SHE PARADISE This drama from Trinidad and Tobago follows an aspiring soca dancer as she pursues - and doubts - her dreams. Early reviews say that the film has been made to appear as if it unfolds in a single shot. 23 on demand)īOILING POINT Stephen Graham (“Boardwalk Empire”) and Vinette Robinson (“Sherlock”) are chefs during a chaotic night at a London restaurant. In this case, the customers are not mere day-after-Thanksgiving consumers, but ones who have been infected by an alien parasite. 19 in theaters)īLACK FRIDAY Bruce Campbell and Devon Sawa play store workers beating back aggressive shoppers. With Covid angst exacerbating tempers, a school and angry parents have to decide what to do about a history teacher (Katia Pascariu) after a sex tape she made with her husband winds up on the internet. 18 on Netflix)īAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN This pandemic-shot satire from Radu Jude ( “Aferim!”) won the Golden Bear at Berlin and deserves some kind of award for the attention it pays to onscreen mask-wearing alone. THE PRINCESS SWITCH 3: ROMANCING THE STAR How many times can you get away with impersonating a princess? If you’re Vanessa Hudgens, the star of “The Princess Switch,” “The Princess Switch: Switched Again” and now this film, the answer is … at least once more? (Nov. 12 in theaters)ĪULCIE The title refers to Aulcie Perry, a Newark-born basketball player who became a star athlete in Israel. A curse cast on a pharmacist and soccer player thwarts their intended rendezvous, but also helps them see the city of Kutaisi - and perhaps each other - with fresh eyes. WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY? A favorite among critics at this year’s Berlin Film Festival, this Georgian film from Alexandre Koberidze has been described as both a fairy tale and a city symphony. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who played the role himself in a 2014 production, makes his feature-film directing debut. TICK, TICK … BOOM! In this adaptation of Jonathan Larson’s pre-“Rent” musical - originally presented as a one-man show and not produced in a formal Off Broadway production until after Larson’s death in 1996 - Andrew Garfield is a Larson-like composer. Wong Kar-wai’s longtime collaborator Christopher Doyle did the cinematography. THEY SAY NOTHING STAYS THE SAME Joe Odagiri directed this drama set in Japan during the Meiji era it concerns a ferryman (Akira Emoto) whose job is becoming outmoded. With Greene giving the men lead authorial credit, “Procession” follows them as they go through a form of drama therapy and film scenes from their pasts. In “Procession,” Greene collaborates with six survivors of childhood abuse in the Catholic Church. PROCESSION Existing somewhere on the outer edges of documentary, Robert Greene’s two preceding features, “Kate Plays Christine” and “Bisbee ’17,” both explored the ethics of re-enacting a traumatic event. PAPER & GLUE The artist JR (who collaborated with Agnès Varda on “Faces Places”) documents his own working process on projects in France, Brazil and the United States.
Set in a dystopian future, the film is said to speak directly to Canada’s history of trying to erase Indigenous culture. NIGHT RAIDERS A First Nations mother (Elle-Maija Tailfeathers) must work with a group of fellow Indigenous vigilantes to save her daughter (Brooklyn Letexier-Hart) from being trained as a soldier by the state. The documentary promises insight into what makes Buttigieg, now the secretary of transportation, tick. MAYOR PETE Jesse Moss, one of two directors of the acclaimed “Boys State,” followed Pete Buttigieg during his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE Eleanor Coppola (the director of “Paris Can Wait” and Francis Ford Coppola’s better half) directed this triptych of stories that concern, well, love, with Rita Wilson, Cybill Shepherd and Rosanna Arquette among the cast members.
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