My Top 190+ Movies and Documentaries for 2017... so far and in list order
The year that was and will continue to be as there are more films and docos to view from 2017... In list order.
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- DirectorSamuel MaozStarsLior AshkenaziSarah AdlerYonatan ShirayA troubled family must face the facts when something goes terribly wrong at their son's desolate military post.A powerful three act story told with a surreal absurdist style and creative flair...
- DirectorMartin McDonaghStarsFrances McDormandWoody HarrelsonSam RockwellA mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.Sheer brilliance in all departments...
- DirectorAngelina JolieStarsSareum Srey MochPhoeung KompheakSveng SocheataCambodian author and human rights activist Loung Ung recounts the horrors she suffered as a child under the rule of the deadly Khmer Rouge.Angelina Jolie's perfect direction gets into the mind-set of a child's journey through a war ravaged country...
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsFionn WhiteheadBarry KeoghanMark RylanceAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.Dare I say that this came close to the greatness of Robert Bresson, (just putting it out there), but perfectly crafted, capturing the insanity of war and the Will to survive (and worth seeing it on the big screen)...
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsBryan CranstonLaurence FishburneSteve CarellThirty years after they served together in Vietnam, a former Navy Corpsman Larry "Doc" Shepherd re-unites with his old buddies, former Marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller, to bury his son, a young Marine killed in the Iraq War.Perfect casting for a soul searching journey through grieving, regret and acceptance...
- DirectorGeremy JasperStarsDanielle MacdonaldSahr NgaujahBridget EverettPATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.Dreams that rise from the hardships of life captured perfectly with the right characters to cheer on...
- DirectorRuben ÖstlundStarsClaes BangElisabeth MossDominic WestA prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit.Starts as a brilliant farce on the machinations of an art museum and soon spirals into the fascinating downfall of an art curator, showing that the prestiges art world is even a wild jungle...
- StarsStevie NicksBonoDr. Dre"The Defiant Ones" examines the partnership between Jimmy Iovine and Dr. Dre - one the son of a Brooklyn longshoreman, the other straight out of Compton - and their leading roles in a chain of transformative events in contemporary culture.The coming together of two music influential geniuses in this fascinating documentary mini-series...
- DirectorPaul SchraderStarsEthan HawkeAmanda SeyfriedCedric The EntertainerA minister of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.Schrader is back in form with this soul searching mindfield...
- DirectorGuillermo del ToroStarsSally HawkinsOctavia SpencerMichael ShannonAt a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious creature that is being held in captivity.Mesmerizing and hypnotic due to del Toro's wild imagination, even the corny bits were perfect...
- DirectorArmando IannucciStarsSteve BuscemiSimon Russell BealeJeffrey TamborMoscow, 1953. After being in power for nearly 30 years, Soviet dictator, Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin, takes ill and quickly dies. Now the members of the Council of Ministers scramble for power.Great dialogue enhanced by the wonderful performances in this zany dark comedy...
- DirectorJanus MetzStarsSverrir GudnasonShia LaBeoufStellan SkarsgårdThe story of the 1980 tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.Cinematic brilliance in the telling of the early rivalry between two tennis legends...
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsGary OldmanLily JamesKristin Scott ThomasIn May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.In his best performance Oldman brings to life the enigma of our war time in this historic fascinating story...
- DirectorGreta GerwigStarsSaoirse RonanLaurie MetcalfTracy LettsIn 2002, an artistically inclined 17-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.An intelligent coming of age film with well rounded characters and a gem of a script...
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsCasey AffleckRooney MaraMcColm Cephas Jr.In this singular exploration of legacy, love, loss, and the enormity of existence, a recently deceased, white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to try to reconnect with his bereft wife.An artful WTF piece on the human existence and its purpose with a surreal cheeky approach that works a treat if you are in no hurry...
