Inspiring rags to riches documentary of the life of John Paul Dejoria.
Writer-director Cristian Mungiu continues his expert evisceration of his native Romania, and by extension, this whole rotten world and the people who make it that way, even as they convince themselves otherwise. Here, the remarkably sympathetic villain is a father (Adrian Titieni) who just wants a better life for his …
All that holds writer-director Angel Manuel Soto’s three barely converging plot lines together is an obvious, “Gee, ain’t drugs bad?” message. The stories, one more exploitable than the next, focus on an adolescent scrapper who, in order to box his way to the top, must first assist in settling a …
The people who occupy a single bedroom at various key moments in Mexican history form the basis of this ambitious but gimmicky omnibus picture. According to Variety, the creative force behind this one appears to be producer Edher Campos, who asked screenwriter Maria Diego Hernandez to create eight stories for …
Director Mel Gibson’s first film since 2006’s Apocalypto is visceral proof that the years haven’t done much to change him, at least as a filmmaker. He still loves outliers isolated by their beliefs, in this case a real-life Seventh-Day Adventist named Desmond Doss who wants to serve his country but …
Remember movies? The Coen brothers do. Westerns, romances, musicals, dance extravaganzas — the works. (All of which are on gorgeous, indulgent display here.) Millions of people used to look to them for — in the words of Capitol Pictures’ Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) — “information, uplift, and yes, entertainment.” Kind …
Korea in the 1930s: a young woman (Tae Ri Kim) is hired to care for a mad (or is she?) Japanese heiress (Kim Min-hee), who lives a life of seclusion on a sprawling countryside estate. “What does a crook know about love?” inquires a character in the latest from Chan-wook …
“Ring sense is an art,” intones legendary boxing trainer Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro) at the beginning of this strange and scattered Roberto Durán (Edgar Ramirez) biopic, “you’re either blessed with it from the day you’re born, or cursed without it until the day you die.” It’s as good a …
Director and co-writer Juho Kuosmanen’s stab at a boxing movie is so played down, there’s no room for a musical score. It runs just a little over 90 minutes, and you’d be hard-pressed to recall a film in this genre that spends less time in the ring. Based on the …
Romantic comedy about a young lady who accidentally crosses the border into Pakistan and stumbles into love. Featureing Diana Penty, Abhay Deol, Jimmy Shergill, Ali Fazal and Momal Sheikh; written and directed by Mudassar Aziz. in HIndi.
At long last: an action movie rendered in the manner of a First Person Shooter video game, right down to the regeneration of characters, humorous and/or expository cutscenes, the acquisition of bonus life packs along the way, and the endless final battle against the taunting big boss and his minions. …
Writer-director Kôji Fukada goes to great pains (and even greater focal lengths) to make the viewer question the existence of perfect human depravity, only to turn around and confirm it in this exquisitely told puzzler. Is there anything more gratifying than a sweepingly downcast story told in a uniquely exhilarating …
Ron Davis's documentary about a man who buys a horse slated for the slaughterhouse and rides him to glory.
Aaron Cohen documents the stories of 13 Holocaust survivors and their experience with one remarkable man who sought to share hope and humanity in a hopeless, inhuman place. In English and Czech.
Apparently, so many resources went into creating Sally Field’s late-period showcase role that there wasn’t much left over for the plot, or the other characters. And it is a showcase: Doris is a woman for whom life begins again just as she reaches retirement age. Mom’s death releases her from …