Directed by Patrice Leconte Produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier Written by Patrice Leconte & Jérôme Tonnerre, based on the novella “Journey Into the Past” by Stefan Zweig Released by IFC Films France/Belgium. 95 min. Not rated With Rebecca Hall, Alan Rickman, and Richard Madden After coming to international attention with Monsieur Hire at […]
Written & Directed by Wes Anderson, based on a story by Anderson & Hugo Guinness, Produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson Released by Fox Searchlight UK/Germany. 100 min. Rated R With Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Harvey Keitel, Jude Law, Bill Murray, […]
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 Bruce Ramsay Canada. 87 min. Not rated Hamlet, Shakespeare’s longest play, runs more than four hours when left uncut. One would therefore expect that in a 90-minute adaptation there wouldn’t be a minute to spare. However, Bruce Ramsay, the star and director, has managed to find plenty of time to waste. To begin […]
Directed by Lee Daniels Produced by Pamela Oas Williams, Laura Ziskin, Mr. Daniels, Buddy Patrick & Cassian Elwes Written by Danny Strong, inspired by the article “A Butler Well Served by This Election,” by Wil Haygood Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 130 min. Rated PG-13 With Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, John Cusack, […]
Produced & Directed by Ron Maxwell Written by Bill Kauffman, based on the novel by Harold Frederic Released by Brainstorm Media USA. 120 min. PG-13 With Billy Campbell, Angus MacFadyen, Peter Fonda, Casey Brown & Lucy Boynton Civil War sesquicentennial celebrations continue to reignite interest in the conflict that divided the nation over the issue […]
Written & Directed by Alice Winocour Produced by Isabelle Madelaine, Emilie Tisné, Michèle & Laurent Pétin Released by Music Box Films France. 102 min. Not Rated French with English subtitles With Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Olivier Rabourdin, & Roxane Duran Augustine is the third film in as many years about real 19th/early 20th century […]
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 […]
Directed by Jin-ho Hur Produced by Chen Weiming Written by Yan Geling Released by Well Go USA Mandarin with English subtitles China/South Korea/Singapore. 104 min. Not rated With Zhang Ziyi, Jang Dong-gun, Cecilia Cheung, Shawn Dou , Lisa Lu & Candy Wang Pierre Choderlos de Laclos’ 1782 classic French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, a tale […]