Directed by Lucy Walker Producers Julian Cautherley & Walker Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 108 min. Not rated This documentary about a snowboarding accident feels trivial at times, but its lack of pretension allows for meaningful moments to creep up on the viewer. The first example of this is the crash itself, Olympic hopeful […]

Written & Directed By Frank Simon Produced By Roman Polanski Presented By Brett Ratner Released by Submarine Deluxe It isn’t until the present-day postscript to 1972’s Weekend of a Champion that the question is posed to Roman Polanski: What compelled you to make this film? The man asking the legendary director is a legend in […]

Written & Directed by Alex Gibney Produced by Frank Marshall, Matt Tolmach & Gibney Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 123 min. Rated R “Exhaustive.” That’s the best description for Alex Gibney’s thorough 123-minute scrutiny of Lance Armstrong and his now tainted sports record. In particular, he zeroes in on Armstrong’s ill-fated 2009 Tour de […]

Directed by Marcel Rasquin Written by Rohan Jones & Rasquin Produced by Enrique Aular, Juan Antonio Díaz & Rasquin Released by Music Box Films Spanish with English subtitles Venezuela. 97 min. Not rated With Fernando Moreno, Eliú Armas, Alí Rondon, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero & Marcela Girón Venezuela’s 2010 selection for the Best Foreign Language […]