Review: ‘Brave Miss World’ ★★★ 1/2
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...
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Review: ‘Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case’ ★★★ 1/2
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...
Review: ‘Honey’ ★★★ 1/2
Whether she's trysting with her married lover or helping other people die, the title character of "Honey" is a fascinating and complex figure, and Jasmine Trinca inhabits the role with...
Review: ‘Honey’ ★★★ 1/2
Whether she's trysting with her married lover or helping other people die, the title character of "Honey" is a fascinating and complex figure, and Jasmine Trinca inhabits the role with...
Review: ‘Dancing in Jaffa’ ★★★ 1/2
Grass-roots Middle East diplomacy takes the unlikely form of rumba lessons in "Dancing in Jaffa," a documentary that doesn't force-feed its message of hope but genuinely earns it. Director Hilla...
Review: ‘On My Way’ ★★★
A woman's impulsive midday drive turns into an extended, life-enhancing road trip in "On My Way." That the woman who finds herself in unfamiliar circumstances is played by Catherine Deneuve,...
Review: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ ★★★ 1/2
With the YA swoon of "Twilight" safely in the rearview mirror, movie vampires get their mojo back in the sensuous dreamscape of "Only Lovers Left Alive," one of the strongest...
Review: ‘Only Lovers Left Alive’ ★★★ 1/2
With the YA swoon of "Twilight" safely in the rearview mirror, movie vampires get their mojo back in the sensuous dreamscape of "Only Lovers Left Alive," one of the strongest...
REVIEW: ‘Mistaken for Strangers’ ★★★ 1/2
When amateur filmmaker Tom Berninger's rock-star brother Matt, frontman for Brooklyn quintet the National, invited him to roadie on his band's biggest tour, Tom had never even been on a...
REVIEW: ‘The Rocket’ ★★★
"The Rocket" winds through the mountains of northern Laos, the contemporary drama carrying a touch of fable and a powerful sense of place. Ahlo (Sitthiphon Disamoe), the 10-year-old at the...