Directed by Denis Villeneuve Produced by Niv Fichman and Miguel A. Faura Written by Javier Gullón, based on the novel The Double by José Saramago Released by A24 Canada/Spain. 90 min. Rated R With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon & Isabella Rossellini Enemy is a disturbing, surreal meditation on the nature of identity, depression, […]

Claire Stewart’s second year at the London Film Festival helm set sail with the European premiere of Paul Greengrass’s Captain Philips and ended with the world premiere of John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks, both beamed simultaneously by satellite to 30 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland. At the closing press conference, Tom […]

Directed by Ben Wheatley Produced by Anna Higgs Written by Amy Jump Released by Drafthouse Films UK. 91 min. Not rated With Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Julian Barrett, Ryan Pope, Peter Ferdinando & Richard Glover Ben Wheatley, the award-winning director of Down Terrace, a domestic gangster movie; the crime/horror hybrid Kill List; and the serial-killer […]

Produced by Baher Agarabiya & Nirah Shirazipour Released by Eyes Infinite Films/Majdal Films Canada/Palestine/USA. 75 min. Not rated English Arabic, and Hebrew with English subtitles With Ali Suliman, Guy El Hanan, Maisam Masri & Haale Gafori Mars at Sunrise attempts to bring an experimental cinematic consideration to the Israeli occupation, and has flashes of innovative […]

Directed by Godfrey Reggio Produced by Lawrence Taub & Reggio Released by Cinedigm USA. 87 min. Not rated The films of Godfrey Reggio have no dialogue, mainly because, to paraphrase the director, he believes that language is an artifact constructed thousands of years ago which does not describe our lives today. So he rejects it, […]