Prairie Miller

Alhough Takers doesn't bring much in the way of new material to the crime thriller table, there's certainly an innovative cross-cultural concept at work, as Wall Street meets the mean streets of LA in collaborative masterminded mayhem.

And at the risk of confusing the message with the messenger, let's just say that the title of the documentary A Film Unfinished may very well serve as its own accidental negative critique.

Patrick Fabian is Cotton Marcus, a Southern preacher since childhood who passionately followed his father into the calling and makes a comfortable living prying his frantic followers loose from the paws of Satan.

REHANA MIRZA: Mental illness in that community is something that's not talked about, and it definitely has a lot of stigma. So I wanted to create a film that could address mental illness, and try to eradicate some of the stigma. And I feel that fil

In the case of movies about struggling working stiffs, especially nonwhites and immigrants, the narrow spectrum more likely veers between stereotypical saints and sinners.Then, it's truly fortunate that directors like Sean Baker and his stunning Pr