Directed by Ira Sachs
Written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias
Produced by Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Jayne Baron Sherman, Lars Knudsen and Sachs Released by Sony Pictures Classics
USA. 98 min. Rated R
With John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan, Cheyenne Jackson, Manny Perez and Eric Tabach
In last year’s Oscar-winning Her, Spike Jonze offered […]
Directed by Lenny Abrahamson
Produced by Ed Guiney, David Barron and Stevie Lee
Written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan, based on a newspaper article by Ronson
Released by Magnolia Pictures
UK/Ireland. 98 min. Rated R
With Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Michael Fassbender, Carla Azar and François Civil
A common lack of awareness about the insidious nature of mental […]
Directed by Vincent Grashaw
Produced by Kris Dorrance, Dave Gare, and Grashaw
Written by Grashaw and Mark Penney
Released by Breaking Glass Pictures
USA. 104 min. Not rated
With P. J. Boudousqué, James C. Burns, Chris Petrovski, Octavius J. Johnson, Nicholas Bateman
Vincent Grashaw’s debut feature, Coldwater, is the kind of slow-burn thriller that almost fully peters out before any […]
Written and Directed by Jeff Baena
Produced by Michael Zakin, Liz Destro
Released by A24
USA. 91 min. Rated R
With Dane DeHaan, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, Anna Kendrick, and Jim O’Heir
Aubrey Plaza is an actor that has recently flourished, thanks to her procurement of an individualistic character type, […]
Directed by Shosh Shlam and Hilla Medalia
Produced by Medalia, Shlam and Neta Zwebner-Zaibert
Released by Kino Lorber Films
Mandarin with English subtitles
USA/Israel. 79 min. Not rated
On its own, the Internet can be a scary place. Compounded with addiction, there’s no telling how deeply the rabbit hole might take us. The documentary Web Junkie poses pertinent questions that, to […]
Directed by Liza Johnson
Produced by Michael Benaroya, Jamin O’Brien, Cassian Elwes, Dylan Sellers and Rob Barnum
Written by Mark Jude Poirier, based on a short story by Alice Munro
Released by IFC Films. 102 min. Rated R
With Kristen Wiig, Guy Pearce, Hailee Steinfeld, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sami Gayle, Christine Lahti and Nick Nolte
A comic actor’s transition into […]
Written and Directed by John Turturro
Produced by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Bill Block and Paul Hanson
Released by Millennium Entertainment. USA. 90 min. Rated R
With John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, and Sofia Vergara
How can a film featuring a renowned cast and led by a well-meaning director come off as so undeniably amateurish? It’s […]
Directed by James Griffiths
Produced by Nira Park and James Biddle
Written by Jon Brown, based on an idea by Nick Frost
Released by Entertainment One
UK. 98 min. Rated R
With Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman, Kayvan Novak, Rory Kinnear, Alexandra Roach and Ian McShane
Someone please explain to me the ethereal appeal of Rashida Jones. The […]
Directed by Jason Bateman
Written by Andrew Dodge
Produced by Mr. Bateman, Mason Novick, Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta
Released by Focus Features
USA. 89 min. Rated R
With Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Ben Falcone, Philip Baker Hall & Allison Janney
In a film filled to the tipping point with a whirlwind of expletives, flippant racism, and an underscoring […]
