POT-AU FEU, THE (LA PASSION DE DODIN BOUFFANT) (director/writer: Tran Anh Hung; screenwriter: based on the book The Life and Passion of Dodin-Bouffant, Gourmet by Marcel Rouff; cinematographer: Jonathan Ricquebourg; editor: Mario…

CLOSE YOUR EYES  (Cerrar Los Ojos)  (director/writer: Victor Erice; screenwriter: Jose Alba/Michael Gaztambide; cinematographer: Valentin Alvarez; editor: Ascen Marchena; music: Federico Jusid; cast:  Manolo Solo (Miguel Garay), Jose Coronado (Julio…

BREAKING ICE, THE   (RAN DONG) (director/writer: Anthony Chen; cinematographer: Yu Jing-Pin; editors: Hoping Chen/Soo Mun Thye; music: Kin Leonn; cast: Dongyu Zhou (Nana), Chuxiao Qu (Han Xiao), Haoran Liu (Haofeng);…

CLOSE TO VERMEER (director/writer: Suzanne Raes; cinematographer: Victor Horstink; editor: Noud Holtman; music: Alex Simu; cast: Gregor Weber, Pieter Roelofs, Abbie Vandivere, Anna Krekeler, Jonathan Janson; Runtime: 78; MPAA Rating:…

MONSTER (director: Hirokazu Koreeda; screenwriter: Yuji Sakamoto; cinematographer:Ryuto Kondo; editor: Hirokazu Koreeda; music: Ryuichi Sakamoto; cast: Sakura Andô (Saori), Eita Nagayama (Mr. Hori), Soya Kurasawa (Minato), Hinata Hiiragi (Yori), Mitsuki…

ZONE OF INTEREST, THE (director/writer: Jonathan Glazer; screenwriter: novel by Martin Amis; cinematographer: Lukasz Zal; editor: Paul Watts; music: Mica Levi; cast: Sandra Huller (Hedwig), Christian Friedel (Rudolf Höss), Max…

TERRESTRIAL VERSES  (Ayeh haye zamini) (directors/writers: Ali Asgari, Alireza Khatami; cinematographer: Adib Sobhani; editor: Ehsan Vaseghi; music: Masoud Fayazzadeh; cast:  Majid Salehi (Siamak), Gohar Kheirandish (Mehri), Farzin Mohades (Ali), Sadaf…

BLACKBIRD, THE (director/writer: Todd Browning; screenwriters: from a Browning story/Waldemar Young; cinematographer: Percy Hilburn; editor: Errol Taggart; music: Robert Israel; cast: Lon Chaney (Dan Tate as both The Bishop and…

BEYOND HUMAN NATURE (director/writer: Michael Neelsen; screenwriter: Joe Pudas; cinematographer: Michael Nie; editor: Michael Neelsen; music: Alexander Valdes; cast: Mike Piaskowski, Randy Winkler, Cal Monfils, Steve Kaplan, Francine Enright, John…

FIREBRAND  (UGARAK) (director: Karim Ainouz; screenwriters: Jessica Ashworth/Henrietta Ashworth/Rosanne Flynn/based on the novel ‘The Queen’s Gambit,’ by Elizabeth Freemantle; cinematographer: Helene Louvart; editor: Heike Parplies; music: Dlckon Hinchliffe; cast: Jude…