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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