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Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding

Directed by Bruce Beresford
Produced by Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch & Jonathan Burkhart
Written by Christina Mengert & Joseph Muszynski
Released by IFC Films
USA. 96 min. Rated R
With Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Nat Wolff, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford,Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyle MacLachlan & Marissa O’Donnell
Over 30 years ago Jane Fonda starred in Sydney Pollack’s […]

By |June 7th, 2012|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand|0 Comments

Safety Not Guaranteed

Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Produced by Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Stephanie Langhoff, Trevorrow & Derek Connolly
Written by Connolly
Released by FilmDistrict
USA. 95 min. Rated R
With Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin & Mary Lynn Rajskub

In a parallel universe, Safety Not Guaranteed would get millions of The Big Bang […]

By |June 7th, 2012|Comedy, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Indie|0 Comments

A Cat in Paris

Directed by Jean-Loup Felicioli & Alain Gagnol
Produced by Jacques-Rémy Girerd; English version by Eric Beckman, David Jesteadt & Michael Sinterniklaas
Written by Gagnol & Girerd
Released by GKIDS
France/Netherlands/Switzerland/Belgium, 67 min. Rated PG
In English; and in French with English subtitles
With the voices of, English version—Marcia Gay Harden, Anjelica Huston, Matthew Modine, J B Blanc & Steve Blum; […]

By |June 1st, 2012|Animated|0 Comments

Pink Ribbons, Inc.

Directed by Léa Pool
Produced by Ravida Din
Written by Pool, Nancy Guerin & Patricia Kearns, based on Pink Ribbons, Inc.: Breast Cancer and the Politics of Philanthropy by Samantha King
Released by First Run Features
Canada. 98 min. Not rated

Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a timely warning about the political message behind the philanthropic-corporate complex that for decades has […]

By |May 31st, 2012|Documentary, Top Picks|0 Comments

5 Broken Cameras

Produced & Directed by Emad Burnat & Guy Davidi
Produced by Burnat, Davidi, Christine Camdessus & Serge Gordey
Released by Kino Lorber
Arabic, English & Hebrew with English subtitles Israel/Palestinian Territories/France/Netherlands. 90 min. Not Rated
It’s not unusual for the father of a newborn to get a camera and take a lot of photographs as he grows up. But […]

By |May 30th, 2012|Middle East, Political|0 Comments

Tonight You’re Mine

Directed by David Mackenzie
Produced by Gillian Berrie
Written by Thomas Leveritt
Released by Roadside Attractions
UK. 80 min. Rated R
With Luke Treadaway, Natalia Tena, Mathew Baynton, Ruta Gedmintas, Gavin Mitchell, Alastair Mackenzie & Sophie Wu

Tonight You’re Mine is a cheerfully rocking alternative to Hollywood’s sappy, romantic comedies. The setting at a real, raucous summer music festival adds a […]

By |May 26th, 2012|British, Romantic Comedy|0 Comments

Hysteria

Directed by Tanya Wexler
Produced by Sarah Curtis, Judy Cairo & Tracey Becker
Written by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer, based on an original story by Howard Gensler
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
UK/France/Germany/Luxembourg. 95 min. Rated R
With Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Ashley Jensen, Sheridan Smith, Gemma Jones, Georgie Glen, Anna Chancellor & Rupert […]

By |May 18th, 2012|Comedy, Costume Drama|0 Comments

Portrait of Wally

Directed by Andrew Shea
Produced by Shea, David D’Arcy & Barbara Morgan
Written by Shea & D’Arcy
Released by Seventh Art Releasing
USA/Austria. 90 min. Not Rated
Portrait of Wally is a real-life thriller that starts out as an historical legacy from the Holocaust, then ratchets up into a contemporary scandal with rich villains suavely sure […]

By |May 11th, 2012|Arts, Tribeca Film Festival|0 Comments

Where Do We Go Now?

Directed by Nadine Labaki  
Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint  
Written by Labaki, Jihad Hojeily & Rodney Al Haddad
Released by Sony Pictures Classics
France/Lebanon/Egypt/Italy. 100 min. Rated PG-13 
English, Arabic & Russian with English subtitles
With Labaki, Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Julien Farhat, Yvonne Maalouf, Oxana Chihane 
Where Do We Go Now? is about as feel-good a fable set in the Middle […]

By |May 10th, 2012|DVD/Streaming/On Demand, Foreign, Satire|0 Comments