Written & Directed by Kim Nguyen
Produced by Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin & Item 7
Released by Tribeca Film
Canada. 90 min. Not rated
French & Lingala with English subtitles
With Rachel Mwanza, Serge Kanyinda, Alain Bastien, Mizinga Mwinga & Ralph Prosper
Imagine a devastated world where starving children are brutally pitted against each other and can only hope to survive […]
Directed by Roberta Grossman
Produced by Grossman, Sophie Sartain & Marta Kauffman
Written by Sartain
Released by International Film Circuit
USA. 73 min. Not rated
Hava Nagila (The Movie) entertainingly traces the origins of the ubiquitous song and how it became worldwide kitsch. The global popularity of the song is made abundantly clear, but most intriguing is the background on […]
Directed by Lori Silverbush & Kristi Jacobsen
Produced by Silverbush, Jacobsen, Julie Goldman & Ryan Harrington
Released by Magnolia Pictures
USA. 84 min. Rated PG
A Place at the Table updates the galvanizing 1968 TV documentary Hunger in America in a rambling grab bag overview, but makes convincing links to the causes of the much bruited obesity epidemic. Between […]
Directed, Written & Produced by Wendy Jo Cohen
Released by WideSphere Films
USA. 96 min. Not Rated
With Matthew Ludwinski, Andy Sandberg, Feng Tien Lui, Barron A. Myers, Cheri Paige Fogleman, Tim Cusack, Zeb Hollins III, John Redmond, Maureen Brooks, Emilie Bonsant, Emily Mitchell & Shelley McPherson
The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek is a picture- and letter-perfect send-up […]
Directed by Salvador Litvak
Produced by Reuben Lim & Salvador Litvak
Written by Nina Davidovich Litvak and Salvador Litvak
Released by Pictures from the Fringe
USA. 101 min. Not rated
With Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Davison, Creed Bratton, Josh Stamberg, Robert Craighead & Saidah Arrika Ekulona
The 150th anniversary of the Civil War, combined with the Hollywood […]
Directed by Cate Shortland
Produced by Karsten Stöter, Liz Watts, Paul Watts, Paul Welsh & Benny Dreschel
Written by Shortland & Robin Mukherjee, based on the novel The Dark Room by Rachel Seiffert
Released by Music Box Films
Germany/Australia/UK. 108 min. Not Rated
German with English subtitles
With Saskia Rosendahl, Kai Malina, Nele Trebs, Ursina Lardi, Hans-Jochen Wagner, Mika Seidel, André […]
Written & Directed by Dror Moreh
Produced by Estelle Fialon, Moreh & Philippa Kowarsky
Written by Moreh
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
Hebrew with English subtitles
Israel/France/Germany Belgium. 97 min. Rated PG-13
The Gatekeepers thoughtfully examines the difficulties of protecting a democracy from internal enemies. While Americans are more familiar from movies and TV with Israel’s Mossad, which handles international threats, […]
Directed by Neil Barsky
Produced by Jenny Carchman
Released by Zeitgeist Films
USA. 95 min. Not Rated
Koch breezily looks back at the rise of New York City’s three-term 1980’s mayor, with insider views of the political and economic crises he pulled the city through and the ones that finally brought him down, while following him in the last, […]
Directed by Sara Lamm & Mary Wigmore
Produced by Lamm, Wigmore, Kate Roughan & Zachary Mortensen
Released by Reckon So
USA. 93 min. Not Rated
Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & the Farm Midwives tells two linked stories that are impressive but end up at cross-purposes: a biography of a steadfast hippie who helped found a long-lasting, rural commune, […]
