At face value, Alpha Dog — based on a real-life story that’s still waiting for its ending — plays like an amped-up, drugged-out episode of Dragnet. In 2000, a gang of SoCal kids kidnapped and murdered ...

In Tokyo’s Shibuya district, people often gather near a statue of a dog. It honors Hachiko, a dog who waited for his owner long after the man had died. It’s a story about habit, loss, and time. In ...