In the English-speaking world, Ruth Rendell hasn’t exactly made her mark on the big screen. In the Francophone world, however, the late mystery and thriller author’s effect continues to be felt. At fewer than 15 pages, Rendell’s Edgar Award–winning short story “The New Girlfriend” seems an odd choice for a feature film. But director François […]
For director Morgan Matthews’s first feature film, he drew upon a documentary he produced and directed about the selection and training of the British team for the 2006 International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO), titled Brilliant Young Minds (2007). Many of the young competitors had a form of autism, which that film linked to their mathematical ability. […]
She’s your best friend. Your cruelest enemy. Sexier than you. Cooler. No one makes you feel as alive as she does. And no one knows better how to make you feel so small. She stole your boyfriend. Turned your girlfriends against you. But you’ll do anything to be around her. You love her. You hate […]
Directed by Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker Produced by Nichols, Walker, Jenner Furst, Joey Carey and Woltermann Released by First Run Features USA. 86 min. Not rated The “you are there” Direct Cinema genre aims to make the viewer feel like an unobtrusive observer. The documentary Welcome to Leith falls partially in that […]
Directed by Jonas Alexander Arnby Written by Rasmus Birch, based on an idea by Christoffer Boe, Arnby, and Birch Produced by Caroline Schlüter Bingestam and Ditte Milsted Released by Radius Danish with English subtitles Denmark/France. 84 min. Rated R With Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen, Sonja Richter, Jakob Oftebro, Stig Hoffmeyer, Mads Riisom, Esben Dalgaard, Gustav […]
Written and Directed by Paul Weitz Produced by Weitz, Andrew Miano, Terry Dougas, and Paris Latsis Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 80 min. Rated R With Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott, Nat Wolff, and John Cho Isn’t that sweet old Lily Tomlin starring as a senior […]
Written and Directed by Hubert Sauper Produced by Sauper and Gabriele Kranzelbinder Released by BBC Worldwide North America English, French, Chinese, Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, Bari, and Zande with English subtitles France/Austria. 110 min. Not rated Austrian filmmaker Hubert Sauper has spent years exploring the heart of darkness: colonialism’s impact on Africa. We Come as Friends […]
Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi Produced by Vasarhelyi, Chin and Shannon Ethridge Released by Music Box Films USA. 90 min. Rated R One of the greatest adventures ever told on film, Meru centers on a trio of professional mountain climbers, or alpinists, to use the industry term, as they try and try […]
Directed by Jon Watts Produced by Cody Ryder, Alicia Van Couvering, Sam Bisbee, Andrew Kortschak and Watts Written by Watts and Christopher Ford Released by Focus World USA. 88 min Rated R With Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim and Shea Whigham One of the ballsiest young figures in film today, writer-director Jon […]