Directed by Shawn Rech and Brandon Kimber Produced by Rech and Andrew Hale Released by Sundance Selects USA. 93 min. Not rated A death row prisoner walks free from jail in a surprise exoneration nearly 48 hours before his scheduled execution. New evidence proving his innocence has come to light thanks to a university journalism […]
Directed by Marc Silver Produced by Minette Nelson and Carolyn Hepburn Released by Participant Media USA. 98 min. Not rated On the Friday after Thanksgiving in 2012, four African-American teens pulled into a gas station in Jacksonville, Florida, for gum and cigarettes. Michael Dunn, a middle-aged white man, and his fiancée pulled into the space […]
Directed by André Téchiné Written by Téchiné, Jean-Charles Le Roux, and Cédric Anger Produced by Olivier Delbosc and Marc Missonnier Released by Cohen Media Group French with English subtitles France. 116 min. Rated R With Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Canet, and Adèle Haenel A mild-mannered lawyer attaches himself to a wealthy casino matriarch. He wins the […]
Written and Directed by Cédric Jimenez Produced by Alain Goldman Released by Drafthouse Films French with English subtitles France. 135 min. Rated R With Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche, Céline Sallette, and Benoît Magimel The Connection, a ’70s-era crime-thriller, opens with a bike chase sequence along the coastal highway of Marseille. From the start, director Cédric […]
Written and Directed by Gerard Johnson Produced by Stephen Woolley, Joanna Laurie and Elizabeth Karlsen Released by Tribeca Film UK. 112 min. Not rated With Peter Ferdinando, Stephen Graham, Neil Maskell, Tony Pitts, Gordon Brown, Richard Dormer, Elisa Lasowski, MyAnna Buring, Orli Shuka, and Gjevat Kelmendi Days making backroom deals and coke-fueled, brawl-filled nights are […]
For many documentaries, a strong subject matter is the main draw. Granted, directorial choices are crucial, but compelling interviewees or a topic that resonates with the public can help a film truly soar. The best of these films do just that, from a film about a father working to exonerate his son to a work […]
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 […]
Written and Directed by Fernando Coimbra Produced by Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Debora Ivanov, Gabriel Lacerda, Rodrigo Castellar, and Pablo Torrecillas Released by Outsider Pictures Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil. 100 min. Not rated With Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz and Fabiula Nascimento Every parent’s nightmare takes place in this searing Brazilian drama, which has a […]
Edited, Written, and Directed by Joel Potrykus Produced by Michael Saunders and Ashley Young Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 98 min. Not rated With Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Teri Ann Nelson, Katie Call, Scott Baisden, Joe Anderson, Rico Bruce Wade, Crystal Hilliard, and Michael Cunningham In the ’70’s, a drifter-grifter anti-hero had a sort of […]