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So far Madison Bloom has created 25 blog entries.

They Came Together

Directed by David Wain
Produced by Michael Showalter
Written by Michael Showalter and Wain
Released by Lionsgate. 83 min. Rated R
With Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler, Cobie Smulders , Christopher Meloni, Max Greenfield, Bill Hader, Ellie Kemper, Jason Mantzoukas, Melanie Lynskey, Ed Helms, Michael Ian Black, Michael Murphy, Kenan Thompson, Jack McBrayer, and Ken Marino

We’­­­­ve all seen the metro-centric […]

By |July 10th, 2014|Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Satire|0 Comments

Obvious Child

Written and Directed by Gillian Robespierre, based on a story by Robespierre, Karen Maine and Elisabeth Holm, and a 2009 short film by Anna Bean, Maine and Robespierre
Produced by Elisabeth Holm
Released by A24
USA. 83 min. Rated R
With Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman, Polly Draper, Richard Kind, David Cross & Paul Briganti
If […]

By |June 12th, 2014|Comedy, Romantic Comedy, Top Picks|0 Comments

Chinese Puzzle

Written & Directed by Cédric Klapisch
Produced by Bruno Levy
Released by Cohen Media Group
English and French with English subtitles
France/USA/Belgium. 117 min. Rated R
With Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, and Kelly Reilly
Following L’Auberge Espagnole and Russian Dolls, Chinese Puzzle, Cédric Klapisch’s third installment in his “Spanish Apartment” trilogy, is a study in ambivalence. It riffs […]

By |May 15th, 2014|French, Romantic Comedy|0 Comments

Palo Alto

Written and Directed by Gia Coppola, based on Palo Alto: Stories by James Franco
Produced by Sebastian Pardo, Adriana Rotaru, Miles Levy and Vince Jolivette
Released by Tribeca Film
USA. 98 min. Not rated
With James Franco, Emma Roberts, Nat Wolff, Zoe Levin, Claudia Levy, Olivia Crocicchia, Jack Kilmer, and Jacqui Getty
Based on a collection of short stories penned […]

By |May 14th, 2014|Book adaptation, sex, Teen, Tribeca Film Festival|0 Comments

Beneath the Harvest Sky

Written and Directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly
Produced Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly and Kavita Pullapilly
Released by Tribeca Film
USA. 116 min. Not rated
With Emory Cohen, Callan McAuliffe, Aidan Gillen, Zoe Levin, Sarah Sutherland, Timm Sharp and Timothy Simons
As the brainchild of married couple Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, Beneath the Harvest Sky successfully sidesteps sentimental clichés. […]

By |May 6th, 2014|Drama, Teen, Tribeca Film Festival|1 Comment

The Final Member

Produced and Directed by Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math
Released by Drafthouse Films
Canada. 71 min. Rated R
How do you measure a man?  According to Icelandic folklore, in inches, five to be exact.  This is one of the many questions posed in Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math’s brazenly entertaining documentary, which follows Sigurdur Hjartarson, founder of […]

By |April 18th, 2014|Top Picks|0 Comments

Blumenthal

Directed and Written by Seth Fisher
Produced by Alexander Cendese, Garrett P. Fennelly, Jean-Raphael Ambron, Jesse Ozeri and Zak Mulligan
Released by Gone Fishing Pictures/Act Zero Films
USA. 85 min. Not rated
With Mark Blum, Laila Robins, Seth Fisher, Mei Melançon, Alexander Cendese, Nicole Ansari, Kevin Isola, Fred Melamed, and Brian Cox
The only thing at stake in Blumenthal is […]

By |March 29th, 2014|Comedy|0 Comments

Breathe In

Directed by Drake Doremus
Produced by Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling, Steven M. Rales and Mark Roybal
Written by Doremus and Ben York Jones
Released by Cohen Media Group. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes.
With Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan, Matthew Daddario & Mackenzie Davis
Drake Doremus’s melodrama Breathe In dissects the hidden dynamic within a seemingly perfect, middle-class […]

By |March 27th, 2014|Drama, Indie|0 Comments

It Felt Like Love

Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman
Produced by Eliza Hittman, Shirihari Sathe, Laura Wagner
Released by Variance Films
USA. 82 min. Not rated
With Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein & Jesse Cordasco
General anxiety is often described as the constant fear that something tragic is about to happen. This dread underscores the entirety of Eliza Hittman’s It Felt […]

By |March 20th, 2014|Drama, sex, Teen, Top Picks|0 Comments