Given its dark subject matter and very, very slow pace, Lola seems like a pretty unlikely contender for theatrical release, but would do well at other festivals where audiences are up for the punishment and rewards of tiny foreign films

It has been 15 years since Rwanda was torn apart by a horrific genocide, and though the country has recovered remarkably well, old wounds still run throughout the country

There’s nothing wrong with an old man flying his house to Paradise Falls via balloon, but it likely (and hopefully) won’t inspire anyone to do the same. Metropia’s fictional telling

Van? Check. Location? Check. Masks? Check. Gun? Check. Vic and Danny had it all planned out. Kidnap a young woman, hold her for ransom and take off with the loot. But all that changed when they opted to take Alice Creed

Call me a prude, call me a cynic, but I was so not convinced by this film's arguments about true love and eroticism and whatever other pie-eyed nonsense they were throwing at me

Going into the Tribeca Film Festival, I was under the impression that Michael Winterbottom’s The Killer Inside Me would be considered the most brutal film being shown. While that still may be the case, Andrew Paquin’s Open House certainly gives it a run for its money.

Zoe Vision and Banger Films have announced that Beyond the Lighted Stage will hit theaters in June, with exact cities and dates to be announced later. The band will also be kicking off a 40-city tour at the end of that month

Planet Earth is suffering. From deforestation in Africa and strip mining in Appalachia, to those simply too lazy to recycle empty soda bottles, businesses and individuals are constantly wasting precious natural resources and polluting the air with carbon dioxide and other emissions. Fortunately, there are people trying to do something about it.

It’s silly but not stupid and it doesn’t have a deep meaning, but undoubtedly conjures up some serious emotion. See Meet Monica Velour to get that warm and fuzzy feeling inside – not the dirty kind.

The wonderful thing about My Brothers isn't just that the family relationship worked, but is the linchpin of Fraser's tender and lovely film. Last week I talked to Fraser and his three lead actors

Taking place in a blank kind of American Anywhere, between two nearby towns rife with class tensions, Meskada has a few good ideas marred by any number of mistakes

There are very few things worth risking your life for. Initially, BMX riders were in danger of breaking a bone or suffering a concussion

When walking into a film directed by Jeff Tremaine and produced by Johnny Knoxville, you expect to get something shocking and gruesome a la Jackass, but this isn't the case with Birth of Big Air

William Vincent, played by James Franco, is a mystery. When we are first introduced to his character, he is riding a bus from San Francisco to New York after just missing a plane to Tokyo

Films about decent men tempted to stray by beautiful strangers are nothing new, and neither are stories about love and lust in the big city, but the same old themes get a nice modern spin in Monogamy

Back in 2006, Irish filmmaker John Carney made a splash with his film Once, which took home the Oscar for Best Original Song. Now, working with his brother, Kieran, the two have written and directed Zonad

Straddling the line between comedy and drama, it is Holofcener’s script that is the true stand-out of the film, particularly in its character development. Kate possesses a compulsion to give constantly

In 2010, director Israel Luna has created and premiered Ticked-Off Trannies With Knives, which not only rips off everything that made the Tarantino-Rodriguez film entertaining

As if it knew about the pressure ahead of time, the film opens with a blast of color and sound, combining a solo onstage performance, a flashback to happier times and an animated title sequence within a particularly crazy 10 minutes

Imagine, if you will, that following a night of stargazing, you and your family return home to find that your living room has been trashed. What’s more, the man responsible is a red latex bodysuit

The heartbreaking story at the center of Sons of Perdition is one that frequently appeared on the fringes of news stories about polygamist leader Warren Jeffs

This year offers My Brothers, an inconsistent but remarkably tender and affecting story about three brothers on an accidental road trip as they cope with the fact of their father's imminent death

Very few of us have the spare cash to take an intercontinental trip for recreational purposes. Luckily, writer-director Ruba Nadda has taken the liberty to spare you that expense and squanders the funds herself

Who doesn't like comedy? Nobody! And that’s exactly what the documentary Just Like Us attempts to purport, specifically in Arab nations. If open to a good laugh

While the film does have its flaws, they border on acceptable simply because the film doesn’t try and be anything more than it is. Sure, social class dichotomy is amped up about 600%