The Commune
Thomas Vinterberg (who directed the excellent films The Celebration, and The Hunt) drew on his…
The Ivory Game
A fascinating and well executed documentary about the illegal ivory trade and the unsung investigators…
Unlocking the Cage
Who says that the more intelligent animals should not be treated as (sort of) persons…
Snowden
I don’t watch Oliver Stone movies to learn “the truth,” but I do expect to…
Transpecos
First time director, little known actors playing US border agents manning a quiet highway checkpoint,…
Queen of Katwe
Given the inspirational true story behind this film – an illiterate girl from the slums…
Sully
Tom Hanks shines, as usual, in his portrayal of the pilot “Sully” Sullenberger who, in…
It’s Only the End of the World
The most recent film by Xavier Dolan – and a major prize winner at Cannes…
Our Little Sister
A quiet tale of three plus one sisters in contemporary Japan, where the plus one…
In Order of Disappearance
A very black comedy from Norway in which the droll Stellan Skarsgård plays, and I’m…
Morgan
A low key and just ok sci-fi story about a mysterious corporation, an experiment involving…
Captain Fantastic
Fun idea – father raising his large brood somewhere in the forests of the US…
Indignation
I think the critics, generally, have been a little too tough on this adaptation of…
150 Milligrams
Set in France in the last years, this film is based on the true story…
The Animal’s Wife
Set in the slums of Medellín, Colombia, where the police try not to go, this…
Oko Ashewo (Taxi Driver)
Apparently this film was the 10th highest grossing film coming out of Nollywood (a.k.a. the Nigerian…
Ma’ Rosa
Set in the poor areas of big city Philippine, we follow the eponymous character as…
Old Stone
A taxi driver in some big and busy city in China, struggling to make a…