Directed by Brad Anderson Produced by Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Mark Amin Written by Joe Gangemi, based on the short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe Released by Millennium Entertainment USA. 112 min. Rated PG-13 With Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, and David […]
Written and Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras Produced by Eduardo Villalobos Pino, Guillaume de Seille Released by Film Movement Spanish with English subtitles Chile/France. 81 min. Not rated With Daniel Candia, Alexandra Yanez, Daniel Antivilo, Ariel Mateluna, and Jennifer Salas Inspired by real-life events, To Kill a Man has honorable intent. It wants to put […]
Written, Produced, and Directed by Gabe Polsky Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA/Russia. 85 min. Rated PG A captivating look at one of the great successes of the Soviet experiment, Red Army uncovers how the Soviet Union’s ice hockey team dominated world competition to an unprecedented extent in the 1970s and ‘80s. It featured a […]
Directed by Roman Polanski Produced by Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde Written by Polanski & David Ives, based on the play by David Ives Released by IFC Films French with English Subtitles France. 95 min. Not rated With Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathieu Amalric To unpack this work, one could say it is a translation and […]
Written and Directed by Katrin Gebbe Produced by Verena Grafe-Hoft German with English subtitles Released by Drafhouse Films Germany. 106 min. Not rated With Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof, and Til Theinert The healthily skeptical know that a film entitled Nothing Bad Can Happen ensures that something horrible will certainly occur. […]
Directed by Elisabeth Rasmussen Produced by Joachim Lyng Available on Netflix Norway / UK. 72 min. Not rated The Heart of Bruno Wizard opens circa 2004 with Bruno performing his first London concert since 1986. In his element, Bruno commands the stage, ever the rock star. His youthful spirit, formed in the British punk scene, […]
Directed by Catherine Gund Produced by Gund and Tanya Salvaratnam USA. 82 min. Not rated This look at the life and work of choreographer Elizabeth Streb features some genuinely jaw-dropping moments. They are compiled from a career spent pushing the limits of motion in search of a kind of human flight. Of course, the first […]
Written, Produced and Directed by Aarón Fernández Released by Strand Releasing Spanish with English subtitles Spain/France/Mexico. 100 min. Not rated With Kristyan Ferrer and Adriana Paz From Y Tu Mama También to the more recent It Felt Like Love, the beach has been fertile ground for tales of sexual discovery and youthful awakenings. Although Mexican […]
Produced and Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos and Andrew Droz Palermo Released by the Orchard USA. 91 min. Not rated While watching this film, I thought back to the times that I discussed the topic of poverty in America with my students in government class. It never ceased to amaze me that many of these […]