list of cinematic milestones in Bollywood films from 1930 to 1950.

Tsotsi
Twice in Gavin Hood's Oscar-winning Tsotsi , we see a train pull into a station. What seems like a straightforward

Review: The Wedding Song
The Wedding Song - A review of Karin Albou's THE WEDDING SONG. Set during World War II in Tunis, Karin Albou's The Wedding Song is the story of a friendship between adolescent girls tested by drastic circumstances.

Photos of Shu Qi
Gallery of photos of Taiwanese actress Shu Qi.

Bowling for Columbine - Review
A review of Michael Moore's film "Bowling for Columbine" by Jurgen Fauth

Virginie Ledoyen
A portrait of French actress Virginie Ledoyen.

Ludivine Sagnier
A stunning photo of Ludivine Sagnier.

Milestones in Bollywood Cinema
Milestones in Bollywood Cinema 1896-1930 contains a list of 9 cinematic milestones in Bollywood film history, which includes the first screening in India, the first feature film, the first social satire, the first permanent theater in Calcutta, the creation of the Indian Cinematograph Act, and the first foreign talkie.

Asylum Blackout
Review: Asylum Blackout. There's a whole subset of independent films that perhaps you feel guilty for ignoring: the low budget horror flick with no stars. Jordan Hoffman will put your mind at ease for skipping Aslyum Blackout. The film is currently playing in theaters and available on VOD.

Catherine Deneuve
A stunning photo of French film legend Catherine Deneuve.

Sushmita Sen
A stunning photo of Bollywood Actress Sushmita Sen.

Why We Fight
The "military-industrial complex" has long been one of the bogeymen of the left. Not everybody, however,

Films by Peter Jackson
best films of peter jackson

Diego Luna
Photo of actor Diego Luna.

Somewhere
A Review of Sofia Coppola's Somewhere: Stephen Dorff stars as Johnny Marco, a dissolute movie star, living in the Chateau Marmont whose life is turned upside down with the arrival of his eleven year old daughter. Marcy Dermansky reviews Sofia Coppola's marvelous new film.

Gaspard Ulliel photo
Gaspard Ulliel photo: Gaspard Ulliel attends the premiere for 'Spiderman 3' in Paris.

Olivia Thirlby
A dreamy portrait of rising star Olivia Thirlby.

Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche first attracted international attention for her luminescent performance in The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Binoche went on to win an Oscar for best supporting actress for The English Patient. She continues to work steadily with critically acclaimed performances in such films as Blue, Lovers On The Bridge, Cache and many others.

Karisma Kapoor
A stunning photo of Bollywood actress Karisma Kapoor.

Irene Jacob
A stunning photo of French actress Irene Jacob.

Brick
Perhaps the freshest take on the genre since Reservoir Dogs , first-time director Rian Johnson sets a

Top Ten Indie Movie Soundtracks - World/Independent Film
Top ten indie soundtracks from your About.com Guide

Salman Khan
A profile of Bollywood bad boy Salman Khan.

The Corporation
Mark Achbar, Jennifer Abbott, and Joel Bakan present a thorough investigation of the history, power, and impact of corporations on modern civilization.

Charlotte Gainsbourg
A stunning photo of Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Curse of the Golden Flower
A photo from the Sony Picture Classics release "Curse of the Golden Flower", directed by Zhang Yimou

Little Children
A photo from the New Line release "Little Children", directed by Todd Field and starring Kate Winslet,

Maiwenn LeBesco
A picture of French actress Maiwenn LeBesco.

Marie Antoinette
A photo from the Sony Pictures Releasing release "Marie Antoinette", directed by Sofia Coppola and starring

Nathalie Baye
A stunning photo of French actress Nathalie Baye.

Where Do We Go Now?
Review: Where Do We Go Now? Lebanese filmmmakers Nadine Labaki's second film 'Where Do We Go Now?' is a full fledged feminist comedy, replete with fantasy musical sequences. Jordan Hoffman reviews.

Gay and Lesbian DVDs
Gay and lesbian cinema has come into its own. From herb teag to coming out, first love to the AIDS crisis, these top picks are essential for any comprehensive DVD collection.

Devon Bostick
Simon (Devon Bostick) examines his mother's violin on the bus in a scene from Atom Egoyan's Adoration

Fahrenheit 911
The hype surrounding Michael Moore's scathing analysis of the Bush Administration has been impossible

Monica Bellucci in "Malena"
Monica Bellucci in Malena

The Dreamers
Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers is set in Paris in the spring of 1968, a tumultuous time of sexual

Clémence Poésy
Clémence Poésy is gorgeous and dreamy in this stunning photo of the French actress.

