Directed by David Cronenberg
Produced by Martin Katz and Saïd Ben Saïd
Written by Bruce Wagner
Released by Focus World
Canada/Germany/France/USA. 111 min. Rated R
With Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska, Olivia Williams, Evan Bird, Sarah Gadon, Niamh Wilson, Dawn Greenhalgh, John Cusack, and Robert Pattinson
There comes a time in skilled directors get to do whatever the hell they want—and with […]
Directed by Brad Anderson
Produced by Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Mark Amin
Written by Joe Gangemi, based on the short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe
Released by Millennium Entertainment
USA. 112 min. Rated PG-13
With Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, and David Thewlis
It’s always surprising what filmmakers […]
Directed by Jeremy Xido
Produced by Xido, Joseph Castelo
Portuguese, with English subtitles
Released by the Vladar Company
USA/Angola. 84 min.
Rare is the region with no sound of its own. For the Dominican Republic: merengue and bachata. For Lebanon: dabke. For Angola: death metal? In Jeremy Xido’s docu—dare I say-rock-you—mentary Death Metal Angola, we learn that tragedy can make […]
Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent
Produced by Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere
Released by IFC Midnight
Australia. 93 min. Not rated
With Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Ben Winspear
One of a mother’s greatest fears is that she won’t love her child. For widow Amelia (Essie Davis), it’s an oppressive reality. She has never […]
Written and Directed by Katrin Gebbe
Produced by Verena Grafe-Hoft
German with English subtitles
Released by Drafhouse Films
Germany. 106 min. Not rated
With Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof, and Til Theinert
The healthily skeptical know that a film entitled Nothing Bad Can Happen ensures that something horrible will certainly occur. Occupying the same squeamish underworld Lars […]
Directed by David Wnendt
Written by Claus Falkenberg and Wnendt, based on the novel by Charlotte Roche Produced by Peter Rommel
Released by Strand Releasing
German with English subtitles
German. 109 min. Not rated
With Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Meret Becker, and Axel Milberg
The shock value of Wetlands far surpasses anything I’ve seen in a long time. This film could […]
Animated, Written, Produced and Directed by Signe Baumane
Released by Zeitgeist Films
USA. 88 min. Not rated
“Rocks In My Pockets: A funny film about depression,” Signe Baumane asserts at the end of the film’s trailer in her heavy Latvian accent. There couldn’t be a more concise statement that captures the core of her autobiographical film, which […]
Written and Directed by Michael Walker
Produced by Dolly Hall
Released by Paladin
USA. 98 min Rated R Year
With Paula Garcés, Bill Camp, Annabella Sciorra, Philip Ettinger, Herman Chavez, and Remy Auberjonois
Writer/director Michael Walker’s class-conscious thriller The Maid’s Room is simultaneously a study of almost and too much. The film examines the day-to-day life of Drina (Paula Garcés), […]
Written, Produced and Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett
Released by Bond 360
USA. 74 min. Not rated
Just imagine the pitch: “It’s a documentary about geriatrics with advanced Alzheimer’s, many of whom have no family to visit them and are on the brink of death, listening to iPods for the first time.”
No studio executive would hear the cha-ching […]
