You can talk all you want about the director as the film’s main auteur, but casting remains paramount to a film’s success in most of the entries in New York’s annual Rendez-Vous with French Cinema, presented by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Unifrance. A film series like this offers a glimpse into a […]
Directed by Jiang Wen Produced by Ma Ke, Albert Lee, Barbie Tung,Yin Homber Yin & Zhao Haicheng Written by Zhu Sujin, Shu Ping, Jiang Wen, Guo Junli, Wei Xiao & Li Bukong, based on novel Ye Tan Shi Ji by Ma Shitu Released by Well Go USA/Variance Films Mandarin with English subtitles China/Hong Kong. 132 […]
Directed by Danis Tanovic Produced by Cedomir Kolar, Amra Baksic Camo, Marc Bachet and Mirsad Purivatra Written by Tanovic & Ivica Dikic, based on Dikic’s novel Released by Strand Releasing Bosnian with English subtitles Bosnia and Herzegovina/France/UK/Germany/Solvenia/Belgium/Serbia. 113 min. Not rated With Miki Manojlovic, Mira Furlan, Boris Ler & Jovana Stupljanin Bosnian director Danis Tanovic […]
Directed by Joshua Marston Produced by Paul Mezey Written by Marston & Andamion Murataj Released by Sundance Selects Albanian with English subtitles USA/Albania/Denmark/Italy. 109 min. Not Rated With Tristan Halilaj, Sindi Lacej, Refet Abazi, Ilire Celaj, Cun Lajci, Luan Jaha & Veton Osmani The Forgiveness of Blood opens in a rural landscape nestled against the […]
Directed by Valery Todorovsky Produced by Leonid Lebedev, Leonid Yarmolnik, Vadim Goryainov & Todorovsky Written by Yuri Korotkov, based on his book Boogie Bones Released by Leisure Time Features Russian with English subtitles. Russia, 125 min. Not rated. With Anton Shagin, Oksana Akinshina, Evgenia Brik, Maksim Matveev, Igor Voynarovsky & Ekaterina Vilkova Hipsters is an […]
Written, Produced, & Directed by Réne Féret Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles France. 120 min. Not rated With Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot, David Moreau, Clovis Fouin & Lisa Féret Mozart’s Sister delicately explores how the soon-to-be-immortal composer’s sister lived in the wrong era— and in the wrong gender. Director […]
Written & Directed by Tom Tykwer Produced by Stefan Arndt Released by Strand Releasing German with English subtitles Germany. 119 min. Not rated Starring: Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper & Devid Striesow It’s hard to put a fresh spin on infidelity dramas nowadays. Yet they are still effective, maybe one of the most shocking and gripping […]
Directed by Valérie Donzelli Produced by Edouard Weil Written by Donzelli & Jérémie Elkaïm Released by Sundance Selects. French with English subtitles. France. 100 min. Not rated With Valérie Donzelli, Jérémie Elkaïm, César Desseix, Brigitte Sy, Elina Lowensohn, Michèle Moretti & Philippe Laudenbach Whatever direction Valérie Donzelli takes in her second feature film, she goes […]
Directed by Hun Jang Written by Park Sang-yeon Produced by Robert Lee & Kim Hyun-chol Released by Well Go USA Entertainment South Korea. 133 min. Not rated With Shin Ha-kyun, Ko Soo, Lee Je-hun, Lee David, Ko Chang-seok & Ryu Seung-soo War is hell. Yes, yes, we know, we’ve seen it in movies so many […]