Director Marcus Mizelle had the sharp instinct to know what a good story and charismatic subject he had in Los Angeles restaurant owner...

The agricultural community of Santa Maria, California plays a meaningful role in “Coast,” a drama that puts a unique and personal stamp...

The performances by writer/director/star Evelyn Lorena and Maria Telon in Lorena’s delicately powerful short film “Gabriela” transcend...

Trauma though a child’s vivid imagination, where memories, joy and fear meld into fantastical, often terrifying, imagery, is the heart of...

Writer/director Stephen Belber’s finely crafted “What We Do Next” explores thorny moral questions about what it means to “do good” by...

An anime science fiction/fantasy film that blends action, music and a religious/philosophical storyline, director Isamu Imakake’s “The...

Just in time for the start of a new baseball season comes "Facing Nolan,” Bradley Jackson’s entertaining documentary that captures not...

A film about culture clash and a family’s generational divide, "Beneath the Banyan Tree” gives equal time to several members of an...

Robert Golden’s documentary “This Good Earth” presents a complex subject — sustainable farming to create a more balanced ecosystem — in a...

Writer/director Charlotte Wincott took a chance by casting her husband and her son in her debut feature “The Issue with Elvis.” But her...

Micaela Wittman and Arthur De Larroche team to create ‘Clairvoyant’ which spoofs self-indulgent documentaries and new age spiritual...

Writer, co-director (with Benjamin Feuer) and star Stephanie Sellars deserves kudos for attempting to infuse some fresh sexual energy...

This engrossing thriller is set in a present day dystopia where an armed, white militia presides over society and where all “outsiders” ...

As intimate as a documentary but with the sharply drawn characters and humor of drama, "Single Mother By Choice” deftly makes universal...

It’s a good bet that many viewers especially younger ones have never heard of Father Patrick Peyton, even though he was a household name...

Trevor Hawkins’ impressive first feature is as lush and laconic as the sunsets from the sailboat that Forrest (Todd Blubaugh) calls home....

The documentary “Killing the Shepherd,” about the poaching of wildlife in remote Africa and the dogged efforts of many to combat the...

The simple premise of “Outlier” is a woman held hostage by a psychopath who seems convinced he’s helping her. Director Nick Strayer, who...

As the title suggests, writer/director Adam Mervis is aiming for more complexity in this film than its surface simplicity suggests. It’s...