Sheri Linden

When a character's first on-screen act is as heartless as the one in "Brahmin Bulls," it will take a lot to redeem him. The character is a thirtysomething architect dealing...

Otherworldly marine creatures, DNA strands and the tectonic plates all get their spotlight moments in the multimedia extravaganza "Bjork: Biophilia Live." The concert film, which records the final night of...

As the photojournalist at the center of "1,000 Times Good Night," a seasoned pro who specializes in war zones, the reliably riveting Juliette Binoche is an outraged witness and relentless...

UCLA anthropologist Robert Lemelson's portrait of polygamous families is more "60 Minutes" than "Sister Wives." An expose and call for social reform in Bali, the film reveals no all-for-one camaraderie,...

Putting its stamp on the odd-couple template, "Kelly & Cal" creates an unlikely romantic friendship between characters who are, in very different ways, caught between past and present. She's a...

An audacious performer and iconoclast, the Nigerian musician Fela Kuti proves a challenging subject for a conventional documentary. That's a theme of sorts in Alex Gibney's "Finding Fela!," which is...

As in many a thriller, the helpful stranger in "The German Doctor" turns out to be a monster. In this case, he's no run-of-the-mill sadist but Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's Angel...

For the fortysomething single woman at the center of "A Five Star Life," luxury travel provides a middle-class income. Her go-go globetrotting brings her to the world's premium resorts, armed...

Linor Abargil's emotional response to being crowned Miss World in 1998 was more than just a case of tears of joy: Weeks before the event, the reigning Miss Israel had...

Among the keenly observed moments in the new documentary about Ai Weiwei is an exchange between the artist, under house arrest in China on trumped-up charges, and his mother. "If...