The pacing of “Gladiator II” says a lot about what Ridley Scott’s priorities were for this film: spectacle, immersion, pure feeling.

Dorothy and her friends’ journey is one of discovery and gratitude, an external quest that reveals internal riches.

Age and its relationship to stardom is the animating subject of “Sunset Blvd,” “Tammy Faye” and “Death Becomes Her.”

What separates “Bonhoeffer” from the myriad instructive Holocaust biographies and melodramas is its timing.

“Wicked” arrives on a whirlwind of eager (and anxious) anticipation among fans of the musical.

Sometimes you have to leave home to find home. That’s the paradox of the immigrant experience, portrayed beautifully in “Brooklyn.”