Directed by Wim Wenders & Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Screenplay by Wenders, Salgado and David Rosier Released by Sony Pictures Classics English, French, and Portuguese with English subtitles France/Brazil/Italy. 109 min. Rated PG-13 At times while watching photographer Sebastião Salgado in Wim Wenders’ latest documentary (in collaboration with the subject’s son, Juliano), you wonder how Salgado […]
Directed by Nicolas Rossier Produced by Tami Woronoff and Naashon Zalk South Africa/USA 75 min. Not rated Nelson Mandela is likely one of the most famous and admired figures of the 20th century. His story is well-known. After 27 years as a political prisoner, he became the first democratically elected president of South Africa. He […]
Written and Directed by Orlando von Einsiedel Produced by von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara. Available on Netflix UK.97 min. Not rated In 2013, Netflix released the Oscar-nominated documentary The Square, chronicling the ongoing dangers following the Egyptian revolution. With Virunga, the digital content giant continues its trend of releasing compelling, timely documentaries about some of […]
Directed by David Zellner Produced by Nathan Zellner, Cameron Lamb, Chris Ohlson, Andrew Banks, and Jim Burke Written by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner Released by Amplify English and Japanese, with English subtitles USA. 105 min. Not rated With Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Kanako Higashi, Kyokaku Ichi, Ayaka Ohnishi, Mayuko Kawakita and David Zellner A […]
Written and Directed by David Robert Mitchell Produced by Rebecca Green, Laura D. Smith, David Kaplan and Erik Rommesmo Released by Radius-TWC USA. 100 min. Rated R With Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe It Follows, a stunning new wave horror film, pays homage to its genre’s predecessors […]
Directed by Ethan Hawke Produced by Ryan Hawke, Greg Loser and Heather Joan Smith Released by Sundance Selects USA. 81 min. Not rated. Rated PG Proving that not all music teachers are of the terrifyingly mean J.K. Simmons variety, this moving, intimate documentary portrait tells of the life and passion of Manhattan concert pianist Seymour […]
Produced and Directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom Written by Weinstein and Greg O’Toole Released by Abramorama UK/USA. 92 min. Not rated James Randi has many titles. As the “The Amazing Randi,” he’s a magician, mentalist, and escape artist, or as he would say at the beginning of his act, “a liar, a cheat, and […]
Written and Directed by Riley Stearns Produced by Keith Calder, Jessica Calder and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Released by Screen Media Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Beth Grant, Chris Ellis, Lance Reddick, and Jon Gries The title of this gripping psychological thriller comes from the name of a religious […]
Written and Directed by Kirby Dick Produced by Amy Ziering Released by Radius/CNN Films USA. 90 min. Rated PG-13 The Hunting Ground is an indignant and impassioned documentary that mostly manages to get behind the headlines and ahead of the news. In just over a year of its filming, the issue of sexual assaults on […]