Written & Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Produced by Marin Karmitz & Kenzo Horikoshi Released by Sundance Selects Japanese with English subtitles France/Japan. 109 min. Not rated With Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno & Ryo Kase Abbas Kiarostami’s follow up to his tremendous Certified Copy could be considered its companion piece. Again, he’s working outside of his […]
Directed by Raúl Ruiz Produced by Christian Aspee & François Margolin Written by Ruiz, based on original stories by Hernán del Solar Released by Cinema Guild. Spanish & French with English subtitles Chile/France. 101 min. Not rated With Christian Vadim, Sergio Hernandez, Valentina Vargad, Chamila Rodriguez, Santiago Figueroa, Pedro Villagra & Sergio Schmied Young college […]
Written & Directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani Director of the theater scenes & screenplay collaboration by Fabio Cavalli Produced by Grazia Volpi Released by Adopt Films Italian with English subtitles Italy. 76 min. Not rated With Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri & Antonio Frasca Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s latest film, a spry, lean, […]
Written & Directed by Dror Moreh Produced by Estelle Fialon, Moreh & Philippa Kowarsky Written by Moreh Released by Sony Pictures Classics Hebrew with English subtitles Israel/France/Germany Belgium. 97 min. Rated PG-13 The Gatekeepers thoughtfully examines the difficulties of protecting a democracy from internal enemies. While Americans are more familiar from movies and TV with […]
Directed by Mads Matthiesen Produced by Morten Kjems Juhl Written by Matthiesen & Martin Zandvliet; director of photography, Laust Trier Mork; edited by Adam Nielsen Released by Film Movement Danish, English & Thai with English subtitles. Denmark. 93 min. Not rated With Kim Kold, Elsebeth Steentoft, Lamaiporn Sangmanee Hougaard, Allan Mogensen, David Winters, Sukunya Mongkol […]
Written & Directed by Im Sang-soo Produced by Lee Nam-hee & Seo Jung-hun Released by Sundance Selects. Korean with English subtitles. South Korea. 114 min. Not rated With Kim Kang-woo, Baek Yoon-sik, Youn Yuh-jung, Maui Taylor, Darcy Paquet & Kim Hyo-jin In an early scene in Im Sang-soo’s lurid, arty soap opera The Taste of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]