Written and Directed by Anders Morgenthaler
Produced by Marie Gade and Julie Lind-Holm
Released by Brainsorm Media
Germany/Denmark. 97 min. Not rated
With Kim Basinger, Jordan Prentice, Peter Stormare, and Sebastian Schipper
“We’ll just be a sad couple.” This is what Maria (Kim Basinger) is told by her husband, Peter (Sebastian Schipper), after a devastatingly violent miscarriage. After years of […]
Edited, Written, and Directed by Anja Marquardt
Produced by Kiara C. Jones, Mollye Asher and Marquardt
Released by Visit Films
USA. 90 min. Not rated
With Brooke Bloom, Marc Menchaca and Dennis Boutsikaris
Ronah works in what she calls “professional intimacy,” meeting with male psychology patients who have sustained issues with relationships, and she helps them become more comfortable with […]
Written and Directed by Riley Stearns
Produced by Keith Calder, Jessica Calder and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Released by Screen Media Films
USA. 89 min. Not rated
With Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Beth Grant, Chris Ellis, Lance Reddick, and Jon Gries
The title of this gripping psychological thriller comes from the name of a religious cult, whose inner workings are […]
Written and Directed by Sydney Freeland
Produced by Chad Burris and Mateo Frazier
Released by Indion Entertainment
USA. 89 min. Not rated.
With Jeremiah Bitsui, Carmen Moore, MorningStar Angeline, Shauna Baker, Kiowa Gordon, Elizabeth Frances, and Richard Ray Whitman
Drunktown’s Finest is about identity in its many forms: race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and nationality, to name a few. What […]
Written and Directed by Sean Mullin
Produced by Terry Leonard, Erich Lochner, and Matt Miller
Released by Drafthouse Films
USA. 89 min. Not rated
With Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Laith Nakli, and Paul Wesley
As American Sniper continues to reign supreme at the box office this week, much is being written about the way in which war and veterans are […]
Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, based on the novel by Lisa Genova
Produced by Lex Lutzus, James Brown, and Pamela Koffler
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
USA. 99 min. PG-13
With Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Alec Baldwin, and Hunter Parrish
Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is an extremely smart woman. At 50, she is a […]
Written and Directed by Sophie Fillières
Produced by Maurice Tinchant and Martine Marignac
Released by Film Movement
French with English subtitles
France. 102 min. Not rated
With Emmanuelle Devos, Mathieu Amalric, Anne Brochet, Joséphine de La Baume, and Nelson Delapalme
French writer and director Sophie Fillières examines a married couple’s descent into separation, embodied by Emmanuelle Devos and Mathieu Amalric, who […]
Written, Produced, and Directed by Scott Cohen
USA/Antarctica/Argentina. 80 min. Not rated
With Olivia Thirlby, Vincent Kartheiser, Billy Campbell, Larry Pine, Lisa Harrow, Roger Payne, Garth Stevenson, and Matt Drennan
At the end of Red Knot, director Scott Cohen dedicates the film to his wife. It’s a personal touch to what feels like a very personal film. Its […]
Butter on the Latch
Thous Wast Mild & Lovely
Director and writer Josephine Decker’s first two feature-length films complement each other well, while revealing a diverse and unique approach to contemporary filmmaking. Both contain a central, if loose, narrative dream sequence, hallucinations, and odd camera movements and sounds to create completely distinct visions.
Butter on the Latch […]
