POSTED // Dec 9,2011 - For more than 25 years, Pedro Almodóvar’s penchant for lurid melodramatic plot twists and kinky sexuality has generally been softened by a frisky sense of humor

POSTED // Dec 2,2011 - Whatever else you might want to say about Lars von Trier—and it’s hard to imagine that it hasn’t been said before, in tones ranging from befuddlement to outrage

POSTED // Nov 23,2011 - Since so much of The Descendants is about coming to terms with what parts of the past to hold on to and which parts to let go of, here’s a little personal grieving

POSTED // Nov 23,2011 - Hard as it is to pick one scene that captures everything that is so delightful about the endlessly entertaining The Muppets,

POSTED // Nov 21,2011 - Four hundred years ago, if you were interested in seeing fascinating objects to learn about the world, you would probably have to visit “cabinets of wonders” ...

POSTED // Nov 18,2011 - Late in the new animated sequel Happy Feet Two, a penguin chick named Erik (Ava Acres)—previously a timid and quiet little thing—bursts into operatic voice at a moment when hope seems dim.

POSTED // Nov 18,2011 - Full disclosure statement: Long-distance relationships have pretty much defined my romantic life, both with happy and unhappy endings.

POSTED // Nov 11,2011 - Because nothing is more intriguing than people, and in theory celebrated people are even more intriguing, it continues to be a baffling frustration that cinematic biopics

POSTED // Nov 11,2011 - Martha Marcy May Marlene follows a young woman dealing with the aftermath of time spent in a rural cult-like commune.

POSTED // Nov 4,2011 - If you have a nagging suspicion that stories about paranoia are actually trying to sneak in messages about something else, don’t worry that you’re being paranoid. They almost always are.