Kuttappayi, an orphan, lives a life of rural poverty with his grandfather in Kuttanad, south India. When his grandfather falls ill, his future must be decided.

What makes Vancouver's PuSh performing arts festival so cool? Thoughts on this year and years past.

A sweet, eccentric, and nearly perfect film about poetry, English bulldogs, Ohio Blue Tip Matches, and Paterson, New Jersey.

Joke and story time in Vancouver.

Three twentieth century composers who add a twist and some kick to their sound and mode.

Comedy, puppetry, song and Tourettes.

Surreal. Bizarre. A woman in a shiny pink track suit makes life more difficult while wondering why it is hard.

An understated and unassuming first feature film, which feels almost revolutionary in its combination of well-grounded sense of place and perplexing hero.

It's time to go listen to music in a field, watch an eclipse or seek out strange alcoholic beverages.

Still photographs are animated into imagined lives by Iranian legend Abbas Kiaromstami.

A Vancouver film about experience, atmosphere and letting your mind wander.

The weight of the past on an Argentinian family.

Shakespeare & Company, Paris, is one of "The World’s Coolest Bookstores," one of "The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World"—or both at once.

Jack Kerouac, that prototypically “all-American” writer, was born to Québécois parents, and raised in the midst of an expatriate French-Canadian community in the mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts.

The latest from Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki is a gem, his trademark deadpan humor perfectly balanced with a wry compassion.

What defines a person? A beautiful apartment, a smile, a collection of shoes, memories? A Canadian filmmaker in Paris spends a month unraveling and illuminating one woman's life.

Dozens of artisans gather at the Croatian Cultural Centre to offer enthusiasts a chance to try everything from gins and vodkas to spirits made with berries, fir needles, cinnamon and kelp.

Harry Dean Stanton's final film, a fitting send-off for one of the great character actors.

In a landscape littered with the motels and theme parks of a disappointing American dream, a foul-mouthed kid runs wild.

Digging beneath the surface of a classic Hollywood star who had a secret talent for invention.

A long haunting (and amazing) documentary film shot at two very different mines - one in Serbia and one in Suriname.

Veteran filmmaker Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR travel the back roads of rural France in a mobile photo booth.

A fascinating documentary about pioneering New York City street artist (and former Vancouverite) Richard Hambleton, a contemporary of Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.

Chinese teens get their look at America from a rural Maine boarding school in this impressionistic documentary.

A look at the recent work of landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy, whose visually stunning works engage with nature, examining time and timelessness, creativity and decay.

A loveless marriage in its final throes, with tragic consequences. Another powerful drama from Russian director Andrei Zvyagintsev.

New music composed by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood.