黄大妮

Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.

故事围绕一个圣诞节蛋糕展开，讲述了战争年代天主教女子学院里人性的纯真、贪婪和幻想。“pupil”一词来源于拉丁语“pupilla”，即小女孩。

本片根据自幼患有自闭症的美国动物科学家、畜牧学博士——天宝·葛兰汀（克莱尔·丹尼斯 Claire Danes饰）的个人自传改编而成，讲述天宝与众不同的成长经历。天宝四岁时被医生诊断为自闭症，母亲尝试多种方法让天宝开口说话。为了让天宝拥有正常人的生活，妈妈忍痛送她去一间寄宿学校念书。在这里，天宝认识了开启她天赋大门的恩师卡洛克博士。在恩师的帮助下，天宝顺利考入了大学。临上大学前的暑假，天宝来到姨妈家的农场度假。自此，天宝对牲畜产生了浓厚的兴趣。在大学里天宝制作“挤压机器”来平复紧张情绪。毕业后，天宝继续从事畜牧业的研究学习，设计出大大提高屠宰率且更为人道的屠宰方式。天宝以她独有的方式去认知世界，“像牲畜一样的思考”，在自闭症研讨会上大声的讲出自己的亲身经历……

东北民间流传着关于“皇围猎人”的神秘传说，他们世代生存于深山，为帝王守护兴安岭这片龙兴之地的气脉运转。 传闻猎人除了精通狩猎之法，更知晓驱鬼通神之术。在东北一处偏僻的山村里，悄然发生一起灭门惨案，在村民们的恳求下，最后一代皇围猎人刘二爷（尚铁龙 饰）决定出山调查真相，不想过程中怪事屡现，老林子里的秘密也被渐渐揭开....