ghosts of cite soleil

This documentary about power, poverty, and gangs in the Haitian slums opens today in New York. It's not a pretty picture, but it's o...

the hidden gems of elvis costello

Elvis Costello is on the road this summer to promote his new reissues, The Best of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years and Rock and Roll Mu...

white stripes

Icky Thump is easily the band's loudest record. It's also one of their best. Elsewhere in Consumables , I take on Wilco, Bruce Sprin...

los angeles film festival

While we can lament that 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days was a last-minute scratch, the Los Angeles Film Festival starts tonight and there are...

you kill me

Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni make for a fun (if unlikely) romantic pairing in You Kill Me , an offbeat hit-man comedy from director John Dahl.

evan almighty

At last. A comedy about a flood wiping out humanity .

casting about

Actors' audition tapes for a fiction film instead become the raw material for Casting About , a documentary about the auditioning proces...

eagle vs. shark

This Sundance romantic comedy doesn't know if it loves or hates its nerdy characters. I feel the same way about it.

brand upon the brain!

The Guy Maddin silent-film spectacular hits Los Angeles. I cover the event in Consumables , and also tackle Arcade Fire, Knocked Up , Once a...

hostel: part ii

Give writer-director Eli Roth credit for adding some new wrinkles to his Hostel sequel. But not too much credit.

chris cornell

The onetime frontman of Soundgarden is back with his second solo album. I don't dislike Cornell in his introspective guise, but Carry On...