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Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds co-star as gambling buddies

When Edward Snowden was in that hotel room in Hong Kong sharing his initial intel about NSA surveillance, Laura Poitras' was there with a camera to film his disclosures.

Jeremy Renner stars in this crusading-journalist story that recounts the downfall of real-life San Jose Mercury News reporter Gary Webb.

Globe-trotting multistory meditation on love, betrayal, and lost/found children from the director of Crash.

In this movie from the always perceptive Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, two families are uprooted by the belated knowledge that their babies were switched at birth.

Plates are broken and egos are trampled on in this wonderful ensemble rendition of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

Woody is a man of few words who might not be all there, but Bruce Dern is all there and that's more than good enough for us.

This three-hour-long French film has been much hyped for its graphic sexual content, but it's the less explicit stuff that makes it worth a watch.

Harris Glenn Milstead, the actor better known as the 300-pound sex symbol named Divine who appeared in those early John Waters' movies, is remembered in this doc.

In this Sundance-honored film, a woman has to figure out what to do after her husband is sentenced to eight years in prison.

Can you film the next Magnited States of America?

This latest film from Belgium's Dardenne brothers is a towering achievement, perhaps all the more so because of its deceptive simplicity.

We're wondering if anyone will call the ASPCA if we leave these animated rodents chipwrecked far from civilization.

Did you see Garry Marshall's last all-star movie Valentine's Day? This is the same silly claptrap, just a different holiday.

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From deathbed to spiritual rebirth in the Pulitzer Prize-winning Tinkers

Jennifer Aniston does the turkey-baster thing with a donor's sperm, but seven years later the joke is on her.

In this raw and award-winning film, a prickly British teenager hurls herself into scenarios fraught with danger.

This Romanian police procedural is a fascinating study of the meaning of language in everyday life.

In this acclaimed drama from Chile, the maid in question is a compelling enigma.

Michener Center for Writers also announces hiring of Elizabeth McCracken and a reading by Richard Ford

In Afghanistan's version of American Idol, there's a lot more at stake than the glory.

An unparalleled master of the phantasmagoric image returns with this children's film.

The deadline has passed, and we have winners for Sharon Bridgforth's new thing-thang.

This film about the human toll of Hurricane Katrina is one of the best and most inspirational things to come out of the disaster.

Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.

Using a conversation about history, three men, and a talk show, this Romanian comedy and Cannes Camera d’Or winner achieves surprising levels of underplayed wit and pathos. AFS@Dobie

On the surface, Rocket Science is yet another quirky high school movie, but its story of a stutterer who's enticed into joining the debate team is special in its own way.

Featuring the work of a great many fine actresses, this movie is less than the sum of its parts and runs aground while trying to create a mountain from a molehill.

This subtle psychological thriller from Scotland holds its cards close to the vest while keeping viewers intrigued but perplexed.