Directed by Jafar Panahi and Kambozia Partovi
Edited, Written, and Produced by Panahi
Released by Variance Films
Farsi with English subtitles
Iran. 106 min. Not Rated
With Kambozia Partovi, Maryam Moghadam, Hadi Saeedi, and Panahi
Closed Curtain starts out looking like an allegory in some future post-apocalyptic society. But the repression in Iran today emphatically intrudes on the imagination, […]
Directed by Joe Berlinger
Produced by Berlinger and Caroline Suh
Released by Magnolia Pictures
USA. 107 min. Not Rated
Have movies that glorify hit men getting away with murder inured us to the victims, their families, and the thwarted justice system? Let alone when real cases inspire notable films? Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) was just the first of […]
Written and Directed by Joanna Hogg
Produced by Gayle Griffiths
Released by Kino Lorber
UK. 104 min. Not rated
With Viv Albertine, Liam Gillick, Tom Hiddleston, Chris McWatters and Mary Roscoe
Domestic architecture takes on a new and exquisite dimension in Exhibition. For British filmmaker Joanna Hogg, a house is not only a living and work space for a woman, […]
Directed by Jan Troell
Produced by Francy Suntinger
Written by Klaus Rifbjerg and Troell, based on Kenne Fant’s biography Torgny Segerstedt: En levnadsskildring
Released by Music Box Films
Swedish with English subtitles
Sweden/Norway. 126 min. Not rated
With Jesper Christensen, Ulla Skoog, Pernilla August, Björn Granath, Birte Hibertson, Johanna Troell, and Hanna Holmqvist
Octogenarian director Jan Troell is among the last […]
Directed by Martin Provost
Produced by Miléna Poylo & Gilles Sacuto
Written by Provost, Marc Abedelnour and René de Ceccatty
Released by Adopt Films
French with English subtitles
France/Belgium. 138 min. Not rated
With Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Hiegel, Jacques Bonaffé, and Olivier Py
Director Martin Provost calls Violette a diptych with his Séraphine (2009), restoring recognition to […]
Directed by David Michôd
Produced by Liz Watts, David Linde and Michôd
Written by Michôd, story by Michôd and Joel Edgerton
Released by A24
Australia/USA. 102 min. Rated R
With Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field, Anthony Hayes, Gillian Jones, Susan Prior, Richard Green, Tawanda Manyimo, and James Fallon
With The Rover, David Michôd strips down and ventures beyond […]
Directed by Agnieszka Holland
Produced by Tomas Kruby and Pavla Kubeckova
Written by Stepan Hulik
Released by Kino Lorber
Czech with English subtitles
Czech Republic. 234 min. (Parts 1 & 2: 160 min, Part 3: 80 min.) Not rated
With Tatiana Pauhofova, Ivan Trojan, Jaroslava Pokorna, Vojtech Kotek, Dagmar Buresova, Adrian Jastraban, Emma Smetana, Patrik Dergel, Igor Bares, Jenovefa Bokova, David […]
Written and Directed by Jan Ole Gerster
Produced by Marcos Kantis and Alexander Wadouh
Released by Music Box Films
Germany. 88 min. Not rated
German with English subtitles
With Tom Schilling, Friederike Kempter, Marc Hosemann, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders, Arnd Klawitter, Martin Brambach, Frederick Lau, Ulrich Noethen and Michael Gwisdek
A full summer day in the life of […]
Directed by Mike Myers
Produced by Myers and Beth Aala
Released by Radius/TWC and A & E IndieFilms
USA. 84 min. Rated R
If success is all about promotion, then the fact that this is the debut directing effort by comic actor Mike Myers is one part of the package. Amidst the constant name-dropping, testimonials, and testosterone-fueled preening in […]
