Directed by Shawn Rech and Brandon Kimber
Produced by Rech and Andrew Hale
Released by Sundance Selects
USA. 93 min. Not rated
A death row prisoner walks free from jail in a surprise exoneration nearly 48 hours before his scheduled execution. New evidence proving his innocence has come to light thanks to a university journalism professor and his crusading […]
Directed by David Gordon Green
Produced by Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Lisa Muskat, Green, and Derrick Tseng.
Written by Paul Logan
Released by IFC Films
USA. 97 min Rating PG-13
With Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, Chris Messina, and Natalie Wilemon
“I’m a silly man with stupid dreams,” a haggard figure mutters to himself. Well, small-town Texas locksmith Angelo Manglehorn […]
Directed by James Kent
Written by Juliette Towhidi, based on the memoir by Vera Brittain
Produced by David Heyman and Rosie Alison
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
UK. 129 min. Rated PG-13
With Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell, Colin Morgan, Joanna Scanlan, Dominic West and Miranda Richardson
World War One destroyed Europe’s working-class and noble […]
Written and Directed by Roy Andersson
Produced by Pernilla Sandstrom
Released by Magnolia Pictures
Swedish with English subtitles.
Sweden, Norway, France, Germany. 100 min. Not rated
With Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Charlotta Larsson, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Tornros, and Jonas Gerholm
“Hahahaha!” That’s the sound of a loathsome toy called “bag in laughs,” a periodic sinister backdrop to one of the […]
Directed by André Téchiné
Written by Téchiné, Jean-Charles Le Roux, and Cédric Anger
Produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier
Released by Cohen Media Group
French with English subtitles
France. 116 min. Rated R
With Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet, and Adèle Haenel
A mild-mannered lawyer attaches himself to a wealthy casino matriarch. He wins the heart of her free-spirited daughter and then […]
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Produced by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich
Written by David Nicholls, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy
Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
UK/USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13
With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple, and Jessica Barden
Wow, Carey Mulligan, why are you making those faces at the camera? The actress plays […]
Directed by Johannes Holzhausen
Produced by Johannes Rosenberger
Released by Kino Lorber
German with English subtitles
Austria. 95 min. Not rated
America and Europe approach the past differently, and each can defy common sense in ways that make sensible people want to rip their hair out. European culture can overprotect tradition like a helicopter mom, while America blithely bulldozes beloved […]
Directed by Pierre Salvadori
Produced by Philippe Martin
Written by Salvadori and David Colombo-Leotard
Released by Cohen Media Group
French with English Subtitles
France. 97 min. Not rated
With Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kerven, and Féodor Atkine
Can there be any film genre tougher to pull off than black comedy? Cinema is littered with flops that failed to shake up the right party […]
Written and Directed by Frédéric Tcheng
Produced by Tcheng and Guillaume de Roquemaurel
Released by the Orchard
French, English, and Flemish with English subtitles
France. 89 min. Not rated
The late designer and icon Christian Dior set a superb standard for lavish French couture in 1947. In the 2010s, a reserved menswear designer stands to launch his first collection for […]
