Written and Directed by Sophie Deraspe
Produced by Isabelle Couture and Nathalie Cloutier
Released by SundanceNow Doc Club
English, French, and Arabic with English subtitle
Canada. 84 min. Not rated
Abduction can be a tool of terror, employed by political regimes to silence opposing viewpoints and conceal the truth. It is ironic that in the case of Amina Arraf, the […]
Directed by Sacha Jenkins
Produced by Peter Rittenbender, Nasir Jones, and Marcus A. Clarke
Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films
USA. 82 Not rated
For a documentary about fashion, Fresh Dressed has more to do with words than might be expected. Language was instrumental in the fortunes and failures of the major figures in the evolution of “fresh,” of what’s […]
Directed by Shira Piven
Produced by Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Aaron L. Gilbert and Adam McKay
Written by Eliot Laurence
Released by Alchemy
USA. 105 min. Rated R
With Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack
There’s something to be said for originality, which this Kristen Wiig vehicle has in spades. The […]
Produced and Directed by Dena Seidel
Released by First Run Features
USA. 72 min. Not rated
The realities of climate change are painful; the reality of studying it is painstaking. That work, chronicled in Antarctic Edge: 70° South, focuses on a group of scientists making an annual trip to what has been called “the land of the gods” […]
Directed by Maxime Giroux
Producers: Nancy Grant and Sylvain Corbeil
Written by Alexandre Laferriere and Maxime Giroux
Released by Oscilloscope Labs
Canada. 106 min. Not rated
With Hadas Yaron, Martin Dubreuil, and Luzer Twersky
A young, married Hasidic mother (Fill the Void’s Hadas Yaron) is first noticed by thirtysomething Félix (Martin Dubreuil), while she’s waiting for her order at a corner […]
Written and Directed by Fernando Coimbra
Produced by Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Debora Ivanov, Gabriel Lacerda, Rodrigo Castellar, and Pablo Torrecillas
Released by Outsider Pictures
Portuguese with English subtitles
Brazil. 100 min. Not rated
With Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz and Fabiula Nascimento
Every parent’s nightmare takes place in this searing Brazilian drama, which has a Greek flavor in the way it […]
Directed by Lone Scherfig
Produced by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin
Written by Laura Wade, based on her play Posh
Produced by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin
Released by IFC Films
UK/ 107 min. Rated R
With Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Sam Reid, Ben Schnetzer, Jack Farthing, Matthew Beard, Freddie Fox, Josh O’Connor, Olly Alexander, Jessica Brown Findlay, Holliday […]
Produced and Directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom
Written by Weinstein and Greg O’Toole
Released by Abramorama
UK/USA. 92 min. Not rated
James Randi has many titles. As the “The Amazing Randi,” he’s a magician, mentalist, and escape artist, or as he would say at the beginning of his act, “a liar, a cheat, and a charlatan.” It’s […]
Directed by Greg Vander Veer
Released by First Run Features
USA. 80 min. Not rated
It may be true that behind every great artist, there’s a great arts administrator. When it comes to modern dance, one woman stood behind countless greats of the 20th century, and this documentary gives her due credit.
Martha Hill was born at the dawn […]
