Independent Cinema

Jeremiah Tower began the celebrity chef revolution and his Stars restaurant was an overnight sensation.

'Punch-Drunk Love' may be too mainstream for hardcore P.T. Anderson fans and too artsy fartsy for Sandler fans, but the film is as irresistible as ever.

The Criterion Collection continues with its release of writer/director Noah Baumbach's films, this time with the critically acclaimed "The Squid and the Whale" (2005) on Blu-ray.

Give "Morris from America" a chance and find yourself as smitten with the film as Morris is with Katrin.

"We Are X" - Are there curses destined to repeat in our lives? When is enough enough?

Why is Rose Hartman incomparable?

'The Monster' may not be an instant classic, but it gets the job done.

Did you know that most if not all of Emily Dickinson's poems may be sung to "Amazing Grace?"

Surfing has become a profitable, competitive sport. For Bunker Spreckels it was a passion that laughed in the face of death.

Are chimpanzees sentient beings deserving of legal personhood?