Darkness enshrouds the landscape in much of Nuri Bilge Ceylan's ( Climates , Distant ) latest work, Once Upon a Time in Anatolia ; ...

In the overall realm of indie drama, there's the gritty stuff and then there's Snowtown , an Australian feature that makes darkl...

Philippe Faladeau's Monsieur Lazhar travels well-trodden cinematic ground; it's easily filed into the inspirational teacher ge...

A gathering of scientists discuss, design and, eventually, pile into a spacecraft that takes them on a fantastic journey to our nearest...

A land dispute turns into a blood feud in Joshua Marston's ( Maria Full of Grace ) The Forgiveness of Blood .  Playing out somewhat ...

Based on audience reaction during Wednesday's press screening for Almanya: Welcome to Germany , it's going to be really popular ...

The 35th edition of the Portland International Film Festival is nearly upon us.  Just as we were beginning to crave more news about this ...

Happy new year everyone!!!  A belated best of 2011 list heading to the blog sometime in the next week.  Funny how a new baby and film pro...

Having my recent experiences with Belgian films mostly confined to bittersweet comedies like Eldorado , I was somewhat unprepared for the...

  With his latest film,  Nostalgia for the Light , Chilean director Patricio Guzmán ( The Battle of Chile ) achieves a near-imposs...

This feature-length collection of shorts by some of the best and emerging talents of the contemporary Mexican film scene is unified in a...

 What to say about a horror movie starring a tire?  Unsurprisingly, Quentin Dupieux's Rubber was one of the most unique films sh...

Hailing from Costa Rica, Of Love and Other Demons is the quite promising debut feature by director Hilda Hidalgo .  Working from a text by...

Álex de la Iglesia isn't likely to become a household name anytime soon.  Embraced by a certain type of film nerd, the director of 800...

This weekend is the busiest of the fest with additional venues (Hollywood Theatre, Cinema 21 & Cinemagic) joining the PIFF army.  Betwee...

I ended up skipping the press screenings on Wednesday.  Here's what I missed: Agusti Villaronga's Black Bread : and John Tu...

Set against the depressed landscape of the Ukrainian roadside, Sergei Loznitsa's My Joy hitches a ride with a young trucker, Georgy,...

Peter D. Richardson's second feature-length documentary, How to Die in Oregon , is the hot ticket at the 34th annual Portland Inter...

Every year 'round festival time, I tend to encounter at least one feature that I end up considering my little secret.  It's usuall...