14 November 2021

New to the Queue

 There has to be a finish line somewhere up ahead ...

The master Asghar Farhadi ("The Salesman," "The Past") returns with a slow-burn treatise on moral ambiguity, "A Hero."

Robert Greene ("Bisbee '17," "Kate Plays Christine") borrows a page from "TheAct of Killing" and uses film projects within this film project to foster the healing of five men abused by priests decades earlier, "Procession."

Radu Jude ("Aferim") deconstructs the propaganda of Romania's Ceausescu regime in "Uppercase Print."

A fresh release of the debut film from Mia Hansen-Love ("Bergman Island," "Eden"), about a young woman dealing with a heroin-addicted father, "All Is Forgiven."

Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga star in Rebecca Hall's directorial debut, the period piece "Passing."

Mike Mills ("20th Century Women") returns with a brooding road movie featuring an uncle and his nephew, "C'mon C'mon."

French artist J.R., who made "Faces Places" with Agnes Varda, continues exploring the human spirit in "Paper & Glue."

A documentary about the post-war doyenne of French cooking by way of PBS, "Julia."

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