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Death of a Superhero

Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon Screenplay by Anthony McCarten, based upon his novel Produced by Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke & Phillip Kreuzer Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand Germany/Ireland. 90 min. Not rated With Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Andy Serkis, Aisling Loftus, Michael McElhatton, Sharon Horgan & Jessica Schwarz Before all you fanboys and fangirls […]

Sleepless Night

Directed by Frédéric Jardin Produced by Marco Cherqui & Lauranne Bourrachot Written by Jadrin, Nicolas Saada & Olivier Douyère Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand France/Belgium/Luxembourg. 108 min. Not rated With Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine, Julien Boisselier, Joey Starr, Lizzie Brocheré, Laurent Stocker & Birol Ünel Frédéric Jardin’s slickly shot and edited […]

Goodbye First Love

Written & Directed by Mia Hansen-Love Produced by Philippe Martin & David Thion Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles. France/Germany. 110 min. Not rated With Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Havard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton, Serge Renko & Ozay Fecht Since the beginning of time, people have been falling in and out of love with […]

Monsieur Lazhar

Written & Directed by Philippe Falardeau, based on the stage play by Evelyne de la Chenelière Produced by Luc Déry & Kim McCraw Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles. Canada. 94 min. Rated PG-13 With Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx & Brigitte Poupart Director Philippe Falardeau certainly sets his sights […]

The Assault

Directed by Julien Leclercq Written by Leclercq & Simon Moutairou Produced by Leclercq, Julien Madon & Marc Olla French & Arabic with English subtitles Released by Screen Media Films France. 90 min. Rated R With Vincent Elbaz, Aymen Saïdi & Mélanie Bernier Director Julien Leclercq’s grippingly re-creates the true story of the hijacking by Arab […]

We Have a Pope

Directed by Nanni Moretti Produced by Moretti & Domenico Procacci Written by Moretti, Francesco Piccolo & Federica Pontremoli Released by Sundance Selects Italian with English subtitles. Italy/France. 104 min. Not rated With Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa, Franco Graziosi, Camillo Milli, Roberto Nobile, Ulrich von Dobschütz, Gianluca Gobbi & Margherita Buy What if the […]

Bullhead

Written & Directed by Michael R. Roskam Produced by Bart Van Langendonck, Peter Bouckaert, Patrick Quinet & Jan Van der Zanden Released by Drafthouse Films Flemish & French with English subtitles Belgium. 126 min. Rated R With Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy, Tibo & Sam Louwyck Bullhead must have been one hell […]

Turn Me On, Dammit!

Written & Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, based on the novel Fa Meg Pa, For Faen! by Olaug Nilssen Produced by Brede Hovland & Sigve Endresen Released by New Yorker Films Norwegian with English subtitles Norway. 76 min. Not Rated With Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjorhovde, Beate Stofring, Matias Myren, Lars Nordtveit Listau & Henriette Steenstrup […]

The Raid: Redemption

Edited, Written & Directed by Gareth Huw Evans Produced by Ario Sagantoro Released by Sony Pictures Classics Indonesian with English subtitles Indonesia/USA. 100 min. Rated R With Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan, Eka Rahmadia & Verdi Solaiman The stupefying, pulpy excess of Gareth Huw Evans’s […]