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Drama

Jimmy P.

Directed by Arnaud Desplechin Written by Mr. Desplechin, with Kent Jones & Julie Peyr, based on Reality and Dream by Georges Devereux Produced by Jennifer Roth, Pascal Caucheteux & Grégoire Sorlat Released by IFC Films France/USA. 114 min. Not rated With Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Larry Pine, Joseph Cross, Michelle Thrush and […]

Mars at Sunrise

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 […]

Paradise: Hope

Produced & Directed by Ulrich Seidl Written by Veronika Franz & Ulrich Seidl Released by Strand Releasing German with English subtitles Austria/Germany/France, 92 min. Not rated With Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz & Verena Lehbauer Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise Trilogy was originally conceived as a single film of interwoven stories that follows three female family members on […]

Aftermath

Written & Directed by Wladyslaw Pasikowski Produced by Dariusz Jablonski, Violetta Kaminska & Izabela Wojcik Released by Menemsha Films Polish with English subtitles Poland/Netherlands/Russia/Slovakia. 104 min. Not rated With Maciej Stuhr, Ireneusz Czop, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Zuzana Fialova, Andrzej Mastalerz, Zbigniew Zamachowski & Danuta Szaflarska Aftermath, an intense thriller, exposes the corrosive effect of collective silence and lies […]

The Hunt

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Written by Vinterberg & Tobias Lindholm Produced by Morten Kaufmann & Sisse Graum Jorgensen Released by Magnolia Pictures Danish with English subtitles Denmark/Sweden. 111 min. Rated R With Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrom, Susse Wold, Anne Louise Hassing, Lars Ranthe & Alexandra Rapaport Thomas Vinterberg’s latest is […]

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Directed by Fernando Meirelles Produced by Andrew Eaton, David Linde, Emanuel Michael, Danny Krausz, Chris Hanley, Marc Missonnier & Olivier Delbosc Written by Peter Morgan Released by Magnolia Pictures U.K./Austria/France/Brazil. 111 min. Rated R With Marianne-Jean Baptiste, Jamel Debbouze, Dinara Drukarova, Maria Flor, Ben Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law, Lucia Siposova & Time it’s pores […]

A Burning Hot Summer

Directed by Philippe Garrel Written by Garrel, Marc Cholodenko & Caroline Deruas-Garrel Produced by Edouard Weil, Conchita Airoldi, Giorgio Magliulo & Pierre-Alain Meier Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 95 min. Not rated With Monica Bellucci, Louis Garrel, Céline Sallette, Jérôme Robart, Vladislav Galard, Vincent Macaigne & Maurice Garrel A Burning Hot […]

Take This Waltz

Written & Directed by Sarah Polley Produced by Susan Cavan & Polley Released by Magnolia Pictures Canada. 116 min. Rated R With Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby & Sarah Silverman Take This Waltz is bathed in sunshine. In fact, almost every scene is shot in gorgeous sunlight. For a film that deals with some […]

Gypsy

Directed by Martin Sulik Produced by Rudolf Biermann & Sulík Written by Marek Lescak & Sulik Released by MK2 In Slovak & Romany with English subtitles Czech Republic/Slovakia. 107 min. Not rated With Janko Mizigar, Martin Hangurbadzo, Martinka Kotlarova,  Miroslava Jarabekova, Miroslav Gulyas, Ivan Mirga & Attila Mokos There’s thieves and fights, music and dancing, […]