东京公园

　　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.

　　影片讲述安妮和她的丈夫西蒙与弟弟戈罗根之间的故事，西蒙在修女院选安妮为妻子，安妮想过一种幸福美好的生活，但事后发现很难和西蒙相处，戈罗根的出现使她有了好感。安妮和戈罗根彼此发现对方才是自己的最爱，但碍于亲情关系，他们之间不断偷情。但终究纸是包不住火的，最后一场爱情与亲情的较量便从此爆发。

　　乔（尼克·罗宾逊 Nick Robinson 饰）的母亲在他很小的时候就离开了他，现如今，他和父亲弗兰克（尼克·奥弗曼 Nick Offerman 饰）过着相依为命的日子。弗兰克是一个非常独断专行的男人，控制欲极强的他无时不刻的想要控制乔生活里的方方面面。和乔境遇相同的还有帕特里克（加布里埃尔·巴索 Gabriel Basso 饰），他也因为家人们的过度关注而感到窒息。
　　一天夜里，乔和好友比阿基奥（莫伊塞斯·阿里亚斯 Moises Arias 饰）意外发现了一处人迹罕至的森林，和帕特里克一起，感受到了大自然召唤的孩子们决定离家出走，在这片森林里建立他们的乌托邦，这段牢不可破的友谊在一位名叫凯利（艾琳·莫里亚蒂 Erin Moriarty 饰）的女生介入之后，发生了微妙的变化。

　　电话公司里有四位全栋大厦闻名的“猪扒”：患罕见脱发症导致头发稀疏的阿Mo（李嘉欣 饰）、荷尔蒙过剩的保安主管苏眉（莫文蔚 饰）、脸上有大块恶心胎记的计算机部员工“态猫”（林熙蕾 饰）、哨牙蒙眼的秘书阿刨（关秀媚 饰）。四个“猪扒”在公司虽然工作努力，但因样子问题经常遭到宣传部主管“妖姬”嘲笑和排挤，四人敢怒不敢言，直到一天公司因经济不景气四人同时遭到了解雇。公司设计师春春（陈小春 饰）可怜四人的遭遇，与细龟和阿伦想出了一条别出心裁的妙计，帮助四人筹款整容。春春的妙计能否凑效，四位“猪扒”又能否咸鱼翻身？

 印度西部层峦叠嶂的壮美风光为罗翰·帕拉舒拉姆·卡纳瓦德的处女作《仙人掌之果》提供了诗意背景。这部聚焦家族伤痛与隐秘酷儿情愫的影片斩获圣丹斯电影节世界电影单元评审团大奖。某家族为悼念逝去的族长举行为期十日的哀悼仪式，令早已逃离乡野、定居孟买的阿南德（布尚·马诺杰饰）被迫重返故土。在传统悼亡仪式中（如翻看旧照、追忆往昔），阿南德与童年挚友巴尔亚重燃的情谊悄然催生出禁忌欲望。通过克制的情感铺陈、感官觉醒的细腻描摹，以及布尚·马诺杰始终内敛的表演，《仙人掌之果》最终在痛彻心扉的结局中完成对人物肖像的精妙雕琢。