Written and Directed by Dominik Graf Produced by Uschi Reich Released by Music Box Films Germany/Austria. 170 min. Not Rated German with English subtitles With Hannah Herzsprung, Florian Stetter, Henriette Confurius, Maja Maranow and Andreas Pietschmann This beautiful historical drama passionately depicts how the political, social, and cultural revolutionary fervor sweeping late 18th-century Europe inspired […]
Directed by James Marsh Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten Written by McCarten, based on the book Traveling to Infinity: My Life With Stephen by Jane Hawking Released by Focus Features UK. 123 min. Rated PG-13 With Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney, and David Thewlis […]
Directed by Morten Tyldum Produced by Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky, and Teddy Schwarzman Written by Graham Moore, based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges. Released by the Weinstein Company USA/UK. 114 min. Rated R With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard, Charles Dance, and Mark […]
Directed by Stefan Haupt Written by Stefan Haupt Distributor Released by Wolfe Releasing Swiss German with English subtitles Switzerland. 100 min. Not rated With Matthias Hungerbühler, Sven Schelker, Ernst Ostertag, and Röbi Rapp For a film that chronicles the climactic peak and dismaying decline of Der Kreis, one of the pioneering gay rights organizations of […]
Directed by Bennett Miller Produced by Megan Ellison, Miller, Jon Kilik and Anthony Bregman Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 134 min. Rated R With Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, and Sienna Miller The American entry in this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition, Foxcatcher, […]
Directed by Elisabeth Rasmussen Produced by Joachim Lyng Available on Netflix Norway / UK. 72 min. Not rated The Heart of Bruno Wizard opens circa 2004 with Bruno performing his first London concert since 1986. In his element, Bruno commands the stage, ever the rock star. His youthful spirit, formed in the British punk scene, […]
Animated, Written, Produced and Directed by Signe Baumane Released by Zeitgeist Films USA. 88 min. Not rated “Rocks In My Pockets: A funny film about depression,” Signe Baumane asserts at the end of the film’s trailer in her heavy Latvian accent. There couldn’t be a more concise statement that captures the core of her autobiographical […]
In the awards competition at the Cannes Film Festival, two films rejuvenated the often clunky genre of the biopic. Mike Leigh, whose films have won many honors here, offered something of a departure from his previous output. Mr. Turner, appropriately his most picturesque film yet, explores the later years of pre-Impressionistic, pre-rebel chic painter J.M.W. […]
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 […]