Denial (2016)
★★★★☆
Timothy Spall excels in Mick Jackson’s Denial, a timely film whose high spot is a gripping courtroom drama.
Americas
Jackie (2016)
★★★★☆
Pablo Larrain’s portrait of a widowed Jackie Kennedy in the days following the President’s assassination has intriguing contemporary resonance.
Lion (2016)
★★★★☆
Garth Davis’s Lion is a gripping, unsentimental adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s moving memoir.
Wiener-Dog (2016)
★★★☆☆
A portrait of America through the eyes of a sausage dog and her owners, Todd Solondz’ Wiener-Dog sees a bizarre parade of melancholics and losers
Manchester by the Sea (2016)
★★★★☆
Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea is well-crafted, superbly acted film for grown-ups.
La La Land (2016)
Petting Zoo (2015)
★★★☆☆
A portrait of the artist as a pregnant teen, Micah Magee’s Petting Zoo is a sensitive study of a girl growing up and finding her way in Texas.
A Monster Calls (2016)
★★★★☆
JA Bayona’s magical fantasy A Monster Calls tugs at adult heartstrings.
I Am Not A Serial Killer (2016)
★★★★☆
Billy O’Brien’s teen horror I Am Not a Serial Killer uncovers the dark, elderly underbelly of American suburbia.
The Birth of a Nation (2016)
★★★★☆
The Birth of a Nation is director Nate Parker’s emotional condemnation of America’s brutal history of slavery through the true story of one man who led a rebellion.
Chi-Raq (2016)
★★★★☆
A dazzling rap musical against the epidemic of gun violence amongst Chicago’s black communities, Spike Lee’s Chi-Raq is sensational.
Paterson (2016)
★★★★☆
Jim Jarmusch celebrates the extraordinariness of ordinary life in Paterson, starring Adam Driver.
Indignation (2016)
★★★☆☆
Adapting Philip Roth’s novel, producer turned director James Schamus’ Indignation is a stylish but passionless feast of Fifties melancholia.
DOG EAT DOG (2016)
Flashily shot, ultra-violent and at times absurd. Paul Schrader’s fast-moving failed heist movie stars Nicholas Cage and Willem Dafoe. Dog Eat Dog CAUTION: Here…
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