Robert K. Elder

Writer/director Matthew Barney's visually lush and nearly dialogue-free quintet of puzzling art films is more like an art installation than traditional cinema. The five episodes weave dense, symbol-rich themes into...

Released by Chicago-based Strat Productions and starring Steppenwolf's John Mahoney and Lindsay Crouse, and Second City alum Ian Gomez, "Almost Salinas" takes place near the spot where James Dean ran...

Given the vast universe of characters in Marvel Comic's X-Men series, it's not surprising that more than a few have been overlooked in the comics-to-film translation. Iceman and Pyro had...

While trying to catch the eye of neighborhood girl "Juicy Judy" (Judy Marte), Victor Vargas (Victor Rasuk) feels the burden of family tradition. Under the thumb of his feisty Old-World...

In Chicago, winter is the obnoxious house guest who, just when you've gotten him out the door, pops back for some forgotten item, whose car leaves an oil stain on...

Jet Li and hip-hop star DMX team for a direct-to-video movie that somehow missed the direct-to-video market. Mysterious black diamonds serve as the objects of obsession for everyone but the...

When "Daredevil" hits the screen Friday, it won't be the first film inspired by the blind superhero's mythology. His footprints extend into film and comic history minutia. 1. "Teenage Mutant...

"The Guru" brings the styles of the globe's largest movie industries--Hollywood and Bombay's Bollywood--together in one offbeat comedy. After a short-lived career as a waiter, Ramu (newcomer Jimi Mistry) throws...

The daughter of a wealthy Los Angeles family (Brittany Murphy) falls head-over-high-heels in love with a sports-obsessed traffic reporter (Ashton Kutcher) who still lives like a college student. They decide...