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Biopic

Mozart’s Sister

Written, Produced, & Directed by Réne Féret Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 120 min. Not rated With Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin & Lisa Féret Mozart’s Sister delicately explores how the soon-to-be-immortal composer’s sister lived in the wrong era— and in the wrong gender. Director […]

The Iron Lady

Directed by Phyllida Lloyd Produced by Damian Jones Written by Abi Morgan Released by the Weinstein Company UK/France. 105 min. Rated PG-13 With Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd, Roger Allam, Iain Glen, Richard E. Grant & Anthony Head In a recent New York Times interview, Meryl Streep admitted she couldn’t […]

Lula, Son of Brazil

Directed by Fábio Barreto Produced by Luiz Carlos Barreto & Paula Barreto Written by Daniel Tendler, Denise Paraná & Fernando Bonassi, based on the book by Paraná Released by New Yorker Films Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil. 128 min. Not rated With Rui Ricardo Diaz, Felipe Falanga, Guilherme Tortolio, Glória Pires, Cléo Pires, Juliana Baroni, […]

A Dangerous Method

Directed by David Cronenberg Produced by Jeremy Thomas Written by Christopher Hampton, based on his play The Talking Cure, and the book A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein by John Kerr Released by Sony Pictures Classics UK/Germany/Canada/Switzerland. 99 min. Rated R With Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Sarah […]

My Week with Marilyn

Directed by Simon Curtis Produced by David Parfitt & Harvey Weinstein Written by Adrian Hodges,based on the diaries by Colin Clark, The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me and My Week with Marilyn Released by the Weinstein Company USA/UK. 101 min. Rated R With Michelle Williams, Eddie Remayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Dominic Cooper, Emma Watson, […]

Killing Bono

Directed by Nick Hamm Produced by Ian Flooks, Hamm, Mark Huffam & Piers Tempest Written by Dick Clement, Ian la Frenais & Simon Maxwell, based on the memoirs I Was Bono’s Doppelganger by Neil McCormick Released by Arc Entertainment UK/Ireland. 114 min. Rated R With Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter, Martin McCann & Pete […]

Young Goethe in Love

Directed by Philipp Stölzl Written by Philipp Stölzl, Müller & Alexander Dydyna Produced by Christoph Müller & Helge Sasse Released by Music Box Films In German with English subtitles; Germany. 102 mins. Not rated With Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, Moritz Bleibtreu & Volker Bruch The opening scene of Young Goethe in Love is a tip-off. […]