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Sarah Polley's debut film is a generous, deceptively simple portrait, simply brought to life: Gordon Pinsent's Grant is gruff and bearish, Julie Christie's Fiona gorgeous and exquisitely blank. (Recommended)

Edith Piaf's triumphant, tormented life — in lush, supersaturated colors and with Piaf's own songs as a soundtrack.

The premise — animated surfing mockumentary about penguins who supposedly invented the art of hanging, er, six — is high-concept enough to make you wonder how high the conceptualizers were. But it's a laid-back delight.

The 60th Cannes Film Festival drew more than 4,000 journalists, so it's possible you've heard a little something about the hits and misses there. Michael Moore screened a damning documentary about the U.S. health-care system, while singer Norah Jones made her acting debut in a film from Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai. Critic-at-large John Powers reports on other high- and low-lights.

Lee Atwater, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, is remembered for being a ruthless political operative. But in a new documentary about Atwater's controversial life and legacy, filmmaker Stefan Forbes shows that despite his reputation as "Darth Vader," Atwater won the respect of many, including political enemies.

Brett Morgan's film, Chicago 10, uses a combination of archival footage, animation and music to tell the story of eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Plenty of actors and writers turn their family lives into one-man shows. But how many can spin tales of their father being a pimp and their stepfather being a devout religious man? Farai Chideya talks with actor and comedian Don Reed about his play, East 14th.

Fort Ticonderoga, in upstate New York, saw bloody action in the French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary Wars But now the privately owned museum and battleground is fighting for its own existence. The fort could be forced to shut down or sell off key artifacts.

TV critic David Bianculli considers the impact of the FX drama series The Shield, which begins its seventh and final season.

A building heralded as the greenest museum in the world opens Saturday in San Francisco. Italian architect Renzo Piano tucked the building into the hills of Golden Gate Park — in both form and function, the museum fits into the natural world surrounding it.