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    The Grandmaster

    Directed by Wong Kar-Wai
    Written by Zou Jingzhi, Xu Haofeng & Wong, based on a story by Wong
    Produced by Wong & Jacky Pang Yee Wah
    Released by the Weinstein Company
    Mandarin with English subtitles
    Hong Kong/China. 130 min. Rated PG-13
    With Tony Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Zhao Benshan, Chang Chen & Wang Qingxiang

    It would be advisable to see at least one […]

    By |August 30th, 2013|Asian, Biopic, Martial arts|0 Comments

      Ain’t Them Bodies Saints

      Written & Directed by David Lowery
      Produced by Lars Knudsen, Jay Van Hoy, James M. Johnston, Toby Halbrooks, Cassian Elwes & Amy Kaufman
      Released by IFC Films
      USA. 105 min. Not rated
      With Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Keith Carradine & Nate Parker
      It takes a filmmaker with strong courage to make what on the surface would appear as […]

      By |August 16th, 2013|American, Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Featured, Western|0 Comments

        The Canyons

        Directed by Paul Schrader
        Written by Brett Easton Ellis
        Produced by Braxton Pope
        Released by IFC Films
        USA.  100 min.  Not rated
        With Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk, Amanda Brooks, Tenille Huston, & Gus Van Sant
        In recent interviews, Paul Schrader has talked about the “death of cinema” in relation to his latest film, The Canyons, his first since […]

        By |August 8th, 2013|Drama, Indie|0 Comments

          Prince Avalanche

          Written & Directed by David Gordon Green, based on the film Either Way by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson
          Produced by Lisa Muskat, Derrick Tseng, Craig Zobel, James Belfer & Green
          Released by Magnolia Pictures
          USA. 94 min. Rated R
          With Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance Legault & Joyce Payne

          Before David Gordon Green went Hollywood and started to make big movies […]

          By |August 8th, 2013|Comedy, Sundance Film Festival|0 Comments

            Cockneys vs. Zombies

            Directed by Matthias Hoene
            Written by James Moran & Lucas Roche
            Produced by James Harris
            Released by Shout Factory
            UK. 88 min. Not rated
            With Harry Treadaway, Michelle Ryan, Alan Ford, Ashley Thomas, Honor Blackman, Rasmus Hardiker & Georgia King
            From years back, you might remember a little movie called Shaun of the Dead, where a guy with relationship problems has […]

            By |August 5th, 2013|British, Comedy, Horror, Satire|1 Comment

              The Act of Killing

              Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
              Produced by Signe Byrge Sorensen, Joram ten Brink, Anne Köhncke, Michael Uwemedimo, Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn & Anonymous
              Released by Drafthouse Films
              Denmark/Norway/UK/Sweden/Finland. 122 min. Not rated
              You may or may not remember a little movie from 1980 called Cannibal Holocaust about the discovery of film shot by a documentary team in the South American […]

              By |July 22nd, 2013|Documentary, Top Picks, War|1 Comment

                Only God Forgives

                Written & Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn
                Produced  by Refn, Lene Borglum, Sidonie Dumas & Vincent Maraval
                Released by Radius/TWC
                France/Thailand/USA/Sweden. 90 min. Rated R (what else?)
                With Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Tom Burke, Rhatha Phongam & Gordon Brown
                In the seedy underbelly of Bangkok, Billy (Tom Burke), a calm but salacious American, pays for a 14-year-old […]

                By |July 18th, 2013|Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Martial arts|0 Comments

                  Byzantium

                  Directed by Neil Jordan
                  Written by Moira Buffini, based on her play A Vampire Story
                  Produced by Stephen Woolley, Alan Moloney, Elizabeth Karlsen, William D. Johnson & Samuel Englebardt
                  Released by IFC Films
                  UK/USA/Ireland. 118 min. Rated R
                  With Gemma Arterton, Saoirse Ronan, Sam Riley, Jonny Lee Miller, Daniel Mays & Caleb Landry Jones
                  Eleanor and Clara (Saorise Ronan and Gemma […]

                  By |June 30th, 2013|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Horror, Top Picks, U. K.|0 Comments

                    Before Midnight

                    Directed by Richard Linklater
                    Written by Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy
                    Produced by Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos & Sara Woodhatch
                    Released by Sony Pictures Classics
                    USA. 108 min. Rated R
                    With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Walter Lassally & Xenia Kalogeropoulou
                    In Before Midnight, time has moved on once again since the last […]

                    By |June 11th, 2013|American, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments