Written and Directed by Sean Mullin Produced by Terry Leonard, Erich Lochner, and Matt Miller Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Laith Nakli, and Paul Wesley As American Sniper continues to reign supreme at the box office this week, much is being written about the way in […]
Directed by Daniel Barnz Produced by Ben Barnz, Kristin Hahn, Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton Written by Patrick Tobin, based on his short story Released by Cinelou Films USA. 91 min. Rated R With Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Felicity Huffman, Mamie Gummer, Chris Messina, and William H. Macy It has been […]
Written and Directed by Desiree Akhavan Produced by Cecilia Frugiuele Released by Gravitas Ventures USA. 90 min. Not rated With Scott Adsit, Desiree Akhavan, Anh Duong, Halley Feiffer, Rebecca Henderson, and Arian Moayed Films, TV shows, novels, even webcomics about urban 20somethings haltingly trying to make it are practically a genre unto themselves. With Appropriate […]
Directed by Andrea Pallaoro Produced by Jonathan Venguer, Gina Resnick, Kyle Heller, and Eleonora Granata Jenkinson Written by Andrea Pallaoro and Orlando Tirado Released by the Vladar Company USA. 97 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno and Brían F. O’Byrne Medeas is the story of a rural family caught in the middle of a […]
Directed by Sam Fleischner Produced by Andrew Neel, Veronica Nickel, Dave Saltzman and Craig Shilowich Written by Rose Lichter-Marck and Micah Bloomberg, based on a story by Lichter-Marck Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories. USA. 100 min. Not rated With Andrea Suarez Paz, Jesus Sanchez-Velez, Azul Zorrilla, Tenoch Huerta Mejía and Marsha Stephanie Blake Director Sam Fleischner […]
Written, Produced, and Directed by Scott Cohen USA/Antarctica/Argentina. 80 min. Not rated With Olivia Thirlby, Vincent Kartheiser, Billy Campbell, Larry Pine, Lisa Harrow, Roger Payne, Garth Stevenson, and Matt Drennan At the end of Red Knot, director Scott Cohen dedicates the film to his wife. It’s a personal touch to what feels like a very […]
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 […]
Written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour Produced by Sina Sayyah, Justin Begnaud and Amirpour Released by Kino Lorber/Vice Films Farsi with English subtitles USA. 107 min. Not rated With Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Mozhan Marno, Dominic Rains, Milad Eghbali, Rome Shadanloo, Marshall Manesh and Reza Sixo Safai A chador-wearing vampire stalks the sleazy men […]
Butter on the Latch Thous Wast Mild & Lovely Director and writer Josephine Decker’s first two feature-length films complement each other well, while revealing a diverse and unique approach to contemporary filmmaking. Both contain a central, if loose, narrative dream sequence, hallucinations, and odd camera movements and sounds to create completely distinct visions. Butter on […]