All articles by David Kempler

The Academy Award nominees for Short Film (Animated) are a mostly nondescript group. One is definitely a clear-cut best.

Uncomfortable but worthwhile Chilean film goes inside a house filled with priests living in shame for their sexual indiscretions.

Icelandic tale about two estranged brothers who are neighboring sheep farmers. Simple story, but beautifully executed.

Coming-of-age story in Thailand touches upon brotherly love, homosexual love, issues of class, deception, and poverty. Despite a lot of great ingredients, the final dish is still missing something.

Noam Chomsky explains that Americans live in a pretend democracy and that America has been this way since its inception. Informative, but depressing.

Brazilian imitation of a Tarantino-esque crime story captures some of the flair, but none of the meat.

A fairly scary horror film that has no interest in presenting a coherent plot. If you can keep your expectations to a minimum and are content with a few frights, it’s not too bad.

Michael Moore’s latest isn’t purely political. It’s concerned with the quality of life in America. If you like him, you’ll like it. If not, you won’t see it.

True story about a woman who invented the Miracle Mop starts fast before becoming uneven. It’s still a whole lot of fun, filled with great performances.

A man in a concentration camp wants only to give his son a proper burial. This is a harrowing view of a simple goal doing battle against overwhelming odds.