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The Grandmaster

Directed by Wong Kar-Wai Written by Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng & Wong, based on a story by Wong Produced by Wong & Jacky Pang Yee Wah Released by the Weinstein Company Mandarin with English subtitles Hong Kong/China. 130 min. Rated PG-13 With Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Zhao Benshan, Chang Chen & Wang Qingxiang It would […]

Lovelace

Directed by Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman Produced by Heidi Jo Markel, Laura Rister, Jason Weinberg, and Jim Young Written by Andy Bellin Released by Radius TWC USA. 92 min. Rated R With Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Hank Azaria, Wes Bentley, Adam Brody, Bobby Cannavale, James Franco, Debi Mazar, Chris Noth, Robert Patrick, Eric Roberts, […]

The Look of Love

Directed by Michael Winterbottom Produced by Melissa Parmenter Written by Matt Greenhalgh Released by IFC Films UK/USA. 107 min.  Not rated (definitely would be rated R) With Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton & Chris Addison After an eclectic career that covers art house, neo-noir, docudrama, and comedy, prolific director Michael Winterbottom brings […]

Hannah Arendt

Directed by Margarethe von Trotta Produced by Bettina Brokemper & Johannes Rexin Written by Pamela Katz & von Trotta Released by Zeitgeist Films English & German with English subtitles Germany. 113 min. Not rated With Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Klaus Pohl, Nicolas Woodeson & Michael Degen Hannah Arendt humanizes […]

Violeta Went to Heaven

Directed by Andrés Wood Written by Eliseo Altunaga, Rodrigo Bazaes, Guillermo Calderón & Wood Released by Kino Lorber Spanish with English subtitles Argentina/Brazil/Chile. 110 min. Not rated With Francisca Gavilán, Cristian Quevedo, Thomas Durand & Gabriela Aguilera The woman of the title is Violeta Parra (1917-1967), an icon of Chilean folk music and art. Her […]

Renoir

Directed by Gilles Bourdos Produced by Olivier Delbosc & Marc Missonnier Written by Jérôme Tonnerre & Bourdos, with the contribution of Michel Spinosa, based on the book Le Tableau Amoureux by Jacques Renoir Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films France. 111 min. Rated R French with English subtitles With Michel Bouquet, Vincent Rottiers, Christa Théret, Thomas […]

The Sapphires

Directed by Wayne Blair Produced by Rosemary Blight & Kylie du Fresne Written by Keith Thompson & Tony Briggs, based on the play by Briggs Released by the Weinstein Company Australia. 99 min. Rated PG-13 With Chris O’Dowd, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell, Deborah Mailman, Shari Sebbens, Tory Kittles, Lynette Narkle, Eka Darville & Kylie Belling […]

11 Flowers

Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Produced by Xiaoshuai, Isabelle Glachant, Didar Domehri, Lü Dong, Laurent Baudens & Gaël Nouaille Written by Xiaoshuai & Lao Ni Released by First Run Features Shanghainese & Mandarin with English subtitles China/France. 115 min. Not rated With Liu Wenqing, Wang  Jingchun & Yan Ni Director Wang Xiaoshuai’s autobiographical 11 Flowers turns […]

Saving Lincoln

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 […]