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Maps to the Stars

Directed by David Cronenberg Produced by Martin Katz and Saïd Ben Saïd Written by Bruce Wagner Released by Focus World Canada/Germany/France/USA. 111 min. Rated R With Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird, Sarah Gadon, Niamh Wilson, Dawn Greenhalgh, John Cusack, and Robert Pattinson There comes a time in skilled directors get to do […]

Backcountry

Written and Directed by Adam MacDonald Produced by Thomas Michael Released by IFC Midnight Canada. 91 min. Not rated With Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop, Eric Balfour, and Nicholas Campbell Based on a true story, the feature film debut of actor and director Adam MacDonald follows Jenn (Missy Peregrym) and Alex (Jeff Roop, executive producer) as […]

Jauja

Directed by Lisandro Alonso Produced by Alonso, Viggo Mortensen, Ilse Hughan, Sylvie Pialat, Jaime Romandía, Andy Kleinman, Helle Ulsteen, Michael Weber, Ezequiel Borovinsky and Leandro Pugliese Written by Alonso and Fabián Casas Released by Cinema Guild Spanish and Danish with English subtitles Argentina/Denmark/France/Mexico/USA/Germany/Brazil/Netherlands. 108 min. Not rated With Viggo Mortensen, Viilbjork Mallin Agger, Ghita Norby, […]

3 Hearts

Directed by Benoît Jacquot Produced by Edouard Weil and Alice Girard Written by Julien Boivent and Jacquot Released by Cohen Media Group France/Germany/Belgium. 106 min. Rated PG-13 In French with English subtitles With Benoît Poelvoorde, Chiara Mastroianni, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Catherine Deneuve Meet Marc Beaulieu, a balding, panic attack-prone tax auditor with close-set, tired eyes; […]

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2015

In one of the most diverse and compact film series that New York City has to offer, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema makes its annual late-winter trek to the Film Society of Lincoln Center, bringing with it films that have made the rounds in France’s awards season. (The top prize winner at the César Awards, Timbuktu, […]

The Lesson

Written and Directed by Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov Produced by Magdalena Ilieva, Konstantina Stavrianou, Rena Vougioukalou, Grozeva and Valchanov Released by Film Movement Bulgarian with English subtitles Bulgaria. 105 min. Not rated.. With Margita Gosheva, Ivan Barnev, Ivan Savov and Stefan Denolyubov The Lesson, a haunting portrait from Bulgaria, begins with a serious, hard-working […]

Futuro Beach

Directed by Karim Aïnouz Produced by Geórgia Costa Araújo and Hank Levine Written by Aïnouz and Felipe Bragança Released by Strand Releasing Brazil. 107 min. Not rated With Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa, and Savio Ygor Ramos Swathed in gleaming jewel tones and with a soundtrack of the pacifying acoustics of crashing waves, Futuro […]

Eastern Boys

Edited, Written, and Directed by Robin Campillo Produced by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie-Ange Luciani Released by First Run Features French, English, Russian, and Ukrainian with English subtitles France. 128 min. Not rated With Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev, Edea Darcque, Camila Charnirova, and Beka Markozashvili In the discreet, subdued, and wholly engrossing Eastern Boys, […]

Timbuktu

Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako Produced by Sylvie Pialat Written by Sissako and Kessen Tall Released by Cohen Media Group France/Mauritania. 97 min. Rated PG-13 Arabic, Bambara, French, English, Songhay, and Tamasheq with English subtitles With Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino, Toulou Kiki, Abel Jafri, Layla Walet Mohamed, Adel Mahmoud Cherif, Fatoumata Diawara, and Salem Dendou Passionately […]