- DirectorMike WhiteStarsBen StillerAustin AbramsJenna FischerA father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.Mike White has excelled and Stiller gives his finest performance alongside young Abrams. As a middle-aged white male I kind of related to this and hung off every word...
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsMeryl StreepTom HanksSarah PaulsonA cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government.Master storyteller turns what some may deem as a boring political media piece of history into riveting cinema...
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsCallum TurnerKate BeckinsalePierce BrosnanAdrift in New York City, a recent college graduate's life is upended by his father's mistress.The closest to Woody Allen than Woody himself in this Ode to New York and the people who inhabit the fading city of art and dreams, with Bridges almost stealing the show and a storyline worthy of a Greek tragedy...
- DirectorChris SmithStarsJim CarreyDanny DeVitoMilos FormanA behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon (1999).Carrey pushes those comedic boundaries, but in the real world as he drives the cast and crew crazy with his method-acting antics on the set of, MAN ON THE MOON...
- DirectorBryan FogelStarsBryan FogelDave ZabriskieDon CatlinWhen Bryan sets out to uncover the truth about doping in sports, a chance meeting with a Russian scientist transforms his story from a personal experiment into a geopolitical thriller.What started as a documentary about an athlete revealing how to cheat the doping test, soon spirals out of control as a Russian expect in the field comes into play and takes this story in a riveting new direction...
- DirectorDenis VilleneuveStarsHarrison FordRyan GoslingAna de ArmasYoung Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.Thankfully they didn't sell-out to the popcorn crowd, instead they stuck with the mood of the original with plenty of intricate plot details and twists to keep your mind ticking away at the creative beauty of it all...
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsTilda SwintonPaul DanoAhn Seo-hyunA young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.It has plenty to say about the horrid state of our eating habits and the political games we all play to justify it, even the ones fighting against it. All this in an entertaining over-the-top style with a real emotional depth amongst all the zaniness...
- DirectorDavid MichôdStarsBrad PittDaniel BettsJohn MagaroAn idiosyncratic general confronts opposition from enemies, allies, and bureaucrats while leading a massive rebuilding operation in Afghanistan.Biting satire on the machinations of modern war and the political circus the soldiers have to endure...
- DirectorMichael John WarrenAlex TimbersStarsNick KrollJohn MulaneySteve MartinTwo delusional geriatrics reveal curious pasts, share a love of tuna and welcome a surprise guest in this filming of the popular comedy show.Hilarity of the highest intelligent order is ensured in this zany stage production...
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsVicky KriepsDaniel Day-LewisLesley ManvilleSet in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.Lewis does it again under the direction of Anderson, and Greenwood's music accompanies the visuals to perfection...
- DirectorDrake DoremusStarsNicholas HoultLaia CostaDanny HustonIn contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media-driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.A brilliant fragmented observation on modern relationships and its complications via social media and other human-detached devices...
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsAdam SandlerGrace Van PattenDustin HoffmanAn estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.A tremendous cast are given snappy dialogue and quirky characters and make it work wonders...
- DirectorLee UnkrichAdrian MolinaStarsAnthony GonzalezGael García BernalBenjamin BrattAspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.A wondrous tale of combining family tradition, the spirit of music and the celebration of life and those that have lived it...
- DirectorAaron SorkinStarsJessica ChastainIdris ElbaKevin CostnerThe true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world's most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.The magic of Sorkin...
- DirectorJosh HommeAndreas NeumannStarsJosh HommeIggy PopDean FertitaDirected by Andreas Neumann and Joshua Homme, American Valhalla tells the story of an unlikely musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock: Joshua Homme, frontman of Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop, the Godfather of Punk. The film, co-directed by Homme, follows the recording of Iggy's final album 'Post Pop Depression' in the California desert, with his band comprising of Homme, his QOTSA bandmate Dean Fertita and Arctic Monkeys' drummer, Matt Helders, as well as the explosive tour that builds to a crowning performance at London's iconic Royal Albert Hall. Featuring stunning cinematography and intimate access, American Valhalla reveals the growth of an intense bond between the musicians who have taken to heart the mantra: "you risk nothing you gain nothing".The great combination of Iggy and Homme as they journey into each others musical soul of life...
