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In 1992, a former KGB archivist smuggled the Soviet Union's darkest secrets out of Russia. A new book based on highly classified documents chronicles the KGB's exploits in the Third World.

While there are a variety of films about the Vietnam War and World War II, Hollywood has been relatively silent about Desert Storm. But Universal is banking that U.S. audiences are ready for a film about the senior Bushs war in Iraq. The studio is rolling out Jarhead (opening November 4 throughout San Diego) as one of its award hopefuls for this year.

Gavin Hood is a white South African who recalls being raised by a Zulu housekeeper and befriending her young son. But as boys grew older, they were separated. Because of apartheid and segregation, they were not allowed to attend the same schools. When Hood was ten-years-old, he recalls seeing a film called

A hospital in southeastern England is trying to identify a man the British press have dubbed the Piano Man. He was found on a Kent County beach wearing a soaking wet suit and tie. He could not or would not speak, but drew detailed pictures of a grand piano. When later shown to a piano, the man played for two hours. Melissa Block talks to his social worker, Michael Camp of Medway Maritime Hospital.

South Korean cinema is hot, not only at home but also abroad. Korean films typically hold their own at the local box office with Hollywood fare, and internationally they are popular with film festivals. But as the Korean industry grows bigger, it poses challenges for filmmakers interested in more independent projects. Beth Accomando looks at a pair of South Korean films that attempt to push the boundaries of what's acceptable.

The voodoo religion, with 30 million followers in West Africa, is one of the most misunderstood faiths in the world. NPR's John Burnett explores the deities, music and rituals of voodoo.

The infamous Nessie meets the notorious German director Werner Herzog in a documentary about things that are not what they seem, Incident at Loch Ness (playing for one week only at Landmark's Ken Cinema beginning November 19).

I found that peculiar, says Hatcher who came to San Diego earlier this month to promote his film, then I realized that was the time that was when women were finally allowed to play women and Kynaston was out of a job. I thought this could be a good story about a man whos caught in a huge cultural sea change and whose identity is turned upside down because the one thing he does really well, the one thing that he identifies himself by, is taken away from him.

The Caped Crusader Gets A Reboot

The basic storyline can be summed up as a revenge tale in which a woman is raped, and her lover and friend attempt to find the rapist to punish him. But those are just plot details. As with Memento, Irreversible chooses to tell its tale in reverse. So the film begins with the end credits which run backwards and are done in a bold all-caps font with many letters reversed for a further disorienting effect. Then theres a kind of prologue with a character known to Noe fans as the Butcher (played by Philippe Nahon in each of Noes films). The Butcher lays out the essential precepts of the film: man is an animal and time destroys all things. The camera eventually moves out the window of the Butchers room to reveal chaos below. A badly beaten man on a stretcher is being taken out of a gay club and hes followed by another man whos being escorted by the police. All the while the gay patrons are hurling vulgar and vile taunts, threats and insults at the pair who were obviously involved in some sort of fight inside the club.