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Bernie

Directed by Richard Linklater Produced by Linkater & Ginger Sledge Written by Linklater & Skip Hollandsworth Released by Millennium Entertainment USA. 104 min. Rated R With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux & Rick Dial Based on one of those true stories that are memorable, but not exactly incredible, regional human […]

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Written & Directed by Abel Ferrara Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Peter Danner, Brahim Chioua & Vincent Maraval Released by IFC Films USA/Switzerland/France. 85 min. Not rated With Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Dierdra McDowell, Triana Jackson, Trung Nguyen & Anita Pallenberg Samuel Beckett Abel Ferrara is not. Subject […]

Detachment

Directed by Tony Kaye Written by Carl Lund Produced by Austin Stark, Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Greg Shapiro, Lund & Chris Papavasiliou Released by Tribeca Film USA. 100 min. Not rated With Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner & […]

Rampart

Directed by Oren Moverman Produced by Lawrence Inglee, Clark Peterson, by Ben Foster & Ken Kao Written by James Ellroy & Moverman Released by Millenium Entertainment USA. 112 min. Rated R With Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Cynthia Nixon, Anne Heche, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Ned Beatty, Steve Buscemi, Ice Cube & Brie Larson A dirty […]

Another Happy Day

Written & Directed by Sam Levinson Produced by Ellen Barkin, Pamela Fielder, Johnny Lin, Michael Nardelli, Salli Newman, Celine Rattray & Todd Traina Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 115 min. Rated R With Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Demi Moore, Thomas Haden Church, George Kennedy, Ellen Burstyn, Siobhan Fallon & Michael Nardelli …And the […]

The Descendants

Directed by Alexander Payne Produced by Jim Burke & Payne Written by Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings;; Released by Fox Searchlight. USA. 115 min. Rated R With George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, & […]

My Week with Marilyn

Directed by Simon Curtis Produced by David Parfitt & Harvey Weinstein Written by Adrian Hodges,based on the diaries by Colin Clark, The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me and My Week with Marilyn Released by the Weinstein Company USA/UK. 101 min. Rated R With Michelle Williams, Eddie Remayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Dominic Cooper, Emma Watson, […]

Margin Call

Written and Directed by J. C. Chandor Produced by Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Zachary Quinto, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa & Joe Jenckes Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 105 min. Rated R With: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore & Stanley Tucci Debut writer/director J.C. […]

Martha Marcy May Marlene

Written & Directed by Sean Durkin Produced by Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach & Patrick Cunningham Released by Fox Searchlight USA. 101 min. Rated R With Elizabeth Olsen, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes & Sarah Paulson A creepy Luddite zealot, Patrick (John Hawkes), leads a small rural community in upstate New York. His […]