Does Oscar buzz make you more inclined to see a movie and less inclined to like it?

New on DVD this October: No End in Sight, A Mighty Heart, and more.

In Lars and the Real Girl, Emily Mortimer plays the sister-in-law of a depressive shut-in who falls for a mail-order sex doll. She spoke to Logan Hill.

Last week, we covered the local directors who dominate the New York Film Festival, but the festival is also stacked with breakout films from overseas.

Sidney Lumet on street life, getting beat up, and the next wave of New York cinema.

With two big roles this fall, the younger Affleck brother may wind up the more famous one.

When the MPAA slapped Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution with an NC-17 rating the director said he wouldn’t “change a single frame.” We asked Lee to explain himself.

Oscar nomination in tow, Terrence Howard has set off into the world of practically color-blind casting.

Each fall, stores stock video games that are ever more realistic, bloody, and complex. But this season, thanks largely to the Wii, the grinless warriors of these games will battle killer bunnies and karaoke stars for your attention.

Renée Zellweger plays a florist who falls for a Central Park bumblebee in Jerry Seinfeld’s animated Bee Movie, opening in November.