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A Liar’s Autobiography

Directed by Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson & Ben Timlett
Written by Graham Chapman, David Sherlock, Douglas Addams, David Yallop & Alex Martin, based on the memoirs of Mr. Chapman
Released by Epix/Brainstorm Media
UK. 82 min. Rated R
Featuring the voices of Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin, and with Carole Cleveland, Tom Hollander, Stephen […]

By |February 17th, 2013|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Pop Culture|0 Comments

Happy People

Directed by Werner Herzog & Dmitry Vasyukov
Produced by Christoph Fisser, Vladimir Perepelkin, Nick N. Raslan & Charlie Woebcken
Written by Herzog & Rudolph Herzog
Released by Music Box Films
English & Russian with English subtitles
Germany. 100 min. Not rated
The documentary Happy People: A Year in the Taiga—which was shot not by director Werner Herzog but by Russian (co-) […]

By |January 25th, 2013|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Environmental, Featured|0 Comments

Sleep Tight

Directed by Jaume Balagueró
Produced by Julio Fernández
Written by Alberto Maurini
Released by Dark Sky Films/MPI Media Group
Spain. 102 min. Not rated
With Luis Tosar, Marta Etura, Alberto San Juan, Petra Martinez, Iris Almeida, and Carlos Lasuarte
César (Luis Tosar) works at the front desk as the concierge of a small Barcelona apartment building. He’s the guy in charge […]

By |January 13th, 2013|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Foreign, Horror|0 Comments

Django (1966)

Directed by Sergio Corbucci
Produced by Manolo Bolognini & Corbucci
Written by Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci, Franco Rossetti, , José Gutiérrez Maesso, Piero Vivarelli
Released by Rialto Pictures
Italian with English subtitles
Italy/Spain. 91 min. Not rated
With Franco Nero, Loredana Nusciak, José Bódalo, Ángel Álvarez, Eduardo Fajardo & Gino Pernice
Django was not just a spaghetti western when released in Europe—it became […]

By |December 26th, 2012|Italian, Western|0 Comments

Django Unchained

Written & Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Produced by Stacy Sher, Reginald Hudlin & Pilar Savone
Released by the Weinstein Company
USA. 165 min. Rated R
With Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, Walton Goggins, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern & Franco Nero
A filmmaker’s love for his art can be infectious—we’ve seen it […]

By |December 24th, 2012|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks, Western|0 Comments

California Solo

Written & Directed by Marshall Lewy
Produced by Ross Girard & Mynette Louie
Released by Strand Releasing
USA. 94 min. Rated R
With Robert Carlyle, Alexia Rasmussen, Danny Masterson, William Russ, Kathleen Wilhoite, Michael Des Barnes & A. Martinez
Lachlan MacAldonich lives on his own. He works in a farm field, tending the vegetables, and selling them at markets. It’s […]

By |December 16th, 2012|Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Deadfall

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Produced by Shelly Clippard, Ben Cosgrove, Gary Levinsohn & Todd Wagner
Written by Zach Dean
Released by Magnolia Pictures
USA. 95 min. Rated R
With Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson, Sissy Spacek, Kate Mara & Treat Williams
Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde play brother and sister, Addison and Liza, in a relationship which becomes […]

By |December 16th, 2012|Crime, Psychological thriller|0 Comments

Hitchcock

Directed by Sacha Gervasi
Produced by Alan Barnette, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock, Ivan Reitman & Tom Thayer
Written by John G. McLaughlin, based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello
Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
USA. 98 min. Rated PG-13
With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, James D’Arcy, Danny Huston, Toni […]

By |December 16th, 2012|Film History, Horror|0 Comments

Silver Linings Playbook

Written & Directed by David O. Russell, based on the book by Matthew Quick
Produced by Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon & Bruce Cohen
Released by the Weinstein Company
USA. 120 min. Rated R
With Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Shea Wigham, Anupam Kher, Julia Stiles & Chris Tucker
After seeing the sixth feature film from […]

By |November 24th, 2012|Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments