Ben Affleck is a kind of quirky, deadpan man named Christian Wolff who wears very nice suits. He doesn't pick up small talk cues, or really look anyone in directly in the eyes. He's an accountant. Rig…
When recounting how his vivacious, chatty toddler suddenly changed, father Ron Suskind remembers, "All of a sudden, at 3 years old, Owen vanishes. The doctor says, 'Let me explain what autism is...'" …
As suggested by its title, The Odd Way Home is not your typical road movie. After fleeing an abusive boyfriend with a bloodied face, several bottles of pills, and a gun, Maya (Rumer Willis) runs into …
Written and directed by Max Mayer, and minus all the high-concept, big-budget bells and whistles that fill screens this time of year, the film is just a simple love story, told well by some solid acto…
Alas, where would the world be without Rain Man? What would we call our friends when they rattled off some obscure fact or showed signs of obsessive rigidity? What would the words, “def, definitely,…
Snow Cake must have had my name written all over it, because I circled it in the SIFF guide more than once over the course of the festival, and only missed out because I couldn't find a movie buddy. T…
Two very pretty young people meet cute on a gorgeous beach in a charming beach town in the Carolinas. Savannah (Amanda Seyfried) has flaxen hair and huge eyes and occasionally belts out ABBA tunes... …
Nørby plays a single, older mother of Brian, an autistic 20-year-old. One night, Brian comes home late with mud on his shoes, and there is news the next morning that a young woman was murdered in the …
