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The First Week of Tribeca 2015

In the 13 years since the founding of the Tribeca Film Festival, a handful of films have careened onto the world’s cinematic stage. Let the Right One In, Taxi to the Dark Side, and War Witch are a few of the more identifiable titles, but (relatively) mainstream success has not necessarily been the goal of […]

In the Courtyard

Directed by Pierre Salvadori Produced by Philippe Martin Written by Salvadori and David Colombo-Leotard Released by Cohen Media Group French with English Subtitles France. 97 min. Not rated With Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kerven, and Féodor Atkine Can there be any film genre tougher to pull off than black comedy? Cinema is littered with flops that […]

Dior and I

Written and Directed by Frédéric Tcheng Produced by Tcheng and Guillaume de Roquemaurel Released by the Orchard French, English, and Flemish with English subtitles France. 89 min. Not rated The late designer and icon Christian Dior set a superb standard for lavish French couture in 1947. In the 2010s, a reserved menswear designer stands to […]

About Elly

Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi Produced by Farhadi and Mahmoud Razavi Released by Cinema Guild Persian with English subtitles Iran/France. 119 min. Not rated With Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidousti, Shahab Hosseini, Merila Zarei, Mani Haghighi, Peyman Moadi, Rana Azadivar, Ahmad Mehranfar and Saber Abar Shouting with spontaneous glee out of their car windows, a […]

White God

Directed by Kornel Mundruczo Produced by Viktoria Petranyi Written by Kata Weber, Mundruczo, and Petranyi Released by Magnolia Pictures Hungarian with English subtitles Hungary/Germnay/Sweden. 119 min. Rated R With Zsofia Psotta, Luke and Bodie, Sandor Zsoter, Szabolcs Thuroczy, Lili Monori, Laszlo Galffi, Lili Horvath, and Kornel Mundruczo Points should always be given for a unique […]

My Italian Secret

Written, Directed and Produced by Oren Jacoby Released by the Film Sales Company USA. 92 min. Not rated English and Italian with English subtitles What Americans may know of World War II’s impact on Italy is often centered on the Allies’ liberating invasion and the many World at War-type documentaries that repeat the  footage of […]

Cupcakes

Directed by Eytan Fox Produced by Marco Cherqui and Lauranne Bourrachot Written by Eli Bijaoui and Fox Released by Strand Releasing Israel/France. 92 min. Not Rated Hebrew with English subtitles With Anat Waxman, Ofer Shechter, Dana Ivgy, Keren Berger, Efrat Dor, Yael Bar-Zohar and Lior Ashkenazi Israeli writer/director Eytan Fox made his international reputation through […]

A Wolf at the Door

Written and Directed by Fernando Coimbra Produced by Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Debora Ivanov, Gabriel Lacerda, Rodrigo Castellar, and Pablo Torrecillas Released by Outsider Pictures Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil. 100 min. Not rated With Leandra Leal, Milhem Cortaz and Fabiula Nascimento Every parent’s nightmare takes place in this searing Brazilian drama, which has a […]

The Riot Club

Directed by Lone Scherfig Produced by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin Written by Laura Wade, based on her play Posh Produced by Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin Released by IFC Films UK/ 107 min. Rated R With Sam Claflin, Max Irons, Douglas Booth, Sam Reid, Ben Schnetzer, Jack Farthing, Matthew Beard, Freddie Fox, Josh O’Connor, […]