The most frightening thing about Jake Gyllenhaal in "Nightcrawler" - even more than those sallow, sunken cheeks, those googly eyes, and that unkempt hair tied into a greasy bun - is his...

A father-and-son relationship, perhaps broken beyond repair, fuels Urban Waite's engrossing novel that skillfully exposes the complicated emotions that can stymie a once close family while also...

Since his breakthrough with the backward-running "Memento," Christopher Nolan has made a plaything of time. In "Interstellar," he slips into its very fabric, shaping its flows and exploding its...

"Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life" (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Peter Ackroyd In 1914, Keystone Studios released two short films that gave a world marching to war a reason to laugh. Their...

Lynn Shelton is a curious, Pacific Northwest-bred hybrid of high-concept and low production value. She has made a specialty out of deconstructing sitcom-y setups: two pals trying to follow...

At the heart of this light, energetic tale of a group of wealthy eccentrics on holiday at a seaside resort in England emerges a story of a marriage. Yes, there's a juicy scandal, snobbish comments and...

The libretto of Verdi's opera 'Il Trovatore' may be one of the most absurd imaginable but this is more than made up for by the composer's music.  The score is an almost unbroken string of...

From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures comes "The Judge," which pairs two-time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. ("Chaplin," "Tropic Thunder") and Oscar winner Robert Duvall ("Tender...

The Book Of Life, a vibrant animated fantasy-adventure, tells the legend of Manolo, a conflicted hero and dreamer who sets off on an epic quest through magical, mythical and wondrous worlds in order...

Lovers of art rock and post-progressive music should book places for No lilies in autumn - an original music performance that will be staged at St James Cavalier on 7 and 8 November. Written and...