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About Paul Weissman

Paul Weissman is an actor, writer, playwright, and, in the comfort of his own home, an occasional guitar player who lives in New York City. He has appeared in Sean Baker's first film Four Letter Words and will be seen in the upcoming horror film Cryptid. His website is paulweissman.com.

Everly

Directed by Joe Lynch
Produced by Adam Ripp, Rob Paris, Luke Rivett, and Andrew Pfeffer.
Written by Yale Hannon
Released by the Radius-TWC
USA. 92 min. Rated R
With Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda, Togo Igawa, Akie Kotabe, Gabriella Wright, Caroline Chikezie, Jennifer Blanc, Jelena Gavrilovic, and Aisha Ayamah
Rarely does a film leaving you feeling as icky as Everly. […]

By |February 28th, 2015|Action, Crime, sex|0 Comments

What We Do in the Shadows

Written and Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi
Produced by Waititi, Chelsea Winstanley, and Emanuel Michael.
New Zealand. 87 min. Not rated
Released by Unison Films/Paladin
With Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Rhys Darby, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie Van Beek
You would think that it would be far too late to breathe life in the moribund genres of […]

By |February 18th, 2015|Comedy, Satire, Top Picks|0 Comments

Black Sea

Directed by Kevin Macdonald
Produced by Charles Steel and Macdonald
Written by Dennis Kelly
Released by Focus Features
UK/USA/Russia. 115 min. Rated R
With Jude Law, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, David Threlfall, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Sergey Puskepalis, Michael Smiley, Grigory Dobrygin, Sergey Veksler, Sergey Kolesnikov, Bobby Schofield, Jodie Whittaker, and Tobias Menzies

Who knew the world needed a new Steve McQueen? Who […]

By |January 27th, 2015|Thriller, Top Picks, U. K.|0 Comments

The Duke of Burgundy

Written and Directed by Peter Strickland
Produced by Andy Starke
Released by Sundance Selects
UK. 106 min. Not rated
With Sidse Babett Knudsen, Chiara D’Anna, Eugenia Caruso, Zita Kraszko, Monica Swinn, Eszter Tompa, and Fatma Mohamed
Isn’t it amazing how the most unique, unconventional relationships generally, when put under a microscope, turn out to be stunningly normal? Awash with neuroses, […]

By |January 23rd, 2015|Film History, sex, U. K.|0 Comments

A Most Violent Year

Written and Directed by J.C. Chandor
Produced by Neal Dodson, Anna Gerb, and Chandor
Released by A24
USA. 124 min. Rated R
With Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Alessandro Nivola, Elyes Gabel, Albert Brooks, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Peter Gerety, and Christopher Abbott
A Most Violent Man is not particularly violent, and it only takes place in a few […]

By |December 19th, 2014|Crime, Drama, Top Picks|0 Comments

The Beast/Immoral Tales

The Beast (1975). 93 min.
Immoral Tales (1974). 103 min.
Written & Directed by Walerian Borowcyk
French with English subtitles
Back in the early 1970s, as porn was poking it’s way into the mainstream, a few daring filmmakers raised on arty fare like Bergman and Fellini tried to incorporate some deep ideas with blatant erotica, if not outright porn. […]

By |December 13th, 2014|Costume Drama, Film History, French|0 Comments

To Kill a Man

Written and Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras
Produced by Eduardo Villalobos Pino, Guillaume de Seille
Released by Film Movement
Spanish with English subtitles
Chile/France. 81 min. Not rated
With Daniel Candia, Alexandra Yanez, Daniel Antivilo, Ariel Mateluna, and Jennifer Salas
Inspired by real-life events, To Kill a Man has honorable intent. It wants to put you in the place of a […]

By |December 13th, 2014|Crime, DVD/Streaming/On Demand, South American|0 Comments

Late Phases

Directed by Adrián García Bogliano
Produced by Larry Fessenden, Brent Kunkle, Greg Newman, Zak Zeman
Written by Eric Stolze
Released by Dark Sky Films
USA. 95 min. Rated R
With Nick Damici, Ethan Embry, Lance Guest, Tina Louise, Rutanya Alda, Caitlin O’Heaney, Tom Noonan, Larry Fessenden, and Erin Cummings
The setup of this werewolf movie is unique and intriguing. Ambrose McKinley […]

By |November 26th, 2014|Horror, Indie|0 Comments

Bad Turn Worse

Directed by Zeke Hawkins and Simon Hawkins
Produced by Justin X. Duprie and Brian Udovich
Written by Dutch Southern
Released by Starz Digital
USA. 91 min. Not rated
With Jeremy Allen White, Logan Huffman, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Pellegrino, William Devane, and Jon Gries
Bad Turn Worse begins with an act of great hubris when a character quotes the great noir writer […]

By |November 14th, 2014|Crime, Thriller, Top Picks|0 Comments