Edited, Produced, and Directed by Tamar Halpern and Chris Quilty
Released by Tamaroland Pictures
USA. 88 min. Not rated
Halfway through Llyn Foulkes One Man Band, the title subject is at a gallery staring at one of his paintings. Actually it’s a photograph of a rock formation blown up to about 8 by 10 feet and which Foulkes […]
Directed by Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais
Written by Hoss-Desmarais and Marc Tulin
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
Canada. 86 min Not rated
With Thomas Haden Church, Marc Labreche, Anie Pascale and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais
There are some great movies where man takes on the wilderness and alternately himself. (Into the Wild and Rescue Dawn come to mind). Whitewash is not in this group. Blame […]
Directed by Zack Parker
Written by Kevin Donner and Parker
Released by IFC Midnight
USA. 122 min Rated R
With Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg, and Erika Hoveland
For about 45 minutes, Proxy is a disturbing, intriguing original indie horror film focusing on the term “indie” (character, rather than plot, driven). Then a marked change in tone […]
Directed by Tom Berninger
Released by Abramorama Entertainment
USA. 74 min. Not rated
Matt Berninger, the lead singer of the indie rock band the National, is a very self-possessed individual. He is slim and handsome with steel blue gimlet eyes. When his band’s concerts begin, he strolls on stage with a glass of red wine in hand.
His brother, […]
Written and Directed by Geoff Moore and David Posamentier
Produced by Joe Neurauter and Felipe Marino
Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films.
USA. 91 min Not rated
With Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Monaghan, Norbert Leo Butz, Ben Schwartz, Ken Howard, Ray Liotta, Harrison Holzer & Jane Fonda
Better Living Through Chemistry has wonderful opening credits: smart, clever, and funny. […]
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
Produced by Niv Fichman and Miguel A. Faura
Written by Javier Gullón, based on the novel The Double by José Saramago Released by A24
Canada/Spain. 90 min. Rated R
With Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon & Isabella Rossellini
Enemy is a disturbing, surreal meditation on the nature of identity, depression, and the need to escape. […]
Filmed, Written & Directed by Joe Begos
Produced by Begos, Anthony Ambrosino & Ethier
Released by IFC Midnight
USA. 80 min. Not rated
With Graham Skipper, Vanessa Leigh, Josh Ethier, Michael Locicero & Susan T. Travers
The slasher film Almost Human starts off with a jolt of adrenaline as a young man, Mark (Josh Ethier), barrels down the highway towards […]
Written & Directed by Kamaleshwar Mukherjee, from the novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Produced by Shrikant Mohta & Mahendra Soni
Released by IABA LLC
Bengali with English subtitles
India. 148 min. Not rated
With Dev Akhikari, Gerard Rudolf, Martin Cito Otto, Nabeel Khan, Paul Ditchfield & David James
Chander Pahar (Mountain of the Moon) is an adventure story based on a famous […]
Directed by Ruairi Robinson
Written by Clive Dawson, based on the short story “The Animators” by Sydney J. Bounds
Produced by Michael Kuhn & Andrea Cornwell
Released by Magnet Releasing
UK/Ireland. 98 min. Rated R
With Liev Schreiber, Elias Koteas, Romola Garai, Olivia Williams & Johnny Harris
Last Days on Mars has a crisis of identity, if not tone. The film […]
