Written & Directed by Céline Sciamma Produced by Bénédicte Couvreur Released by Rocket Releasing French with English subtitles France. 82 min. Not rated With Zoé Heran, Malonn Lévana, Jeanne Disson, Sophie Cattani & Mathieu Demy When a kid moves to a new town, the past can be left behind for a fresh start. In Tomboy, […]

Written & Directed by Lars von Trier Produced by Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth Released by Magnolia Pictures Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany. 135 min. Not rated With Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgard, Brady Corbet, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Stellan Skarsgard, Udo Kier & Kiefer Sutherland Sometimes you can’t quite tell if what you’re feeling is agony […]

Written & Directed by William Monahan, based on the novel by Ken Bruen Produced by Graham King, Monahan, Tim Headington & Quentin Curtis Released by IFC Films UK. 104 Mins. Rated R With Colin Farrell, Keira Knightly, David Thewlis, Ben Chaplin, Anna Friel, Eddie Marsan & Ray Winstone Just out of prison, Mitchel (Colin Farrell) […]

Directed by Xavier Durringer Produced by Eric & Nicholas Altmayer Written by Patrick Rotman & Durringer Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 105 min. Not rated With Denis Podalydès, Florence Pernel, Bernard Le Coq, Hippolyte Girardot & Samuel Labarthe Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election as French president was a triumph for the […]

Directed by Nick Hamm Produced by Ian Flooks, Hamm, Mark Huffam & Piers Tempest Written by Dick Clement, Ian la Frenais & Simon Maxwell, based on the memoirs I Was Bono’s Doppelganger by Neil McCormick Released by Arc Entertainment UK/Ireland. 114 min. Rated R With Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan, Krysten Ritter, Martin McCann & Pete […]

Directed by Philipp Stölzl Written by Philipp Stölzl, Müller & Alexander Dydyna Produced by Christoph Müller & Helge Sasse Released by Music Box Films In German with English subtitles; Germany. 102 mins. Not rated With Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, Moritz Bleibtreu & Volker Bruch The opening scene of Young Goethe in Love is a tip-off. […]

Don’t panic if you couldn’t make it the recent New York Film Festival. Most of the films screened have an American distributor lined up and will open in the upcoming months, like the acclaimed A Separation and The Kid on the Bike. The claustrophobic cacophony Carnage, which opened the event, will be released on December […]

Written, Produced & Directed by Aki Kaurismaki Released by Janus Films French with English subtitles Finland/France/Germany. 93 min. Not rated With André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin & Blondin Miguel Aki Kaurismaki does a remarkable job as a formalist here. His new film takes place in the French port town of Le Havre in what […]

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar Produced by Agustin Almodóvar & Esther García Written by Pedro Almodóvar & Agustin Almodovar, based on the novel Mygale by Thierry Jonquet Released by Sony Pictures Classics Spanish with English subtitles Spain. 115 min. Rated R With Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes & Jan Cornet In his stylish psychological thriller-cum-horror […]