September 9, 2016
Sully (2016) ***
Director Clint Eastwood squeezes every ounce of suspense from an extremely well-publicized true story whose happy ending everyone knows.
Lion (2016) ***
13 Hours (2016) ***
O.J. Made In America (2016) ***
Epic, Oscar-winning, 7-hour documentary not just about O.J. Simpson, but also about the history of race relations in Los Angeles going back to the 1940's, explaining how a largely African-American jury refused to convict him of murder despite overwhelming evidence.
Zootopia (2016) ***
Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany Of Rosie Ming (2016) ***
A warm and witty animated feature by Ann Marie Fleming about a young Canadian poet who undergoes a life-changing experience when she attends a poetry festival in Iran.
The Skyjacker’s Tale (2016) ***
Ishmael Muslim Ali has been convicted of murdering eight people on a golf course in the US Virgin Islands. After years of trying to get his conviction overturned, he hijacked a plane and escaped to Cuba in 1984.
August 8, 2016
July 7, 2016
Fire At Sea (2016) ***
Old Stone (2016) *
When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops to help the injured man. The repercussions of Shi’s selfless act expose a society rife with bone-chilling callousness and bureaucratic indifference. On the verge of losing his cab, his job and his family, Lao Shi has to resort to desperate measures to survive.
Land Of Mine (2016) **
Depressing drama about Nazi child soldiers POWs forced to clear mines from Danish beaches at the end of WWII.
Powidoki (2016) ***
The passion of Wladyslaw Strzeminski, directed by Andrzej Wajda. Reminiscent of his earlier film, "Bez znieczulenia" (1978).
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