The circus is a complicated enterprise, and its symbolic value in storytelling has many faces. It...

Before the year is out, we may see all the weirdest and most controversial filmmakers of...

This week, the big opener of note is the outrageous fantasy action epic Sucker Punch, which...

With the arrival of Jane Eyre from Sin Nombre director Cary Fukunaga, we see another standard...

Congratulations to Julia Rhodes for her excellent Oscar picks, which leveled my own, 15 to 9....

Identity is a wonderful device for deception and suspense in storytelling. In some cases a whole...

This week, Julia Rhodes and I (Dan Fields) recall a bygone era, when entertainment for kids...

This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with The Way Back, a tale of daring escape by...

A certain writer for the California Literary Review has thoughtfully distilled a whole year of reviews,...

I’m a sucker for a silly romantic comedy, but this particular romantic comedy is for suckers....