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So far John Brady Hamilton has created 35 blog entries.

    The Overnight

    Written and Directed by Patrick Brice
    Produced by Naomi Scott
    Released by the Orchard
    USA. 80 min. Rated R
    With Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, and Judith Godrèche
    A downright hysterical entry in brothers Jay and Mark Duplass’s production canon, The Overnight constructs a recoiling depiction of thirtysomething frustrations by mixing R-rated hijinks with mortifying ramifications. Directed by Duplass […]

    By |June 19th, 2015|Comedy, sex, Top Picks|0 Comments

      Far From Men

      Written and Directed by David Oelhoffen, based on “The Guest,” a short story by Albert Camus
      Produced by Marc du Pontavice and Matthew Gledhill
      Released by Tribeca Film
      French, Arabic, and Spanish with English subtitles
      France. 110 min. Not rated
      With Viggo Mortensen, Reda Kateb, Vincent Martin, and Djemel Barek
      Loosely based on a short story by Albert Camus, David Oelhoffen’s […]

      By |May 1st, 2015|Book adaptation, French, War|0 Comments

        The First Week of Tribeca 2015

        In the 13 years since the founding of the Tribeca Film Festival, a handful of films have careened onto the world’s cinematic stage. Let the Right One In, Taxi to the Dark Side, and War Witch are a few of the more identifiable titles, but (relatively) mainstream success has not necessarily been the goal of […]

        By |April 16th, 2015|Documentary, Foreign, Tribeca Film Festival|0 Comments

          Futuro Beach

          Directed by Karim Aïnouz
          Produced by Geórgia Costa Araújo and Hank Levine
          Written by Aïnouz and Felipe Bragança
          Released by Strand Releasing
          Brazil. 107 min. Not rated
          With Wagner Moura, Clemens Schick, Jesuita Barbosa, and Savio Ygor Ramos
          Swathed in gleaming jewel tones and with a soundtrack of the pacifying acoustics of crashing waves, Futuro Beach opens like a travel guide […]

          By |February 28th, 2015|GLBT, South American|0 Comments

            Eastern Boys

            Edited, Written, and Directed by Robin Campillo
            Produced by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie-Ange Luciani
            Released by First Run Features
            French, English, Russian, and Ukrainian with English subtitles
            France. 128 min. Not rated
            With Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev, Edea Darcque, Camila Charnirova, and Beka Markozashvili
            In the discreet, subdued, and wholly engrossing Eastern Boys, director Robin Campillo (co-writer of […]

            By |February 26th, 2015|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Featured, French, GLBT, Top Picks|0 Comments

              Matt Shepard Is a Friend of Mine

              Produced and Directed by Michele Josue
              Released by Run Rabbit Run Media
              USA. 88 min. Not rated
              Through director Michele Josue’s choice to use the casual, familiar moniker of “Matt” in her documentary’s title, she indicates her intent to reveal a personal, untold side of the young man that, for profoundly tragic reasons, we have all come to know […]

              By |February 15th, 2015|Documentary, GLBT, Top Picks|0 Comments

                Mommy

                Edited, Written, and Directed by Xavier Dolan
                Produced by Nancy Grant and Dolan
                Released by Roadside Attractions.
                French with English subtitles
                Canada. 139 min. Rated R
                With Anne Dorval, Suzanne Clément, Antoine Olivier Pilon, Patrick Huard, Alexandre Goyette, Michèle Lituac, Viviane Pacal and Nathalie Hamel-Roy
                In Xavier Dolan’s Cannes’ Jury Prize winner, Mommy, the overarching themes of failure, retribution, forgiveness, […]

                By |January 23rd, 2015|Canada, Family drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

                  Cake

                  Directed by Daniel Barnz
                  Produced by Ben Barnz, Kristin Hahn, Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton
                  Written by Patrick Tobin, based on his short story
                  Released by Cinelou Films
                  USA. 91 min. Rated R
                  With Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Felicity Huffman, Mamie Gummer, Chris Messina, and William H. Macy
                  It has been more than 10 years since the […]

                  By |January 23rd, 2015|Indie, Road Trip|0 Comments

                    Human Capital

                    Directed by Paolo Virzì
                    Produced by Fabrizio Donvito, Marco Cohen, and Benedetto Habib
                    Written by Francesco Bruni, Francesco Piccolo and Paolo Virzì, freely adapted from the novel by Stephen Amidon
                    Released by Film Movement
                    Italian with English subtitles
                    Italy. 110. Not rated
                    With Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Valeria Golino, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Matilde Gioli, Guglielmo Pinelli, and Giovanni Anzaldo

                    Intertwining story […]

                    By |January 13th, 2015|Book adaptation, Italian, Top Picks|0 Comments