The 20th Human Rights Watch Film Festival recognizes the importance of something that's often an afterthought — the aftermath of wars — with films about what happens to widows, weapons and war criminals when the fighting has ended.
The 12th annual Brooklyn International Film Festival collects oblique visions from around New York and around the world, including many stories of ordinary people on strange quests. • Reviews: The Beetle
An expectant father's agony over giving up his pathetic old car — and his pre-fatherhood life — forms a surprisingly touching story of life and change.
Is mid-depression the right time to regale a downtrodden public with a documentary celebrating the extravagant designs and opulent life of fashion frivolista Valentino?
The 11th Brooklyn International Film Festival is all about travelers, from badasses in the Outback to the president of the United States in his fictional hometown. • Reviews: The Collective, Coyote, Crawford, Fix
An engaging documentary about the pop culture-obsessed Slavoj Žižek, with enough meaty clips of classic movies for those who might not necessarily subscribe to the Slovenian psychoanalyst's vision.
Based on psychoanalyst/novelist Philippe Grimbert's autobiographical novel "Memory," "Un Secret" is a fictionalized account of Grimbert's Jewish family's survival under the German occupation in Vichy France.
Who couldn't love a movie "based on a true story" about an 18th-century relative of Princess Di, whose life was an almost perfect blueprint for her 20th-century descendant?
