A blind acupuncturist is pulled back into the city's brutal criminal underworld when a ruthless gang boss targets a young patient under his protection, forcing him to weaponize his deadly knowledge of the human body to save the boy before...
THE STORY – Enzo, 19, and his sister Carla, 20, have been fending for themselves for years. When their father, Anthony, is released from prison, Enzo sees the fleeting promise of rebuilding a family, while it is inconceivable for Carla. As...
THE STORY – A washed-up underground party promoter’s life takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to care for a son he never knew he had. THE CAST – Jordan Firstman, Cara Delevingne, Diego Calva, Reggie Absolom, Eldar Isgandarov & Miss Benny...
It’s difficult, if not impossible, to imagine a bolder, more fearless feature-length debut this year than playwright-turned-filmmaker Aleshea Harris’ uncategorizable feature-length debut, Is God Is. Part righteous rampage of revenge (down, as always, with the patriarchy in all its...
One of this year’s most-anticipated premieres is a rare occurrence for the Cannes Film Festival: a sequel. Coming full circle, Lisandro Alonso’s new feature is a follow-up to his acclaimed debut La libertad. Double Freedom (aka La libertad doble) catches up with woodcutter Misael...
Thomas Mann, Nobel Prize-winning writer and voice of the German resistance from abroad, fled Germany in 1933 to take refuge in California, where he lived for sixteen years before returning to Germany in 1949 to receive the Goethe Prize in...
In the depths of Patagonia during the 80's, a hunting guide stumbles upon a shocking crime involving his niece, forcing him to investigate and to confront the haunting secrets of that era's dark years in his pursue of justice. [Read...
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterA series of rare Korean cinema is on display in Celluloid Fever. Japan SocietyKazuhiko Hasegawa’s Anarchic Ethos features an ultra-rare print of The Man Who Stole the Sun—my pick...
In the Grey has a jaunty spirit that cuts against the dour grain of many modern action films. The post ‘In the Grey’ Review: Guy Ritchie’s Breezy, Island-Set Actioner Chases Its Own Tail appeared first on Slant Magazine.