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Biopic

Approved for Adoption

Directed by Jung Henin & Laurent Boileau Written by Henin Released by GKids Belgium/France. 75 min. Not rated Currently there is a great deal of debate about the exportation of children from war-torn and other traumatized countries. A large number of adult international adoptees agree that the best option is always for a child to […]

Camille Claudel 1915

Written & Directed by Bruno Dumont Produced by Jean Brehat, Rachid Bouchareb & Muriel Merlin Released by Kino Lorber French with English subtitles France. 97 min. Not Rated With Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent, Robert Leroy, Emmanuel Kauffman & Marion Keller Writer/director Bruno Dumont gives a strongly feminist interpretation to the tragic story of the thwarted […]

Kill Your Darlings

Directed by John Krokidas Written by Mr. Krokidas & Austin Bunn; Produced by Mr. Krokidas, Michael Benaroya, Christine Vachon & Rose Ganguzza Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 100 min. Rated R With Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Jack Huston, Ben Foster, David Cross, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyra Sedgwick & John […]

Harry Dean Stanton

Directed by Sophie Huber Produced by Christian Davi, Chiemi Karasawa, Christof Neracher, Thomas Thümena Released by Adopt Films Switzerland. 77 min. Not rated With Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Deborah Harry, Win Wenders, Sam Shepard & Kris Kristofferson Roger Ebert once noted that no film with character actor Harry Dean Stanton could be all that […]

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 […]