Directed by Calin Peter Netzer Produced by Netzer & Ada Solomon Written by Razvan Radulescu & Netzer Released by Zeitgeist Films Romania. 112 min. Not rated With Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ilinca Goia, Natasa Raab, Florin Zamfirescu & Vlad Ivanov Following in the tradition of the Romanian New Wave, Child’s Pose is realistic in tone […]
Film Comment Selects, the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s self-described “essential and eclectic feast of cinephilia,” will run its 14th edition from February 17-27. Organized by the editors of Film Comment, the organization’s house magazine, this series once again offers filmgoers many different stripes, genres, and modes of expression, culled from festivals all over the […]
Claire Stewart’s second year at the London Film Festival helm set sail with the European premiere of Paul Greengrass’s Captain Philips and ended with the world premiere of John Lee Hancock’s Saving Mr. Banks, both beamed simultaneously by satellite to 30 towns and cities across the UK and Ireland. At the closing press conference, Tom […]
Directed by Babak Najafi Produced by Fredrik Wikstrom Nicastro Written by Maria Karlsson with Peter Birro, Najafi & Nicastro, based on books by Jens Lapidus Released by Cinedigm Swedish & Spanish with English subtitles Sweden. 100 min. Not rated With Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic, Fares Fares, Madeleine Martin, Dejan Cukic, Joel Spira & […]
Released by ShortsHD 97 min. Not rated “Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?” The briefest, by half, of this year’s Oscar nominated live-action shorts makes more of an impact than its tone and brevity might suggest. The Finnish short covers a morning in the chaotic life of the Ketonin family, scrambling like mad […]
Directed by Ben Wheatley Produced by Anna Higgs Written by Amy Jump Released by Drafthouse Films UK. 91 min. Not rated With Reece Shearsmith, Michael Smiley, Julian Barrett, Ryan Pope, Peter Ferdinando & Richard Glover Ben Wheatley, the award-winning director of Down Terrace, a domestic gangster movie; the crime/horror hybrid Kill List; and the serial-killer […]
Directed by Claude Lanzmann Produced by David Frenkel, Jean Labadie & Danny Krausz Released by Cohen Media Group German, French and English, with English subtitles France/Austria. 218 min. Rated PG-13 Historical facts, interpretation, and blame are strikingly embodied by Benjamin Murmelstein. His singular life and experiences, during and after the Holocaust, have inspired magic realism […]
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 […]
Written & Directed by Rodrigo H. Vila Released by First Run Features English, Spanish, Portuguese & French with English subtitles Argentina. 93 min. Not rated The biographical documentary Mercedes Sosa: The Voice of Latin America is a fine introduction to—or, for those who are familiar with Mercedes, a welcomed reminder of—the major turning points of […]