- DirectorSebastián LelioStarsDaniela VegaFrancisco ReyesLuis GneccoMarina, a transgender woman who works as a waitress and moonlights as a nightclub singer, is bowled over by the death of her older boyfriend.Well thought out drama with a standout performance from Vega...
- DirectorAlbert DupontelStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartAlbert DupontelLaurent LafitteIn November 1919, two soldiers--a disfigured but brilliant artist and an ex-accountant--start a memorial con. But in Roaring Twenties France, their adventures soon turn dangerous.Classic French melodrama story with amazing art direction and some clever camera movements...
- DirectorJonathan DaytonValerie FarisStarsEmma StoneSteve CarellAndrea RiseboroughThe true story of the 1973 tennis match between World number one Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.Really got involved in the characters, even better that it was all so real and very Seventies sexist retro...
- DirectorRobin CampilloStarsNahuel Pérez BiscayartArnaud ValoisAdèle HaenelMembers of the advocacy group ACT UP Paris demand action by the government and pharmaceutical companies to combat the AIDS epidemic in the early 1990s.A fascinating and passionate look into the machinations of the AIDS ACT UP group in Paris during the late Eighties and the struggles of one of its founding members, Sean...
- DirectorMichael AngaranoStarsMichael AngaranoNicholas BraunAri GraynorOn his birthday following the suicide of his brother, Max and his friend Peter wander the wintry streets of Manhattan contemplating life, livelihood, and what it means to be an adult.Angarano directed, wrote and starred in this neat sleeper of a jazzy ode to Manhattan as life comes to a head with reality and its consequences...
- DirectorSimon BakerStarsSamson CoulterBen SpenceSimon BakerAfter developing an interest in surfing, a teenage boy and his friend forge an unlikely friendship with an older surfer.Simon Baker captures the pure essence of the novelist, Tim Winton, in this very Australiana tale on a coastal town about teenage growing pains and a zest for surfing...
- DirectorStephen FrearsStarsJudi DenchAli FazalTim Pigott-SmithQueen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.Heartfelt performances and a story well told where an unlikely friendship between diverse cultures come together in harmony but the narrow mindedness of others create a destructive force...
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsDomhnall GleesonMargot RobbieKelly MacdonaldThe relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.The magic and pain behind the creation of Winnie The Pooh and friends which is both heartfelt and moving...
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsTom CruiseDomhnall GleesonSarah WrightThe story of Barry Seal, an American pilot who became a drug-runner for the CIA in the 1980s in a clandestine operation that would be exposed as the Iran-Contra Affair.Cruise shines in this true amazing and crazy story involving all the political and drug scoundrels of the Eighties...
- DirectorMichel HazanaviciusStarsLouis GarrelStacy MartinBérénice BejoIn 1967, during the making of "La Chinoise," film director Jean-Luc Godard falls in love with 19-year-old actress Anne Wiazemsky and marries her.Being Godard is hard, but being with him is more difficult as witnessed in this warts and all story of love with cinema's renowned director done the Godardian way to perfection...
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsMatt DamonChristoph WaltzHong ChauA social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.The tiny adventures of Paul Safranek in this engaging satire...
- DirectorLuca GuadagninoStarsTimothée ChalametArmie HammerMichael StuhlbargIn 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student and the older man hired as his father's research assistant.Sensual in its depiction of inhibited love and the understanding of a youthful awakening, with heartfelt performances to see it through...
- DirectorJordan PeeleStarsDaniel KaluuyaAllison WilliamsBradley WhitfordA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Well crafted thriller that draws you in and takes you for a wild ride in the zany going-ons of these crazy white folks...
