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    The Pact

    Written & Directed by Nicholas McCarthy
    Produced by Ross Dinerstein
    Released by IFC Films
    USA. 90 min. Rated R.
    With Caity Lotz, Casper Van Dien, Agnes Bruckner & Haley Hudson

    Okay, let’s get the plot out of the way. After her mother passes away, Annie (Caity Lotz) returns to the family home where she was raised, and where her sister, […]

    By |July 9th, 2012|Horror|0 Comments

      Lola Versus

      Directed by Daryl Wein
      Produced by Michael London, Jocelyn Hayes Simpson & Janice Williams
      Written by Zoe Lister-Jones & Wein
      Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
      USA. 87 min. Rated R
      With Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Bill Pullman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jay Pharoah & Debra Winger
      Almost 30 years old, New Yorker Lola (Greta Gerwig) is happy. She’s almost […]

      By |June 10th, 2012|Comedy|0 Comments

        Battle Royale

        Written & Directed by Kenji Fukasaku, based on the novel by Koushun Takami
        Produced by Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku, Kimio Kataoka, Chie Kobayashi, Toshio Nabeshima & Masumi Okada
        Released by Anchor Bay
        Japan. 114 min. Not rated
        With Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Chiaki Kuriyama, Taro Yamamoto & Sosuke  Takaoka
        Finally on the big screen, Kenji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale (2000) […]

        By |May 26th, 2012|Action, Japanese, Sci-fi, Top Picks|0 Comments

          Beyond the Black Rainbow

          Written & Directed by Panos Cosmatos
          Produced by Oliver Linsley
          Released by Magnet Releasing
          USA. 113 min. Rated R
          With Michael Rogers & Eva Allan
          I saw Beyond the Black Rainbow weeks ago, and decided perhaps against my better judgment not to take notes as I watched the film. I attended it with a friend who saw Panos Cosmatos’ debut […]

          By |May 26th, 2012|Indie, Sci-fi|0 Comments

            God Bless America

            Written & Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait
            Produced by Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta
            Released by Magnet Releasing
            USA. 98 min. Rated R.
            With Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melissa Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Aris Alvarado, Maddie Hasson & Larry Miller
            You might recall Bobcat Goldthwait from the 1980s and ’90s as that guy who would always let […]

            By |May 20th, 2012|Comedy, Indie|0 Comments

              Death of a Superhero

              Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon
              Screenplay by Anthony McCarten, based upon his novel
              Produced by Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke & Phillip Kreuzer
              Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand
              Germany/Ireland. 90 min. Not rated
              With Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Andy Serkis, Aisling Loftus, Michael McElhatton, Sharon Horgan & Jessica Schwarz
              Before all you fanboys and fangirls watch on-demand this potential indie […]

              By |May 9th, 2012|Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

                Sleepless Night

                Directed by Frédéric Jardin
                Produced by Marco Cherqui & Lauranne Bourrachot
                Written by Jadrin, Nicolas Saada & Olivier Douyère
                Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand
                France/Belgium/Luxembourg. 108 min. Not rated
                With Tomer Sisley, Serge Riaboukine, Julien Boisselier, Joey Starr, Lizzie Brocheré, Laurent Stocker & Birol Ünel
                Frédéric Jardin’s slickly shot and edited Sleepless Night is, thanks to its […]

                By |May 9th, 2012|Action, Crime, French|0 Comments

                  96 Minutes

                  Written and Directed by Aimee Lagos
                  Produced by Lee Clay, Paul Gilbreath, Charlie Mason and Justin Moore-Lewy
                  Released by ARC Entertainment
                  USA. 93 min. Rated R
                  With Brittany Snow, Christian Serratos, Evan Ross, J. Michael Trautmann, & David Oyelowo
                  In 96 Minutes, we’re once again given unrelated characters who end up colliding in unexpected ways—think Crash or Traffic or one […]

                  By |April 27th, 2012|Action, Crime|0 Comments

                    More From Tribeca

                    The Tribeca Film Festival offers such a wide array of films from all over the world that some many get passed by amid the list of so-much-to-see-ooh-I-want-to-see-that. With that in mind, here are some notable titles.

                    Francophrenia (or: Don’t Kill Me, I Know Where the Baby Is)

                    This is, to my knowledge, one of the most unique […]

                    By |April 27th, 2012|Crime, Horror, Tribeca Film Festival|0 Comments