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Drama

Coldwater

Directed by Vincent Grashaw Produced by Kris Dorrance, Dave Gare, and Grashaw Written by Grashaw and Mark Penney Released by Breaking Glass Pictures USA. 104 min. Not rated With P. J. Boudousqué, James C. Burns, Chris Petrovski, Octavius J. Johnson, Nicholas Bateman Vincent Grashaw’s debut feature, Coldwater, is the kind of slow-burn thriller that almost […]

After

Directed by Pieter Gaspersz Written by Sabrina Gennarino Released by Paladin USA. 100 min. Not rated With Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino, Adam Scarimbolo, Diane Neal, Darrin Dewitt Henson Stalin is alleged to have called a single death a tragedy and a million deaths a statistic. Art can whittle the great events […]

A Master Builder

Directed by Jonathan Demme Produced by Rocco Caruso, André Gregory, and Wallace Shawn Written by Shawn, based on Gregory’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s play Master Builder Solness Released by Abramorama USA. 127min. Not rated With Wallace Shawn, Lisa Joyce, Julie Hagerty, André Gregory, Jeff Biehl, Emily Cass McDonnell, and Larry Pine A Master Builder is […]

Test

Written and Directed by Chris Mason Johnson Produced by Johnson and Chris Martin Released by Variance Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Scott Marlowe, Matthew Risch, Kristoffer Cusick, Katherine Wells, Damon Sperber, and Kevin Clarke In this appealing indie, the story of Frankie (Scott Marlowe), a young gay man in 1985 San Francisco, is […]

Night Moves

Directed by Kelly Reichardt Produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Chris Maybach, Saemi Kim, Rodrigo Teixeira Written by Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt Released by Cinedigm Entertainment USA. 112 min. Rated R With Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Alia Shawkat, Logan Miller, Kai Lennox, Katherine Waterston, James Le Gros What’s to be done to […]

Beneath the Harvest Sky

Written and Directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly Produced Gaudet, Gita Pullapilly and Kavita Pullapilly Released by Tribeca Film USA. 116 min. Not rated With Emory Cohen, Callan McAuliffe, Aidan Gillen, Zoe Levin, Sarah Sutherland, Timm Sharp and Timothy Simons As the brainchild of married couple Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly, Beneath the Harvest […]

Breathe In

Directed by Drake Doremus Produced by Jonathan Schwartz, Andrea Sperling, Steven M. Rales and Mark Roybal Written by Doremus and Ben York Jones Released by Cohen Media Group. Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes. With Guy Pearce, Felicity Jones, Amy Ryan, Matthew Daddario & Mackenzie Davis Drake Doremus’s melodrama Breathe In dissects the hidden dynamic […]

It Felt Like Love

Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman Produced by Eliza Hittman, Shirihari Sathe, Laura Wagner Released by Variance Films USA. 82 min. Not rated With Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein & Jesse Cordasco General anxiety is often described as the constant fear that something tragic is about to happen. This dread underscores the entirety of […]

The Face of Love

Directed by Arie Posin Produced by Bonnie Curtis & Julie Lynn Written by Posin & Matthew McDuffie Released by IFC Films USA. 92 min. Rated PG-13 With Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams, Jess Weixler & Amy Brenneman Annette Bening and Ed Harris star in a romantic drama about grief and the inability to accept […]