Review Beasts of the Southern Wild **** • Rated: PG-13 for thematic material including child imperilment, some disturbing images, language and brief sensuality. • Director: Benh Zeitlin.

In a crass attempt to exploit storm-weary New Yorkers (kidding!), director Benh Zeitlin came onstage for a Q&A after a special screening of Beasts of the Southern Wild in Astoria.

Feelings of sadness, love, and need won’t be quieted, though, and the Beasts burst through at every turn—with Hurricane Katrina, a backdrop for the storms of a little girl’s troubling emotions.

Over the closing frames of Beasts of the Southern Wild, Quvenzhane Wallis, who plays Hushpuppy, an irrepressible girl living in a mythical version of the Louisiana bayou country, issues a ringing ...

On the set of "Beasts of the Southern Wild," director Behn Zeitlin speaks with actress Quvenzhané Wallis. Fox Searchlight Pictures photo Fox Searchlight Pictures BY CALVIN WILSON • > 314-340-8346 ...

There’s something magical and mysterious about a 6-year-old’s view of the world, especially when that 6-year-old lives on the very edges of the world as she does in the fictional tale ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Michelle Obama on Wednesday gushed over the Oscar-nominated film "Beasts of the Southern Wild," calling it one of the "most powerful and most important" movies in a long time in ...

So Beasts of the Southern Wild was deprived its deserving shot at the Palme d’Or. But there is life after Cannes, and a hauntingly human experience awaiting Stateside audiences.

Beasts of the Southern Wild stars a young girl, Hushpuppy, who lives with her brusk father Wink in Bathtub, a fictional Delta Louisiana community. She can hear her pets talk, as well as the voice ...

The post-Katrina spirit of the people who refused to leave that city, added Zeitlin, prompted "Beasts of the Southern Wild." "There's a clear sense in New Orleans that you have to stand by the ...