TV and film

Up in the Air

Up in the Air directed by Jason Reitman (Paramount Pictures, 2009) The most unbelievable thing about Jason Reitman's slick black comedy is that there...

Whip It!

Directed by Drew Barrymore (Fox Searchlight, 2009)  In Drew Barrymore’s new film about tattooed Texas lasses on skates, Ellen Page, who played...

District 9

Directed by Neill Blomkamp (Key Creatives, 2009) Two very different sci-fi films opened and closed Hollywood's Summer blockbuster season this year. The new...

Up

Directed by Pete Docter (Pixar, 2009) Ask anybody under 30 and they will tell you that Pixar is the animation studio. But the company that has stunned us with...

The Reader

Directed by Stephen Daldry (The Weinstein Co., 2008) In traditional coming-of-age tales, sexuality opens up new worlds for a young man, and the first affair...

Sunshine Cleaning

Directed by Christine Jeffs and Megan Holley (Overture Films, 2009) Christine Jeffs and Megan Holley's touching film about a spunky but dysfunctional...