“Just in time for Black History Month” is how the money people would like you to think of this comedy concert film, featuring a slew of standups including Vincent Morris, Rod Man, Chris Spencer, Esau, and Sexy Marlo. Black they may be, but the ghosts of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman are weeping. There’s nothing … more…

What a curious, beautiful film! Filmmaker Khyentse Norbu, who is supposedly the reincarnation of an important Tibetan lama, gifts us with a small gem that embodies not only the physicality of his gorgeous homeland — this is the first feature film to be shot entirely in the Kingdom of Bhutan, and a breathtaking land it … more…

The sign outside Dublin’s residential-care facility Carrigmore reads “A special home for special people,” and director Damien O’Donnell makes sure you don’t miss it as this triumph-of-the-human-spirit- slash disease-of-the-week flick opens. So you know you’re in for either a sappy valentine to “special” people, or — more likely, considering the bitter Irish sense of humor … more…

Finally, an “erotic thriller” for people who like the ludicrous, threadbare plots and stilted, preposterous acting of bad porn but just don’t want to deal with all the boring explicit sex that goes along with it. Laughably cheap and cheesy, this ridiculous tale of infidelity, murder, and alleged sexual obsession is beset by coincidence, “sexy” … more…

Hooray! Now all those women who had their sense of sexuality perverted by the ‘fairy tale’ of *Pretty Woman* have the perfect twisted fantasy movie cure for their messed-up love lives: Don’t wait anymore for a man to come along and purchase you — buy him instead!

“I would like to smoke crack more than anything in the world right now,” reports one recovering addict here. What keeps him from giving in to that urge? One tough Irish-American broad: Sister Helen Travis, a force of nature you cross at your own peril. Yup, she’s a nun. Family tragedy drove Travis to the … more…