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Theres no extraterrestrial in Alien Girl; the title of Anton Bormatovs film actually refers to its human protagonist, a... More >>
Despite the biodoc implication of its title, Bhutto is not just a portrait of the late Benazir Bhutto, but also a chronological recap of... More >>
Kawasakis Rose pivots around a long-suppressed bombshell, yet theres little overblown spectacle to Polish filmmaker Jan... More >>
Director Frederic Lilien narrates The Legend of Pale Male with Werner Herzogstyle grandiosity, setting a comically over-the-top... More >>
Mark Kostabi was a talented artist and a smug, antagonistic douchebag, both of which made him an art-world celebrity. Con Artist... More >>
Rob Marshall could learn a thing or three about transporting dance to the big screen from NY Export: Opus Jazz, an adaptation of Jerome... More >>
Delivering exactly what its dry truth-in-advertising title promises, Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story provides a dutiful... More >>
Mindy Cohn teaches the facts of fag-haggery in Violet Tendencies, a fairy tale that dolls up its rote celebration of staying true to... More >>
Theres a reason E.L. Doctorows Jolene: A Life finally made it to the big screenwhat with its episodic-odyssey... More >>
After its predecessor's vain attempt at newsworthy health-insurance and mortgage-lender commentary, this latest Saw again strives for... More >>
Horses make lousy protagonists, what with their inability to speak, emote, or do much of anything but run or stand around. No surprise, then,... More >>
Robert De Niros alarm must have finally gone offin Stone, the actor seems more awake than he has been in years. De Niro is... More >>
J.T. Petty has a canny awareness of the underground horror genretoo canny, in fact, to convincingly sell his documentary about the... More >>
Legend trumps fact in Ip Man, a kickass fictionalized biopic of the titular grandmaster of Wing Chun martial arts and mentor to Bruce... More >>
Animal Logic, the digital-effects studio responsible for both dancing penguin phenomenon Happy Feet and Zack Snyder phenomenon... More >>
A dream odyssey of gay self-definition that's as laborious as it is hollow, Strapped follows a nameless hustler (Ben Bonenfant) through... More >>
Cannibalism may be the nominal calling card of We Are What We Are, but ritualistic gruesomeness is merely a means for political... More >>
Louisville isn't nationally known as a case study in Confucian philosophy, a mistake rectified by Music Makes a City, an illuminating... More >>
Last Day of Summer promises what it has no intention of delivering, teasing the possibility of cathartic violence as well as an... More >>
Pretentious profiles in post-9/11 grief and confusion, Clear Blue Tuesday manages the not-inconsiderable feat of insulting both the... More >>
Generic enough that a stateside remake would require only negligible Americanization, Jann Turner's South African–set White... More >>
Working from a what-if premise it has little idea how to handle, Baghdad, Texas follows the sitcom exploits of three Texas ranchers in... More >>
Disney's dictum that external appearances reflect internal character is promoted by Universal's Nanny McPhee Returns. In director Susanna... More >>
In Charlottesville's nondescript open-air Corner Parking Lot, located near the prosperous University of Virginia, service-industry work is not... More >>
Following a group of handicapped Argentinean musicians as they embark on a 2007–2008 national tour under the stewardship of famed folk... More >>
