Pura Vida Conspiracy seems geared toward evoking how a rich community can be fostered out of dissimilar groups.
Most of the best sequences in the film simply give over to footage of Gogol Bordello’s live performances.
Filth and Wisdom presents a sweet, grimy, convincing enough portrait of people struggling to make something of themselves.
The film’s construction isn’t groundbreaking but the shrill freakshow of talking heads is revealing.
Liev Schreiber’s Everything Is Illuminated suffers from vacuum-sealed preciousness.