How To Survive A Plague (2012)
★★★★☆
Exposing the front lines of the AIDS epidemic on the streets of New York, David France’s How To Survive A Plague is a moving testament to people power.
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Seduced And Abandoned (2013)
★★★★☆
A documentary shot at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012, James Toback’s Seduced And Abandoned explores the unique aura of the festival itself, cinema art, money, glamour and death.
Milius (2013)
★★★☆☆
The making of a legend, Joey Figueroa and Zak Knutson’s bio-documentary Milius uncovers the gun-toting storyteller and filmmaker that took Hollywood on and lost.
The Nun / La Religieuse (2013)
★★★☆☆
In 18th century France, when a teenage girl is forced by her parents to become a nun, she rebels to try and regain her freedom.
Gloria (2013)
★★★★☆
Taking on the world one man at a time, Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria is a glorious look at a woman giving up on love.
Short Term 12 (2013)
★★★☆☆
Repairing the human heart in an institute for troubled teenagers, Destin Daniel Cretton’s Short Term 12 provides compelling food for the soul.
Philomena (2013)
★★★☆☆
As the worlds of an Irish catholic and an atheist ex-politican collide, Stephen Frears’ Philomena sees a simple faith go head to head with Catholic conspiracy.
The Selfish Giant (2013)
★★★★☆
Based on a children’s short story by Oscar Wilde, Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant is a rag and bone tale of friendship de profundis.
A Magnificent Haunting / Magnifica Presenza (2012)
★★★☆☆
A ghost comedy exploring realms of fiction and reality, Ferzan Ozpetek’s A Magnificent Haunting sees worlds collide as past meets present and the living meet the dead.
Captain Phillips (2013)
★★★☆☆
Taken hostage by Somali pirates, Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips is a taut cat-and-mouse thriller putting a face to human bravery and a very American gun show.
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
★★★☆☆
A meditation on the ties that bind, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Like Father Like Son is a delicately Japanese exploration of fatherhood, blood and ambition.
The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
★★★★★
Love and the circle of life are put to the test in Felix Van Groeningen’s heartbreaking The Broken Circle Breakdown. But will the circle be unbroken?
Love, Marilyn (2012)
★★★★☆
A moving portrait of a model on the make and an actress facing her demons, Liz Garbus’s Love, Marilyn brings the Hollywood icon back to life.
Enough Said (2013)
★★★☆☆
A divorced woman who is the parent of a teenage daughter disovers that the man she’s just started a relationship with is the ex-husband of her new female friend.