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Far From the Madding Crowd

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Produced by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich Written by David Nicholls, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures UK/USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13 With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple, and Jessica Barden Wow, Carey Mulligan, why are you making those faces […]

True Story

Directed by Rupert Goold Produced by Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Anthony Katagas Written by Goold and David Kajganich, based on the book by Michael Finkel Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 99 min. Rated R With Jonah Hill, James Franco, Felicity Jones, Robert John Burke, Gretchen Mol and Ethan Suplee On the heels of […]

Can’t Stand Losing You

Directed by Andy Grieve Released by Cinema Libre Studio USA. 83 min. Not rated As the guitarist in the Police, perhaps the biggest band of the early ’80’s, Andy Summers was one of the most influential guitarists of the day. He painted with a larger sonic pallet than most rock musicians and generally used his […]

Kidnapping Mr. Heineken

Directed by Daniel Alfredson Produced by Judy Cairo and Michael A. Simpson Written by William Brookfield, based on book by Peter R. de Vries Released by Alchemy Netherlands/UK/Belgium. 95 min. Rated R With Anthony Hopkins, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Ryan Kwanten, Mark Van Eewen, Thomas Cocquerel and Jemima West With a strong sense of class […]

American Sniper

Directed by Clint Eastwood Produced by Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Peter Morgan, and Bradley Cooper Written by Jason Hall, from the book by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, and Jim DeFelice Released by Warner Brothers Pictures USA. 134 min. Rated R With Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Jake McDorman, Kevin Lacz, and Cory Hardrict […]

Still Alice

Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, based on the novel by Lisa Genova Produced by Lex Lutzus, James Brown, and Pamela Koffler Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 99 min. PG-13 With Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Alec Baldwin, and Hunter Parrish Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is an extremely smart woman. […]

Human Capital

Directed by Paolo Virzì Produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, and Benedetto Habib Written by Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì, freely adapted from the novel by Stephen Amidon Released by Film Movement Italian with English subtitles Italy. 110. Not rated With Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Matilde Gioli, Guglielmo […]

The Theory of Everything

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 […]

Wild

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée Written by Nick Hornby, based on the book by Cheryl Strayed Produced by Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea and Bill Pohlad Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 119 min. Not rated With Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffmann, Kevin Rankin, W. Earl Brown, Mo McRae, and Keene McRae […]