“American Hardcore” Director Paul Rachman Sony Pictures In the arena of documentary film, a filmmaker’s level of involvement with his or her source material can be both a blessing and a curse. Read more...

"Jackass Number Two" Director Jeff Tremaine PARAMOUNT PICTURES/MTV FILMS Johnny Knoxville and his crew of mentally twisted stuntmen have taken things to a new level of masochistic ridiculousness ““ so ridiculous that stunts such as letting a leech suck the blood out of an eyeball and shoving a massive metal fishhook through the face are easily forgotten. Read more...

It’s official: H&M is coming to Southern California, one store at a time. H&M has fascinated me for the longest time. I ask myself, how do they do it again and again, making affordable clothes that are more desirable than most of the expensive ones I find myself wanting? Read more...

An early 20th-century mask from the Southwest Pacific; a Chinese hand puppet; a 19th-century Nigerian headdress; an ancient portrait vessel from Peru; a mask by the Tsimshian peoples of British Columbia. Read more...

“Jesus Camp” Director Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Magnolia Pictures For today’s documentaries, two characteristics just keep popping up: cuteness and catastrophe. In “March of the Penguins,” huggable birds speed-waddle from ravenous seals. Read more...

With elaborate Chinese costumes and intricate hairstyles adorned with beads soaked in color and faces painted to perfection, the artists about to perform could easily be mistaken for life-size ceramic dolls. Read more...

In 1985, Sting sang “I want my MTV” as the hook in Dire Straits’ “Money for Nothing,” and generations of teens have earnestly agreed with him. Read more...