- DirectorJames FrancoStarsJames FrancoDave FrancoAri GraynorWhen aspiring actor Greg Sestero meets the weird and mysterious Tommy Wiseau in an acting class, they form a unique friendship and travel to Hollywood to make their dreams come true.The Franco brothers turn on their charm of stupidity to make this hilarious tribute to the truly awful masterpiece, THE ROOM...
- DirectorNora TwomeyStarsSaara ChaudrySoma ChhayaNoorin GulamgausIn 2001, Afghanistan is under the control of the Taliban. When her father is captured, a determined young girl disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family.You get so involved in the emotional plight of the protagonist that you forget that it is an animation with real depth...
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsCalum WorthyJackie LongRory UpholdA progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.Utter rapping fun with white college dude in the thick of it all...
- DirectorTaylor SheridanStarsElizabeth OlsenJeremy RennerGraham GreeneA wildlife officer, who is haunted by a tragedy that happened because of him, teams up with an FBI agent in solving a murder of a young woman on a Wyoming Native American reservation and hopes to get redemption from his past regrets.Story well told, dwelling into the pain of mourning and revenge of the redemption kind...
- DirectorScott CooperStarsScott ShepherdRosamund PikeAva CooperIn 1892, a legendary Army Captain reluctantly agrees to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory.If John Ford was still alive today he would be making this kind of Western, dark, intense and some room for humility...
- DirectorDome KarukoskiStarsPekka StrangSeumas F. SargentChris MylandAward-winning filmmaker Dome Karukoski brings to screen the life and work of artist Touko Valio Laaksonen (aka Tom of Finland), one of the most influential and celebrated figures of 20th-century gay culture.Underground gay artist whose work influenced a sexual culture is perfectly captured in cinematic form...
- DirectorGianni AmelioStarsElio GermanoGiovanna MezzogiornoMicaela RamazzottiBack from the hospital where he has been treated after a heart attack, Lorenzo is on his way upstairs to his top-floor apartment in Naples when he meets Michela. The charming young woman, who has just moved to the facing apartment, has forgotten her keys and finds herself locked out. Cynical and grumpy, the retired lawyer who has been living estranged from the rest of the world, should normally leave her to her fate but he mellows under her spontaneous charm. He helps her, becomes friends not only with her but with her husband Fabio and their two children. For once, the self-declared misanthropist seems to be experiencing the long forgotten feeling of empathy.Gianni Amelio creates a fine Italian drama with plenty of depth...
- DirectorAlfonso Gomez-RejonStarsBenedict CumberbatchOliver PowellSophia AllyThe dramatic story of the cutthroat race between electricity titans Thomas A. Edison and George Westinghouse to determine whose electrical system would power the modern world.The power war between the greatest inventors is fascinating and sad at the same time, and not much has changed these days...
- DirectorMichael ShowalterStarsKumail NanjianiZoe KazanHolly HunterPakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds himself forced to face her feisty parents, his family's expectations, and his true feelings.This would have been a perfect television series for Amazon Studios, but still worked a treat as a feature with heartfelt adorable characters and a perfectly tight narrative...
- DirectorSalvatore FicarraValentino PiconeStarsSalvatore FicarraValentino PiconeVincenzo AmatoIn a Sicilian town signed by countless problems provoked by a rampant dishonesty, the inhabitants elect a major which promises order and legality. But the truth is that the town (and Italy) is corrupted and dishonest beyond redemption.A laugh-out-load satire on the madness of Sicilian politics and the hypocrites who vote the monsters in...
- DirectorMarco DutraJuliana RojasStarsIsabél ZuaaMarjorie EstianoMiguel LoboClara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but a fateful night changes their plans.A modern werewolf urban fable that is well told...
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsNicole KidmanKirsten DunstElle FanningThe unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.Sofia sets the perfect tone for this dark sinister unique tale set in a remote southern manor where an injured Union Soldier manipulates a group of women in order to survive...
