Directed by Thomas Vinterberg Produced by Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich Written by David Nicholls, based on the novel by Thomas Hardy Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures UK/USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13 With Carey Mulligan, Matthias Schoenaerts, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Juno Temple, and Jessica Barden Wow, Carey Mulligan, why are you making those faces […]
Directed by Toa Fraser Produced by Matthew Metcalfe and Glenn Standring. Written by Glenn Standring Released by Magnet Releasing Maori with English subtitles New Zealand. 107 min Rated R With James Rolleston, Lawrence Makoare, and Te Kohe Tuhaka In terms of plot and emotional development, this brutal coming-of-age film is essentially as clichéd as any […]
Directed by Maxime Giroux Producers: Nancy Grant and Sylvain Corbeil Written by Alexandre Laferriere and Maxime Giroux Released by Oscilloscope Labs Canada. 106 min. Not rated With Hadas Yaron, Martin Dubreuil, and Luzer Twersky A young, married Hasidic mother (Fill the Void’s Hadas Yaron) is first noticed by thirtysomething Félix (Martin Dubreuil), while she’s waiting […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]