Today, in my first and last column, I'd like to talk about Knut the polar bear and make him a metaphor for what I consider a huge problem in modern society. Many of you may already know Knut...
This past weekend, the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival jury awarded the Jury Prize for Best Film to The Monastery, a lovely Danish film about an old man's long-standing dream of building a...
Today, at 10 a.m., a forty-two minute film about Hurricane Katrina-made without a single edit-will open the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in downtown Durham.
The last few years have seen the resurrection of several so-called "lost" films," movies never distributed in America or significantly overlooked in their original theatrical runs.
Ghost Rider, the latest from director Mark Steven Johnson, is a fiery disaster of epic proportions. Nicolas Cage plays the titular character-a simple motorcycle stuntman who doubles as the devil's...
If film directors can double as teachers, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is modern film's Aristotle and his first film, The Lives of Others, is the lecture that inspires Alexander the Great to...
The re-release of Akiru Kurosawa's Sanjuro films, Yojimbo and Sanjuro, reflects not only the impact both films have had on filmmakers since the samurai classics were released, but also Criterion's...
If George W. Bush weren't president, Old Joy would still be a film of deft artistic touch and relevancy. But with "the Decider" facing his last few years in power, Kelly Reichardt's latest film...
If you can dispense with the baggage that now comes with a Mel Gibson film, the rewards of Apocalypto are great-Gibson has, simply stated, crafted one of the best films of 2006, and one of the most...
What would happen if twenty years from today humans found themselves unable to procreate? If the events of Children of Men, the latest feature from director Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mamá...
