20th Century Women (2016)

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20th Century Women

Hilary says: “Annette Bening plays Dorothea, a child of the Depression navigating the ever-changing world of 1979 as a divorced, atypically older mother of a teenager, willfully single, and working in a male-dominated profession. She is raising her teenage son,

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Elle (2016)

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Elle

Kyle says: “Recipient of dozens of international awards including the César Award, Film Independent Spirit Award, Nerw York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress, Isabelle Huppert is a virtual legend among contemporary actors:

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Under the Shadow (2016)

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Under the Shadow

Michael says: “The best horror films are usually allegories for circumstances based in reality, and UNDER THE SHADOW tackles several in its depiction of an apartment seemingly haunted by a spirit called a djinn. Shideh is facing a host of

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The Fits (2015)

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The Fits

Toni says: “Anna Rose Holmer’s first narrative feature, THE FITS, is about a ten-year-old African American girl, Toni, who trains as a boxer yet becomes obsessed with a West End Cincinnati community’s dance group. With a balance of coming-of-age and

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The Handmaiden (2016)

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The Handmaiden

Vicki says: “Chan-wook Park doesn’t disappoint in his no-holds-barred film, THE HANDMAIDEN. Park bases the film on the Victorian thriller, Fingersmith but moves the setting to to 1930’s Korea under Japanese Colonialism. Park maintains the novel’s three part structure (story told

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