I never thought the wrestling ring -- home to 'roids and gigantic pectorals -- would be a hub of sane, normal people. But this short documentary about Mexican lucha libre fighers, or luchadores, shows two ridiculously normal people -- one a bank employee, another a student -- who spend their

It's not every day that the worlds of Japanese and American film collide. But on Thursday, I got a taste of it at the GANTZ world premiere at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The two stars of the film, actor Kenichi Matsuyama and J-pop star/actor Kazunari Ninomiya flew in from the premiere

Tomorrow, the public will be able to purchase a physical copy of No One Knows About Persian Cats, one of the most criminally slept on and criminally beautiful music movies of last year. Yes, the DVD is coming out and I strongly encourage anyone and everyone take advantage of this. It's a

M. Night Shyamalan is like the MIA of filmmaking. He takes criticism really, really badly. At a Mexico City press conference for his recent film The Last Airbender, a brave reporter told M. Night Shyamalan that his fans have lost faith in his work ever since he started making commercially-bent

Yesterday, two female filmmakers kicked the men's a**es at Seville's European Film Fest, taking home the two top prizes. Austria's Jessica Hausner won for "Lourdes," about a wheel-chair bound young woman whose life gets complicated after she is miraculously cured on a pilgrimage, while the silver

Ugandan b-boy Abramz Tekya seeks to help heal his war-torn country and improve the lives of its children by teaching them to breakdance. You might think that children whose lives are threatened by poverty and violence would have a lot of other priorities besides dancing, but Tekya's students walk

Last week, we told you all about the preparations that went into Ethiopian-born, US-raised hip-hop visionary Kenna's trip up Mount Kilimanjaro. With a pack of celebrities at his heels -- which included Jessica Biel, Isabel Lucas, Santigold, and Lupe Fiasco -- Kenna had just arrived at the very

The good people at the San Diego Asian Film Foundation want YOU to join their REEL IN THE VOTE campaign, to increase voting among Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs). All you have to do is come up with a creative, 30-second video that helps encourage APIs to go to the polls in November. This...