The Promised Land
A cinematic soap opera of the highest order.
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Driving Madeleine
As the title character, Line Renaud is a true force of nature.
Immediate Family
Director Denny Tedesco’s enjoyable documentary follows the long and winding careers of four men who are widely considered among the best session musicians of the rock era.
The Taste of Things
Food porn is much better when seen on a big screen, filmed by world-class directors. Case in point: the culinary eroticism in Tran Anh Hung’s latest film.
Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer
Is the director a German caricature or a complicated, messy, but original filmmaker?
La Syndicaliste
An efficient but otherwise less than compelling addition to the whistleblower canon, starring Isabelle Huppert.
The Stones and Brian Jones
Nick Broomfield chronicles the short life and tragic demise of the Rolling Stones’ founding member, guitarist Brian Jones.
A Still Small Voice
A powerful and thoughtful study of coming to terms with mortality.
More Than Ever
Vicky Krieps provides the emotional depth in an honestly realized drama that never sinks to unnecessary melodrama.