Indie Weekend: ‘V/H/S/2,’ ‘Fruitvale Station,’ ‘Only God Forgives,’ ‘I’m So Excited,’ and More

A horror anthology, a superb drama, a stylish genre picture, and more indie films invade D/FW this weekend.

Review: ‘Fruitvale Station’ Reaches Deep Into the Heart

It's hard to be a saint in the city, and Oscar Grant ain't no saint.

Review: ‘Only God Forgives,’ All Others Pay in Pain

Ryan Gosling, as you've never seen him before, in a new movie from director Nicolas Winding Refn. Wanna fight?

Review: ‘The Conjuring’ Earns Its Scary Moments the Old-Fashioned Way

Things go bump in the night, terrifying a family of seven living in a big old Rhode Island house in 1971. Will you be scared?

Indie Weekend: ‘A Band Called Death,’ ‘The Way, Way Back,’ and More

Beyond Tonto.

DiCaprio, McConaughey, Scorsese: ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Trailer Roars

Martin Scorsese's upcoming period picture focuses on the meteoric rise of a Wall Street stockbroker.

Review: ‘Man of Steel’ Flies With Brute Force

The new Superman from Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan seeks to place America's favorite superhero in a more dangerous world.

Indie Weekend: Oak Cliff Film Fest, ‘The Kings of Summer,’ ‘Before Midnight,’ ‘The East’

This weekend holds the promise of an exciting local film festival as well as two of the year's best films.

Review: ‘Stories We Tell,’ Wrestling with Truth and Memories From the Sidelines

In a new documentary, actress and filmmaker Sarah Polley examines the story of her own family. Should we care?

Indie Weekend: ‘Pieta,’ ‘Java Heat,’ ‘Stories We Tell,’ ‘We Steal Secrets’

Four new indie releases -- none two of which I've now seen -- compete for your attention this weekend, May 31-June 2 Pieta. The new film by oft-controversial Korean auteur Kim Ki-Duk is a melodrama about a brutal collector for a loan shark and his odd relationship with his mother. Recommended with reservations. Reviewed here. (Angelika... Continue Reading →

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