Directed by Eran Riklis Produced by Bettina Brokemper, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Michael Eckelt, Chilik Michaeli Written by Sayed Kashua, based on his novels Dancing Arabs, Let It Be Morning and Second Person Singular Released by Strand Releasing Israel. 104 min. Not rated In Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles With Tawfeek Barhom, Ali Suliman, Yaël […]
Written and Directed by Kimberly Levin Produced by Kurt Pitzer Released by Monterey Media USA. 90 min. Rated R With Joanne Kelly, Neal Huff, Alex Shaffer, Kivlighan de Montebello, Tom Bower, and Darlene Hunt Set during an Indian summer (filmed in Kentucky), Runoff is a visually stunning look at modern farming life. The lyrical film […]
Directed by Sacha Jenkins Produced by Peter Rittenbender, Nasir Jones, and Marcus A. Clarke Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films USA. 82 Not rated For a documentary about fashion, Fresh Dressed has more to do with words than might be expected. Language was instrumental in the fortunes and failures of the major figures in the evolution […]
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 […]
Written and Directed by Patrick Brice Produced by Naomi Scott Released by the Orchard USA. 80 min. Rated R With Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, and Judith Godrèche A downright hysterical entry in brothers Jay and Mark Duplass’s production canon, The Overnight constructs a recoiling depiction of thirtysomething frustrations by mixing R-rated hijinks with […]
Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie Produced by Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear McClard, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, based on the novel Mad Love in New York City by Arielle Holmes Released by Radius-TWC USA. 93 min. Rated R With Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Buddy Duress, Necro, […]
Directed by Crystal Moselle Produced by Izabella Tzenkova, Hunter Gray, and Alex Orlovsky Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 84 min. Not rated In a city of eight million people—and eight million stories—filmmaker Crystal Moselle certainly stumbled across one of the most intriguing. Walking around the Lower East Side one day, she noticed a group of […]
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 […]
Directed by James Kent Written by Juliette Towhidi, based on the memoir by Vera Brittain Produced by David Heyman and Rosie Alison Released by Sony Pictures Classics UK. 129 min. Rated PG-13 With Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell, Colin Morgan, Joanna Scanlan, Dominic West and Miranda Richardson World War One […]