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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?

Directed by Michel Gondry
Produced by Georges Bermann, Gondry, Raffi Adlan & Julie Fong
Released by Sundance Selects
France. 90 min. Not rated
During the screening of Michel Gondry’s latest film, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (more on that title in a moment), I couldn’t help but take some notes. But it wasn’t anything exactly cohesive. Quite […]

By |December 1st, 2013|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Birth of the Living Dead

Edited, Written, Produced & Directed  by Rob Kuhns
Released by First Run Features
USA. 76 Minutes, Not rated
Feat George Romero, Elvis Mitchell & Larry Fessenden
The first thing you must know before you see this documentary about the cultural impact of 1968’s Night of the Living Dead is that it’s not necessary in the slightest to see George […]

The Visitor (1979)

Directed by Giulio Paradisio
Written by Paradisi, Luciano Comici, Robert Mundi & Ovidio Assonitis
Produced by Assonitis
Released by Drafthouse Films
With Paige Conner, Joanne Nail, Lance Henricksen, Mel Ferrer, John Huston, Shelley Winters, Glenn Ford & Sam Peckinpah
Distributor Drafthouse Films is out to find the weird, the bizarre, the off-kilter (to say the least), and the slightly obscure […]

By |November 7th, 2013|Festivals, Horror, Thriller|0 Comments

Dallas Buyers Club

Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée
Produced by Robbie Brenner & Rachel Winter
Written by Craig Barton & Melissa Wallack
Released by Focus Features
USA. 115 min. Rated R
With Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O’Hare, Griffin Dunne, Dallas Roberts & Steve Zahn
Ironically enough, Ron Woodroof is a bit like a more inspirational version of Walter White from Breaking Bad. […]

By |November 3rd, 2013|GLBT, Indie, Top Picks|0 Comments

Man of Tai Chi

Directed by Keanu Reeves
Produced by Lemore Syvan
Written by Matthew G. Cooney
Released by Radius/TWC
USA/China/Hong Kong. 105 min. Rated R
With Tiger Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Simon Yam, Ye Qing & Yu Hai
The first thought that comes to mind when looking at the trailer for Man of Tai Chi is “Aw, ain’t it cute, Ted Logan (Bill […]

By |October 31st, 2013|Action, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Featured, Martial arts|0 Comments

Zero Charisma

Directed by Katie Graham & Andrew Matthews
Produced by Thomas Fernandes, Ezra Venetos
Written by Matthews
Released by Tribeca Film
USA. 86 min. Not rated
With Sam Eidson, Anne Gee Byrd, Brock England, Garrett Graham, Cyndi William, Vincent James Prendergast, Dakin Matthews & Katie Folger
Zero Charisma could be described as the geek version of Big Fan. If memory serves, an obsessive sports […]

By |October 12th, 2013|Comedy, Indie|0 Comments

We Are What We Are

Directed by Jim Mickle
Written by Mickle & Nick Damici, based on the film We Are What We Are, directed by Jorge Michel Grau
Produced by Andrew Corkin, Nicholas Shumaker, Jack Turner & Rodrigo Bellott
Released by Entertainment One
USA. 104 min. Rated R
With Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell, Kassie DePaiva, Kelly McGillis & Michael Parks
Once […]

By |October 4th, 2013|Horror, Psychological thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments

A Single Shot

Directed by David M. Rosenthal
Written by Matthew F. Jones, based on his novel
Produced by Aaron L. Gilbert, Chris Coen & Keith Kjarval, Jeff Rice
Released by Tribeca Film/Well/Go USA Entertainment
With Sam Rockwell, William H. Macy, Jeffery Wright, Jason Isaacs, Kelly Reilly, Joe Anderson, Ophelia Lovibond, Ted Levine & Melissa Leo
Don’t the Average Joes of the movies […]

By |September 22nd, 2013|Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Indie, Thriller|0 Comments

Harry Dean Stanton

Directed by Sophie Huber
Produced by Christian Davi, Chiemi Karasawa, Christof Neracher, Thomas Thümena
Released by Adopt Films
Switzerland. 77 min. Not rated
With Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Deborah Harry, Win Wenders, Sam Shepard & Kris Kristofferson
Roger Ebert once noted that no film with character actor Harry Dean Stanton could be all that bad. This is just one […]

By |September 19th, 2013|Biopic, Film History, Pop Culture|0 Comments