- DirectorDan GilroyStarsDenzel WashingtonColin FarrellCarmen EjogoRoman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.It's Denzel's performance that hooks you into the movie...
- DirectorAnders WalterStarsMadison WolfeZoe SaldanaImogen PootsBarbara Thorson struggles through life by escaping into a fantasy life of magic and monsters.After a false start it settles into what it's really all about with a fascinating angle on a teenager dealing with the harsh reality by creating a dark fantasy world...
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsCharlie PlummerAmy SeimetzTravis FimmelA teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete.Somber and effective piece about a teenager who hits the road with a stolen horse as the world crumbles around him...
- DirectorYorgos LanthimosStarsBarry G. BernsonHerb CaillouetBill CampSteven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.Yorgos and Farrell team up again for more absurdity but this time with a darker sinister twisted tone that hooks you in for the strange ride...
- DirectorDestin Daniel CrettonStarsBrie LarsonWoody HarrelsonNaomi WattsA young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who's an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children's imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.Life in turmoil with eccentric poor parents and their ideology that destroys but strengthens their children...
- DirectorNiki CaroStarsJessica ChastainJohan HeldenberghDaniel BrühlKeepers of the Warsaw Zoo, Antonina and Jan Zabinski, must save hundreds of people and animals during the Nazi invasion in WWII Poland.Powerful and well structured story...
- DirectorCraig GillespieStarsMargot RobbieSebastian StanAllison JanneyCompetitive ice skater Tonya Harding rises amongst the ranks at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, but her future in the activity is thrown into doubt when her ex-husband intervenes.How to make unlikeable characters fascinating in an intriguing and wacky true story in the polite sport of ice skating...
- DirectorAdrian BuitenhuisDerik MurrayStarsHeath LedgerBen HarperKim LedgerFriends and family of the late actor Heath Ledger remember his life and career.Insight into the active mind of a creative force...
- DirectorLéa MysiusStarsNoée AbitaLaure CalamyJuan Cano13-year-old Ava learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected, and she confronts the problem in her own way.A well crafted look into the life of a young teenager as she enters puberty while her eyesight begins to deteriorate towards blindness...
- DirectorSusanna WhiteStarsJessica ChastainLouisa KrauseBoots SoutherlandCatherine Weldon, a portrait painter from 1890s Brooklyn, travels to Dakota to paint a portrait of Sitting Bull and becomes embroiled in the Lakota peoples' struggle over the rights to their land.What stands out is the relationship forged between the artist Weldon and Sitting Bull during the political turmoil of the U.S. land grabs...
- DirectorBjörn RungeStarsGlenn CloseJonathan PryceMax IronsA wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.At first it feels a little stifle in emotion but all for a good reason as it slowly unravels, with the top performances giving it an extra edge...
- DirectorTodd HaynesStarsOakes FegleyJulianne MooreMichelle WilliamsTells the tale of two children separated by fifty years. In 1927, Rose searches for the actress whose life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977, Ben runs away from home to find his father.There are certain elements within the story that work magically in the book, but on screen you just have to accept the coincidental accidents that bind the story which Haynes pulls off with creative flair...
- DirectorLynn SheltonStarsEdie FalcoJay DuplassLouis HobsonAn ex-con struggling to readjust to life in his small town forms an intense bond with his former high school teacher.Small story with intricate characters in a situation that has your interest in this perfectly paced drama...
- DirectorSteven SoderberghStarsChanning TatumAdam DriverDaniel CraigTwo brothers attempt to pull off a heist during a NASCAR race in North Carolina.A decent heist yarn with the perfect characters and twists to entertain along the merry way...
- DirectorDee ReesStarsJason MitchellCarey MulliganJason ClarkeTwo men return home from World War II to work on a farm in rural Mississippi, where they struggle to deal with racism and adjusting to life after war.For me the story picked-up at the midway point when the War ended, but still an interesting build up and a master finale on a book that would have been difficult adapting to the screen....
