This year at the Tribeca film festival, now in its 12th year, films from all over the world included some by major names (Richard Linklater’s Before Midnight and David Gordon Green’s Prince Avalanche) and newcomers trying to make their mark, not to mention the countless documentaries and short films. But not to be overlooked amid […]
Written & Directed by Jeff Nichols
Produced by Sarah Green, Aaron Ryder & Lisa Maria Falcone
Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions
USA. 130 min. Rated R
With Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Joe Don Baker, Ray McKinnon, Sarah Paulson, Sam Shepard & Michael Shannon
Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland, and yes, we won’t know him […]
Directed by Stephen Fung
Produced by Wang Zhongjun
Written by Kuo-fu Chen
Released by Well Go USA Release
Mandarin with English subtitles
China. 100 min. Not rated
With Jayden Yuan, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Angelababy, Eddie Peng Yu-Yen, Feng Shaofeng, Peter Stormare & Daniel Wu
You might recall a little crazy movie called Tai Chi Zero that was released last year. It […]
Directed by Rodney Ascher
Produced by Tim Kirk
Released by IFC Films
USA. 102 min. Not rated
You’ve all seen The Shining, haven’t you? Stanley Kubrick’s seminal 1980 horror film gave Jack Nicholson a role (or an entire hotel) to chew on while Shelley Duvall ran around frantically, followed by a newly-created Steadicam. (It was the first of its […]
Directed by Derek Cianfrance
Written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio & Darius Marder, based on a story by Cianfrance & Coccio
Produced by Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Sidney Kimmel & Lynette Howell
Released by Focus Features Release,
USA. 140 min. Rated R
With Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne, Emory Cohen, Dane DeHaan, Craig Van Hook & […]
Edited, Written, & Directed by Eric Walter
Produced by Andrea Adams, John R. Blythe & Walter
Released by IFC Midnight
USA. 98 min. Not rated
At its heart, My Amityville Horror is about what happens to a normal person put through extraordinary, horrifying, and traumatic experiences, and how he comes out on the other side. When we first see […]
Directed by Kaare Andrews, Adam Wingard & Simon Barrett, Angela Bettis, Adrián García Bogliano, Bruno Forzani & Hélène Cattet, Jason Eisener, Ernesto Díaz Espinoza, Xavier Gens, Jorge Michel Grau, Lee Hardcastle, Noburo Iguchi, Thomas Cappelen Malling, Anders Morgenthaler, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Banjong Pisanthanakun, Marcel Sarmiento, Jon Schnepp, Srdjan Spasojevic, Timo Tjahjanto, Andrew Traucki, Simon Rumley, Nacho […]
Written and Directed by Gregory Marquette
Produced by Walter T. Shaw
Released by Freestyle Releasing
Rated PG. 92 Minutes
Philosopher Daniel C. Dennett once said, “There’s nothing I like less then bad arguments for a view I hold dear.” The same sort of logic can be applied to filmmakers, and documentarians, for sure. It’s not simply about what you’re […]
Directed by Park Chan-wook
Written by Wentworth Miller
Produced by Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Bergen Swanson & Michael Costigan
Released by Fox Searchlight
USA. 98 min. Rated R
With Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Jacki Weaver, Phyllis Somerville & Harmony Korine
Stoker starts right off steeped in tragedy—an upper-middle class woman, Evelyn Stoker (Nicole Kidman), becomes widowed when her husband […]
