Directed by Arie Posin
Produced by Bonnie Curtis & Julie Lynn
Written by Posin & Matthew McDuffie
Released by IFC Films
USA. 92 min. Rated PG-13
With Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Jess Weixler & Amy Brenneman
Annette Bening and Ed Harris star in a romantic drama about grief and the inability to accept loss. Bening plays Nikki, a middle-aged […]
Directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia & Tana Schémbori
Written by Maneglia
Released by Breaking Glass Pictures
Paraguay. 100 min. Not rated
With Celso Franco, Victor Sosa, Lali González, Nico García, Paletita & Manuel Portillo
7 Boxes has been referred by Indiewire as “The Fast and the Furious with wheelbarrows.” I can’t say this is a desirable comparison, but I can […]
Written & Directed by John Huddles
Released by Phase 4 Films
USA/Indonesia. Rated R
Suspension of disbelief has never been a difficult concept for me to accept. Yet, one accomplishment of writer/director John Huddles’s After the Dark has been to reinforce my disbelief entirely. The film opens with two sculpturally attractive college (oh wait, they’re actually in high […]
Written & by Directed by Jenée LaMarque
Produced by Robin Schorr & Steven J. Berger
Released by Dada Films
USA. 90 min. Rated R
With Zoe Kazan, Jake Johnson, Ron Livingston & Danny Pudi
The Pretty One is a film that fits its name. It is simple, enjoyable, and cute, yet possesses the same depth as the title suggests, which […]
Written & Directed by M. Blash
Produced by Neil Kopp, Ryan Crisman, Riel Roch-Decter & David Guy Levy
Released by Monterey Media
USA. 96 min. Rated R
With Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny, Luke Grimes, Josh Hamilton, Devon Gearhart, Lana Elizabeth Green & Michael O’Keefe
Director M. Blash unites Chloë Sevigny and Jena Malone as bereaved sisters, Emma and Angela, coping […]
Written & Directed by Adrián García Bogliano
Produced by Andrea Quiroz Hernández
Released by Magnet Releasing
Spanish with English subtitles
Mexico. 97 min. Not rated
With Laura Caro, Francisco Barreiro, Michele Garcia, Alan Martinez, David Cabezud & Giancarlo Ruiz
Aside from a curt synopsis, I had no idea what to expect from this film. I knew that it was a hybrid […]
Written & Directed by Alicia Scherson, based on the novel Una Novelita Lumpen by Roberto Bolano
Released by Strand Releasing
English, Italian, Spanish with English subtitles
Italy/Chile/Germany/Spain. 98 min. Not rated
With Manuela Martelli, Luigi Ciardo, Alessandro Giallocosta, Nicolas Vaporidis & Rutger Hauer
Alicia Scherson’s impressive piece third feature-length film centers around two teenage siblings, Thomas (Luigi Ciardo) and Bianca […]
