Fiction and documentary collide in this gripping film as 'scenes' from the main subject's life are re-enacted for the camera.

This gripping film, once seen, is unforgettable.

It's painfully understandable why the 17-year-old title character of this gripping Colombian film would risk her freedom and even her life to be a drug mule.

Natalie Portman's imperfect port de bras do very little to detract from what is, essentially, a gripping film.

"Wendemi" would be a much more gripping film if it had a strong title performance.

We see some gripping film.

A change of heart doesn't forestall Maciek's doom in a despairing but gripping film of ideas and imagery.

A gripping film that will bring up the issue of kin, allegiance and continued existence.

Though this "Beloved" begins slowly and sometimes reveals its earthbound side, it accelerates into a gripping, wildly imaginative film that's not quite like any other.

Her progress is not the story's central concern, but it is one of several beautifully sustained threads that combine to make the whole film so gripping.