Dennis Harvey

Arthur Schnitzler's works are so fundamentally rooted in the roiling intellectual and cultural changes of early-20th-century Vienna that they sometimes feel pointless in modern-day updates, the very mixed bag of...

The initial impact of a California law designed to empower parents' say in improving underperforming local schools is tracked in "We the Parents." James Takata's straightforward documentary (co-written with Jennifer...

A lipstick-lesbian riff on "Strangers on a Train," "Breaking the Girls" is a watchable but somewhat routinely pulpy mix of sex, blackmail and murder, a polished low-budgeter that doesn't rise...

"Clueless," "Mean Girls" and "Pretty in Pink" get remixed -- albeit from a gay male teenage p.o.v. -- in "GBF," a comedy from "Jawbreaker" director Darren Stein and first-time scenarist...

A fine memorial to one of 20th-century America's most brilliant, original -- and cranky -- thinkers, "Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia" duly charts the late scribe's artistic achievements...

Despite the pretty cheesy title, Doug Spearman's "Hot Guys With Guns" is an enjoyable comedy-mystery set in the more privileged echelons of semi-closeted, industry-focused Los Angeles gay society. Starring Marc...

The subject of "Married and Counting" decide to celebrate their 25th anniversary by getting hitched in every state where gay marriage is legal. That road-trip aspect lends novelty to this...

A depressed writer is forced to move back in with the relatives he's semi-estranged from in "Finding Joy." Part dysfunctional-family seriocomedy a la "Little Miss Sunshine," part saved-by-a-quirky-girl romance in...

"Inspired by true events," earnest but clunky inspirational drama "A Green Story" chronicles the struggles of a Greek emigre who rises from poverty to become the leading inventor of eco-friendly...