Directed by Ron Frank & Mevlut Akkaya
Produced by Lawrence Richards, Frank & Akkaya
Written by Richards
Released by International Film Circuit
USA. 76 min. Not Rated
When Comedy Went to School sometimes rises above schmaltzy nostalgia to become an informative and entertaining history of the stand-up comic. What makes it worth watching are the personal perspectives of legends, like […]
Directed by Gabriela Cowperwaithe
Produced by Manuel V. Oteyza & Cowperwaithe
Written by Cowperwaithe & Eli Despres
Released by Magnolia Pictures
USA. 83 min. Rated PG-13
Blackfish is most engrossing when it offers an alarming CSI-type forensic analysis into the 2010 death of whale trainer Dawn Brancheau at SeaWorld Orlando, by tracing the background of the cause: a killer whale […]
Directed & Produced by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Written by Prasoon Joshi
Released by Reliance Entertainment
Hindi with English subtitles
India. 188 min. Not rated
With Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Dalip Tahil, Art Malik, Divya Dutta, Jabtej Singh, Pavan Malhotra, Yograj Singh, Rebecca Breeds & Prakash Raj
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag translates as “Run Milkha Run,” and that phrase repeatedly propels this thrilling […]
Written & Directed by Michael McGowan
Produced by McGowan, Avi Federgreen, Jody Colero & Tamara Deverell
Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Canada. 103 min. Rated PG-13
With James Cromwell, Geneviève Bujold, Rick Roberts, Campbell Scott, Julie Stewart, Jonathan Potts, Zachary Bennett, & George R. Robertson
Still Mine is a lovely tribute to traditional family values and home building. Though the […]
Written & Directed by Eliav Lilti
Produced by Arik Bernstein
Released by Alma Films
Hebrew with English subtitles
Israel. 93 min. Not rated
Like diaries and letters in the old days, home movies are more and more being mined for their historical and sociological significance. The amateur footage edited together in Israel: A Home Movie, year by year from the […]
Directed by Richard Rowley
Produced by Anthony Arnove, Brenda Coughlin & Jeremy Scahill
Written by Scahill & David Riker, in companion with Scahill’s book Dirty Wars: The World Is A Battlefield
Released by Sundance Selects
USA. 87 min. Not rated
Dirty Wars connects how the celebrated successes and piecemeal scandals about the global war on terror fit into an alarming […]
Narrated, Written & Directed by Matthew Cooke
Produced by Adrian Grenier & Bert Marcus
Released by Tribeca Film
USA. 96 min. Not Rated
In memorable scenes from the TV series The Wire, an ambitious CFO to a Baltimore drug kingpin ran business seminars for his middle-management dealers to explain how to maximize the criminal organization’s profits. Debut director Matthew […]
Directed by Morgan Neville
Produced by Gil Friesen and Caitrin Rogers
Released by Radius-TWC
USA. 90 min. Rated PG-13
With Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill, Tata Vega, Claudia Lennear, Gloria Jones, Lynn Maybry, Cindy Mizelle, Susaye Greene, Jo Lawry, The Waters Family, Rose Stone, Janice Pendarvis, and Mable John
The first 45 I bought was “He’s A […]
Directed by Mark Covino & Jeff Howlett
Produced by Covino & Howlett, Scott Mosier, Matthew Perniciaro, Kevin Mann & Jerry Ferrara
Released by Drafthouse Films
USA. 96 min. Not rated
The road to rock ‘n’ roll fame is littered with failed bands, but the tale of A Band Called Death grabs attention for its unusual angle: the intersections of […]
