11.   Andre Techine is one of those enigmatic directors whose movies make you work.

12.   Are we really expected to drum up breathless suspense when the most expensive movie ever made has proven itself an emotionally pleasing, runaway late-year hit?

13.   As refreshing and as fleeting as an afternoon thunderstorm, the movie makes for a genially conservative summer treat.

14.   As the movie makes clear, the assembling of this band by the American guitarist and producer Ry Cooder was a profoundly rejuvenating experience for the members.

15.   As this quietly inspiring movie makes clear, nothing was ever that easy about the struggle for racial equality in this country.

16.   At odd moments, this cleverly plotted movie actually makes this forced marriage work.

17.   At this point, the naturalistic movie makes a huge, unexpected leap into the mystical that could be taken as a hokily sentimental betrayal.

18.   Atlanta is where the Spike Lee-directed movie of the performance has made the most money.

19.   A decent movie makes a superb TV show.

20.   A good war movie makes you despise war, a terrible one makes you grin, but a mediocre one might send you to the recruiting office.