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How to Survive a Plague

Directed by David France Written by France, T. Woody Richman & Tyler H. Walk Produced by Howard Gertler & France Released by Sundance Selects USA. 110 min. Not rated This powerful and highly charged documentary takes us through the pivotal years in the history of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, better known as Act […]

17 Girls

Written & Directed by Delphine & Muriel Coulin Produced by Denis Freyd Released by Strand Releasing French with English subtitles France. 90 min. Not rated With Louise Grinberg, Juliette Darche, Roxane Duran, Esther Garrel, Yara Pilartz, Solène Rigot, Noémie Lvovsky, Florence Thomassin, Carlo Brandt, Frédéric Noaille & Arthur Verret The 2008 news story about a […]

Liberal Arts

Written & Directed by Josh Radnor Produced by Mr. Radnor, Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch & Jesse Hara Released by IFC Films USA. 97 min. Not rated With Josh Radnor, Elizabeth Olsen, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Reaser, John Magaro, Kate Burton, Robert Desiderio & Zac Efron Josh Radnor’s second feature, much […]

10 Years

Written & Directed by Jamie Linden Produced by Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Marty Bowen & Wyck Godfrey Released by Anchor Bay Films USA. 90 min. Rated PG-13 With Lynn Collins, Rosario Dawson, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Brian Geraghty, Ari Graynor, Oscar Issac, Ron Livingston, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, Max Minghella, Eiko Nijo, Aubrey Plaza, Scott […]

Little White Lies

Written & Directed by Guillaume Canet Produced by Alain Attal Released by MPI Pictures French with English subtitles France. 154 min. Not rated With Jean Dujardin, Marion Cotillard, François Cluzet, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Joël Dupuch & Laurent Lafitte From the get-go, Little White Lies intentionally feels like a French, modern day The Big Chill; […]

Somewhere Between

Directed & Produced by Linda Goldstein Knowlton Released by Long Shot Factory USA. 88 min. Not Rated English, Mandarin & Spanish with English subtitles When the legal, financial, and cultural issues around international adoption make the news, the associated images might include adorable babies and toddlers with anxious and grateful childless couples. However, Somewhere Between […]

Chicken With Plums

Written & Directed by Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud, based on the graphic novel by Satrapi Produced by Hengameh Panahi Released by Sony Pictures Classics. French, with English subtitles. France/Germany/Belgium. 91 min. Rated PG-13 With Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer, Maria de Medeiros, Golshifteh Farahani, Eric Caravaca, Chiara Mastroianni, Mathis Bour, Serge Avédikian, Jamel Debbouze & […]

Compliance

Written & Directed by Craig Zobel Produced by Sophia Lin, Lisa Muskat, Tyler Davidson, Theo Sena & Zobel Released by Magnolia Pictures. USA. 90 min. Rated R With Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger & James McCaffrey Go see Compliance. Why? Because I told you to. If you still think that […]

Cosmopolis

Written & Directed by David Cronenberg, based on Don DeLillo’s novel Produced by Paulo Branco & Martin Katz Released by Entertainment One France/Canada/Portugal/Italy. 109 min. Rated R With: Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand & Paul Giamatti I almost always fall into the “what I see is […]