The Cove

Eye-opening documentary presents a time-lapse portrait of shrinking

The ‘world’s fattest contortionist’; farewell, Fidel; and a few kind words for Bernie Madoff, from Bernie Madoff

Our critic includes ‘Up in the Air,’ ‘Avatar,’ and ‘Bright Star.’ You may want to disagree.

As much thriller as documentary, ‘The Cove’ blows the lid off Japan’s horrific dolphin fishery