Reviews

How do you follow up after last week’s emotional explosion? If you’re the producers of Lost, the answer is simple. You follow up with an…

Jack Abramoff is a name that both stands out and shrinks to the background of a host of names that came out within the last…

The pressure was on. With the release of Iron Man in 2008, Marvel Studios and the universe created by director Jon Favreau turned the world…

Can a single performance save a film? Can an otherwise mediocre movie be made watchable and even enjoyable due to a solitary actor or actress…

Foreign Objects travels the world of international cinema each week to look for films worth visiting. So renew your passport and get your shots, because…

A few months ago I covered the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. One of the films featured was Australian director Mark Fitzpatrick’s The Nothing Men.…

Zonad adopts an amusing, albeit thin, high-concept, string it along with energy and has the good sense to cease operations at the 70-minute mark. It’s…

The much anticipated omnibus adaptation of the New York Times bestseller Freakonomics serves its basic function well. Four short documentaries – connected by transitional segments…

Founded in 1957, the San Francisco International Film Festival is the longest-running film festival in the Americas. Held each spring for two weeks, the International…