- DirectorEdgar WrightStarsAnsel ElgortJon BernthalJon HammAfter being coerced into working for a crime boss, a young getaway driver finds himself taking part in a heist doomed to fail.Clever use of music incorporated within the scene, and better still, within the superb action sequences, even when the story sometimes gets a little predictable...
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsMichelle WilliamsChristopher PlummerMark WahlbergThe story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.Perfectly structured taut story with dramatic performances to match...
- DirectorJon AlpertLife in Cuba for three struggling families over the course of 45 years, from the cautious optimism of the early 1970s to the harrowing 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union and the 2016 death of Fidel Castro.A personal journey through Cuba over four decades via the camera lens as it captures the spirit and suffering of the people, but the highlight will have to be the rare and intimate footage of Castro...
- DirectorPaul McGuiganStarsAnnette BeningJamie BellKenneth CranhamA romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.Bening is stunning as the ageing star romancing a young local Liverpudlian...
- DirectorNaomi KawaseStarsMasatoshi NagaseAyame MisakiTatsuya FujiA passionate writer of film versions for visually impaired people meets an older photographer who is slowly losing his eyesight.An intriguing premise of a woman narrating movies for the blind and her peculiar relationship with a photographer who is losing his sight makes for an interesting artful story...
- DirectorHarald ZwartStarsThomas GullestadJonathan Rhys MeyersMarie BlokhusThey were 12 saboteurs. The Nazis killed 11 of them. This is the true story of the one that got away.A great war yarn about a secluded community who attempt to help a spy to get away from the Nazis and over the border to Sweden...
- DirectorChris PerkelStarsClive DavisSimon CowellJimmy IovineA look at the life and work of music producer, Clive Davis.More of a tribute than a revelation, but still an interesting account on a great life...
- DirectorWarwick ThorntonStarsHamilton MorrisShanika ColeEwen LeslieWestern set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.A meditative view into the hardships of Indigenous life in early outback Australia with strong visuals telling a harrowing tale...
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsChris EvansMckenna GraceLindsay DuncanFrank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.Amazing child performance, and the story gets you involved...
- DirectorJacob KornbluthSari GilmanStarsRobert ReichDarvin BentlageAnnie PresleySAVING CAPITALISM is a documentary film that follows former Secretary of Labor and Professor, Robert Reich, as he takes his book and his views to the heart of conservative America to speak about our economic system and present big ideas for how to fix it.Reich has important issues to raise in this crazy political and economic times...
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsJacob TremblayOwen WilsonIzabela VidovicBased on the New York Times bestseller, this movie tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarming story of August Pullman, a boy with facial differences who enters the fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.Unashamedly pulls the heartstrings but you can't help fall for this perfect emotional charmer...
- DirectorSusan LacyStarsSteven SpielbergMartin ScorseseRichard DreyfussA documentary on Steven Spielberg, filmmaker. Includes interviews with relatives, film critics, peers and people who have worked with him.Just when you thought you knew everything about the man and his movies...
- CreatorJaffe CohenRyan MurphyMichael ZamStarsJessica LangeAlison WrightNaomi WattsAn anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.Brilliant performances on a fascinating period in the lives of Hollywood legends and their downfall...
- DirectorJeff BaenaStarsAlison BrieDave FrancoKate MicucciIn the Middle Ages, a young servant fleeing from his master takes refuge at a convent full of emotionally unstable nuns. Introduced as a deaf mute man, he must fight to hold his cover as the nuns try to resist temptation.Decameron told as it should be, a satirical piece on religion and sex of its time...
- DirectorSaul DibbStarsPaul BettanySam ClaflinStephen GrahamSet in a dugout in Aisne in 1918, it is the story of a group of British officers, led by mentally-disintegrating young Officer Stanhope, as they await their fate.Life in the trenches of WW1, but this time from the officers point of view, and still as harrowing…
- DirectorAnnarita ZambranoStarsJean-Marc BarrGiuseppe BattistonBarbora BobulovaAn Italian insurgent living with his teenage daughter in France discovers that he no longer has political asylum, and the family he left behind in Italy are forced to answer for his past sins.Effective pacing for this Italian political drama centring on a family paying the burden of a member's actions from twenty years ago...
