You come face to face with the man who tried to kill you. You’re not in a courtroom. You’re not visiting a prison. You’re not having a nightmare.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — the second movie of a four-part adaptation from Suzanne Collins’ fantastically unique trilogy — opens with a pensive Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence), the most...

When was the last time you ever truly cared about anything, without reservation or sneaking self-interest? Young professionals scoff at their artistic peers — misguided idealists, they say. The good old days of...

I’ll be the first to admit to my meager knowledge of the feminist framework. Indeed, I’d be hard-pressed to name any aside from those most prominent in the domain of women’s liberation — Susan B. Anthony,...

Bree Turner glows beneath that soft beauty that the screen wants to squeeze close. There are many different ways an actor can draw you in. Turner is like a magnetized down comforter. Her big round eyes and medium-length...

One of the most powerful things a filmmaker can do is to elicit beauty from the most unexpected of places, thereby challenging our preconceived notions and reframing the question of beauty itself. Well, Russian film...

Desert Runners, a documentary film from director Jennifer Steinman, is not just about running in extreme conditions and crossing the finish line just to say that you did. More than that, it is a film that explores the...

The lovely, vivacious and talented Cuban actress Yara Martinez has done her fair share of supporting roles — guest-starring on series such as Southland, Nashville and Breakout Kings as well as appearing in the...

The philosophy behind The Ghosts in Our Machine is simple: Humans are animals; they are as animal in nature as “non-human” animals inhabiting the planet; therefore, non-human animals, possessing a similar sentience...

Rome. It has an undeniable aura of the eternal, its ancient monuments springing from the city’s foundation like headstones trumpeting the glory of a past golden age. It’s a place of historical richness and...