Borgman, 2013.Directed by Alex van Warmerdam.Starring Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis and Jeroen Perceval. SYNOPSIS: The arrival of Borgman in a middle-class family home has devastating results. The opening sequence of Alex van Warmerdam’s shocking and eerily funny Borgman looks something straight out of an episode of Lost or some post-Apocalyptic movie. A dirty-looking man clad […]

Stop the Pounding Heart, 2013. Directed by Roberto Minervini.Starring Sara Carlson and Colby Trichell. SYNOPSIS: A teenage girl deals with a crisis of conscience in gun-toting rural Texas. After The Passage and Low Tide, Italian filmmaker Roberto Minervini continues to focus his gaze on the people of rural Texas. Avoiding the large urban areas, Minervini […]

Jimmy P., 2013. Directed by Arnaud Desplechin.Starring Benicio Del Toro, Mathieu Amalric, Gina McKee, Larry Pine and Joseph Cross. SYNOPSIS: A Native American WWII veteran suffering from an inexplicable illness is admitted to a military hospital, where he comes under the care of a French anthropologist, psychoanalyst and specialist in Native American culture. Arnaud Desplechin’s […]

 Like Father, Like Son (Japan: Soshite chichi ni naru), 2013. Written and Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda.Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yoko Maki, and Lily Franky. SYNOPSIS:  Who would you choose: the son you’ve brought up for six years as your own, or your own flesh and blood? Two families have to decide. Kore-eda Hirokazu’s Like […]

Grand Central, 2013. Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski.Starring Léa Seydoux, Tahar Rahim, Denis Menochet, Olivier Gourmet and Nozha Khouadra. SYNOPSIS: A man desperate for work, takes a job at a nuclear power station. He finds money, love and danger. Grand Central follows the story of Gary (Tahar Rahim), a young man who has obviously known trouble […]

The Great Gatsby, 2013. Directed by Baz Luhrmann.Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isla Fisher and Jason Clarke. SYNOPSIS: A young writers life is forever changed when he meets the mysterious and elusive Jay Gatsby. When Baz Luhrmann was handed the reigns to F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic piece of literature, […]

The English Teacher, 2013. Directed by Craig Zisk. Starring Julianne Moore, Lily Collins, Michael Angarano, Greg Kinnear, and Nathan Lane. SYNOPSIS: An English teacher’s life is disrupted when a former student returns to her small town after failing as a playwright in New York. For a writer, failure is inherently less sexy than adversity – […]

Deadfall, 2012. Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky.Starring Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson and Sissy Spacek. SYNOPSIS: A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family’s Thanksgiving celebration. Deadfall is one of those annoying kind of […]

 The Past (France: Le passe), 2013. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.Starring Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, and Pauline Burlet. SYNOPSIS: An Iranian man deserts his French wife and two children to return to his homeland. Meanwhile, his wife starts up a new relationship, a reality her husband confronts upon his wife’s request for a divorce. […]

Stranger by the Lake (France: L’inconnu du lac), 2013. Written and Directed by Alain Guiraudie.Starring Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, and Patrick d’Assumcao. SYNOPSIS: Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel. An attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this, but wants […]