Between the Lines of Daily Living, Connecting the Dots That Matter By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: February 3, 2011 Low-key and lovely, the independent movie “Cold Weather” opens with a shot of raindrops clinging to a pane of glass, a fitting int …

When Life Starts to Unspool for a Passionate French Filmmaker By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: May 28, 2010 The poignant, startling French film “The Father of My Children” opens with a whoosh of activity. A financially struggling independent-movie p …

From the New York Times: Fright Night, With Thrills From Six Feet Under By MANOHLA DARGIS Published: August 7, 2009 A pastiche of old-fashioned horror flicks and an homage to the same, “I Sell the Dead” recalls the kind of frightful diversi …