Despite a decent performance from André Benjamin and its shots at controversy, Jimi: All Is by My Side is a Hendrix origin story that does nothing innovative with the biopic genre.
A visually slick documentary, Ballet Boys takes steps toward being an insightful look at the lives of three young male ballet dancers, but unfortunately, it does not go far enough.
The Two Faces of January is the directorial debut of Hossein Amini, screenwriter of Wings of the Dove and Drive. The film is an old fashioned thriller, much in the vein of Hitchcock and Antonioni. While it is gorgeously rendered and bursting with acting talent, it is a slightly uncertain debut, despite some interesting layers of subtext.