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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 […]

Ida

Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski Produced by  Eric Abraham, Piotr Dzieciol & Ewa Puszczynska Written by Pawlikowski and Rebecca Lenkiewicz Released by Music Box Films Polish with English subtitles Poland/Denmark. 83 min. Rated PG-13 With Agata Kulesza, Agata Trzebuchowska, Dawid Ogrodnik and Joanna Kulig Ida is an exquisitely beautiful road trip through the emotional consequences of […]

Blue Ruin

Written & Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Produced by Anish Savjani, Richard Peete and Vincent Savino Released by Radius/TWC USA. 92 min. Rated R With Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack and Eve Plumb Cinematographer-turned-writer-director Jeremy Saulnier follows his first feature, the comic horror Murder Party (2007), with Blue Ruin, an original parody of […]

The Final Member

Produced and Directed by Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math Released by Drafthouse Films Canada. 71 min. Rated R How do you measure a man?  According to Icelandic folklore, in inches, five to be exact.  This is one of the many questions posed in Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math’s brazenly entertaining documentary, which follows Sigurdur Hjartarson, […]

Under the Skin

Directed by Jonathan Glazer Produced by James Wilson and Nick Wechsler Written by Walter Campbell and Glazer, based on the novel by Michel Faber Released by A24 UK. 107 min. Rated R With Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell, and Kevin McAlinden If you’re looking for a movie in which Scarlett Johansson […]