At the Movies

A cultural phenomenon, Stephenie Meyer's beloved vampire love story exploded across the screen in what was one of the most anticipated movies of last season. now available for pre-order on DVD! -- due March 21st.

Bernhard Schlink, who is a law professor and judge in his native Germany, has brought his professional interest in justice and responsibility to bear on all his fiction, including his bestselling 1995 novel, The Reader. Inevitably for an intellectual of his generation (he was born in 1944), Schlink is also fascinated by his country's recent history, and his fiction can be seen as an attempt to make sense of and come to terms with the infinitely strange story of modern Germany.

Curious indeed. Based on one of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic Jazz Age stories, this film relates the fortunes of a certain Benjamin, who is born as an old man and reverses the life cycle by becoming younger, until...well, you will have to find out (and learn whether Brad Pitt will need Botox).

Countering the image of European Jews as helpless victims during the Holocaust years, this book tells the story of a forest community in western Belorussia that would number more than 1,200 by 1944--the largest armed rescue operation of Jews by Jews in WWII.

Titanic stars Kate Winslett and Leonardo DiCaprio re-team for this long-awaited film version of Richard Yates's blistering novel of suburban malaise. Sam Mendes (American Beauty) directs.

Based on Italian journalist Roberto Saviano's explosive exposé of organized crime in Naples, this 2008 Grand Prix-winning film by Matteo Garrone weaves together five powerful stories steeped in chaos, corruption, and violence.

Warner Bros. and directer Zack Snyder (of 300 fame) have teamed up to bring the legendary Watchmen to the silver screen -- coming in the spring of 2009. Finally, this Hugo Award-winning classic will receive the Hollywood treatment.

A group of young people living in Baltimore try to navigate the treacherous waters of romantic relationships in this film adaptation of Greg Behrendt and Liz Tucillo's nonfiction bestseller. Drew Barrymore, Ben Affleck, and Jennifer Aniston head the star-studded cast.

Roberta Grossman combines interviews, archival footage, and re-enactments in Blessed Is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh, an intriguing documentary about the young Hungarian-born Zionist poet who was captured and killed by the Nazis during WWII.