Ernest Hardy

GO  NOTHING PERSONAL In her tale of a brusque, prickly young Dutch woman who inexplicably cuts herself off from the world, except for a heavily circumscribed relationship with a man whose isolation is less voluntary, writer-director Urszula Antoniak hits a lot of expected notes. But she does so with a......

GO  UNDERTOW Writer-director Javier Fuentes-León's directorial debut, Undertow, is sublime. Set in a small, picturesque Peruvian fishing village, it's less a coming-out tale than a magic realism–infused coming-of-consciousness love story. Miguel (Cristian Mercado), a happily married fisherman and soon-to-be father, insists he's not "that way" despite being head over heels......

The 2004 documentary Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire is brutal viewing, recounting the experiences of Canadian General Roméo Dallaire as he oversaw the U.N.'s hamstrung and doomed peacekeeping efforts in Rwanda during the Hutu-led genocide of the Tutsis in 1994. Roger Spottiswoode's drama Shake Hands......

Ye gods, it's another mockumentary. In this one, Melbourne hit man Ray Shoesmith (Scott Ryan, who also wrote, directed, and produced the film after apparently going on a Tarantino binge) is followed around by his slightly dim next-door neighbor, a budding filmmaker looking for his big break. With camera rolling,......

TICKED OFF TRANNIES WITH KNIVES Writer-director Israel Luna's Ticked Off Trannies With Knives was first introduced to the world via a controversial trailer that used the names of Angie Zapata and Jorge Mercado, real-life victims of transgender hate crimes, as part of a marketing hook. GLAAD and members of the......

GO LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB There's a sparse elegance to writer-director Klaus Härö's Letters to Father Jacob, a lean, engrossing character study about loneliness, redemption and the power of faith. Largely centered on just two people, it's a brisk-moving film whose unsentimental but deep emotion derives from smart performances. After......

GO  CASH CROP If there was ever a documentary that embodied the essence and assorted mythologies of its subject, it’s Adam Ross’ Cash Crop, a rambling, laid-back but illuminating look at a host of issues entangled in the subject of marijuana and its evolving criminal/legal status. The film, two years......

YOU AGAIN There's a dance-off in You Again that pits the four lead female characters against one another in what's meant to be a laugh-riot of chaotic bad moves. Instead, you cringe in embarrassment — not just for the lifelessness of the scene, but for the actresses giving it their......