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So far John Brady Hamilton has created 35 blog entries.

    Honey

    Directed by Valeria Golino
    Written by Golino & Francesca Marciano, based on the novel A Nome Tuo by Mauro Covacich
    Released by Emerging Pictures
    Italian, with English subtitles
    Italy. 96 min. Not rated
    With Jasmine Trinca, Carlo Cecchi, Libero De Rienzo, Vinicio Marchioni, Iaia Forte, Roberto De Francesco, Barbara Ronchi & Massimiliano Iacolucci
    Unlike the rigorously debated topics of abstinence-only sex […]

    By |March 7th, 2014|Book adaptation, Drama, Italian|0 Comments

      Love & Air Sex

      Directed by Bryan Poyser
      Produced by Megan Gilbride & Trace Sheehan
      Written by Steven Walters, David DeGrow Shotwell & Poyser, based on a story by Walters
      Released by Tribeca Film
      USA. 91 min. Not rated
      With Michael Stahl-David, Ashley Bell, Sara Paxton & Zach Cregger
      Though its title implies 90 minutes of raunchy, ball-busting mayhem, Love & Air Sex emerges as […]

      By |February 6th, 2014|Comedy, Romantic Comedy|0 Comments

        Charlie Victor Romeo

        Directed by Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels & Karlyn Michelson
        Written by Berger, Daniels & Gregory
        Produced by Caterina Bartha, Berger & Daniels
        Released by Collective: Unconscious & 3-Legged Dog
        USA. 80 min. Not rated
        With Patrick Daniels, Irving Gregory, Noel Dinneen, Sam Zuckerman, Debbie Troche & Nora Woolley
        In recent years, the (over)use of 3-D technology in several of Hollywood’s biggest […]

        By |January 29th, 2014|Disaster, Indie|0 Comments

          The Great Beauty

          Directed by Paolo Sorrentino
          Produced by Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima
          Written by Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello
          Released by Janus Films
          Italian with English subtitles
          Italy/France. 142 min. Not rated
          With Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Massimo De Francovich, Roberto Herlitzka & Isabella Ferrari

          A beguiling cinematic voyage that meanders through the emptiness […]

          By |January 26th, 2014|Italian, Satire, Top Picks|0 Comments

            Stranger by the Lake

            Directed by Alain Guiraudie
            Produced by Sylvie Pialat
            Released by Strand Releasing
            French with English subtitles
            France. 97 min. Not rated
            With Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou & Patrick D’Assumçao
            Tense, erotic, and coolly transfixing, Stranger by the Lake captivates through its slow-burning intensity and its brazen exhibition of sexuality. Its components are a bit unconventional, if not outwardly defiant, and for […]

            By |January 23rd, 2014|French, GLBT, Thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments

              Short Term 12

              Written & Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton
              Produced by Maren Olson, Asher Goldstein, Joshua Astrachan & Ron Najor
              Released by Cinedigm
              USA. 96 min. Rated R
              With Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield, Kevin Hernandez, Melora Walters, Alex Calloway & Stephanie Beatriz
              A film that hits viewers square in the heart without ever seeking pity […]

              By |January 19th, 2014|Indie, Teen|1 Comment

                What’s in a Name?

                Written & Directed by Alexandre de la Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte, based on their play
                Produced by Dimitri Rassam & Jérôme Seydoux
                Released by Under the Milky Way, now available on iTunes
                French with English subtitles
                French. 109 min. Not rated
                With Patrick Bruel, Valérie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Judith El Zein, Guillaume de Tonquédec & Françoise Fabian
                It’s not often that […]

                By |December 12th, 2013|Comedy, French, Top Picks|0 Comments

                  Nuclear Nation

                  Written, Directed, & Produced by Atsushi Funahashi
                  Produced by Yoshiko Funahashi & Hashimoto.
                  Released by First Run Features Release
                  Japanese with English subtitles
                  Japan. 96 min. Not rated
                  Films that focus on the aftermath of a catastrophic disaster, be it natural, man-made or otherwise, tend to follow similar structures in their narratives. Blame is widely dispersed, survivors are depicted as […]

                  By |December 9th, 2013|Documentary, Environmental, Japanese|0 Comments