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Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, January 30th. (Synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.)
Wide
Black or White
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Ehle, Gillian Jacobs, Octavia Spencer, Anthony Mackie, Bill Burr, Sadarias Harrell, Joe Chrest, Janet Lynn Carey, Indigo, Mpho Koaho, Kenneth Kynt Bryan, David Jensen, André Holland, Joseph Fischer, Lola Phillips
Synopsis: “An attorney struggling to raise his biracial granddaughter after the deaths of his wife and daughter becomes embroiled in a custody battle with the child’s paternal grandmother.” [Toronto International Film Festival]
Criticwire Grade Average: C+ (12 reviews)
Above & Beyond
Director: Roberta Grossman
Synopsis: “As Israel was fighting to establish a nation in 1948, it was badly wanting for an air force. Using secret means in defiance of the US Neutrality Act, Israel recruited American pilots who had fought in WWII. Above and Beyond recounts this hidden chapter of history, interviewing pilots and making skillful use of special effects by Industrial Light & Magic. The creation of Israel’s air force proved crucial in the ‘48 war and has had reverberations up to the present day.” [DOC NYC]
Theatrical Release: New York (opens in Los Angeles on February 6th)
Guten Tag, Ramon
Director: Jorge Ramírez Suárez
Cast: Adriana Barraza, Kristyan Ferrer, Rüdiger Evers, Hector Kotsifakis, Franziska Kruse, Arcelia Ramírez, Ingeborg Schöner
Synopsis: “After five failed attempts to go to the United States, 18-year-old Ramón decides to look for a friend’s aunt in Germany, but never finds her. With no papers or money, and without knowing the language, he barely survives living on the street until he meets Ruth, an old retired nurse who doesn’t speak Spanish. Beyond language barriers and prejudices, they discover that solidarity and humanity make life bearable.”
Theatrical Release: Los Angeles, Denver and Houston
Suburban Gothic
Director: Richard Bates, Jr.
Cast: Matthew Gray Gubler, Ray Wise, Kat Dennings, Sally Kirkland, Jeffrey Combs, John Waters
Synopsis: “Raymond has a prestigious MBA, but he can’t find work. He can channel the paranormal, but chatting with a cute girl mystifies him. Kicked out of his big city apartment, Raymond returns home to his overbearing mother, ex-jock father, and beer-bellied classmates. But when a vengeful ghost terrorizes the small town, the city-boy recruits Becca, a badass local bartender, to solve the mystery of the spirit threatening everyone’s lives.”
Theatrical Release: Los Angeles, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix and San Francisco
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