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The Black Tulip

Directed & Produced by Sonia Nassery Cole   Written by Cole & David Michael O’Neill Released by SnagFilms Afghanistan/USA. 116 min. Not rated  In English, Pashtu & Dari with English subtitles   With Cole, Haji Gul Aser, Walid Amini, Somaia Razaye, Hosna Tanha, Karim Jaweed, Sadaf Yarmal, Basir Mujaheed, Shafi Sahel, Jack Scalia and Edoardo Costa Afghanistan’s […]

Tai Chi Zero

Directed by Stephen Fung Produced by Zhang Dajun, Daniel Wu & Fung Written by Chen Hsiao Tse, Zhang Jialu & Chen Kuo-fu Released by Variance Films/Well Go USA Mandarin with English subtitles China. 94 min. Rated PG-13 With Jayden Yuan, Angelababy, Eddie Peng, Tony Leung Ka-fai & Shu Qi In Tai Chi Zero, the “Zero” […]

Holy Motors

Written & Directed by Leos Carax Produced by Pierre Grise Production, Théo Films, Arte France Cinéma, Pandora Film & WDR-Arte Released by Indomina Releasing English & French with English subtitles France/Germany. 116 min. Not rated With Denis Lavant, Édith Scob, Kylie Minogue, Eva Mendes & Michel Piccoli Leos Carax has returned in a big way […]

My Worst Nightmare

Directed by Anne Fontaine Produced by Francis Boespflug, Philippe Carcassonne, Bruno Pesery & Jérôme Seydoux Written by Fontaine & Nicholas Mercier Released by Strand Releasing French with English subtitles France. 103 min. Not rated With Isabelle Huppert, Benoît Poelvoorde, André Dussollier & Virginie Efira Anne Fontaine has had a curious career. The French director has […]

War of the Buttons

Directed by Christohe Barratier Produced by Thomas Langmann Written by Stephane Keller, Barratier & Philipe Lopes Curval, based on the novel by Louis Pergaud Released by the Weinstein Company France. 90 min. PG-13 With Guiluame Canet, Laetitia Casta, Kad Merad, Jean Texier & Clement Godefroy Film festival fodder from the likes of Olivier Assayas, Claire […]

Wuthering Heights

Written & Directed by Andrea Arnold, based on a screen story by Olivia Hetreed & the novel by Emily Brontë Produced by Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae & Kevin Loader Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories UK. 128 min. Not rated With Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Solomon Glave, Shannon Beer, Simone Jackson, Lee Shaw, Nichola Burley & James […]

17 Girls

Written & Directed by Delphine & Muriel Coulin Produced by Denis Freyd Released by Strand Releasing French with English subtitles France. 90 min. Not rated With Louise Grinberg, Juliette Darche, Roxane Duran, Esther Garrel, Yara Pilartz, Solène Rigot, Noémie Lvovsky, Florence Thomassin, Carlo Brandt, Frédéric Noaille & Arthur Verret The 2008 news story about a […]

Little White Lies

Written & Directed by Guillaume Canet Produced by Alain Attal Released by MPI Pictures French with English subtitles France. 154 min. Not rated With Jean Dujardin, Marion Cotillard, François Cluzet, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Joël Dupuch & Laurent Lafitte From the get-go, Little White Lies intentionally feels like a French, modern day The Big Chill; […]

Neighboring Sounds

Written & Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho Produced by Emilie Lesclaux Released by Cinema Guild Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil. 131 min. Not rated With Irandhir Santos, Gustavo Jahn, Meve Jinkings, W. J. Solha, Irma Brown, Lula Terra, Yuri Holanda & Clébia Souza Abundant are the views of neighbors’ patios from second floor windows, and […]