Director Dilip Mehta's sly film takes us inside both the privileged world of Canadian diplomats in New Delhi and the more tenuous existence of the poor Indians who work for them. Stella (the charming Seema Biswas), the Canadian High Co... more
This thoroughly madcap dark comedy follows a divorcing middle-aged couple forced to remain together until they can sell their house. Although husband Juhani (Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman) prepares a new list of "house rules" to make life beara... more
No mothers are murdered during the course of this semi-autobiographical family smackdown, but teenage protagonist Hubert does sometimes tell people that his mom is deceased. Played by 21-year-old writer-director Xavier Dolan, Hubert is... more
For what might be his last major project, Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei decided to learn "the essence" of an architectural style he didn't really know. The 92-year-old designer studied buildings th... more
This smartly contemplative film was shot on location at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in the beautiful foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. Wheelchair-bound Christine (the talented Sylvie Testud) has joined a group of pilgrims s... more
Suddenly finding himself a widower, film executive Pietro (Nanni Moretti) is bewildered by his apparent lack of grief yet resolves to be the perfect father to his 10-year-old daughter, Claudia (Blu Yoshimi). This determination manifest... more
During WWI, German-Jewish peasant Siegmund "Menne" Spiegel (Armin Rohde) won an Iron Cross for bravery on the Western Front. "Twenty-five years later," he narrates wearily, "my homeland was trying to kill me." Based on the incredible t... more
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Shirin Neshat is known for her stark, potent photo and video portraits of how women in Islam experience the world. Given a canvas as vast as a feature film, she expands her vision while simultane... more
Encroaching middle-age proves troublesome for a group of former jocks, who still bask in the fading memory of almost winning a bronze medal in "floorball" (hockey without ice) in 1985. For team leader Frederik, unemployment and his ex-... more
It's Paris, 1941. Exiled Armenian poet Manouchian, who survived his own people's genocide, finds common cause with the Jews being rounded up and reluctantly takes control of a ragtag group of young, foreign-born resistance fighters. At... more
Markos's life takes a radical turn in a coffee shop when he picks up an essay entitled "Melancholia in Rock 'n' Roll" left behind by Electra, a student of music history. Markos pursues Electra and, when they meet, it is music that brin... more
A musician and his would-be disciple traverse northern Colombia in this picturesque saga that is as much a sonic expedition as a geographic one. Having just buried his wife, despondent Ignacio sets out to return his instrument—a distin... more
Beyond Ipanema is a film about the cycle of discovery of Brazilian music in the world. Why does Bossa Nova still lure DJs 50 years after it was created? What makes the Tropicália movement resonate so deeply with names like Beck and Dev... more
When an old woman, Nusret, played by veteran French actress Tsilla Chelton, disappears in a small Black Sea town, her estranged children travel from their homes in Istanbul to find her. The journey and process of finding Nusret unleash... more
The composer Giacomo Puccini's operas are some of the most famous and oft-performed works in the entire operatic canon. Like that of his characters, the composer's privileged life could become complicated. While the composer is writing... more
Director Dilip Mehta's sly film takes us inside both the privileged world of Canadian diplomats in New Delhi and the more tenuous existence of the poor Indians who work for them. Stella (the charming Seema Biswas), the Canadian High Co... 
This thoroughly madcap dark comedy follows a divorcing middle-aged couple forced to remain together until they can sell their house. Although husband Juhani (Hannu-Pekka Bjorkman) prepares a new list of "house rules" to make life beara... 
No mothers are murdered during the course of this semi-autobiographical family smackdown, but teenage protagonist Hubert does sometimes tell people that his mom is deceased. Played by 21-year-old writer-director Xavier Dolan, Hubert is... 
For what might be his last major project, Qatar's Museum of Islamic Art, Chinese-American architect I. M. Pei decided to learn "the essence" of an architectural style he didn't really know. The 92-year-old designer studied buildings th... 
This smartly contemplative film was shot on location at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in the beautiful foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains. Wheelchair-bound Christine (the talented Sylvie Testud) has joined a group of pilgrims s... 
Suddenly finding himself a widower, film executive Pietro (Nanni Moretti) is bewildered by his apparent lack of grief yet resolves to be the perfect father to his 10-year-old daughter, Claudia (Blu Yoshimi). This determination manifest... 
During WWI, German-Jewish peasant Siegmund "Menne" Spiegel (Armin Rohde) won an Iron Cross for bravery on the Western Front. "Twenty-five years later," he narrates wearily, "my homeland was trying to kill me." Based on the incredible t... 
Internationally acclaimed visual artist Shirin Neshat is known for her stark, potent photo and video portraits of how women in Islam experience the world. Given a canvas as vast as a feature film, she expands her vision while simultane... 
Encroaching middle-age proves troublesome for a group of former jocks, who still bask in the fading memory of almost winning a bronze medal in "floorball" (hockey without ice) in 1985. For team leader Frederik, unemployment and his ex-... 
It's Paris, 1941. Exiled Armenian poet Manouchian, who survived his own people's genocide, finds common cause with the Jews being rounded up and reluctantly takes control of a ragtag group of young, foreign-born resistance fighters. At... 
Markos's life takes a radical turn in a coffee shop when he picks up an essay entitled "Melancholia in Rock 'n' Roll" left behind by Electra, a student of music history. Markos pursues Electra and, when they meet, it is music that brin... 
A musician and his would-be disciple traverse northern Colombia in this picturesque saga that is as much a sonic expedition as a geographic one. Having just buried his wife, despondent Ignacio sets out to return his instrument—a distin... 
Beyond Ipanema is a film about the cycle of discovery of Brazilian music in the world. Why does Bossa Nova still lure DJs 50 years after it was created? What makes the Tropicália movement resonate so deeply with names like Beck and Dev... 
When an old woman, Nusret, played by veteran French actress Tsilla Chelton, disappears in a small Black Sea town, her estranged children travel from their homes in Istanbul to find her. The journey and process of finding Nusret unleash... 
The composer Giacomo Puccini's operas are some of the most famous and oft-performed works in the entire operatic canon. Like that of his characters, the composer's privileged life could become complicated. While the composer is writing...