A woman’s picture that doesn’t adhere to a “chick flick” formula or detail a reckoning with one’s past that ends inevitably in terminal disease. It began for Leda (Olivia Coleman and, in flashback, Jessie Buckley) as a quiet sabbatical at a picturesque seaport in southern Italy. The mincing English professor …
Get lost for 2 ½ hours in this lively saga of a journalist who snubs his profession in favor of nobility only to find journalism the most noble calling of all. Lucien (Benjamin Voisin), a young printer’s apprentice with ink in his veins and delusions of propriety on the brain, …
In a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, a young boy experiences an unforgettable summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. Luca shares these adventures with his newfound best friend, but all the fun is threatened by a deeply held secret: he is a sea monster from another …
What’s a luzzu? A traditional Maltese fishing boat, an opalescent vessel bedecked in polychromatic hues with two eyes poking out from the bow. Alex Camilleri’s Luzzu is a modern day neorealist masterpiece. Alone, in a sea of nowhere, Jesmark (Jesmark Scicluna) carefully unloops a net in the water that is …
Three happy-go-lucky guys - Manoj (Ram Nithin), Ashok (Narne Nithin), and Damodhar (Sangeeth Shoban) - are studying in an engineering college. They kill time by being involved in petty fights. Manoj falls for Shruthi (Gouri Priya), while Jenni (Ananthika) loves Ashok. Damodhar is the kind of guy who isn’t interested …
From Sam Levinson (Another Happy Day, Assassination Nation) comes a cogent two-hander about Malcolm (John David Washington), a black filmmaker who — if what the white critics said after the premier of his first feature is true — stands on the cusp of greatness, and Marie (Zendaya), a girlfriend eager …
Pregnant Madison (Annabelle Wallis) returns from work to find the abusive slacker she married essentially lying in wait before the TV. The blow to the head she receives is enough to awaken Gabriel (Ray Chase), the monster inside her, a conjoined demon out for revenge against the doctors whose titular …
The team of director Ian Samuels and writer Lev Grossman (adapting his short story for the screen) score points early on for referencing by name Groundhog Day, Harold Ramis’ revered romantic comedy that finds Bill Murray forced to relive the same day. Such is Mark’s (Kyle Allen) fate: a life …
A decorated Vietnam veteran, Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) spends his days patrolling the border in search of “illegals.” He’s lost everything: his wife (to cancer), his livelihood, and now his ranch. And the mounting hospital bills have left him broke. Relax. It’s a movie. Things are bound to get worse …
Mateo’s refusal to listen to his younger sister Emilia’s (Tamara Rocca) voicemail or return a phone call finds the 17-year-old drawn to their Aunt Ines’ (Ana Brun) remote, well-timbered lodge while en route to her brother’s unknown whereabouts. Mystery surrounds Mateo: Emilia’s appearance at his workplace gives his suspicious boss …
‘This is a true story.” The presence of this disclaimer (or a reasonable variation thereof) at the outset of a picture suggests a license to speak truth to power. But a corking yarn without a storyteller to spin it is a recipe for a flat soufflé. On paper, The Mauritanian …
When was the last time a movie scared the bejeezus out of me? About 10 minutes ago. This Halloween, the shocks come XXXL in The Medium, Banjong Pisanthanakun’s supernatural blend of Thai-Korean horror. A documentary crew is sent to Thailand in 2018 to study the lives of the shamans. (Pisanthanakun’s …
Driving in the heart of the Highlands, Edmond Murray receives a call from his ex-wife, in tears. Their seven-year-old son has gone missing from a campsite. Soon, it becomes clear that the child has been kidnapped, and the parents give way to despair. Directed by Christian Carion. With James McAvoy, …
Driving in the heart of the Highlands, Edmond Murray receives a call from his ex-wife, in tears. Their seven-year-old son has gone missing from a campsite. Soon, it becomes clear that the child has been kidnapped, and the parents give way to despair. Directed by Christian Carion. With James McAvoy, …
Stephan James stars as LaMarcus James, a college quarterback wrathful over the iniquitous manner in which unpaid student-players are treated. In a last ditch effort to get through to management, James called an audible that resulted in a boycott of the big game. More than just a fact-based biopic, the …