All articles by David Kempler

Steroid-raging man has good reason to rage in this Belgian Best Foreign Film nominee.

The 2011 Oscar Nominees for Short Film (Animated) contain one out of five worth your time. The industry either had a very bad year or the people in charge of nominations need to be replaced.

The nominees are all good even if there isn’t a star that far outshines the rest.

The cow fails to jump over the moon in this slight indie that focuses on a two young folks who have been recently dumped by their respective partners.

A female soldier returns from war to find that her views of her life and town have changed. Other than a swap of typical film gender roles, the film offers very little.

When an angry young man becomes and angry young superhero, this mildly clever action flick devolves into silliness.

Carol Channing, presented as a combination of Mother Teresa, Meryl Streep, and Jesus, in this biopic that nevertheless is somewhat entertaining.

A Turkish criminal investigation traverses dank landscapes at night, in search of what transpired. With better lighting they might have been more successful and we might have been able to see it.

Anna Paquin stars as a self-centered teen in Manhattan who mistakenly thinks she has figured out life after she contributes to the death of an innocent woman.

Divorce and domestic life, Iranian style, presented in a way that feels so real, that it almost plays like a documentary. And I mean that as a compliment.