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“AFTER LOVE” (2016 feature film directed by Joachim Lafosse)
Reviews ***½
After Love [2016]
Joachim Lafosse
Bérénice Bejo (The Artist) and Cédric Kahn star in the new film from Joachim Lafosse (The White Knights), about a separating couple whose battle… 
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CastBérénice Bejo, Cédric Kahn
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance / Belgium
CWC$18 Video
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“APPRENTICE” (2016 feature film directed by Junfeng Boo)
Reviews ***½
Apprentice [2016]
Junfeng Boo
This slow-burning drama set in a Singaporean prison explores the charged issue of the death penalty from the point of view of an aspiring execut… 
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CastFirdaus Rahman, Wan Hanafi Su, Mastura Ahma…
LanguageEnglish | Malay   CountrySingapore
CWC$14A Video
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“AQUARIUS” (2016 feature film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho)
Reviews ****
Aquarius [2016]
Kleber Mendonça Filho
The magnificent Sonia Braga stars in the new film by acclaimed Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Neighboring Sounds), about a retired mu… 
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CastSônia Braga, Maeve Jinkings, Irhandir Santos…
LanguagePortuguese   CountryBrazil
CWC$18A Video
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“AYITI MON AMOUR” (2016 feature film directed by Guetty Felin)
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Ayiti Mon Amour [2016]
Guetty Felin
A grieving young boy discovers he has a superpower, an old fisherman thinks the cure for his ailing wife can be found in the sea, and a muse str… 
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CastJoakim Cohen, Anisia Uzeyman, Jaures Andris,…
LanguageHaitian Creole, Fren…   CountryHaiti
CWC$PG Video
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“BOUNDARIES” (2016 feature film directed by Chloé Robichaud)
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Boundaries [2016]
Chloé Robichaud
The paths of three women cross in Besco, a small isolated island facing an important economic crisis. 
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CastMacha Grenon, Emily VanCamp, Nathalie Doumma…
LanguageEnglish   CountryCanada
CWC$PG
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“BROOKS, MEADOWS AND LOVELY FACES” (2016 feature film directed by Yousry Nasrallah)
Reviews ***½
Brooks, Meadows and Lovely Faces [2016]
Yousry Nasrallah
A family of caterers in a small Egyptian village prepares for a big wedding feast while balancing sibling rivalry, romantic entanglements, and c… 
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CastLaila Eloui, Menna Shalaby, Bassem Samra
LanguageArabic   CountryEgypt
CWC$PG Video
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“CLAIR OBSCUR” (2016 feature film directed by Yesim Ustaoglu)
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Clair Obscur [2016]
Yesim Ustaoglu
Turkish writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu offers a parallel study of two women -- a psychiatrist with a long-time live-in partner and a wife in a c… 
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CastFunda Eryigit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtulus, O…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWC$18 Video
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“DEATH IN SARAJEVO” (2016 feature film directed by Danis Tanovic)
Reviews ***½
Death in Sarajevo [2016]
Danis Tanovic
An aging hotel becomes an ideological powder keg during centennial commemorations for the outbreak of the First World War, in this dazzling, Alt… 
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CastJacques Weber, Snezana Vidovic, Izudin Bajro…
LanguageBosnian | French   CountryBosnia and Herzegovi…
CWC$18 Video
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“A DECENT WOMAN” (2016 feature film directed by Lukas Valenta Rinner)
Reviews ***½
A Decent Woman [2016]
Lukas Valenta Rinner
A Buenos Aires cleaning woman enters the strange world of upper-class nudism, in this wry, deadpan satire from Austro-Argentine writer-director … 
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CastMartin Shanly, Iride Mockert, Andrea Strenit…
LanguageSpanish   CountryArgentina
CWC$18 Video
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“EMBER” (2016 feature film directed by Zeki Demirkubuz)
Reviews ***½
Ember [2016]
Zeki Demirkubuz
In this slow-burning psychological drama from Turkish director Zeki Demirkubuz, an Istanbul seamstress struggling with the debts left behind by … 
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CastAslihan Gurbuz, Caner Cindoruk, Taner Birsel…
LanguageTurkish   CountryTurkey
CWC$18 Video
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“THE FIXER” (2016 feature film directed by Adrian Sitaru)
