A light heist movie aimed at Spanish-speaking U.S. audiences and decorated with a cross section of attractive telenovela stars, this good-natured genre piece gets the job done while sneaking in a couple of pointed observations about contemporary Latino immigrant life. Read more

Rob Zombie doesn’t go for sequels and remakes. Yet here he is with Halloween, the ninth installment in John Carpenter’s horror franchise that began in 1978. Read more

An extended Twilight Zone-ish parable that gets progressively less interesting as it reveals more of its hand, screenwriter John August’s directing debut does one thing absolutely right: It gives the consistently underrated Ryan Reynolds three chances to prove that he’s got so much more under the hood than frat-boy hijinks and hunky action-guy posturing. Read more

Simultaneously resigned, frustrated, cautiously hopeful, angry and ravishingly beautiful, this story of an impoverished country girl who tries to better herself through Indian classical dance is a stunning debut for writer-director Rajnesh Domalpalli. Read more

Writer-director Aaron Katz’s second feature is an accidental, almost-love story that plays out against the backdrop of New York City’s quiet corners. Read more

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Ever made a cake, assembled from a delicious-sounding recipe and an array of fresh and delightful ingredients, only to find that it was a flat, unappetizing failure? Read more

Ashley Sabin and David Redmon’s bittersweet film documents the efforts of two New Orleans natives — eccentric “Miss Pearl” and her husband, David Cross — to help their beloved city heal from Hurricane Katrina’s devastation: They turn their small backyard into a temporary tent city for displaced locals, a motley group of underemployed and troubled fringe dwellers who, says Miss Pearl saucily, “don’t do it mainstream.” That proves an understatement. Read more

Director Joe Swanberg’s recurring subject is a generation of disconnected young people whose emotional development has been stunted by lack of real experience: They know how to hook up but have no idea how to negotiate the ups and downs of a relationship. Read more

Director Lurie displays discipline and finesse in telling a compelling tale that explores the tensions between fathers and sons, and then some. Lurie and Samuel Jackson have also given audiences a rare and striking portrait of homelessness. Read more