Written & Directed by Alice Winocour Produced by Isabelle Madelaine, Emilie Tisné, Michèle & Laurent Pétin Released by Music Box Films France. 102 min. Not Rated French with English subtitles With Vincent Lindon, Soko, Chiara Mastroianni, Olivier Rabourdin, & Roxane Duran Augustine is the third film in as many years about real 19th/early 20th century […]
Directed by Ben Wheatley Produced by Nira Park, Claire Jones & Andy Starke Written by Alice Lowe & Steve Oram Released by IFC Films UK. 88 min. Not rated With Alice Lowe, Steve Oram & Eileen Davies After a career directing TV, Ben Wheatley made his first feature Down Terrace (2009), an understated comedy about a […]
Directed by Jean François Laguionie Produced by Eric Jacquot Written by Anik Le Ray Released Gkids France. 76 min. Not rated The Painting begins with the image of an empty picture frame that expands to fill the screen. It’s a succinct statement of the film to follow, which has all the charm and depth of […]
Directed by Susanne Bier Written by Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story by Bier & Jensen Produced by Sisse Graum Jorgensen & Vibeke Windelov; Released by Sony Pictures Classics Danish, English & Italian with English subtitles Denmark/Sweden/Italy/France/Germany. 110 min. Rated R With Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen, Paprika Steen, Kim […]
Written & Directed by Tanner King Barklow & Gil Kofman Produced by Francis Krow Released by Seventh Art Releasing/Antidote Films USA/China. 90 min. Not rated Unmade in China tells a story that is both entertaining and unsurprising, tracking the trials and tribulations of Gil Kofman, an American director (The Memory Thief) trying to make a […]
Written & Directed by Ron Morales Produced by Rebecca Lundgren Released by Alamo Drafthouse Films Tagalog with English subtitles Philippines. 84 min. Not rated With Arnold Reyes, Menggie Corabarrubias, Dido de la Paz, Leon Miguel, Ella Guevara, Marife Necesito & Patricia Ona Gayond Marlon Villar (Arnold Reyes) is caught between the many responsibilities he has […]
Directed by Stephen Fung Produced by Wang Zhongjun Written by Kuo-fu Chen Released by Well Go USA Release Mandarin with English subtitles China. 100 min. Not rated With Jayden Yuan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Angelababy, Eddie Peng Yu-Yen, Feng Shaofeng, Peter Stormare & Daniel Wu You might recall a little crazy movie called Tai Chi […]
Directed by Danny Boyle Produced by Christian Colson; Written by Joe Ahearne & John Hodge Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures UK. 101 min. Rated R With James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross & Wahab Sheikh Since he broke through with the black comedy Shallow Grave (1994) and with his follow up […]
Produced & Directed by Ulrich Seidl Written by Seidl & Veronika Franz Released by Strand Releasing German with English subtitles Austria/Germany/France. 120 min. Not rated With Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz, Helen Brugat, Gabriel Mwarua, Josphat Hamisi & Carlos Mkutano After a successful career making documentaries, Austrian director Ulrich Seidl interwove six […]