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Attenberg

Written & Directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Produced by Maria Hatzakou, Yorgos Lanthimos, Iraklis Mavroidis, Tsangari & Angelos Venetis
Released by Strand Releasing
Greek with English subtitles
Greece. 95 min. Not rated
With Ariane Labed, Vangelis Mourikis, Evangelia Randou & Yorgos Lanthimos
The official selection from Greece for this year’s foreign language film Academy Award, Attenberg, is a beautifully shot, strikingly […]

By |July 17th, 2012|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Foreign|0 Comments

Collaborator

Written & Directed by Martin Donovan
Produced by Luca Matrundola
Released by Tribeca Film (and video-on-demand)
USA/Canada. 87 min. Not rated
With Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams, Eileen Ryan & Katherine Helmond
Actor Martin Donovan, a familiar face in American independent film since starring in Hal Hartley films in the early 1990s, makes his writing and directorial debut with […]

By |July 5th, 2012|Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Top Picks|0 Comments

Take This Waltz

Written & Directed by Sarah Polley
Produced by Susan Cavan & Polley
Released by Magnolia Pictures
Canada. 116 min. Rated R
With Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Luke Kirby & Sarah Silverman
Take This Waltz is bathed in sunshine. In fact, almost every scene is shot in gorgeous sunlight. For a film that deals with some serious issues, such as adultery […]

By |June 28th, 2012|Drama, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

The Woman in the Fifth

Written & Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, based on the novel by Douglas Kennedy Produced by Caroline Benjo & Carole Scotta;
Released by ATO Pictures.
France/Poland/UK. 83 min. Rated R
With Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Delphine Chuillot & Samir Guesmi
The basic plot of The Woman in the Fifth sounds like a psychological thriller. American Tom Ricks […]

By |June 14th, 2012|Psychological thriller|0 Comments

Bel Ami

Directed by Declan Donnellan & Nick Ormerod
Written by Rachel Bennette, based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant
Produced by Uberto Pasolini
Released by Magnolia Pictures.
UK/France/Italy. 102 min. Rated R
With Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney, Philip Glenister, Holliday Grainger & Natalia Tena
In an early scene in Bel Ami, wealthy socialite Madeleine […]

By |June 8th, 2012|Costume Drama|0 Comments