When a mysterious box of magical ‘toys’ washes up on a beach near Seattle, two children embark on an exciting adventure that will change their lives. Read more

For all its big hair and tackiness, the ‘80s have a way of conjuring up pleasant feelings. Such is the case with “Starter For 10,” Read more

AWFJ members Carrie Rickey and Anne Thompson are blogging anew. Read more

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DEFYING CENSORSHIP: In “Offside,“ Iranian teenage girls who, disguised as boys, beg, bribe and sneak their way into a football stadium so they can watch their beloved home team battle Bahrain for the championship. Read more

Woody Allen, Steve Martin and Martin Short are the top presenters set for the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 34th Annual Gala Tribute– this year honoring actress, director, producer, photographer Diane Keaton– on Apr 9 at Avery Fisher Hall. Read more

Based on the coded, mostly undecipherable letters that the Zodiac killer sent to the press as a way to taunt them, it’s clear that the mysterious lunatic was a fan of patterns. Read more

INNOVATIVE APPRECIATION OF TRADITION: Director Mira Nair genre jumps from ethnocentric films about India and Indian culture (Salaam Bombay, Monsoon Wedding) to Hollywood blockbusters (Vanity Fair). Her latest, “The Namesake,” based on Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel, is an intergenerational family saga about Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) who, immediately after their arranged marriage in Calcutta, immigrate to US suburbia, where their son, Gogol (Kal Penn), is born and grows up as an American kid, with conflicted feelings about his Indian roots. Read more

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