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The Pirogue

Directed by Moussa Touré Produced by Éric Névé, Oumar Sy, and Adrien Maigne Written by Névé & David Bouchet, based on a story by Abasse Ndione Released by ArtMattan Productions French, Wolof & Al Pelaar with English subtitles Senegal/France. 87 min. Not rated With Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Mame Astou Diallo, Laïty Fall & Babacar Oualy […]

Clandestine Childhood

Directed by Benjamín Ávila Produced by Luis Puenzo Written by Ávila & Marcello Müller Released by Film Movement Spanish with English subtitles. Argentina/Spain/Brazil. 110 min. Not rated With Teo Gutiérrez Moreno, Natalia Oreiro, César Troncoso, Ernesto Alterio & Cristina Banegas In his debut feature film, director Benjamín Ávila draws on his own childhood to create a […]

La Rafle (The Round-Up)

Written & Directed by Rose Bosch Produced by Ilan Goldman Released by Menemsha Films France. 115 min. Not rated French, German & Yiddish with English Subtitles With Jean Reno, Mélanie Laurent, Gad Elmaleh, Raphäelle Agogué, Hugo Leverdez, Olivier Cywie, Mathieu & Romain Di Concetto, Rebecca Marder & Anne Brochet Advisory to American audiences: La Rafle […]

Barbara

Directed & Written by Christian Petzold Produced by Florian Koerner von Gustorf & Michael Weber Released by Adopt Films German with English subtitles Germany. 105 min. Rated PG-13 With Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Mark Waschke & Rainer Bock Set in the former East Germany (GDR) of 1980, Barbara is German director Christian […]

Sleep Tight

Directed by Jaume Balagueró Produced by Julio Fernández Written by Alberto Maurini Released by Dark Sky Films/MPI Media Group Spain. 102 min. Not rated With Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martinez, Iris Almeida, and Carlos Lasuarte César (Luis Tosar) works at the front desk as the concierge of a small Barcelona apartment […]

Quartet

Directed by Dustin Hoffman Produced by Finola Dwyer & Stewart Mackinnon Written by Ronald Harwood, based on his play Released by the Weinstein Company UK. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Maggie Smith, Tom Courtenay, Michael Gambon, Billy Connolly, Gwyneth Jones, Sheridan Smith & Pauline Collins Quartet follows on the recent success of The Best Exotic […]

Hermano

Directed by Marcel Rasquin Written by Rohan Jones & Rasquin Produced by Enrique Aular, Juan Antonio Díaz & Rasquin Released by Music Box Films Spanish with English subtitles Venezuela. 97 min. Not rated With Fernando Moreno, Eliú Armas, Alí Rondon, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero & Marcela Girón Venezuela’s 2010 selection for the Best Foreign Language […]

Django (1966)

Directed by Sergio Corbucci Produced by Manolo Bolognini & Corbucci Written by Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci, Franco Rossetti, , José Gutiérrez Maesso, Piero Vivarelli Released by Rialto Pictures Italian with English subtitles Italy/Spain. 91 min. Not rated With Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, José Bódalo, Ángel Álvarez, Eduardo Fajardo & Gino Pernice Django was not just a […]

Hyde Park on Hudson

Directed by Roger Michell Produced by Kevin Loader, David Aukin & Michell Written by Richard Nelson, based on Closest Companion: The Unknown Story of the Intimate Friendship Between Franklin Roosevelt and Margaret Suckley, edited by Geoffrey C. Ward Released by Focus Features UK. 94 min. Rated R With Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Samuel West, Olivia […]