爱丽丝和特蕾丝的梦幻工厂

　　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.

　　A group of lakeside visitors who are terrorised by an ancient vampiric evil.

　　圣诞前夜，虽然家人热切地期盼，但美丽干练的女律师安吉拉（瑞秋·尼科尔斯Rachel Nichols 饰）仍在办公室努力工作，进行最后的冲刺。繁冗的工作终至尾声，安吉拉独自下到地下车库，准备驱车回家。不过她的车无论如何也发动不了，车库电梯门也被锁住，于是她只好向保安托马斯（韦斯·本特利 Wes Bentley 饰）求助。托马斯友善恭敬，热情施以援手，却不知其心中藏着怎样的黑暗念头。
　　写字楼大门紧锁，致使准备乘计程车回家的安吉拉在此返回保安室求助托马斯。时机业已成熟，托马斯露出狰狞面目，他绑架了安吉拉，强迫她参加自己的圣诞晚宴。这个爱慕安吉拉的小男人，给安吉拉带来一个宛如噩梦般的圣诞节……

　　故事背景为一战时期的德国。曼弗雷德·冯·里希特霍芬是一名德国飞行员，他有着击落80架敌机的傲人战绩，被称为王牌中的王牌，他的绰号叫“红男爵”。本片就是根据这位传奇人物的生平改编而成。
　　曼弗雷德（马提亚斯·施维赫夫 Matthias Schweighöfer 饰）出身名门，自小就憧憬着飞行。成为德国飞行员后，他凭着高超的技巧以及独特的作战风格赢得别人的尊重，包括被他击落的敌方飞行员。在一次战斗中，曼弗雷德击落了英国王牌飞行员布朗，曼弗雷德在确认战果时发现布朗只是受了伤，于是将其救活。这个过程中他认识了一名美丽的护士（琳娜·海蒂 Lena Headey 饰），并对她一见钟情。
　　1917年，曼弗雷德成为德国第一王牌飞行员，获得皇帝亲自颁授的最高勋章。后来，他将自己的战机涂装成了显眼的红色，率领11中队，在3000米高空中所向披靡，由此得名“红男爵”。此后的一次战斗，他被击中，导致头部中弹。不久德军上层考虑到“红男爵”的宣传价值因而有意地对他进行保护，劝他退出前线不再飞行。热爱飞行的曼弗雷德并不服从命令，要坚持作战。终于，他迎来了飞行生涯中的最后一次出击……