The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel is predicatable and sentimental, but the acting makes it a pleasant enough stay. more ›

Notes on a Scandal may star two of the greatest living actresses, thespians who more often play monarchs than molls, but don’t fool yourself—the movie’s trash, not art. But it’s a kind of high trash, a thinking woman’s "beach viewing," much in the vein of the delightfully lurid 2003 François Ozon film Swimming Pool. more ›