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The Last of the Unjust

Directed by Claude Lanzmann Produced by David Frenkel, Jean Labadie & Danny Krausz Released by Cohen Media Group German, French and English, with English subtitles France/Austria. 218 min. Rated PG-13 Historical facts, interpretation, and blame are strikingly embodied by Benjamin Murmelstein. His singular life and experiences, during and after the Holocaust, have inspired magic realism […]

Tim’s Vermeer

Directed by Teller Produced by Penn Jillette & Farley Ziegler Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 80 min. Rated PG-13 Hailing from the Iowa cornfields, high school graduate, self-taught techie inventor, and self-made millionaire Tim Jenison turns his life over to a wonky but accessible pursuit. He spends his considerable resources and time traveling the […]

The Great Beauty

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Produced by Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima Written by Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello Released by Janus Films Italian with English subtitles Italy/France. 142 min. Not rated With Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Massimo De Francovich, Roberto Herlitzka & Isabella Ferrari A beguiling […]

Gloria

Directed by Sebastián Lelio Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Lelio & Maza Written by Lelio & Gonzalo Maza Released by Roadside Attractions Spanish with English subtitles Chile. 110 min. Rated R With Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Marcial Tagle, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora & Antonia Santa María Gloria opens with a wide shot […]

Stranger by the Lake

Directed by Alain Guiraudie Produced by Sylvie Pialat Released by Strand Releasing French with English subtitles France. 97 min. Not rated With Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou & Patrick D’Assumçao Tense, erotic, and coolly transfixing, Stranger by the Lake captivates through its slow-burning intensity and its brazen exhibition of sexuality. Its components are a bit unconventional, […]

Visitors

Directed by Godfrey Reggio Produced by Lawrence Taub & Reggio Released by Cinedigm USA. 87 min. Not rated The films of Godfrey Reggio have no dialogue, mainly because, to paraphrase the director, he believes that language is an artifact constructed thousands of years ago which does not describe our lives today. So he rejects it, […]

Generation War

Directed by Philipp Kadelbach Produced by Nico Hofmann Written by Stefan Kolditz Released by Music Box Films Germany. Part one: 131 min.; Part two: 148 min. Not rated English, German, & Polish with English subtitles With Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Ludwig Trepte & Miriam Stein Generation War sweeps away a half century of […]

In Bloom

Directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross Written by Ekvtimishvili Released by Big World Pictures Georgian with English subtitles Georgia/Germany/France. 102 min. Not rated With Lika Babluani & Mariam Bokeria With Generation X getting older, there has been an increase in coming-of-age films and television series taking place in the late 1980s/early ’90s. From Stephen […]

Lone Survivor

Written & Directed by Peter Berg, based on the book by Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson Produced by Mark Wahlberg, Mr. Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Randall Emmett, Norton Herrick, Barry Spikings, Akiva Goldsman, Stephen Levinson & Vitaly Grigogoriants Released by Universal Pictures USA. 121 min. Rated R With Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, […]