Ben Coffman
Strangers with Candy
Artistic expression or self-promotion? Who cares? This documentary is fascinating! more
School 57, Where Are You?
You don’t need Facebook in Moscow. Keeping track of classmates is easy — you simply stomp up the stairs to the cramped apartment where your old friend used to live and, odds are, they’re still there. What’s hard is keeping up with the capit... more
Monsters Vs. Illegal Aliens
This low-budget indie sci-fi flick shares a title with a Kanye West track. Baller. more
DVD Discovery: Lie Space
I can’t say much about this maybe-real, maybe-not documentary other than it has nothing to do with fish. more
Bzzzoring
Kicking out quick adaptations is like kicking a hornet’s nest; eventually, you get stung. more
I’m Villain Happy
Even in animated form, Will Ferrell walks the line of familiar fun and been-there-done-that. more
Naval Gazing
Prizing its subtlety and delighting in its ability to make the viewer uncomfortable more
Prodigal Prodigy
Basquiat documentary depicts the artist as a young man With its repetitive vocal line and frenetic bounciness, the 1940s bebop tune “Salt Peanuts” was the perfect song for the opening credits of The Radiant Child, a documentary about artis... more