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A Coffee in Berlin

Written and Directed by Jan Ole Gerster Produced by Marcos Kantis and Alexander Wadouh Released by Music Box Films Germany. 88 min. Not rated German with English subtitles With Tom Schilling, Friederike Kempter, Marc Hosemann, Katharina Schüttler, Justus von Dohnányi, Andreas Schröders, Arnd Klawitter, Martin Brambach, Frederick Lau, Ulrich Noethen and Michael Gwisdek A full […]

Ivory Tower

Written & Directed by Andrew Rossi Produced by Josh Braun & Rossi Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films/Participant Media USA. 90 min. Rated PG-13 There are few things more enjoyable than to critique the American higher education system, and Ivory Tower is one of the most slickly produced and entertaining cracks at it yet. Here, colleges […]

Test

Written and Directed by Chris Mason Johnson Produced by Johnson and Chris Martin Released by Variance Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Scott Marlowe, Matthew Risch, Kristoffer Cusick, Katherine Wells, Damon Sperber, and Kevin Clarke In this appealing indie, the story of Frankie (Scott Marlowe), a young gay man in 1985 San Francisco, is […]

Witching & Bitching

Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and de la Iglesia Released by IFC Midnight Spanish with English subtitles Spain. 112 min. Not rated With Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Jaime Ordóñez, Gabriel Ángel Delgado, Santiago Segura, Macarena Gómez, and Carmen Maura It’s been a long, long […]

Obvious Child

Written and Directed by Gillian Robespierre, based on a story by Robespierre, Karen Maine and Elisabeth Holm, and a 2009 short film by Anna Bean, Maine and Robespierre Produced by Elisabeth Holm Released by A24 USA. 83 min. Rated R With Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman, Polly Draper, Richard Kind, David Cross […]

We Are the Best!

Written and Directed by Lukas Moodysson, based on the graphic novel Never Goodnight by Coco Moodysson Produced by Lars Jonsson Released by Magnolia Pictures Swedish with English subtitles Sweden/Denmark. 102 min. Not rated With Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, and Liv LeMoyne Lukas Moodysson’s returns after a four-year break with his sixth feature, We are the […]

Horses of God

Directed by Nabil Ayouch Produced by Pierre-Ange Le Pogam, Eric Van Beuren, Patrick Quinet, and Ayouch Written by Jamal Belmahi, based on the novel The Stars of Sidi Moumen by Mahi Binebine Released by Kino Lorber Morocco/France/Belgium. 115 min. Not Rated Moroccan Arabic with English subtitles With Abdelhakim Rachid, Abdedlilah Rachid, Hamza Souidek, and Ahmed […]

Locke

Written and Directed by Steven Knight Produced by Paul Webster and Guy Heeley Released by A24 USA. 85 min. Rated R With Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Olivia Colman, Andrew Scott, Ben Daniels, and Tom Holland How many different angles can you film one man on an 85-minute car ride in the middle of the night?  […]

The Double

Directed by Richard Ayoade Produced by Robin C. Fox and Amina Dasmal Written by Ayoade, Avi Korine, based on “The Double” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Released by Magnolia Pictures UK. 93 min. With Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville, James Fox, Sally Hawkins, and Chris O’Dowd Simon James […]