Julien Donkey-Boy is a refreshing burst of outsider art from a genuine outlier, a film that prods the edges of American cinema with a boldness that few of its peers can match.

If adults think about sex every seven seconds, the cast of Kids thinks about it every two.

The Act of Killing (Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer, Drafthouse Films) Anwar Congo and Herman Koto are the two most memorable characters I met at the movies this year. They are larger than life, full of charisma and swagger. They are also mass murderers. Director Joshua Oppenheimer sought out the victims of Suharto’s 1960s Indonesian death squads for what could have been …

[xrr rating=1.75/5]For good and (mostly) ill, A Crack Up at the Race Riots is clearly the work of enfant terrible director Harmony Korine. Comprising half-filled pages of micro-shaggy-dog stories, handwritten notes, mucked-with photos and other disjointed elements, Crack Up bears the distinct stamp of its auteur, whose films unfurl in a similarly scattershot, collapsing anti-structure. As with his filmed vignettes, …

[xrr rating=4.25/5]You could call Spring Breakers a spiritual journey to the hedonistic mecca of Florida, a story of young corruption and love or just the fucked-up dream of some bored co-eds on acid—and you’d be correct on all counts. While the film is imbued with apparent realism, director Harmony Korine’s extreme stylistic dexterity here—an infusion of Michael Mann colours amped …

Trash Humpers Dir: Harmony Korine Rating: 4.5/5.0 Drag City 78 Minutes Some of my co-workers know that I review movies. Occasionally they’ll ask me for a recommendation, or for info about an upcoming film. “So, Shannon,” they’ll say, “what movie are you reviewing this week?” And for the last few days whenever somebody has asked me this, I’ve told them, …