An irresistible sports documentary, investigation and human interest drama, "Raymond Lewis L.A. Legend” is also an important cautionary...

Set in a provincial Canadian town where life has long revolved around the local now struggling mill, this low budget indie takes the...

One of the classic tropes of film noir is the seemingly decent but hapless guy who allows himself to be done in by the femme fatale. In...

This action/empowerment/spiritual film’s title, “Divine Protector-Master Salt Begins,” might conjure up a chiseled super hero. Instead,...

Dina Amer’s unforgettable “You Resemble Me” opens with the spirted young Hasan (Lorenza Grimaudo, terrific and natural) giving her...

A charming culture clash comedy set in Los Angeles, “The Valet” is worthy of its predecessor, French director Francis Veber’s 2007 farce...

Writer/director Seth McTigue has expanded his short film into a suspenseful debut feature about sibling rivalry, a botched kidnapping and...

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...