Reviews ****
The Fixer [2016]
Adrian Sitaru
A headline-grabbing sex scandal gives a Romanian trainee at a French news network an opportunity for his big break, in this charged moral drama … 
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CastTudor Aaron Istodor, Mehdi Nebbou, Nicolas W…
LanguageRomanian   CountryRomania
CWC$18 Video
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“HANDSOME DEVIL” (2016 feature film directed by John Butler)
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Handsome Devil [2016]
John Butler
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate, in this funny and obser… 
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CastFionn O'Shea, Nicholas Galitzine, Moe Dunfor…
LanguageEnglish   CountryIreland
CWC$14A
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“HEAVEN WILL WAIT” (2015 feature film directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar)
Reviews ***½
Heaven Will Wait [2015]
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaa…
Director Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar parallels the stories of two teenage girls — one a would-be jihadist, the other a model student who strik… 
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CastNoémie Merlant, Naomi Amarger, Clotilde Cour…
LanguageFrench   CountryFrance
CWC$14A Video
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“INDIVISIBLE” (2016 feature film directed by Edoardo de Angelis)
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Indivisible [2016]
Edoardo de Angelis
Two teenage Siamese twins face an emotional decision when a doctor claims that he can separate them, in this stylized, offbeat drama from Neapol… 
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CastAngela Fontana, Marianna Fontana, Antonia Tr…
LanguageItalian   CountryItaly
CWC$14A Video
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“MARIE CURIE, THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE” (2016 feature film directed by Marie Noëlle)
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Marie Curie, The Courage of Knowledge [2016]
Marie Noëlle
Polish actress Karolina Gruszka stars in this sweeping biography of the legendary, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist, who courted contro… 
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CastKarolina Gruszka, Arieh Worthalter, Charles …
LanguageFrench   CountryGermany / France / P…
CWC$14A
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“MISTER UNIVERSO” (2016 feature film directed by Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel)
Reviews ***
Mister Universo [2016]
Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel
After a superstitious lion tamer loses his good-luck charm, he sets out on a magical, picaresque odyssey across Italy to find "Mister Universo,"… 
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CastTairo Caroli, Wendy Weber, Arthur Robin
LanguageItalian   CountryAustria / Italy
CWC$18 Video
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“PYROMANIAC” (2016 feature film directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg)
Reviews ***½
Pyromaniac [2016]
Erik Skjoldbjærg
Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjærg (Insomnia) returns with this slow-burning psychological study about a young arsonist terrorizing a rural com… 
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CastTrond Hjort Nilssen, Per Frisch, Liv Bernhof…
LanguageNorwegian   CountryNorway
CWC$14A Video
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“THE REHEARSAL” (2016 feature film directed by Alison Maclean)
Reviews ***½
The Rehearsal [2016]
Alison Maclean
A young student at a drama school faces a moral conundrum when his budding romance becomes fodder for a final-year performance, in director Alis… 
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CastKerry Fox, James Rolleston, Alice Englert, E…
LanguageEnglish   CountryNew Zealand
CWC$14A Video
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“THE ROAD TO MANDALAY” (2016 feature film directed by Midi Z)
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The Road to Mandalay [2016]
Midi Z
Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of T… 
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CastKo Kai, Wu Ke-Xi
LanguageEnglish, Chinese, Th…   CountryTaiwan / Myanmar
CWC$14A
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“SANTA & ANDRES” (2016 feature film directed by Carlos Lechuga)
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Santa & Andres [2016]
Carlos Lechuga
A dissident, homosexual Cuban novelist strikes up an unlikely rapport with the government watcher assigned to keep him from speaking during an u… 
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CastLola Amores, Eduardo Martinez, George Abreu,…
LanguageSpanish   CountryCuba / Colombia
CWC$14A Video
