DALLAS EXCLUSIVES
Amira & Sam (NR) Martin Starr stars in this comedy as a U.S. Army veteran who falls in love with an Iraqi woman (Dina Shababi). Also with Paul Wesley, Laith Nakli, Ross Marquand, Taylor Wilcox, and David Rasche.
Mr. Turner (R) Timothy Spall stars in Mike Leigh’s biography of the 19th-century British painter J.M.W. Turner. Also with Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville, Martin Savage, Karina Fernandez, Joshua McGuire, and Roger Ashton-Griffiths.
Mommy (R) Winner of the Jury Prize from last year’s Cannes Film Festival, Xavier Dolan’s film is about a widowed Canadian mother (Anne Dorval) who removes her violent, ADHD-afflicted 15-year-old son (Antoine-Olivier Pilon) from a mental institution. Also with Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard, Alexandre Goyette, and Michèle Lituac.
Still Alice (PG-13) In an Oscar-nominated performance, Julianne Moore stars in Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland’s adaptation of Lisa Genova’s novel about a professor dealing with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Also with Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Shane McRae, Hunter Parrish, and Alec Baldwin.
Two Days, One Night (PG-13) Marion Cotillard gives an Oscar-nominated performance in the Dardenne brothers’ drama about a Belgian office worker struggling from depression who has one weekend to convince her colleagues to vote to save her job. Also with Fabrizio Rongione, Catherine Salée, Batiste Sornin, Pili Groyne, Fabienne Sciascia, Hicham Slaoui, Carl Jadot, Olivier Gourmet, and Timur Magomedgadzhiev.
