Blokamp’s feature debut, which came about when the Peter Jackson-produced screen version of the video game Halo fell apart, is a sharp-edged science fiction parable that mixes metaphor and violent action with such dizzying confidenceContinue reading

As Napoleon Dynamite‘s New Zealand cousin, Taika Cohen’s off-kilter comedy of social awkwardness shares its American counterpart’s obsession with observing the trivial daily interactions of sad-sack outcasts who are either blissfully unaware of their ridiculousnessContinue reading