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“SOUL ON A STRING” (2016 feature film directed by Yang ZHANG)
Reviews ***
Soul on a String [2016]
Yang ZHANG
Zhang Yang (Shower, Quitting) adapts two novels by Tibetan writer Tashi Dawa for this stunning mystical epic about a killer on the run who is en… 
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CastKimba, Quni Ciren, Siano Dudiom Zahi, Solang…
LanguageTibetan   CountryChina
CWC$14A
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“TAMARA AND THE LADYBUG” (2016 feature film directed by Lucía Carreras)
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Tamara and the Ladybug [2016]
Lucía Carreras
Two women, living on the margins of their society, become the unlikely caretakers for a lost baby, in director Lucía Carreras’ compelling and he… 
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CastÁngeles Cruz, Angelina Peláez, Mercedes Pasc…
LanguageSpanish   CountryMexico / Spain
CWC$PG Video
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“TRAMPS” (2016 feature film directed by Adam Leon)
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Tramps [2016]
Adam Leon
A young man finds love in an unlikely place when he subs in for his brother on a shady deal, in this charming romantic caper comedy from writer-… 
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CastCallum Turner, Grace Van Patten, Mike Birbig…
LanguageEnglish   CountryUSA
CWC$14A
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“VAYA” (2016 feature film directed by Akin Omotoso)
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Vaya [2016]
Akin Omotoso
Director Akin Omotoso weaves together three separate stories to create a gripping yet compassionate portrait of small-town characters immersed i… 
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CastMncedisi Shabangu, Zimkhitha Nyoka, Nomonde …
LanguageZulu   CountrySouth Africa
CWC$14A Video
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“WE ARE NEVER ALONE” (2016 feature film directed by Petr Václav)
Reviews ***½
We Are Never Alone [2016]
Petr Václav
The unhappy lives of a shop clerk, a bouncer, a stripper, and a prison guard intersect in this nihilistic black comedy set in an isolated centra… 
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CastKarel Roden, Lenka Vlasakova, Miroslav Hanus…
LanguageCzech | Romany   CountryCzech Republic
CWC$18 Video
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“THE WEDDING RING” (2016 feature film directed by Rahmatou Keïta)
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The Wedding Ring [2016]
Rahmatou Keïta
Recently returned to her home in rural Niger after completing her degree abroad, a young woman suffering from the pain of a lost love finds rene… 
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CastMagaajyia Silberfeld, Aïchatou Moussa, Aïcha…
LanguageSonghoy, Zarma, Haus…   CountryNiger / Burkina Faso…
CWC$PG
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“WHITE SUN” (2016 feature film directed by Deepak Rauniyar)
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White Sun [2016]
Deepak Rauniyar
A former Maoist rebel struggles to reintegrate with his unwelcoming community and move beyond a painful past, in this beautiful social drama fro… 
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CastDayahang Rai, Asha Magrati, Rabindra Singh B…
LanguageNepali   CountryNepal
CWC$PG
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“THE WOMEN'S BALCONY” (2016 feature film directed by Emil Ben-Shimon)
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The Women's Balcony [2016]
Emil Ben-Shimon
An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gendered rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted… 
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CastEvelin Hagoel, Igal Naor, Orna Banay, Einat …
LanguageHebrew   CountryIsrael
CWC$PG
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“X QUINIENTOS” (2016 feature film directed by Juan Andrés Arango Garcia)
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X Quinientos [2016]
Juan Andrés Arango Garcia
Three separate but powerful stories of three teenagers who must come to terms with their new reality when they are forced to migrate to differen… 
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CastJembie Almazan, Jonathan Diaz Angulo, Bernar…
LanguageSpanish, English, Fr…   CountryCanada/Colombia/Mexi…
CWC$14A Video
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“ZACMA: BLINDNESS” (2016 feature film directed by Ryszard Bugajski)
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Zacma: Blindness [2016]
Ryszard Bugajski
Haunted by her ruthless past, a former high-ranking security officer in Poland’s communist government seeks an audience with the Primate of the … 
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CastMaria Mamona, Malgorzata Zajaczkowska, Janus…
LanguagePolish   CountryPoland
CWC$18 Video
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