Christmas in July

Ulee’s Gold, written and directed by Victor Nunez is a film so slow-paced that even the exciting parts look as if they are on drugs. Perhaps this is because its star, the Ulee of the title (short for Ulysses) is the former pot- head Peter Fonda. It is not necessarily the highest of compliments to…

A Brazilian revenge-drama is too portentous and fraught with religious significance for all but the most militant of atheists to appreciate

“Tyger, Tyger burning bright.” See the connection with comic-book superheroes? No, I didn’t either.

Perhaps not the best of the recent crop of movies about grief, this Israeli film is nevertheless very watchable

A disappointing and frankly implausible romance whose author doesn’t seem to have his heart in it

What happens when anything can happen? Pretty much nothing. Or at least nothing that anyone needs to care about