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 […]
Directed by Martin Provost Produced by Miléna Poylo & Gilles Sacuto Written by Provost, Marc Abedelnour and René de Ceccatty Released by Adopt Films French with English subtitles France/Belgium. 138 min. Not rated With Emmanuelle Devos, Sandrine Kiberlain, Olivier Gourmet, Catherine Hiegel, Jacques Bonaffé, and Olivier Py Director Martin Provost calls Violette a diptych with […]
Directed by Amma Asante Written by Misan Sagay Produced by Damian Jones Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures. UK. 105 min. Rated PG With Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Reid, Sarah Gadon, Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton, Tom Felton, James Norton, Matthew Goode & Emily Watson These days, nothing is more addictive than an English period piece, […]
Directed by Chiemi Karasawa Produced by Karasawa & Elizabeth Hemmerdinger Released by Sundance Selects USA. 81 min. Not rated In the twilight of her career, veteran actress Elaine Stritch has won both an Emmy and Grammy for her 2002 one-woman Broadway show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, her tell-all song and dish about this broad’s life […]
Directed by Christopher Menaul Produced by Jeremy Cowdrey, Janette Day, Pippa Cross & Dan Stevens Written by Jonathan Smith, based on his novel Released by Tribeca Film UK. 100 min. Not rated With Dominic Cooper, Emily Browning, Dan Stevens, Hattie Morahan, Shaun Dingwall & Mia Austen Summer in February is based on a novel by […]
Directed by John Lee Hancock Written by Kelly Marcel & Sue Smith Produced by Alison Owen, Ian Collie & Philip Steuer Released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures UK/USA. 125 min. Rated PG-13 With Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Bradley Whitford, Annie Rose Buckley, Ruth Wilson, B. J. Novak, Rachel Griffiths, Kathy […]