Author:   Bruce Steele

The early-'90s Biosphere 2 experiment is detailed in Matt Wolf's generally informative documentary.

The latest Exhibition on Screen documentary profiles the eccentric artist.

This clip show from filmmaker Brett Story is more of a shapeless idea than a coherent documentary.

Brian Cox and an all-star cast bring life to this otherwise tepid father-son-grandbaby reunion movie set in San Francisco.

The second film to tell this amazing and true East German escape story is consistently entertaining and adheres largely to the facts.

This charming, keenly observed French comedy is about two lonely people who might be the cure for one another’s melancholy — if only they would meet.

This comedy about an insecure gay man dating a lonely straight woman maintains its clever, entertaining tone to the end and doesn’t let its provocative sexual politics spoil the fun.

This love letter to the people who love books is also a fun virtual tour of shops, expositions and apartments overflowing with the printed word.

Two equally uninteresting storylines, one in a girls school, one in Haiti 60 years ago, eventually collide in an incoherent finale.

The gerrymandering documentary is a worth and informative effort.

Superb performances by Liam Neeson and Lesley Manville create a familiar portrait of a long-term couple, but their isolation limits the movie’s achievement.

Anne Dagg has been labeled the “Jane Goodall of giraffe research,” but her story is in many ways the more remarkable one.

Alex Gibney's slick and entertaining documentary traces the rise of Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his eventual (and ongoing) clash with Vladimir Putin.

Pixar's latest is a D&D-like charmer about brothers on a road trip to spend one last day with their deceased father.

The low-key, levelheaded romantic drama is an excellent date night movie.

A series of Oscar-caliber performances in supporting roles boost this tear-jerker about the effort to get a Medal of Honor for an airman who died heroically in Vietnam.

Edwin Arnaudin and Bruce Steele discuss the new Star Wars film.

Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson are stunning in Noah Baumbach's divorce dramedy.

The good cop/bad cops flick gets the job done, but isn't surprising or edgy.

The pairing of Ian McKellan and Hellen Mirren lives up to its billing in this con-artist thriller.

A radiant Penélope Cruz and a melancholy Antonio Banderas star in Pedro Almodóvar's most autobiographical film.