With an endearing black comedy set in the provinces, which adopts the visual style of a ’60s Western, prolific writer-director Teemu Nikki salutes his country’s (and his family’s) tradition of sahti-making....
Without having to give up her voice to a sea witch, the titular mermaid princess in the Japanese animated dramedy “ChaO” gets the husband of her dreams. Still, their seemingly fated...
It’s fitting that Michael Mann should be honored at the Lumière Festival in Lyon, since the director of “Ali,” “Heat” and “The Insider” began his filmmaking career in France. After graduating...
The stillness of Arabia’s arid, inhospitable landscapes is disrupted when they become a battlefield for human conflict in “Desert Warrior,” the long-developing Saudi epic inspired by real ancient tribes and events...
Cameron Cade has only one mission in life: to be the best player in American football. Nothing else matters to this college sports star (played by Tyriq Withers, a statue-like figure...
Who knew Vince Vaughn could carry a tune? Turns out, the actor’s been singing right under our noses for years, from the ironic Alanis Morissette cover he delivered in “The Internship”...
It wasn’t meant as a joke when a Hollywood studio cast Nicolas Cage as an emo angel who risks his wings to save Meg Ryan, a mortal with dark thoughts and...
With Spinal Tap, the joke never gets old, even if the hilarious-as-ever heavy metal trio is now bordering on geriatric. Well into their 70s, hall-of-fame improv talents Michael McKean and Christopher...
