Tsotsi (review)

A devastating vision of harsh life in the townships of Johannesburg…

Darwin’s Nightmare (review)

This Oscar nominee for Best Documentary Feature is kinda like science fiction — one of those post-the-collapse-of-nature dystopias of the 1970s — except it’s real.

Eight Below (review)

First thing I thought was, “Dawg, dawg, working dawg, I’m a haaaard workin’ dawg”…

Vital (review)

Beautiful and disturbing, this Asian horror art film explores the intersection between madness and grief with a serene calm that belies the psychological turmoil under its silken surface. After a traumatic accident in which he loses his memory, a young man (Tadanobu Asano) becomes obsessed with a notebook full of sketches of a cadaver dissection, … more…

Imagine Me and You (review)

You’ve seen this before — it’s your standard “girl falls in love with someone else on her wedding day” romantic comedy. But here’s the twist: the someone else is another girl! Insufferably cutesy, this twee British flick acts like it invented lesbianism — Isn’t it adorable how women can be gay, too? — and pats … more…