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This Is Not a Film

Directed by Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Produced by Panahi Released by Palisades Tartan Iran. 75 min. Not Rated Farsi with English subtitles There have been movies heralding musicians, painters, photographers, and poets who persevered against oppression and restrictions, but this very unusual, deceptively simple documentary passionately reveals the essence of a filmmaker. This soulful […]

Cirkus Columbia

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 […]

Chico & Rita

Directed by Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal & Tono Errando Produced by Cristina Huete, Santi Errando, Martin Pope & Martin Pope Written by Trueba & Ignacio Martínez de Pisón Released by GKIDS/LumaFilms Spain/UK. 94 min. Not Rated In English and Spanish with English subtitles With the voices of Limara Meneses, Emar Xor Oña, Mario Guerra, Bebo […]

Kill List

Directed by Ben Wheatley Produced by Claire Jones & Andre Starke Written by Wheatley & Amy Jump Released by Magnolia Pictures UK. 95 min. Not Rated With Neil Maskell, Harry Simpson, MyAnna Buring, Michael Smiley, Emma Fryer & Struan Rodger British director Ben Wheatley’s heady genre mashup Kill List is how midnight movies are supposed […]

In Darkness

Directed by Agnieszka Holland Produced by Steffen Reuter, Patrick Knippel, Marc-Daniel Dichant, Leander Carell, Juliusz Machulski, Paul Stephens & Eric Jordan Written by David F. Shamoon, based on the book In The Sewers of Lvov: A Heroic Story of Survival from the Holocaust by Robert Marshall Released by Sony Pictures Classics Poland/Germany/France/Canada. 143 min. Rated […]

The Miners’ Hymns

Directed by Bill Morrison Produced by Forma Written by Morrison, Johann Johannsson & David Metcalfe Released by Icarus Films USA/UK. 52 min. Not Rated With Hugo and The Artist reminding audiences of the impact, and neglect, of silent films, comes the timely work of an avant-garde artist who imaginatively re-purposes archival footage in collaborations with […]

Come Back, Africa (1959)

Produced & Directed by Lionel Rogosin Written by Lionel Rogosin with Lewis Nkosi & William “Bloke” Modisane Released by Milestone Films In English, Afrikaans & Zulu with English subtitles South Africa/USA. 86 min. Not rated Restored in 2005 by the Cineteca di Bologna and the laboratory L’Imagine Ritrovata with the collaboration of Rogosin Heritage and […]

Miss Bala

Edited & Directed by Gerardo Naranjo Written by Naranjo & Mauricio Katz Produced by Pablo Cruz Released by Fox International Productions Spanish, with English subtitles Mexico. 113 min. Rated R With Stephanie Sigman, Noe Hernández & Lakshmi Picazo Is nothing sacred? In Gerardo Naranjo’s Mexico of Miss Bala, the answer is a blunt no. Drug […]

The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History

Directed by Chad Freidrichs Produced by Chad Freidrichs, Jaime Freidrichs, Paul Fehler & Brian Woodman Written by Chad & Jaime Freidrichs Released by First Run Features USA. 83min. Not Rated The Pruitt-Igoe Myth: An Urban History begins with a shocking image. Not the dramatic, notorious television footage of the 1972 implosion of an 11-story building […]