Monica Bellucci in "The Passion of the Christ"
Monica Bellucci in The Passion of the Christ

Paprika
A photo from the Sony Pictures Classics release "Paprika", directed by Satoshi Kon and starring Megumi

Marion Cotillard
A stunning photo of Academy Award winning actress Marion Cotillard.

Audrey Tautou
Birth Date: August 9, 1978. Audrey Tautou's Breakout Role: Audrey Tautou charmed audiences in Jean Pierre

Julie Delpy
Julie Delpy is a French-American actress, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director and singer.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt of the film '(500) Days Of Summer' poses for a portrait at the Film Lounge Media Center during the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Photos from Fatih Akin's "Head-On (Gegen die Wand)"
Director: Fatih Akin. Cast: Sibel Kekilli and Birol Unel. Release Date: January 21, 2005 1-12 24 Head-On

Emmanuelle Béart
Birthday: August 14, 1965. Place of Birth: St. Tropez, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Family:

Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci Hot Photo

Essential World Films
The very best foreign films--or at the very least, Jurgen's list of favorite world films.

Megastars – Bollywood Style
A look at Bollywood megastars and the film industry that supports the creation of Bollywood megastars. Covers the history of the Bollywood star system, leading up a look at the Bollywood megastars of today.

Vahina Giocante at Cannes
Vahina Giocante ( Lila Says , Marie Baie des Anges ) arrives at the Blindness premiere at the Palais

Fanny Valette
A picture of French actress Fanny Valette.

10 Essential Bollywood Films
10 Essential Bollywood Films. An introduction and overview of 10 essential Bollywood films. A primer to Bollywood cinema, featuring a list of 10 essential Bollywood films that serve as a good introduction to Bollywood cinema.

Preity Zinta
A stunning photo of Bollywood actress Preity Zinta.

Linh Dan Pham
Linh Dan Pham photo

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel in a scene '500 Days of Summer.'

Marie-Josee Croze
Marie-Josee Croze poses for a portrait.

Sexy Beast - Ben Kingsley - A Review by Beck Finley - World Film
A review of "Sexy Beast" starring Ben Kinglsey, by your Guide to World Film, Jurgen Fauth

Eva Green Photo Gallery
A photo gallery of French actress Eva Green

An Interview with Christina Ricci - World Film
Christina Ricci speaks about her new movie, Johnnny Depp, and Los Angeles, by your Guide to World Film, Jurgen Fauth

Pooja Batra
A stunning photo of Bollywood actress Pooja Batra.

Elena
A review of Elena. At only 109 minutes, Andrei Zvyagintsev's 'Elena' trades in the hefty moral issues familiar to Russian Literature and, therefore, demands to leave an imprint.

Angel-A
A photo from the Sony Pictures Classics release "Angel-A", directed by Luc Besson and starring Jamel

Diya Mirza
A stunning photo of Bollywood actress Diya Mirza.

Rosalinda Celentano
Birth date: July 15, 1968. Place of Birth: Milan, Italy. Biography: Rosalinda Celentano is the third

Melanie Doutey
A stunning photo of French actress Melanie Doutey.

Catherine Zeta Jones
Catherine Zeta Jones: a photo of the stunning actress.

Eva Green in "Kingdom of Heaven"
Eva Green in a scene from Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven

Ornella Muti at Cannes
Ornella Muti arrives at the Blindness premiere at the Palais des Festivals during the 61st International

Elsa Pataky
A photo of gorgeous Spanish actress Elsa Pataky.

"Head-On" Review
Fatih Akin's thrilling drama "Head-On" starts out loud and ugly. 40-year-old Turkish-German Cahit (Birol

Jesse Eisenberg Films
The curly-haired Jesse Eisenberg is an unlikely leading man. He's best known for his portrayal of shy

Roxane Mesquida
Roxane Mesquida in Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress

Emmanuelle Devos
A portrait of French actress Emmanuelle Devos.

Berlinale 2011: Nader and Simin, A Separation (Jodaeiye Nader az Simin)
Nader and Simin, A Separation - Review of Asghar Farhadi's Nader and Simin, A Separation which won the Golden Bear at the 2011 Berlinale