Written and Directed by John Turturro Produced by Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte, Bill Block and Paul Hanson Released by Millennium Entertainment. USA. 90 min. Rated R With John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone, and Sofia Vergara How can a film featuring a renowned cast and led by a well-meaning director come off as […]
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 […]
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 […]
Edited, Written and Directed by Daniel Patrick Carbone Produced by Matthew Petock, Zach Shedd, Carbone, and Jordan Bailey-Hoover Released by Tribeca Film USA. 80 minutes. Not Rated With Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O’Leary, Ivan Tomic, Thomas Cruz, Christina Starbuck and Chris Kies Fresh coming-of-age tales are difficult to make for the simple reason that […]
Directed by Rob Meyer Produced by Kirsten Duncan Fuller, Lisa K. Jenkins, Dan Lindau and R. Paul Miller Written by Luke Matheny and Meyer Released by Screen Media Films. USA. 88 min. Not rated With Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Alex Wolff, Michael Chen, Katie Chang, and Ben Kingsley Rob Meyer’s feature directorial debut, A […]
Directed by E. L. Katz Written by David Chirchirillo and Trent Haaga Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 88 min. Not rated With Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, David Koechner and Sara Paxton It’s possible there is someone somewhere who is unaware of the lengths to which man will go for a cash prize. Or there may […]
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 […]
Sundance 2014, for me, was about the levels of experience of its many directors. For a festival that showcases the work of emerging filmmakers, there were notably a remarkable number of films by well-established filmmakers. And the quality showed. Watching an Ira Sachs film or a Zellner Brothers film (this year being their eighth trip […]
Directed by Robert Berger, Patrick Daniels & Karlyn Michelson Written by Berger, Daniels & Gregory Produced by Caterina Bartha, Berger & Daniels Released by Collective: Unconscious & 3-Legged Dog USA. 80 min. Not rated With Patrick Daniels, Irving Gregory, Noel Dinneen, Sam Zuckerman, Debbie Troche & Nora Woolley In recent years, the (over)use of 3-D […]