The creepy old house mystery is Halloween-lite; horror for those who really don’t care for horror much…for those who’d like to be in the season’s mood but don’t want to be jolted. No one should …

by Richard von Busack
“Population, Migration, Globalization” are the three themes of the 13th Annual United Nations Association Film Festival, which brings a matchless selection of documentaries to the South Bay and beyond. Highlights here; below …

by Richard von Busack
THE OPENING of the morose and oatmeal-colored Hereafter is an act few films could follow. It’s a flawlessly animated tsunami crashing into a tropical island. When a disaster strikes in a movie, …

by Richard von Busack
Margaret Atwood said “baseball is what America was, football is what America is,” and it’s clear that Jackass 3D is what America is becoming. Undeniably visceral entertainment that it is, it’s a …

by Richard von Busack
The 22nd Annual Pacific Rim Film Festival plays Oct 15-20 in Santa Cruz, California. Admission is free. For more information check the Santa Cruz Weekly’s website  or the Pacific Rim Film …

by Richard von Busack
WHEN a documentary filmmaker phrases a social problem in a way sure to break your heart, beware. Waiting for Superman by Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth) follows five young students as they …

By Richard von Busack
Today’s riddle: when is a horse a bum steer?
I was ready to believe that Seabiscuit ended the Depression—as far as I was concerned, they could have had the pony rescuing FDR from …

by Richard von Busack
OBVIOUSLY, Let Me In is a movie that wouldn’t exist if Americans had better subtitle-reading skills. Still, director Matt (Cloverfield) Reeves’ respect for the original Swedish film, Let the Right One In, …

by Richard von Busack
LET’S LEAVE aside the social problem of Facebook as a privacy violator. I’m not up to the depths of tireless radio investigator Dave Emory, who reached for his Foucault when titling a …

Mallu movies, movies produced in malayalam, are one of the most popular movie segments, crossing multiple genres.  Mallu movies have been growing in popularity, following an arc greater than the overall growth of the film …