Written and Directed by Andrea di Stefano,
Produced by Dimitri Rassam
Released by Radius-TWC
English and Spanish with English subtitles
France/Spain/Belgium. 119 min. Rated R
With Benicio Del Toro, Josh Hutcherson, Claudia Traisac, Brady Corbet, Carlos Bardem, Ana Girardot, and Micke Moreno
Pablo Escobar is probably history’s most successful, and notorious, drug dealer/narcoterrorist. At its height, his Colombian cocaine empire made […]
Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie
Produced by Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear McClard, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, based on the novel Mad Love in New York City by Arielle Holmes
Released by Radius-TWC
USA. 93 min. Rated R
With Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Buddy Duress, Necro, and Eléonore Hendricks
One of the […]
Directed by Drew Taylor and Larry Weinstein
Canada. 85 min. Not rated
This 2013 documentary retells the real-life story of the six U.S. Embassy workers who sought refuge from the Canadian ambassador while their co-workers were taken hostage in Iran in 1979. This saga was depicted in Oscar-winning fashion by director/star Ben Affleck in his 2012 political […]
Directed by Ross Katz
Produced by Sam Slater, Paul M. Bernon, Jared Ian Goldman, Karrie Cox, and Marcus Cox Written by Jeff Cox and Liz Flahive
Released by Radius-TWC
USA. 90 min. Rated R
With Rose Byrne, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Paula Garces, Jane Krakowski, Joel McHale, Bobby Moynihan, Mike Birbiglia and Josh Charles
A selfish late twenties/early thirties Manhattan […]
Directed by Douglas Kass and Roger Kass
Produced by Roger Kass
Released by Music Box Films
English, Italian, French & German with English subtitles
USA/Italy/Germany/France/Cyprus. 77 min. Not rated
In 2010, famed novelist and occasional essayist Jonathan Franzen published a long piece in The New Yorker titled “Emptying the Skies,” about the illegal trapping of migratory songbirds, like warblers, wrens, […]
Directed by Rupert Goold
Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas
Written by Goold and David Kajganich, based on the book by Michael Finkel
Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
USA. 99 min. Rated R
With Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Robert John Burke, Gretchen Mol and Ethan Suplee
On the heels of HBO’s fantastic The Jinx, the true […]
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead
Released by Drafthouse Films
USA. 109 min. Not rated
With Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker
In this new supernatural romance film, an isolated, directionless young American named Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) flees to Italy to find himself. It’s obvious that he needs a chance to make a fresh start in new […]
Directed by Nicolas Rossier
Produced by Tami Woronoff and Naashon Zalk
South Africa/USA 75 min. Not rated
Nelson Mandela is likely one of the most famous and admired figures of the 20th century. His story is well-known. After 27 years as a political prisoner, he became the first democratically elected president of South Africa. He orchestrated a peaceful […]
Written and Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel
Produced by von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara.
Available on Netflix
UK.97 min. Not rated
In 2013, Netflix released the Oscar-nominated documentary The Square, chronicling the ongoing dangers following the Egyptian revolution. With Virunga, the digital content giant continues its trend of releasing compelling, timely documentaries about some of the most […]
