Abbie Cornish and Ben Whishaw as Fanny Brawne and John Keats, muse and poet, in "Bright Star."
Our critics' selections
Bright Star Jane Campion's ecstatic ode to tubercular Romantic poet John Keats (Ben Whishaw) and his muse, robust Regency fashion plate Fanny Brawne (Abbie Cornish), is intimate as a whisper and timeless as first love. PG
The Informant! In Steven Soderbergh's unsettling comedy about real-life FBI informant Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon delivers a goofball performance as the corporate whistleblower who may be blowing his own horn. R
The September Issue Slick and entertaining chronicle of how the biggest edition of Vogue magazine (September '07) came together, a product of collaborative combatants Anna Wintour and Grace Coddington. Wintour, the editor and inspiration for The Devil Wears Prada, is pure business, and Coddington, pure imagination. PG-13
