Film
Film Review: ‘Dark Skies’
Low-budget film overachieves, but it's not easy to make a great UFO horror flick.
Issue: February 27, 2013
read moreRoman Reel
Woody Allen goes all self-indulgent but charms viewers nevertheless in To Rome With Love.
Issue: July 11, 2012
read moreSink or Swim
Swamp monsters threaten a little girl's peace in overhyped Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Issue: July 11, 2012
read moreToyhouse
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom exudes nostalgia for an era the director never really knew.
Issue: June 13, 2012
read moreClimax Change
Hysteria chronicles a happy moment in the history of female sexuality
Issue: June 6, 2012
read moreBack in Black
Things aren’t pretty in New York, but it’s business as usual in Men in Black 3
Issue: May 30, 2012
read moreLost in Translation
The gulf between two cultures is mediated and mended in Where Do We Go Now?
Issue: May 30, 2012
read moreSun Screens
The summer movie season threatens to topple under the weight of superhero antics
Issue: May 23, 2012
read moreCanary in the Kelp
A new film from Monterey’s Sea Studios tracks an otter pup from stranding to self-sufficiency.
Issue: May 16, 2012
read moreDrop The Bomb
"Who Bombed Judi Bari,?" a new documentary by Bari's fellow Earth First! activist Darryl Cherney, shows the absurdity of the FBI’s claims in the bombing case.
Issue: May 9, 2012
read morePassage to India
British retirees go on a long holiday in Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Issue: May 9, 2012
read moreHeroes Worship
Joss Whedon assembles all the biggest names in the comic-book pantheon for The Avengers
Issue: May 9, 2012
read moreArr to Sea
The Aardman studios bound jauntily o’er the main in The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Issue: April 25, 2012
read moreReggae Royalty
A new documentary captures some of the musical power and magic that Bob Marley created.
Issue: April 18, 2012
read moreMambo Combo
A pianist and a beautiful singer make a fateful journey from Cuba to New York in animated Chico & Rita
Issue: March 28, 2012
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