Beasts of the Southern Wild is one that I very much want to like a whole lot. Powerfully imagined and boldly executed, Benh Zeitlin’s film succeeds on many counts. It’s only when the characters start ...

There’s something magical and mysterious about a 6-year-old’s view of the world, especially when that 6-year-old lives on the very edges of the world as she does in the fictional tale, “Beasts of the ...

A zealous gumbo of regionalism, magical realism, post-Katrina allegory, myth and ecological parable, Beasts of the Southern Wild, the southern Louisiana-set debut feature of 29-year-old Benh Zeitlin, ...

The soggy patch of Delta Louisiana called The Bathtub is home to all manner of untamed marvels: crocodiles and boars, greenery and swarming green flies, a hardy band of humans who know it’s dangerous ...

When it comes to movies, “buzz” is a potentially game-changing—and potentially heartbreaking— phenomenon. And Beasts of the Southern Wild has felt both sides of the equation. At this year’s Sundance ...

"Beasts of the Southern Wild" came out of nowhere to win the Cinematography Award and Grand Jury Prize at Sundance earlier this year, and now those of you who didn't brave the frozen tundra of Utah in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There was talk, back a week or so ago, about the perfect Father’s Day movie. Some made jokes about That’s My Boy, others took the opportunity to reassert the paternal themes across the work of Wes ...

After making quite a splash at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (Alex gave a rave review of the magical film which you can read right here), Fox Searchlight picked up the phenomenal ...

Here is the full list of 2012 Sundance Film Festival awards winners, via press release: The 2012 Sundance Film Festival Awards presented this evening were: The Grand Jury Prize: Documentary was ...

PARK CITY, Utah, Jan 22 (TheWrap.com) - A storm blew into Sundance's Eccles Theatre on Friday afternoon, and it had nothing to do with the snow that fell all night on Park City. This storm was a ...