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The Iran Job

Directed by Till Schauder
Produced by Sara Nodjoumi & Schauder
Released by Partner Pictures
USA/Germany/Iran. 93 min. Not rated

Despite being a documentary about an American basketball player who goes overseas to play for a down-and-out Iranian team, the final images of The Iran Job are of Iranian women. Kevin Sheppard, a basketball player from the U.S. Virgin […]

By |October 11th, 2012|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

Smashed

Directed by James Ponsoldt
Produced by Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling & Jennifer Cochis
Written by Ponsoldt & Susan Burke
Released by Sony Pictures Classics.
USA. 80 min. Not rated
With Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Mary Kay Place & Octavia Spencer

Mary Elizabeth Winstead and recent Emmy Award-Winner Aaron Paul give remarkable performances as a married couple […]

By |October 11th, 2012|Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel

Produced & Directed by Lisa Immordino Vreeland
Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films/Epix
USA. 86 min. Rated PG-13
“Faction,” the blending of real life and fiction, is the word Diana Vreeland uses to describe the most interesting stories of her extraordinary life. Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel makes note that her sense of history, and even the […]

By |September 21st, 2012|Pop Culture, Top Picks|0 Comments

17 Girls

Written & Directed by Delphine & Muriel Coulin
Produced by Denis Freyd
Released by Strand Releasing
French with English subtitles
France. 90 min. Not rated
With Louise Grinberg, Juliette Darche, Roxane Duran, Esther Garrel, Yara Pilartz, Solène Rigot, Noémie Lvovsky, Florence Thomassin, Carlo Brandt, Frédéric Noaille & Arthur Verret
The 2008 news story about a group of teenage girls in Glouscester, […]

By |September 20th, 2012|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, French, Top Picks|0 Comments

Lawless

Directed by John Hillcoat
Produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Megan Ellison & Michael Benaroya
Written by Nick Cave, based on the book The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
Released by the Weinstein Company
USA. 116 min. Rated R
With Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Gary Oldman, Dane DeHaan & […]

By |August 27th, 2012|Crime, Top Picks|0 Comments

Little White Lies

Written & Directed by Guillaume Canet
Produced by Alain Attal
Released by MPI Pictures
French with English subtitles
France. 154 min. Not rated
With Jean Dujardin, Marion Cotillard, François Cluzet, Benoît Magimel, Gilles Lellouche, Joël Dupuch & Laurent Lafitte
From the get-go, Little White Lies intentionally feels like a French, modern day The Big Chill; a large group of longtime friends […]

By |August 24th, 2012|Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

2 Days in New York

Directed by Julie Delpy
Produced by Scott Franklin, Delpy, Ulf Israel, Jean-Jacques Neira & Hubert Toint
Written by Delpy & Alexia Landeau, based on a story by Delpy, Landeau & Alex Nahon
Released by Magnolia Pictures
Germany/France/Belgium. 91 min. Rated R
With Chris Rock, Julie Delpy, Albert Delpy, Alexia Landeau, Alex Nahon, Emily Wagner, Dylan Baker, Talen Riley & Malinda […]

By |August 10th, 2012|Romantic Comedy|0 Comments

The Deep Blue Sea

Adapted & Directed by Terence Davies, based on the play by Terence Rattigan
Produced by Sean O’Connor & Kate Ogborn
Released by Music Box Films.
USA/UK. 98 min. Rated R
With Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale & Barbara Jefford
In the midst of the London Summer Olympics, viewers are inundated with images of British popular culture. Terence Davies’ […]

By |August 8th, 2012|British, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Ruby Sparks

Directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Produced by Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa
Written by Zoe Kazan
Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures
USA. 104 min. Rated R
With Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan, Elliott Gould, Chris Messina, Alia Shawkat, Aasif Mandvi, Toni Trucks & Deborah Ann Woll

Who is the perfect girlfriend? Does she have […]

By |July 25th, 2012|Comedy|0 Comments