
Noir as night
Dan Gilroy's "Nighcrawler" offers up an credibly amoral character, but it's ugliness that wins out.

The Homesman
Tommie Lee Jones again proves himself at home making and starring a Western.

Pumpkin man
Dealing with a sore throat and pondering hooligans means cooking up soup from the goat store.

One good relationship
For kids from troubled backgrounds, one person can help change a life.

Completely still
Once a year, a local penthouse gets a visit from gardeners, interrupting the emptiness.

Duplex
What's growing up in 1950s suburban America without sorcerers and robots?

Re-used, with love
A group of Bologna women is busy recycling clothes and household items so that nothing goes to waste.

A Minor Apocalypse
Tadeusz Konwicki's tragicomic reflection of a man about to burn himself alive transcends ideology.

The vanishing
Global warming howls make no mention of what can really hurt a boy: when lizards go south.

The creative knife
Some surgeries are imaginative enough to incorporate the genetics of great art.

Fifty Shades of Grey
Sam Taylor-Johnson's painful take on E.L. James's BDSM novel leaves everyone shackled.