Directed by Drew DeNicola Co-directed by Olivia Mori Produced by Mori & Danielle McCarthy Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 113 min. Rated PG-13 Director Drew DeNicola and Olivia Mori’s documentary rediscovers the Memphis band whose three albums all feature in Rolling Stone’s top 500, even though commercial success eluded them. It’s a story of frustrated ambition, […]
Directed by Neil Jordan Written by Moira Buffini, based on her play A Vampire Story Produced by Stephen Woolley, Alan Moloney, Elizabeth Karlsen, William D. Johnson & Samuel Englebardt Released by IFC Films UK/USA/Ireland. 118 min. Rated R With Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Daniel Mays & Caleb Landry Jones Eleanor […]
Directed by Mark Covino & Jeff Howlett Produced by Covino & Howlett, Scott Mosier, Matthew Perniciaro, Kevin Mann & Jerry Ferrara Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 96 min. Not rated The road to rock ‘n’ roll fame is littered with failed bands, but the tale of A Band Called Death grabs attention for its unusual […]
Written & Directed by Jem Cohen Produced by Paolo Calamita, Cohen & Gabriele Kranzelbinder Released by Cinema Guild English & German with English subtitles. Austria/USA. 106 min. Not rated With Bobby Sommer & Mary Margaret O’Hara What a curious job to be a museum guard, watching people watching art, and what a curious movie to […]
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer Produced by Patty West, Chris Schwartz & Andrew Carlberg Written by Neil LaBute, based on his play Released by Leeden Media USA. 84 min. Not rated With Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan, Mía Maestro, Jennifer Morrison & Emily Watson In Some Girl(s), Adam Brody plays a nameless man […]
Directed by Ziad Doueiri Produced by Jean Bréhat & Rachid Bouchareb Written by Doueiri & Joëlle Touma, based on the novel L’Attentat by Yasmina Khadra Released by Cohen Media Group Lebanon/France/Qatar/Belgium. 102 min. Rated R Arabic & Hebrew with English subtitles With Ali Suliman, Reymonde Amsellem, Evgenia Dodina, Uri Gavriel, Karim Saleh, Dvir Benedek, Ruba […]
Written & Directed by Tobias Lindholm Produced by Tomas Radoor & René Ezra Released by Magnolia Pictures English, Somali & Danish with English subtitles Denmark. 99 min. Not rated With Pilou Asbaek, Soren Malling, Dar Salim, Roland Moller, Gary Skjoldmose Porter & Abdihakin Asgar Tobias Lindholm’s tense, compelling drama A Hijacking is often as stark […]
Written & Directed by Markus Imhoof Produced by Thomas Kufus, Helmut Grasser, Pierre-Alan Meier & Imhoof Released by Kino Lorber Germany/Austria/Switzerland. 91 min. Not rated English, German, Swiss-German & Mandarin with English subtitles More Than Honey, a delectable nature documentary of the secret life of bees, is also a philosophical rumination on the past, present, […]
Directed by James Marsh Produced by Chris Coen, Andrew Lowe & Ed Guiney Written by Tom Bradby, based on his novel Released by Magnolia Pictures UK/Ireland/France. 100 min. Rated R With Andrea Riseborough, Clive Owen, Gillian Anderson, Aiden Gillen, Domhnall Gleeson, David Wilmot, Martin McCann & Bríd Brennan Terrorism, sectarian loyalties, die-hard fanatics, civilian casualties, […]