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Oren Moverman has 10 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
Dir. Bill Pohlad · With Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks

Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army Staff Sergeant who has returned home from Iraq, is assigned to the Army’s Casualty Notification service. Montgomery is partnered with Captain Tony Stone, to give notice to the families of fallen soldiers. The Sergeant is drawn to Olivia Pitterson, to whom he has delivered news of her husband’s death.
Dir. Oren Moverman · With Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Jena Malone
After years of caring exclusively for the needs of her husband and children, Agnes, a devoted housewife living in a small town near New York, has found something she really enjoys doing: solving puzzles.
Dir. Marc Turtletaub · With Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan, David Denman

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Dir. Todd Haynes · With Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Marcus Carl Franklin

A very gentle middle-aged man is married, but when he falls in love with another woman, he decides that to divorce his wife would humiliate her too much – so instead he decides to kill her.
Dir. Ira Sachs · With Pierce Brosnan, Chris Cooper, Patricia Clarkson
Ian begins a relationship with Drew's daughter, who works in the financial sector. The couple gets involved in a tragic accident that will change their lives forever. At the same time, the accident has a major impact on both their families who, despite the class difference, cross paths.
Dir. Marc Meyers · With Liev Schreiber, Marisa Tomei, Peter Sarsgaard
A professor and his students perform a dangerous experiment that causes a young woman to lose her sanity.
Dir. John Pogue · With Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke
Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect with the daughter he abandoned, he navigates the system, hustling for change and somewhere safe and quiet to gather his thoughts. But the streets are relentless and soon, George finds himself teetering on the edge, alone and abandoned.
Dir. Oren Moverman · With Richard Gere, Ben Vereen, Jena Malone

The story follows veteran police officer Dave Brown, the last of the renegade cops, as he struggles to take care of his family, and fights for his own survival.
Dir. Oren Moverman · With Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Sigourney Weaver
Two brothers and their wives meet up at a haute-cuisine restaurant to discuss what to do about a horrific crime that their sons committed together. As the quartet debate their options, the conversation reopens old wounds between the siblings.
Dir. Oren Moverman · With Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Steve Coogan