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“Social media is not an inherently cinematic subject, but Ms. Binoche is, and in the hands of director Nebbou and cinematographer Gilles Porte the story of Claire becomes, both visually and psychologically, a bridge between worlds.” – Wall Street Journal Synopsis: Ghosted by her hunky twentysomething lover, Claire (Binoche–balancing cunning and vulnerability), a middle-aged professor […]

Starring Carey Mulligan Five Academy Award Nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Director “Mulligan’s withering disdain is a thing of beauty.” – Observer UK “In filmmaker Emerald Fennell’s diabolically funny takedown of toxic masculinity, Carey Mulligan gives a dynamite performance.” – ABC News “Fennell cleverly mixes romantic comedy tropes with more serious issues […]

“This movie should be played real loud. And in venues where people can, if they choose, get up and dance.” – Variety “A rollicking, heartfelt shout-out to (and glorified tourism ad for) a cherished fairground blowout that has long buoyed a routinely troubled city.” – Los Angeles Times Synopsis: Live performances and interviews from the […]

“A treasury of ideas and provocations — a pocket full of possibilities.” – NY Times “A vibrant act of cultural expression.” – RobertEbert.com “Behold one of the most extraordinarily original cinema experiences of the year.” – The Wrap Synopsis: In an otherworldly e-waste camp made of recycled computer parts, a subversive hacking collective attempts a […]

“[A] high-concept comedy about middle-age masculinity in crisis.” – Times (UK) “What makes this amiably amusing Danish comedy work is the fact that it takes its hapless protagonist almost as seriously as he takes himself.” – Observer (UK) Synopsis: Armed only with a bow and an ensemble of animal skins, Martin sets off into the […]

“A work that possesses both the whimsy and fearlessness of a student project and the technical vibrancy of a veteran’s opus.” – NY Times “The actors’ frayed nerves and hard-won affections—and their cinematic results—reveal their roots in the steadfast artistic purpose and the scary uncertainty of the circumstances that bring them together. – The New Yorker […]

“This is what the work of a visionary filmmaker looks like.” – Rolling Stone “Few filmmakers slither under the skin and directly into the head as mercilessly as David Cronenberg.” – The New York Times “It’s marvelous to have Cronenberg back and to behold his undimmed, unparalleled skill at welding the formulations of horror and […]

“The film fiercely homes in at the moral perversity of an industry at a particular intersection of capitalism, patriarchy, and digital-age spectacle.” – Slant Magazine “But it’s Kappel, an actress with neither experience in the porn industry nor film, who turns in a star-making performance as Bella. She balances showing not just the insecurity and […]

Synopsis: 8-year-old Nelly has just lost her beloved grandmother and is helping her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home. She explores the house and the surrounding woods where her mom, Marion, used to play and built the treehouse she’s heard so much about. One day her mother abruptly leaves. That’s when Nelly meets a […]

“Jim Broadbent could play a vicious despot and still make you wish he was your uncle.” – Time Out “The story is charming, the performances are exceptional.” – Wall Street Journal “One of Michell’s enduring themes was exasperation—an unglamorous emotion, familiar to us all but, unlike rage, seldom given its cinematic due. Hence, perhaps, his interest […]

“The acting is note perfect across the board: six-year-old Rayan Sarlak is an effervescent explosion of rascally energy, while Madjooni is funny, laconic and pissed-off — often all at once.” – Time Out “To be a passenger alongside these nervous voyagers, as they clash, tease and cherish each other on the way to this strange […]

“In front of the orchestras he leads, Dudamel is a live wire, his signature curls bouncing with each wave of the wand. And when the music stops, Dudamel turns his passion for his profession toward advocacy, supporting programs that help young Venezuelan musicians develop professionally.” – NY Times Synopsis: Conductor Gustavo Dudamel sets the music […]

“There is a place for the crowd-pleaser, the tear-jerker, the movie that wants to manipulate your emotions and make you cry – particularly if it manages to bring something new to an old formula.” – NPR “Pushes our buttons shamelessly, but also with enough sincerity, warmth and finesse to forestall accusations of rank manipulation.” – […]

“Weerasethakul is unpacking a sensation everyone has probably experienced at one point in their life: the feeling that something is cosmically out of whack.” – The Atlantic “A vision from the future — a declaration of faith in a medium that hasn’t lost its power to astonish.” – Los Angeles Times “Weerasethakul’s long takes and […]

  “A charming new documentary is an ode to the grandeur and promise of the eateries…The film imparts some fascinating facts—at one point, 10% of Philadelphians were eating at Horn & Hardart daily—and convinces the viewer that Automats were an important part of the American social fabric. Though long gone, they are evidently not forgotten. […]