Scorsese's complete shut-out of women in the hero category inspires me to come up with a counter-list. My ten heroines, from the popular canon, achieve their objective by hewing to character, by verbal dexterity, and by using their heads.

Who is the most beautiful woman in the world? Right now? Once upon a time, it was Ingrid Bergman.

Those wanting to get closer to that more traditional and comforting take on the eternal "boy meets girl" predicament need only look back and revisit the great film romances of the past, movies that reflect those long-vanished ideals.

As seen through the revealing lens of timeless film, you can derive a measure of comfort and perspective amidst the seeming complexity of it all, because the pressures and vicissitudes of the work place go back a very long way.

Jennifer Jones always defied easy analysis, so much the better for us to simply surrender to her films themselves.

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

Tea and Sympathy will be remembered eternally for its final line, "Years from now when you talk about this -- and you will -- be kind" -- one of the tenderest moments in Broadway history.

In a host of movies, the train has served as a microcosm of modern society, and the individual's potential risk and conflict within it.

The evidence of Cary Grant's prodigious talent is always here, right in front of us, if we choose to look.