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California Solo

Written & Directed by Marshall Lewy Produced by Ross Girard & Mynette Louie Released by Strand Releasing USA. 94 min. Rated R With Robert Carlyle, Alexia Rasmussen, Danny Masterson, William Russ, Kathleen Wilhoite, Michael Des Barnes & A. Martinez Lachlan MacAldonich lives on his own. He works in a farm field, tending the vegetables, and […]

Yelling to the Sky

Written & Directed by Victoria Mahoney Produced by Ms. Mahoney, Billy Mulligan & Ged Dickersin Released by MPI Pictures USA. 96 min. Not rated With Zoë Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Antonique Smith, Tariq Trotter, Tim Blake Nelson, Gabourey Sidibe & Yolonda Ross Zoë Kravitz gives a powerful performance as Sweetness O’Hara in this coming-of-age indie. Actress-turned-first-time-director […]

In the Family

Written & Directed by Patrick Wang Produced by Andrew van den Houten, Robert Tonino & Wang Released by In the Family LLC USA. 169 min. Not rated With Trevor St. John, Patrick Wang, Sebastian Brodziak, Brian Murray, Park Overall, Peter Hermann, Susan Kellermann, Elaine Bromka & Kelly McAndrew At close to three hours long, In […]

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 […]

About Cherry

Directed by Stephen Elliott Written by Elliott & Lorelei Lee Produced by Liz Destro & Jordan Kessler Released by IFC Midnight USA. 102 min. Not rated With Ashley Hinshaw, Dev Patel, James Franco, Heather Graham, Lili Taylor, Diane Farr & Jonny Weston About Cherry, a disappointingly bland and underachieving film about the porn industry, makes […]

Arbitrage

Written & Directed by Nicholas Jarecki Produced by Laura Bickford, Kevin Turen, Justin Nappi & Robert Salerno Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 100 min. Rated R With Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth, Brit Marling, Laetitia Casta, Nate Parker, Stuart Margolin, Chris Eigeman, Graydon Carter, & Bruce Altman Writer/director Nicholas Jarecki turns his debut feature […]

10 Years

Written & Directed by Jamie Linden Produced by Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Marty Bowen & Wyck Godfrey Released by Anchor Bay Films USA. 90 min. Rated PG-13 With Lynn Collins, Rosario Dawson, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Brian Geraghty, Ari Graynor, Oscar Issac, Ron Livingston, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, Max Minghella, Eiko Nijo, Aubrey Plaza, Scott […]

Here

Directed by Braden King Produced by Lars Knudsen & Jay Van Hoy   Written by King & Dani Valent Released by Strand Releasing USA. 126 min. Not Rated  With Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal, and the voice of Peter Coyote Two lone world travelers, an engineer and an artist, meet at a café. He’s an American engrossed […]

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 […]