Peter Debruge

A passion project about a passionate man takes surprisingly flat form in "Cesar Chavez," demonstrating that however effective the tactic may be in real life, starving oneself for social justice...

Claudia Llosa expands her preoccupations with mysticism and superstition in the modern world, working her way up from a medieval-minded Andean village in "Madeinusa" to faith healing at the frigid...

In "Jaws," Steven Spielberg realized it was more frightening to withhold the shark than to show it. With "History of Fear," budding Argentine helmer Benjamin Naishtat takes that tactic one...

The typical Lego minifigure stands just 4cm tall, though of course, the popular construction toys hold a much bigger place than that in children's imaginations. "The Lego Movie" understands how...

Some movies boast casts of thousands. "Locke" relies on just one actor, a virtually unrecognizable Tom Hardy, who calmly juggles multiple crises via cellphone from behind the wheel of his...

"We're not trash, we're good people," insists 14-year-old Andrew in "Rich Hill," an open-hearted portrait of impoverished American life named after the tiny Missouri town where directors Tracy Droz Tragos...

To say that Gregg Araki's bigscreen version of "White Bird in a Blizzard" isn't quite what one imagined when reading the Laura Kasischke novel is like complaining that Picasso's "Les...

"I Origins" puts the eyes in sci-fi, recasting human peepers -- those proverbial windows to the soul -- as the key to so much more than philosophers, scientists or fashion...

What turns an ordinary 13-year-old into a seething ball of rage? With "Hellion" -- expanded from her 2012 Sundance-selected short -- Texas-based helmer Kat Candler unpacks the inner turmoil behind...