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This multiaward-winner from Sundance 2006 follows three “lost boys” of the Sudan, chronicling three years of their journey in the United States, while revealing as much about American life as African life.

Shot on location in Mongolia with a real nomad family, The Cave of the Yellow Dog blurs the line between documentary and fiction and, in doing so, creates its own singular dramatic language.

It's like Neighbors, except with more Christmas lights and Danny DeVito.

Sadly, this familiar tale is presented with a yawn-inducing neutrality more reminiscent of a community-center Christmas pageant than an epic story of divine humanity.

Two rival magicians are locked in a lifelong quest for supremacy, which leads them down a slippery slope of hairpin twists and triple-turns in this Christopher Nolan movie.

Despite a title that makes it sound like a tell-all about a one-night-stand with Elvis Presley, this movie is actually about the Jewish heroine, Queen Esther.

The first Burnt Orange Productions joint mixes The Piano with Poison Ivy. Perhaps future generations of film scholars will embrace The Quiet as a B-movie that problematizes the oppressive gaze, but for now, it's a misfire.

A fresh and caustic take on the fashion industry is hobbled by a threadbare plot about a girl learning that it's wrong to sell her soul for designer shoes.

Dao Strom's 'Four Stories': an excerpt

Based on the allegedly autobiographical short stories of alleged teen author J.T. Leroy, Asia Argento's film describes a Gothic maelstrom of psychic and physical abuse.

Members of the violent Waodani tribe of Ecuador kill five Western missionaries, but as a result they choose to abandon their kill-or-be-killed ways.

Playwright and screenwriter Craig Lucas debuts as a director of his own material with this nasty little story about interpersonal deceptions and Hollywood ethics.

Joaquin Phoenix is terrific as the musician Johnny Cash, whose rise, fall, and resurrection we watch as he does the Benzedrine 12-step in order to earn the love of country-and-gospel sasspot June Carter.

A big donor withdraws funding over 'pornographic' book and stirs up an online storm

After surviving a holocaust, Gilbert Tuhabonye runs through life to tell his tale

The two fantastic performances by Allen and Costner that anchor The Upside of Anger are the reason to see this contemporary drama about romance between two flawed adults.

The strange artwork and life of primitivist Harry Darger is given dimension by master documentarist Jessica Yu.

Animated take on the superhero genre overflows with wonderfully silly shenanigans and knowing insight into modern parenting.

An immensely informative and provactive documentary about the growth of corporate entities within the legal sphere, marketplace, and human imagination.

This sublime documentary, which recounts a bizarre battle of creative wits between Danish film director Jørgen Leth and the notorious Lars von Trier, also features a segment animated by Waking Life's technical wizard Bob Sabiston.

This CGI adventure yarn is a loving tribute to all things retro-futuristic.

Matt Damon is a superb action hero but he spends too much time alone in this sequel.

A brawl outside Emo's raises questions about police protection east of Red River

Despite the title of this sugar-coated fluffbomb of an urban romantic comedy, precious few rules are broken, cinematically speaking, during its quick, painless 90 minutes.

Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is better than it has to be but not as good as it ought to be.

Two glacier climbers face the worst and live to tell about it in this harrowingly intimate documentary report.

An authoritative film study of the career of the Little Tramp by the esteemed journalist Richard Schickel.

The last years of Jesus are presented with more realism than pageantry.

Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt inaugurate a new annual series of animation collections.

Inmate advocates allege that TDCJ routinely feeds prisoners -- but not guards -- substandard and inadequate food