Stairway to Heaven (A Matter of Life and Death)

An insult to the human race can only be appealing to those who consider themselves, somehow, above it

Inventing the Abbotts directed by Pat O’Connor from a story by Sue Miller is set in the 1950s and runs through the usual movie and journalistic clichés about that era as a time of “innocence.” In addition to authentic cars and clothes and appliances and TV shows (surprisingly, there is little period rock ‘n’ roll),…

A rather busy and overstuffed coming-of-age drama with a distinctively Australian touch to it

Kevin Spacey, sensitivity snob, is in his element in this laughably inept tribute to teen angst.

God Said, “Ha!” written, directed and performed by Julia Sweeney, formerly the androgynous “Pat” on “Saturday Night Live,” is a one-woman show consisting of the author’s personal account of a difficult year in her life when her younger brother was dying of lymphatic cancer, she herself was being treated for cervical cancer, she was out…

A poor evocation of the Cold War, this movie redeems itself with a portrayal of men doing their best to cope with a colossal military screw-up.