Emmy-winning actor Michael Goorjian (SLC Punk!) goes deep into his Armenian roots in his award-winning film, Amerikatsi. From his own script, Goorjian stars as an Armenian-American man in 1948 who returns to the country of his birth to connect with […]

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A movie made with amazingly intimate access to its subjects, Tre Maison Dasan examines the cost of punishment on the ones left behind.

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(A Prophet (Un prophète) is being distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. It opens on Friday, February 26, 2010, in New York and Los Angeles. Visit the film’s official website here.) How good is Jacques Audiard’s new prison thriller A Prophet […]

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(Three Monkeys is now available on DVD through Zeitgeist Films. Visit the film’s official page at the Zeitgeist website to watch a trailer and learn more.) The idea of Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan following up his masterly breakup drama Climates […]

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(Distributed by Film Movement, Troubled Water is now available on DVD.) Norwegian director Erik Poppe’s third feature, Troubled Water (DeUsynlige), garnered both the Jury and Audience Awards for Best Narrative Feature at the 2008 Hamptons International Film Festival. Well deserving […]

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(Upcoming screening information for La Corona can be found here, in preparation for the film’s fall television premiere on HBO-Cinemax.) For many, beauty pageants are a celebration of individuality and, in turn, a source of great national pride. This is […]

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