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Writer-director Tobias Lindholm’s latest is a microcosmic and finely wrought war story in which everyone has their reasons. Danish company commander Claus M. Pederson (Pilou Asbæk, looking like a cross between Michael Shannon and Ewan McGregor and nailing the role’s measured intensity) starts leading his unit’s patrols through Helmand province …
Well now, looky here — a fantasy story, heavy on the CGI and based on an existing (video game) property — that somehow doesn’t feel like brand management, fan service, or even boilerplate hackwork. Instead, you’ve got a complicated, unexpected hero in the orc chieftan Durotan, who starts having second …
Chinese-Hong Kong thriller directed by Cheng Er and starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi and Tadanobu Asano.
It’s been over 30 years since X Japan hit the scene and the popular Asian speed metal band has finally booked a gig at Madison Square Garden. Billed as “visual rock” (read: comic-books-meet-heavy-metal), the group has spent decades shaping Japanese culture. Stan Lee gave them his imprimatur — the Marvel …
A fool for God becomes a fool for love, which amounts to very nearly the same thing in director Rama Burshtein’s winning romance. “If she weren’t so religious, she’d be nearly perfect,” is the party line on Michal (Noa Kooler), and when the party in question is Orthodox Judaism, that’s …
The personal is political in Elyse Steinberg and Josh Kreigman’s fascinating documentary covering former Representative Anthony Weiner’s 2013 campaign for mayor of New York City. Because, as we’re reminded at the outset, the combative congressman was driven to resign his office in the wake of a sexting scandal. But the …
The origin story behind the popular(?) cartoon show about teen monster BFFs.
“Hey there, pretty young thing. My wife and I are happily married, successful professionals. How would you feel about having our baby? Great! Naturally, there won’t be any emotional complications, right? Right? Miss?” Jon Caesar directs.
Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel's documentary about the clash between activists and the government in the Peruvian Amazon. In Spanish with English subtitles.
This film plays as part of the San Diego Latino Film Festival. According to the festival brochure, "Francisca is a young Portuguese woman who’s been living in Belo Horizonte, Brazil for a year. She welcomes Teresa, an old friend from Portugal, into her home. The film follows each woman’s adventures …
It seems likely that at some point, most folks probably entertain a fond fantasy of pulling up stakes and heading off into a new life full of adventure, excitement, and maybe even danger. Bored TV newswoman Kim Baker (Tina Fey, successfully and rapidly alternating between aggressively smart and emotionally vulnerable) …
First-time writer-director Elizabeth Wood’s White Girl sets out to be a Great Gatsby for the 21st century — and perhaps in the process, to depict the orgastic future that Fitzgerald mentioned at the story’s end. College sophomore Leah (Morgan Saylor, gung-ho) arrives in NYC shortly before the start of classes, …