We Steal Secrets explains how Julian Assanges are made.

Into Darkness is an homage to The Wrath of Khan—and a deep draft of Klingon ale.

Sarah Polley climbs her own family tree in the meta-doc Stories We Tell.

A tree-dwelling Matthew McConaughey steals the show in Mud.

Terrence Malick’s To the Wonder hunts for big ideas, but doesn’t turn up much.

Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color is totally baffling. See it anyway.

Ryan Gosling can’t save the overreaching The Place Beyond the Pines.

Tina Fey's Admission is disappointingly by-the-numbers.

Mia Wasikowska gets revenge in Park Chan-wook’s chilly Stoker.

Beautiful Creatures has handsy teen witches but not much punch.