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The latest from French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female, Reversal of Fortune) is titled L'Avocat de la Terreur — released in the U.S. as Terror's Advocate. It's a documentary about lawyer Jacques Verges, known for defending war criminals, militants and yes, terrorists.

A comedy (!) about a congressman, the CIA, and the Afghan mujahedeen, featuring some seriously larger-than-life characters. Director Mike Nichols displays a light satirical touch. (Recommended)

If a political candidate makes a gaffe and comedy writers aren't around to make fun of it, does it make a sound? Bill Sheft, a writer for The Late Show with David Letterman, talks about the impact of the lack of late-night laughs, and how we are affected by the absence of political humor.

During the famously chaotic filming of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, another director was at work on the set: Documentary director Eleanor Coppola, the auteur's wife. Her film Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, is out on DVD.

When Hollywood makes action adventures, provocative comedies and fantasy films, it almost always targets teenage boys. This week, with the openings of Juno and The Golden Compass, their sisters will also have someone to root for.

The Black Stallion meets Gremlins in this boy-and-his-Loch Ness Monster story. The Brit cast is fine, the digital creature is persuasive enough, and the scenery's certainly pretty — but the story might well prove too alarming for really small kids, and too twee for adults

A womanizing fashion editor is felled by a stroke, then learns to communicate again by blinking. Months later, he has dictated a memoir — the inspiration for this wildly creative film by neo-expressionist Julian Schnabel. (Recommended)

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A young mom and her family move to a dark, brooding country estate and act out a horror-movie version of Peter Pan. Directed by newcomer Juan Antonio Bayona, it's a creepily effective exercise in gothic technique.

There Will Be Blood, a new film starring Daniel Day-Lewis, is a morality play set in the early days of California's oil boom. It involves the unholy trinity of oil, money and religion.