The legend of La Llorona —the “weeping woman” who, upon learning of her husband’s infidelity, revenge-killed their two small children — is said to have been the foremost generator of nightmares among impressionable Hispanic toddlers. But when the two children of CPS employee Anna (Linda Cardellini) show up for school …
The loosely connected sequel to Val Lewton's Cat People is stiffer than its forebear, less smooth and supple in its movement. (Gunther von Fritsch was chosen to direct the project, rather than Jacques Tourneur, who had moved on to bigger things, and von Fritsch had to be replaced early in …
The modesty of means and of goals is much overcome by the passionateness of creative effort in this B-grade British horror film. The story pits an arrogant diabolist named Karswell (Niall MacGinnis) against a pooh-poohing American rationalist (Dana Andrews), who has a stiff drink in hand at every convenience. The …
The reunion of filmmaker Zhang Yimou with his one-time muse and leading lady, Gong Li, over ten years after their personal falling-out, post-Shanghai Triad, makes this film into a real "event," and the actress brings to it an inner fire to outglow even its molten-lava color scheme. In addition to …
Low-gear Woody Allen crime comedy, down a couple of notches from Small-Time Crooks, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Take the Money and Run. It concerns an ace insurance investigator who falls under the spell of a nightclub hypnotist and has no clue that the serial jewel thief he is looking for is …
Also known as Kill Baby Kill: Mario Bava's swift night journey through green, blue, and amber lights in a foggy country village, ridden with superstition and peopled with a vengeful withered countess in a crumbling castle, a billiard-bald burgermeister, a mesmerized Kate Greenaway child with a nutty-putty volleyball, an amusingly …
A somewhat risky title to set in front of someone who might have gotten a bit sick of the whole Pink Panther series, and who had assumed that the death of Peter Sellers would have brought about a deliverance. Ted Wass, who seems to be trying out for only the …
A rent-a-judge kicks off the hearing by staring down the barrel of the camera and asking her clients (and thus the audience) if they know what happens when a child is sent to family mediation services. The litigation continues for a full fifteen expository-fueled minutes, with mom’s barrister painting a …
Ching-Lai is fearless and isn't afraid to put his life on the line to track down the truth, but the mystery he uncovers is more difficult for him to accept. Directed by Herman Yau, starring Jacky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Francis Ng, and Cya Liu.
Documentary about married artists Ushio and Noriko Shinohara.
No sooner does 11-year-old new girl in school Amy (Fathia Youssouf) spy classmate Angelica (Médina El Aidi-Azouni) busting a few moves in the laundry room than she wants to be part of her clique, an elitist foursome looking to become an internet sensation by auditioning for a local dance contest. …
A documentary look inside the world of cancer treatment, one that seeks to offer "a compelling critique of the influence of medical monopolies, the power of pharmaceutical companies, and government agencies."
The title is Australia’s slang equivalent to the American phrase “batshit crazy,” and ex-con Pommie (Sullivan Stapleton) earns the appellation in spades. He’s the kind of friend you want to hide the box cutter from when he suddenly decides to pay an unannounced visit. Fresh out of the slammer, Pommie …
You needn't reach for the proverbial fine-toothed comb to locate snags. The scriptwriter, like a broken-thumbed piano player, hits nearly as many false notes as true, and there is a surfeit of misfit romanticism spread over the tarnished central trio and their -- or actually only one's -- quest to …