Directed by Amy Berg
Produced by Berg, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Damien Echols & Lorri Davis
Written by Berg & Billy McMillin
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
New Zealand/USA. 147 min. Rated R
West of Memphis is a triumphant story of justice finally prevailing for three innocent men who spent 18 years in jail for the gruesome 1993 murders of […]
Directed by Moussa Touré
Produced by Éric Névé, Oumar Sy, and Adrien Maigne
Written by Névé & David Bouchet, based on a story by Abasse Ndione
Released by ArtMattan Productions
French, Wolof & Al Pelaar with English subtitles
Senegal/France. 87 min. Not rated
With Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Mame Astou Diallo, Laïty Fall & Babacar Oualy
The Pirogue feels ripped from the headlines […]
Written & Directed by Rose Bosch
Produced by Ilan Goldman
Released by Menemsha Films
France. 115 min. Not rated
French, German & Yiddish with English Subtitles
With Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphäelle Agogué, Hugo Leverdez, Olivier Cywie, Mathieu & Romain Di Concetto, Rebecca Marder & Anne Brochet
Advisory to American audiences: La Rafle is not about a raffle, except […]
Directed & Written by Christian Petzold
Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber
Released by Adopt Films
German with English subtitles
Germany. 105 min. Rated PG-13
With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke & Rainer Bock
Set in the former East Germany (GDR) of 1980, Barbara is German director Christian Petzold’s first period film, and it […]
Directed by Michael Apted
Produced by Apted & Claire Lewis
Released by First Run Features
UK. 144 min. Not rated
With 56 Up, the granddaddy of longitudinal documentaries, impressively reaches grandparenthood.
Michael Apted’s first job was as a researcher selecting a cross-section of 14 British seven year olds for the 1964 U.K. TV documentary Seven Up!, and then, amidst […]
Written & Directed by David Chase
Produced by Mark Johnson & Chase
Released by Paramount Vantage
USA. 112 min. Rated R
With John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, James Gandolfini, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald, Dominique McElligott & Molly Price
Not Fade Away beautifully captures the impact of the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion on young teens in the […]
Directed by Roger Michell
Produced by Kevin Loader, David Aukin & Michell
Written by Richard Nelson, based on Closest Companion: The Unknown Story of the Intimate Friendship Between Franklin Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley, edited by Geoffrey C. Ward
Released by Focus Features
UK. 94 min. Rated R
With Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia Colman, Elizabeth Marvel, Elizabeth Wilson, […]
Directed & Written by Jay Bulger
Produced by Andrew Karsch, Fisher Stevens, Erik H. Gordon & Bulger
Released by SnagFilms/Insurgent Media
USA. 92 min. Not Rated
Beware of Mr. Baker has all the usual ingredients of a typical rock ‘n’ roll Behind the Music bio, though it has lots of surprises and unusual brio, too, beginning with the opening […]
Directed by Joe Wright
Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Paul Webster
Written by Tom Stoppard, based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy
Released by Focus Features
UK. 130 min. Rated R
With Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Alicia Vikander, Olivia Williams, Emily Watson & Michelle Dockery
Following at least 25 […]
