Elena Anaya

SEPT. 9 All's Faire in Love A college football star has to make up for his many absences by working at a Renaissance fair, where he falls for an aspiring actress. With Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer and Matthew Lillard. Written...

In the 25 years since he started making movies with Pedro Almodóvar, Antonio Banderas says one thing hasn't changed: The iconoclastic director is still leading Banderas toward the edge of the creative abyss. And he is still diving in. "Basically what you...

The 1st Battalion, 5th Marines is the adopted U.S. Marine Corps unit of Costa Mesa. "Patrol Base Jaker" is a documentary of the deployment of the 1/5 to Afghanistan in 2009-10. These films usually center on combat operations. But this one zeros in on the...

Two movies by foreign filmmakers found success in two very different parts of the world this weekend. "The Skin I Live In," the latest movie from Spanish writer-director Pedro Almodóvar, got off to a strong start in the U.S. And......

An artist, the old saying goes, is someone who pound the same nails, over and over again. For the great Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, those nails include the boundaries of sexual identity and sexual perversion, and his “mommy issues.” All...

The French thriller “Point Blank” clocks in at just 84 minutes. And a leaner and meaner 84 minutes you are not likely to catch on a screen this year. Fred Cavaye's film is a ticking clock tale with all the urgency a story about a man trying to...

May 6 The Beaver A once-successful toy executive and family man suffering from depression begins communicating through a beaver hand puppet. With Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and Anton Yelchin. Written by Kyle Killen. Directed by Foster. Summit...

A crime epic in two parts, the story of Jacques Mesrine makes for a glittering tour de force turn by Vincent Cassel in the title role. His mesmerizing presence in the center of Jean-François Richet's two films lifts them above the somewhat conventional...

If you're over the age of consent, you know that common sense and sexual passion don't often exist in the same time and space. That point is lustily demonstrated by "Sex and Lucia," one very steamy, very incoherent motion picture. The kind of trifle that...