Traverse City Film Fest 2016: 5 Can't Miss Picks

Hell or High Water
Making its debut at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, David Mackenzie's (Starred Up) latest is a good ol' fashioned outlaw Western with one of the most classic Jeff Bridges-as-lawman performances of his career. Ben Foster and Chris Pine also turn in solid turns.

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Gleason
Clay Tweel's documentary about the ALS-affected former NFL player Steve Gleason is one of the most heart warming/wrenching docus in recent history. Look for an aggressive campaign for this one come Oscar time.

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Dheepan
Palme d'Or winner at the 2015 Cannes Film Fest, Jacques Audiard's (A Prophet, Rust and Bone) Sri Lankan-French immigrant actioner is a power-packed film. Sundance Selects is still rolling it out across the USA.

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Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Taika Waititi films (Boy, What We Do in the Shadows) are just plain fun. His latest Sundance-premiering movie is another wonderful ride, this time through the back woods of rural New Zealand. Go see it. Enjoy it. It's impossible not to.

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Command and Control
Robert Kenner's (Food, Inc.) documentary goes deep inside the terrifying story of an Arkansas nuclear missile silo when things went terribly wrong in 1980 and almost lead to massive death and destruction. This cautionary tale points to the danger of mistakes that could cause a nuclear holocaust much more quickly than actual warfare.