Produced & Directed by Jamie Kastner Released by Screen Media Canada. 84 min. Not rated Were such hits as “Boogie Wonderland,” “Boogie Fever,” or “Boogie Oogie Oogie” songs of political protest? In his amicable and gossipy overview of 1970’s dance music, director Jamie Kastner poses that question to powerhouse singer Martha Walsh, forever known as […]
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, […]