Geoff Berkshire

The latest documentary exploration of a particularly fertile region in the history of American music, in this case Memphis, "Take Me to the River" compensates for a lack of originality...

An intimate portrait of what it's like to be a teenage girl with a rare life-threatening disease, "Butterfly Girl" opts for a celebration of life over a fear of death...

The inspired match-up of underserved veteran Juliette Lewis and breakout newcomer Jonny Weston powers "Kelly & Cal," a warmly observed tale of two outcasts bonding in stifling suburbia. With the...

Lowbrow comedy titan Seth MacFarlane executive producing a reboot of Carl Sagan's iconic science series "Cosmos" sounds like a bad joke right out of, well, "Family Guy," but somehow the...

A dose of magical realism isn't enough to prevent the modest delights of "Lock Charmer" from fading away as soon as the end credits roll. This wisp of melancholy comedy...

Maggie Kiley's first feature, "Brightest Star," has all the trappings of a contemporary romantic comedy, but also the good sense to strive for a deeper examination of a young man's...

Exceedingly stylish and ultimately quite silly, "The Signal" is a sci-fi head trip better appreciated for the journey than the destination. The less audiences know going in, the more intrigued...

Distinctive and conventional in roughly equal measure, "Drunktown's Finest" shines a spotlight on Native American lives criminally under-explored by mainstream cinema but does so with familiar tales of struggle and...

A teenage girl's sexual awakening coincides with her mother's gender transition in "52 Tuesdays," an Australian indie with an unusual narrative gimmick: It was shot over 52 consecutive Tuesdays, and...

Accessibility trumps artistry in "Fed Up," a formulaic and functional documentary that nevertheless proves effective at getting the message out about America's addiction to unhealthy food. Focusing specifically on childhood...