Jean-Marc Vallee trivialises Ron Woodroof's extraordinary real life story fighting AIDS and the American legal system in an unworthy film with a great central performance.
JC Chandor pares down the survival sub-genre to its most pure form in a blow-by-blow account of a resourceful old timer battling the elements after a runaway container seriously damages his yacht.
Jon Favreau's estranged family comedy, 'Chef', starring Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr and Dustin Hoffman, gets this year's SXSW under way tomorrow night.
Warner Bros '300: Rise Of An Empire', starring Sullivan Stapleton and Eva Green, easily won the North American weekend box office with a strong $45m from 3470 theatres.
Just as today's local filmmakers are providing an essential birds eye view of the Arab Spring's complex aftermath, often focusing on details that seemingly lie beyond traditional journalism, Merzak Allouache's sixth feature, 'Bab el Oued City', gave us an invaluable insight into Islamic fundamentalism within Algeria when it challenged an old order rather than being one under attack.
