Mustang
Making her directorial debut, Deniz Gamze Ergüven delivers a powerful film that explores the older customs of Northern Turkey and the adverse effects it has on children coming up in the modern age.
France
The Connection (La French)
The Connection has the thrill of the chase, suspense, two brilliant calculating minds pitted against one another, and awe, as it becomes more and more clear how broad the involvement in illegal activity extends up to high levels of government and across geographical space. It also shows the value of persistence and belief in oneself
Before Midnight
18 years later for the characters and 9 years later since Before Sunset, writer/director Richard Linklater returns to his beloved characters Celine and Jesse as they head into yet another difficult phase of their lives. Winning raves at Sundance, where it premiered, and with Linklater coming off the highly successful Bernie, Before Midnight is already