‘The Gospel of Eureka’: Christianity and LGBT life intersect in a small town
This cheery documentary, about the uneasy alignment of LGBT life and avid Christianity in the town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas, favors the superficial over the...
‘Sicilian Ghost Story’: Fairy-tale love meets real-life crime WATCH
Based on the shocking abduction and murder of a Mafia informant’s son in 1993, this beautifully realized movie casts a sensitive, secretive spell.
‘We the Animals’: a portrait of life in a volatile family WATCH
On one level, the film is a classic coming-of age tale; on another, it’s a near-perfect depiction of the emotional damage that can result from...
‘Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot’: a cartoonist’s erratic road to sobriety WATCH
This Gus Van Sant movie, starring Joaquin Phoenix, is a cleverly volatile, infuriatingly random take on disabled alcoholic cartoonist John Callahan.
‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ review: Boy meets girl (alien) in kitschy comedy | Movie review
John Cameron Mitchell’s (“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) spaced-out romantic oddity peaks and droops, pogoes and flatlines.
‘Love After Love’: an unflinching look at a family’s extended grief WATCH
Director Russ Harbaugh and his cast (all of whom shine) have created a wary, chilly drama that refuses to shy away from ugliness. Andie MacDowell,...
‘Have a Nice Day’: a wittily animated gangster tale in China WATCH
Movie review: The follow-the-money thriller is presented as a Darwinian commentary on ruthlessly modern materialism.