Directed by Laura Poitras Produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky Released by Radius Germany/USA. 114 min. Rated R The central, absorbing act of Citizenfour is viewing Edward Snowden like never before. He’s a human being in cinema verité close-up during the days when the computer contractor hands over United States government documents on […]
Written and Directed by Nadav Schirman, based on the memoir Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef Produced by Schirman, John Battsek and Simon Chinn Released by Music Box Films Germany/Israel/UK. 101 min. Rated PG-13 This summer’s front page photographs from Gaza of masked Hamas gunmen executing accused collaborators with Israel gives The Green Prince […]
Directed by Anton Corbijn Produced by Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan, Malte Grunert, Simon Cornwell and Andrea Calderwood Written by Andrew Bovell, based on the novel by John le Carré Released by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions UK/USA/Germany. 121 min. Rated R With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Nina Hoss, Daniel […]
Directed by Georg Maas Produced by Dieter Zeppenfeld, Axel Helgeland and Rudi Teichmann Written by Maas, Christoph Tölle, Stale Stein Berg & Judith Kaufmann, based on a novel by Hannelore Hippe Released by Sundance Selects Germany/Norway. 99 min. Not rated German and Norwegian with English subtitles With Juliane Köhlern, Ken Duke, Sven Nordin, Julia Bache-Wiig, […]
Directed and Written by Hany Abu-Assad Produced by Abu-Assad, Waleed F. Zuaiter & David Gerson Released by Adopt Films Palestine. 98 min. Not Rated Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles With Adam Bakri, Leem Lubany, Waleed F. Zuaiter, Samer Bisharat, & Eyad Hourani Omar spins a fresh take on thrillers and star-crossed romances set along […]
An Indian father accompanies his young—and only—son, Siddharth, to an outdoor bus station. He waves goodbye to his smiling boy as the packed bus drives off 200 miles north, where Siddharth has been sent to work in a trolley factory. The boy, nicknamed Siddhu, is supposed to come back a month later for Diwali, but […]
Directed by James Marsh Produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe & Ed Guiney Written by Tom Bradby, based on his novel Released by Magnolia Pictures UK/Ireland/France. 100 min. Rated R With Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson, Aiden Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, David Wilmot, Martin McCann & Bríd Brennan Terrorism, sectarian loyalties, die-hard fanatics, civilian casualties, […]
Directed & Written by Christian Petzold Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber Released by Adopt Films German with English subtitles Germany. 105 min. Rated PG-13 With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke & Rainer Bock Set in the former East Germany (GDR) of 1980, Barbara is German director Christian […]
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Produced by Mark Boal, Bigelow & Megan Ellison Written by Boal Released by Columbia Pictures USA. 156 min. Rated R With Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Chris Pratt, Callan Mulvey, Fares Fares, Reda Kateb & Stephen Dillane Much ink and […]