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…

SWEET EAST, THE (director: Sean Price Williams; screenwriter: Nick Pinkerton; cinematographer: Sean Price Williams; editor: Stephen Gurewitz; music: Stephen Gurewitz; cast: Talia Ryder (Lillian), Simon Rex (Lawrence), Earl Cave (Caleb),…

MACHINE, THE (director: Peter Atencio; screenwriters: Kevin Biegel/Scotty Landes; cinematographer: Eigil Bryid; editor: Eleanor Infante; music: Joseph Trapanese; cast: Bert Kreicher (Bert), Jimmy Tatro (Young Bert), Mark Hamill (Albert), Iva…