BUDDY (director/writer: Heddy Honigman; cinematographer: Adri Schrover; editor: Jessica de Koning; music: Florencia Di Concilio; Runtime: 86; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: John Appel; Grasshopper Film; 2018-Netherlands-in Dutch with English subtitles)…

BLOODY MARIE (director/writer: Lennert Hillege, Guido van Driel; cinematographer: Lennert Hillege; editor: Stijn Deconinck; music: Matthijs Kieboom ; cast: Dragos Bucur (Dragomir ), Susanne Wolff (Marie Wankelmut), Jan Bijvoet (Oscar…

ADORATION (director/writer: Fabrice du Welz; screenwriters: Romaine Protat/Vincent Tavier; cinematographer: Manuel Dacosse; editor:Anne-Laure Guegan; music: Vincent Cahay; cast: Laurent Lucas (l'oncle de Gloria), Thomas Gioria (Paul), Benoît Poelvoorde (Hinkel), Anael…

KABOOM (director/writer: Gregg Araki; cinematographer: Sandra Valde-Hansen; editor: Gregg Araki; music: Robin Guthrie/Mark Peters/Ulrich Schnauss/Vivek Maddala; cast: Thomas Dekker (Smith), Haley Bennett (Stella), Chris Zylka (Thor), Roxane Mesquida (Lorelei), Juno…

SLAM (director/writer: Partho Sen-Gupta; cinematographer: Bonnie Elliott; editor: Annick Raoul; music: Eryck Abecassis; cast: Adam Bakri (Ricky, formerly Tariq), Danielle Horvat (Ameena Nasser), Rachel Blake (Joanne Hendricks), Damian Hill (Shane),…

Scales (Sayidat Al Bahr) (director/writer: Shahad Ameen; cinematographer: João Ribeiro; editors: Ali Salloum, Ewa Johansson-Lind, Shahnaz Dulaimy; music: Fabien Kourtzer, Mike Kourtzer; cast: Basima Hajjar (Hayat), Ashraf Barhoum (Amer), Yagoub…

SORRY WE MISSED YOU (director/writer: Ken Loach; screenwriter: Paul Lavertcinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Jonathan Morris; music: George Fenton; cast: Kris Hitchen (Ricky Turner), Debbie Honeywood (Abbie Turner), Nikki Marshall (Traffic…

CLEMENCY (director/writer: Chinonye Chukwu; cinematographer: Eric Branco; editor: Phyllis Housen; music: Kathryn Bostic; cast: Alfre Woodard (Warden Bernadine Williams), Aldis Hodge (Anthony Woods), Richard Gunn (Deputy Warden Thomas Morgan), Richard…

KURONEKO (YABU NO NAKA NO KURONEKO) (BLACK CAT) (director/writer: Kanedo Shinto; cinematographer: Kiyomi Kuroda; editor: Hisao Enoki; music: Hikaru Hayashi; cast: Kei Sato (Raiko), Kichiemon Nakamura (Gintoki-Hachi), Nobuko Otowa (Yone-Mother), Kiwako…

GREENER GRASS (director/writer: Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe; cinematographer: Lowell A. Meyer; editor: Taylor Gianotas; music: Samuel Nobles; cast: Jocelyn DeBoer (Jill), Dawn Luebbe (Lisa), Beck Bennett (Nick), Neil Casey (Dennis),…