- DirectorArnaud DesplechinStarsMathieu AmalricMarion CotillardCharlotte GainsbourgThe story follows a filmmaker (Mathieu Amalric) whose life is sent into a tailspin by the return of a former lover (Marion Cotillard as Carlotta) just as he is about to embark on the shoot of a new film.Unique premise with strange going-ons that keep it interesting...
- DirectorHeidi EwingRachel GradyStarsEttyChani GetterAri HershkowitzPenetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.Who would have thought in this day and age that a religious group within a Western World can still control a large secluded population, and the wrath they hand out to those who excommunicated as shown in this insightful piece...
- DirectorKevin PhillipsStarsOwen CampbellCharlie TahanElizabeth CappuccinoTeenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.Nothing out of the ordinary, but the cast hold it together with the intense and creative direction...
- DirectorKriv StendersStarsRobert ForsterMark CallaghanClinton WalkerAll about the Australian band The Go-Betweens.An insightful and creative look into Australia's seminal indie band...
- DirectorDK WelchmanHugh WelchmanStarsDouglas BoothJerome FlynnRobert GulaczykIn a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.Creative in visual with story intriguing enough as to why Vincent did it...
- DirectorEdouard DelucStarsVincent CasselTuheï AdamsMalik ZidiFocused on French painter Paul Gauguin's affair with a younger lady in Tahiti.Cassel was amazing as the fictional version of the artist, who in real life had a few issues, but still well told...
- StarsDavid StrattonJill BilcockJacki WeaverFor most people, movies are entertainment. For one man, they're a way of life.Stratton's life shown through his love for Australian movies...
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsWoody HarrelsonJames MarsdenRob ReinerA group of journalists of the Knight-Ridder news service covering President George W. Bush's planned invasion of Iraq in 2003 are skeptical of the President's claim that Saddam Hussein has "weapons of mass destruction."Maybe a TV series with an edgier screenplay would have done this justice, but still intriguing for those who still don't know the truth, and maybe not so for those who don't care for the truth only because of their political blindness...
- DirectorMichael WinterbottomStarsSteve CooganRob BrydonRebecca JohnsonActors Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon embark on a six-part episodic road trip through Europe. This time they're in Spain, sampling the restaurants, eateries, and sights along the way.A serious undertone on this trip but still some hilarious lunches that were short and succinct...
- DirectorCharles GarradStarsColin MorganFanny ArdantAudrey BastienPaul (Morgan) investigates his late father's increasingly disturbing past and becomes suspicious of the mysterious, melancholic, and possibly dangerous Madeleine (Ardant).Enjoyed the mystic mood that this little sleeper created...
- DirectorJustin ChadwickStarsAlicia VikanderDane DeHaanJack O'ConnellAn artist falls for a young married woman while he's commissioned to paint her portrait during the Tulip mania of seventeenth century Amsterdam.A fine melodrama with plenty of emotional twists and turns...
- DirectorGeorge ClooneyStarsMatt DamonJulianne MooreOscar IsaacAs a 1950s suburban community self-destructs, a home invasion has sinister consequences for one seemingly normal family.A neat homage to Fifties Hollywood thrillers with a bit of Film Noir thrown in as well as some racial tension which makes for an interesting mess...
- DirectorAitor ArregiJon GarañoStarsJoseba UsabiagaEneko SagardoyIñigo AranburuA story about the world's tallest man, this is an unsettling Basque-language period drama focused on sibling rivalry.Well told both visually and in story structure with an added bonus with the right cast...
- DirectorAndy SerkisStarsAndrew GarfieldClaire FoyHugh BonnevilleThe inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.There was a special connection between the two leads that pulled it off...