All articles by David Kempler

Documentary that exposes the horrors of an incident in Afghanistan where U.S. soldiers decided to toss out the rules. As good a doc on war from the soldier’s perspective as you may ever see.

Matt Dillon and Naomi Watts are poverty-stricken couple in Florida. By the end of the film you won’t care.

Documentary follows a man who desperately wants to become a legendary strong man by bending steel objects with his bare hands.

Mira Nair, of "Salaam Bombay" fame, returns with a political thriller that is incredibly uneven, but overall it keeps its head above water.

From Kazakhstan comes an examination of bullying that makes all of the other bullying you have seen look unoriginal and uninteresting. A must-see for fans of the offbeat.

Brooklyn-based documentary examines Flex, a dancing genre where the participants resemble human snakes. Good, but too much hectic editing to stretch it into full-length takes away some of its power.

Dennis Quaid stars as the latest version of the modern American farmer in a by-the-numbers story that manages to shine despite its predictability.

An Irish family is dealing with dad having suffered a debilitating stroke in Steph Green’s impressive full-length directorial debut.

A small town in West Virginia is addicted to Oxycontin. This documentary redefines depressing.