Bernardo Bertolucci's sensuous, beautifully filmed drama stars Liv Tyler as a 19-year-old woman who travels to Italy to renew a relationship with an old friend and discern the secret of her late mother's diary. While staying with a sculptor and his wife, she learns about love, sex, life and herself. Jeremy Irons, Jean Marais and Sinead Cusack also star. 118 min.

SRobert Altman's ensemble comedy stars Richard Gere as a Dallas gynecologist who can't seem to stay away from women, whether in his busy office or at home. But Gere's life goes spiraling out of control when wife Farrah Fawcett has an emotional breakdown, daughter Kate Hudson's wedding plans hit a snag, and he becomes smitten with golf pro Helen Hunt. With Tara Reid, Shelley Long, Liv Tyler and Andy Richter; music by Lyle Lovett. 132 min.

Liv Tyler is the beauty who infatuates three different men she meets one evening at a tavern: bartender Matt Dillon, who sees her as housewife material; lawyer Paul Reiser, who's driven solely by lust; and detective John Goodman, to whom Tyler is an angelic presence. But there's more to Tyler than meets any of these guys' eyes, and not all of it is on the level. With Michael Douglas as a hit man with a bad hairpiece, Reba McEntire and Richard Jenkins. 93 min.