All articles by David Kempler

The seamy underbelly of streetwalkers in England is split open for all to see and the stench is overpowering.

A lower middle class manicurist in Sao Paulo, Brazil is living a mundane life with a mundane family and friends.

Tight, taut and nice to look at. I’m talking about the movie, not Diane Lane, although….

Eric Leiser, director, writer, funeral director etc., brings us his dreamlike something or other that means something or other.

Ang Lee switches from extreme male bonding to war, intrigue and extreme heterosexual bonding, at least from a physical standpoint.

It’s 1977 in Argentina and innocents are being taken hostage. You’ll know the feeling by the time you exit the theater.

Writer/Director Noah Baumbach goes to The Squid and the Whale well again but only fetches a half a pail this time around.

John Cusack and his little friend earnestly take us on a voyage that isn’t worth taking.

Sidney Lumet returns with a tale of lives falling apart because of their own weaknesses.

Ridley Scott sets his sights high in this over-hyped "epic," attempting to combine elements of many great films into one and the results are about what you might expect.