Movie Review | 'Steel City': A Study of Male Family Dynamics
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âSteel Cityâ tells the story of a man and his sons, who struggle with personal and financial demons in a drab Midwestern town.
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Damien Atkinsâs occasionally provocative drama is about a mother who must learn how to take care of her autistic daughter.
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Sometimes the trigger will be a newspaper story he is reading about Africa. Or he may spot a group of boys on a street corner on the South Side of Chicago and think that one or more of them "could be me, they may not have a father at home." At other moments, he will be playing with his daughters --...
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Life & style: The number of men choosing to stay at home and raise the kids has doubled in the past 14 years. Blake Morrison asks them what it's like and why they do it.
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Written and directed by Andrew Bujalski, this wonderful independent film wonÂt save or change your life, but it may make your heart swell. Its aim is modest and true.
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The familiar story of the innocent soul who travels from the country to the big, bad city receives a thorough workout in this crude attempt at a cinematic bildungsroman.
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While âRolling Like a Stoneâ has poignant and funny moments, itâs a serious film about mortality, success and the ephemeral nature of experience and memory.
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Giving âinspirationalâ a good name, Matt Ruskinâs vibrant and soulful documentary âThe Hip Hop Projectâ sets its universal message to an inner-city beat.
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Trying to make sense of what is left behind envelops "Dying City," Christopher Shinn's remarkable tale of loss and how two very different people handle their grief.
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The biopic shows admirably how liberating, and threatening, the work of some scientists can be. It's a timely film, a reminder that scientists sometimes suffer in their efforts to reveal truths others would prefer remain hidden. Jason Silverman reviews Kinsey.
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Well-acted, beautifully shot and broad and personal, âThe Motorcycle Diariesâ is nonetheless undermined in the end by a clunky search for meaning and depth that seems
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Boy loses girl, boy  loses sleep, boy finds new girl. The trajectory of &quot;Cashback&quot;  is boiler-plate basic, but writer-director Sean Ellis infuses  it with an imaginative sensibility that engages the viewer --  to a point. Stripped of its flourishes, there&#39;s not much going  on beyond a routine tale of growing pains, dressed up -- or  undressed -- with philosophical fillips and wet-dream fantasy.
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Sex is easy in the world of John Cameron Mitchell's "Shortbus," where the deed is as explicit as many hardcore porn flicks. It's emotional connections that are tough to come by.
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Director Mohit Hussain chooses a contemporary subject to narrate the story of his debut film.
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The director James L. Brooks emerges from a painful divorce with "Spanglish," a personal film in which cultures clash about marriage, children and human frailty.
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The movie is more of an intellectual exercise than an emotionally resonant experience.
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Breach, a movie about Robert Hanssen's betrayal, isn't just a good and subtle thriller, but one of the great studies of abnormal psychology