Directed by Michel Leclerc Produced by Caroline Adrien, Antoine Rein & Fabrice Goldstein Written by Leclerc & Baya Kasmi Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 102 min. Rated R With Jacques Gamblin, Sara Forestier, Carole Franck, Zinedine Soualem, Michèle Moretti & Jacques Boudet French director Michael Leclerc’s romantic comedy follows an […]
Written, Produced & Directed by Djo Tunda Wa Munga Released by Music Box Films Lingala & French with English subtitles Democratic Republic of the Congo. 96 min. Rated R With Patsha Bay Mukuna, Manie Malone, Hoji Fortuna, Alex Herbo, Marlene Longange, Diplome Amekindra & Angelique Mbumba Viva Riva! is the first film to be […]
Written, Directed & Narrated by Patricio Guzmán Produced by Renate Sachse Released by Icarus Films Spanish with English subtitles France/Germany/Chile. 90 min. Not Rated Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. It essentially derives its force from a false remembrance of history. Nostalgia, the longing to return home, is never about a real home, but an […]
Written & Directed by Mike Leigh Produced by Georgina Lowe Released by Sony Pictures Classics Finnish with English subtitles UK. 129 min. Rated PG-13 With Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Peter Wight, Oliver Maltman, David Bradley & Karina Fernandez Aspirations inevitably fail (for those who are unlucky, or single). Director Mike Leigh sounds this bleak note again and again in […]
Written & Directed by Jalmari Helander, based on an idea by the Helander Brothers Produced by Petri Jokiranta Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories Finnish with English subtitles Finland. 80 min. Not Rated With Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Per Christian Ellefsen, Tommi Korpela, Rauno Juvonen, Ilmari Jarvenpaa & Peeter Jakobi There’s no easy way to prepare you […]