The Dominican Republic’s Oscar submission for best foreign language film is an intriguing and somber look at life on the island. Set against the beautiful Caribbean backdrop, Sand Dollars explores love and money and sex tourism, while juxtaposing those who choose to take holidays on these sandy shores and those who call the island home, […]
The directorial debut of cinematographer Reed Morano (The Skeleton Twins, Kill Your Darlings) is an emotional roller coaster from its first moments as it follows a young couple in the aftermath of a horrifying tragedy. Morano keeps Meadowland hauntingly realistic; its devastating subject matter feels all too possible.
New Yorkers Sarah (Olivia Wilde) and Phil (Luke […]
Embarrassingly, the first Tab Hunter film I ever saw was Grease 2 (1982). He played the hunky biology teacher opposite his longtime costar Connie Stevens. It wasn’t until many years later when I saw him in John Waters’s Polyester (1981), and even then I didn’t really understand his pop cultural significance.
The documentary Tab Hunter Confidential […]
“Why do you come like you want a war?” protagonist Augusta (indie-darling Brit Marling) asks her Union soldier attacker. He states that, after all the fighting he has done, it is impossible to stop.
Set during the last days of the Civil War, The Keeping Room presents a distinctly revisionist Western, taking a feminist approach to […]
Written and Directed by Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Released by Orion Releasing
USA. 95 min. Rated R
With Bridey Elliott, Clare McNulty, Neil Casey, Reggie Watts, Peter Vack, Jeffrey Scaperrotta, Griffin Newman, Desireé Nash, and Becky Yamamoto
First-time directors Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers take a biting look at the Millennial Generation, using a Superbad format with an […]
Directed by Daniel Wolfe
Produced by Hayley Williams and Michael Elliott
Written by Daniel and Matthew Wolfe
Released by Oscillosocpe Laboratories
UK. 111 min. Not rated
Sameena Jabeen Ahmed, Conor McCarron, Ali Ahmad, Barry Nunney, Gary Lewis, and Wasim Zakir
Teenager Laila’s world is candy colored. Her hair is dyed blond and bubblegum pink, her clothes match the rainbow, and she […]
Written and Directed by Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen
Produced by Ineke Hagedorn, Holdridge, Saasen, Paul Young, Peter Principato, Chris Aagaard, and Seth Caplan
Released by the Orchard
USA. 90 min. Not rated
With Holdridge, Saasen, Rupert Friend, and Jennifer Ulrich
Writing and directing partners (and real-life couple) Linnea Saasen and Alex Holdridge star in a film about whether love […]
Directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet
Produced by Tono Folguera, Jana Díaz Juhl and Sergi Moreno
Written by Clara Roquet and Mr. Marques-Marcet
Released by Broadgreen Pictures
Spanish with English subtitles
Spain. 99 min. Rated R
With Natalia Tena and David Verdaguer
In the first scene of the two-hander 10,000 km, Alex (Natalia Tena of Games of Thrones) and Sergi (David Verdaguer) are having […]
Written and Directed by Kimberly Levin
Produced by Kurt Pitzer
Released by Monterey Media
USA. 90 min. Rated R
With Joanne Kelly, Neal Huff, Alex Shaffer, Kivlighan de Montebello, Tom Bower, and Darlene Hunt
Set during an Indian summer (filmed in Kentucky), Runoff is a visually stunning look at modern farming life. The lyrical film is also a wonderful […]
