“What does N.W.A. stand for, huh? No whites allowed?” So asks Jerry Heller (Paul Giamatti), as he sets out to manage what would become one of the most important hip-hop acts of all time: Niggaz Wit Attitudes. N.W.A. was a supergroup in reverse, with many of its members becoming solo stars after it broke up. […]
Directed by William Gazecki Produced and Written by Susan and Lloyd Ecker Released by Menemsha Films USA. 96 min. Not rated The Outrageous Sophie Tucker takes a breezy, mostly chronological tour through the on- and off-stage life of the singular entertainer, whose singing career extended from the birth of vaudeville to the rise of television. […]
Directed by Mia Hansen-Love Produced by Charles Gillibert Written by Hansen-Love and Sven Hansen-Love Music by Daft Punk, Joe Smooth, Frankie Knuckles, Terry Hunter, and MK Released by Broad Green Pictures English and French with English subtitles France. 131 min. Not rated With Félix de Givry, Pauline Etienne, Vincent Macaigne, Hugo Conzelmann, Arsinée Khanjian, and […]
Directed by Bill Pohlad Produced by Pohlad, John Wells, and Claire Rudnick Polstein Written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13 With John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Brett Davern, Bill Camp, and Jake Abel The opening montage of this intriguing biopic breezily goes […]
Edited and Directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro Escoriaza Produced by the Possibility Project USA. 106 min. Not rated With Joshua Elijah Adams, Deshawn Brown, Niquana Clark, Michael Kareem Dew, Gabrielle Garcia, Ainsley Henry, Gilbert Howard, Lee Jimenez, Claribelle Pagan, and Ebonee Simpson The Possibility Project, a New York nonprofit, brings teens together to write and […]
Directed by Eytan Fox Produced by Marco Cherqui and Lauranne Bourrachot Written by Eli Bijaoui and Fox Released by Strand Releasing Israel/France. 92 min. Not Rated Hebrew with English subtitles With Anat Waxman, Ofer Shechter, Dana Ivgy, Keren Berger, Efrat Dor, Yael Bar-Zohar and Lior Ashkenazi Israeli writer/director Eytan Fox made his international reputation through […]
Directed by Rob Marshall Produced by John DeLuca, Rob Marshall, Marc Platt, Callum McDougall Written by James Lapine, based on the musical by Stephen Sondheim and Lapine Released by Walt Disney Studios USA. 124 min. Rated PG With Anna Kendrick, Daniel Huttlestone, James Corden, Emily Blunt, Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch, Tracey Ullman, Lilla […]
Directed by Ian Thorpe Produced by Eric Staley, Joey Abi-Loutfi, and Kevin Tostado Written by Abi-Loutfi Released by Sidecar Productions USA. 91 min. Not rated Starring Barrett Crake, Myko Olivier, Nikki Leonti, Eric Roberts, Martin Kove and Jon Gries There are those for whom even the cheesiest of ’80s power ballads remain a guilty pleasure. […]
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Produced by Ed Guiney, David Barron and Stevie Lee Written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan, based on a newspaper article by Ronson Released by Magnolia Pictures UK/Ireland. 98 min. Rated R With Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Michael Fassbender, Carla Azar and François Civil A common lack of awareness […]