Written and Directed by Arne Birkenstock Produced by Birkenstock, Helmut G. Weber, Thomas Springer & Edward MacLiam Released by KimStim German with English subtitles Germany. 93 min. Not rated Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery is more straightforward than earlier explorations of skullduggery in the art market, from Harry Moses’s Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? […]
It was only the third day of the Cannes Film Festival when Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips rightfully predicted that the first feature film by Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes would win a top jury award. He wasn’t exactly sticking his neck out. Even if the official competition’s lineup were strong this year, and it wasn’t […]
John C. Reilly was a triple threat at Cannes, costarring in Lobster and sharing screen time with Salma Hayek in Tale of Tales, two films in the competition. He also popped out of nowhere in a cameo in Thomas Bidegain’s debut, the French-language Les Cowboys, one of the most ambitious films in the entire festival. […]
Directed by Daniel Wolfe Produced by Hayley Williams and Michael Elliott Written by Daniel and Matthew Wolfe Released by Oscillosocpe Laboratories UK. 111 min. Not rated Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron, Ali Ahmad, Barry Nunney, Gary Lewis, and Wasim Zakir Teenager Laila’s world is candy colored. Her hair is dyed blond and bubblegum pink, her […]
Written and Directed by Nadav Lapid Produced by Carole Scotta, Osnat Handelsman-Keren and Talia Kleinhendler Released by Kino Lorber Hebrew with English subtitles Israel. 119 min. Not Rated With Sarit Larry, Avi Shnaidman, Lior Raz, Ester Rada, Guy Oren, Yehezkel Lazarov, and Dan Toren The Kindergarten Teacher poses fascinating and unsettling questions about the arts […]
Written and Directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, based on the novel Samba pour la France by Delphine Coulin Produced by Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun Released by Broad Green Pictures French with Arabic and Serbian dialogue with English subtitles France. 119 min. Rated R With Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izia […]
Written and Directed by Zaza Urushadze Produced by Urushadze and Ivo Felt DVD released by First Run Features Estonian and Russian with English subtitles Estonia/Republic of Georgia. 89 min. Not rated. With Lembit Ulfsak, Mikheil Meskhi, Giorgi Nakhashidze, Elmo Nüganen, and Raivo Trass In 1992, during the war between Georgia and the breakaway region of […]
French actors did very well at Cannes 2015, and it was definitely the year of Emmanuelle Bercot. Standing Tall, a drama she co-wrote and directed, opened the festival, and she went on to share the best actress award (in a tie with Carol’s Rooney Mara) for starring in fellow actress/director Maïwenn’s rowdy hothouse drama Mon […]
Directed by Christian Petzold Produced by Florian Koerner, Von Gustorf, and Michael Weber Written by Petzold and Harun Farocki, based on Return from the Ashes by Hubert Monteilhet Released by Sundance Selects German with English subtitles Germany. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf, and Imogen Kogge With Phoenix, New Wave […]