Considering the amount of people online who seem to like Nicolas Cage in an ironic way, it’s easy to forget he can do great work when working with talented directors, like in Looking Glass.
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot tells the story of John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix), a cartoonist, artist and musician who became a quadriplegic after a car accident at age 21.
True crime and longstanding sociopolitical issues are explored in Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?, a documentary that mines director Travis Wilkerson’s own family history.
Mad to Be Normal, starring David Tennant as the controversial psychiatrist Doctor Laing, offers a very interesting look at psychiatry, both from the viewpoint of a psychiatrist and that of his patients.
While Dear Dictator’s premise, a young girl being a pen pal to a former dictator and befriending him, might seem very silly, it’s actually based on a true story. Isn’t life a great treasure trove of weird stories?
In TRAFFIK, a bunch of friends get into trouble with a criminal gang, and things don’t look like they’ll turn out well for them. Directed by Deon Taylor, starring Paula Patton.
The personal and the political blend in Beirut, the latest thriller from director Brad Anderson. Setting the film in Beirut means they’ve got a long history of upheaval to pull from, but it also comes with it’s share of controversies.
7 Days In Entebbe is inspired by the true events of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France flight en route from Tel Aviv to Paris, and the most daring rescue mission ever attempted.
Journeyman, directed by and starring Paddy Considine, tells the story of a man who has been a boxer for years and it seems all is fine until he collapses at home after a particularly punishing title defense.