The Chilean filmmaker produced a body of work so inventive, demanding and rewarding that he deserves to be in the company of giants such as Bergman, Godard, and Fellini
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Top 10 Worst Fake British Accents
TIME pays tribute to those thespians who have struggled to pull off a convincing British accent.
Provocateur Gualtiero Jacopetti Dead at 91: Honoring the Man Behind the Mondo Movies
Jacopetti’s Mondo Cane was a worldwide phenomenon. But his vigorous mix of doc and shock got him charged with murder
Top 10 Shirtless Movies
This weekend, as moviegoers take in the remake of Conan the Barbarian in all its bare-chested, chiseled-torso glory, TIME takes a look at other movies in which clothing was clearly optional
One Day: A Page Turner Becomes a Head Scratcher
Even with cute stars Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, this adaptation of David Nicholls’ best-selling novel lacks the punch of its source material
Conan the Barbarian: That’s Sado-tainment!
This grimy, gruesome revenge tale has a body count in the mid-trillions and plenty of things to make you go eww
Amigo: John Sayles’ Latest Declaration of Indie-pendence
Pushing Vietnam and Iraq analogies in depicting the U.S. occupation of the Philippines a century ago, the veteran filmmaker gets stuck in the Big Muddy of his grand ambitions
Glee The 3-D Concert Film: The Church of Latter-day Songs
The McKinley High glee club has accrued the odor, say the incense, of a secular religion
30:Minutes or Less: Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in a Go-Nowhere Fargo
The only entertainment value viewers can mine from this Grand Rapids mishigas is to meet the film on its own sub-basement level and count the movie references
Top 10 Berlin Wall Movies
It’s been 50 years since the start of construction on the Berlin Wall. TIME looks back at 10 movies that were set in the time of the Wall—and now have outlasted it.
The Help: The Secret Lives of Maids
It is safe to say actress Viola Davis will get an Oscar nomination for her uncompromising performance in this adaptation of Kathryn Stockett’s best seller
The Interrupters: Heroes in an Urban War Zone
An enthralling new documentary, airing tonight on Frontline/PBS, tracks a group of reformed criminals fighting a plague of violence in Chicago
The Whistleblower: Rachel Weisz Against the Sex Trade
The Oscar winner delivers a great, subtle performance as a Nebraska cop trying to right wrongs in Bosnia