Shot, Produced & Directed by Ian Palmer Released by Arc Entertainment Ireland. 97 min. Rated R From the poster for Knuckle, one might get the impression that this is another underdog drama like The Fighter or Warrior. Not so. This is a documentary and is not about underdogs, per se. It’s about blue-collar Irish […]
Produced & Directed by Cyril Tuschi Released by Kino Lorber Films @ @ @ @ @ English, Russian & German with English subtitles; Germany. 111 min. Not rated For anyone who’s followed the past decade’s political events in Russia even slightly, the documentary Khodorkovsky won’t be very surprising or revelatory. That the nation under The […]
Directed & Written by Martyn Burke Produced by Burke & Anthony Feinstein Released by Mercury Media Entertainment Canada. 90 min. Not Rated Director Martyn Burke interviews nine gutsy men and women who make possible the claim that “The whole world is watching” and reveals the personal cost of bringing first-hand information of conflict and war […]
The just-concluded Other Israel Film Festival showcased notable films by and about the 20 percent of Israeli citizens who are Arab (Christian, Muslim, Bedouin, and Druze) and other minorities, like migrant workers and immigrants. (Some of the films from previous editions, and other festival activities, are also streaming online on demand at OtherIsraelOnDemand.org.) Including U.S. […]
Directed by Tatiana Issa & Raphael Alvarez Produced by Tria Productions & Canal Brasil English & Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil. 110 min. Not rated “Gays don’t die. They turn into glitter.” These words of wisdom were told to co-director Tatiana Issa when she was a girl by her father, a technician for the Brazilian […]
Produced & Directed by Edmon Roch Written by Roch, Isaki Lacuesta & María Hervera Released by First Run Features English, Spanish, Catalan & German with English subtitles Spain. 87 min. Not rated Greta Garbo, Leslie Howard, George C. Scott, and George Sanders: this thriller-cum-documentary offers the biggest cast of stars this year. The liberal excerpts […]
Directed by Werner Herzog Produced by Erik Nelson Released by Sundance Selects USA. 106 min. Not rated With Into the Abyss, director Werner Herzog takes a startlingly clear-eyed look at crime and capital punishment in Texas. His subtitle, “A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life,” emphasizes how he edits a series of frank interviews […]
Written & Directed by Angelina Maccarone Produced by Gerd Haag, Serge Lalou, Michael Trabitzsch & Charlotte Uzu Released by Kino Lorber French with English subtitles Germany/France. 94 min. Not rated With Charlotte Rampling, Paul Auster, Peter Lindbergh & Jurgen Teller In her intriguing documentary about the eponymous British actress, director Angelina Maccarone employs an ingenious […]
Directed by Rachel Fleischer Produced by Joanna Adler & Fleischer Released by Breaking Glass USA. 74 min. Not rated Rachel Fleischer’s documentary Without a Home is vital. It takes advocacy for a cause and embeds it in a truly moving story. Her film makes the invisible visible and gives a voice to a population, the […]