BURNING (BEONING) (director/writer: Chang-dong Lee; screenwriter: Oh Jung-mi/from the short story “Barn Burning” by Haruki Murakami; cinematographer: Hong Kyung-pyo; editors: Kim Hyun and Kim Da-won; music: Mowg; cast:  Steven Yeun (Ben),…

BEAUTY AND THE DOGS (AALA KAF IRIT) (director/writer: Kaouther Ben Hania; screenwriter: loosely based on “Coupable d’avoir été violée” by Meriem Ben Mohamed; cinematographer: Johan Holmquist; editor: Nadia Ben Rachid;…

UNDER THE TREE (UNDIR TRENU) (director/writer: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson; screenwriter: story and screenplay Huldar Breiðfjörð; cinematographer: Monika Lenczewska; editor: Kristján Loðmfjörð; music: Daniel Bjarnason; cast: Þorsteinn Bachmann  (Konrad), Selma Björnsdóttir…

WHAT THEY HAD (director/writer: Elizabeth Chomko; cinematographer: Roberto Schaeffer; editor: Tom McArdle; music: Danny Mulhern; cast: Hilary Swank (Bridget), Michael Shannon (Nick), Robert Forster (Burt), Blythe Danner (Ruth), Taissa Farmiga…

IRRESISTIBLE (director/writer: Jon Stewart; cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski; editors: Mike Selemon/Jake Rabinovitz; music: Bryce Dessner; cast: Chris Cooper (Jack Hastings), Rose Byrne (Faith Brewster), Steve Carell (Gary Zimmer), Brent Sexton (Mayor…

THEY CALL US MONSTERS (director: Ben Lear; screenwriter: Gabriel Cowan; cinematographer: Nicholas Wiesnet; editor: Eli Despres;  cast: Juan Gamez, Antonio Hernandez, Jarad Nava, Gabe Cowan; Runtime: 82; MPAA Rating: NR;…

SCENT OF MYSTERY (HOLIDAY IN SPAIN) (director: Jack Cardiff; screenwriters: William Roos/Gerald Kersh/based on the novel Ghost of a Chance by Kelley Roos; cinematographer: John Von Kotze; editors: James Newcom/Frank…

ANGELS AND INSECTS (director/writer: Philip Haas; screenwriters: from novella Morpho Eugenia by A.S. Byatt/Belinda Haas; cinematographer: Bernard Zitzermann; editor: Belinda Haas; cast: Mark Rylance (William Adamson), Kristin Scott Thomas (Matty…

HOUSE OF HUMMINGBIRD (BEOL-SAE) (director/writer: Kim Bora; cinematographer: Gook-hyun Kang; editor: Zoe Sua Cho; music: Matija Strniša; cast: Ji-hu Park (Eun-hee), Sae-byuk Kim (Yong-gi), Seung-Yeon Lee (Mom), In-gi Jeong (Dad),…

RISK (director/writer: Laura Poitras; cinematographer: Kirsten Johnson; editors: Melody London, Laura Poiras; music: Jeremy Flower; cast:  Julian Assange, Sarah Harrison, Jacob Appelbaum; Runtime: 97; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Brenda Coughlin;…