Directed by Paul Schrader Written by Brett Easton Ellis Produced by Braxton Pope Released by IFC Films USA. 100 min. Not rated With Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Gerard Funk, Amanda Brooks, Tenille Huston, & Gus Van Sant In recent interviews, Paul Schrader has talked about the “death of cinema” in relation to his latest […]
For the first time since it was founded 11 years ago, the narrative films competing for awards at the Tribeca Film Festival made up a noteworthy and motley bunch, and it was a real race. Usually gems by an unknown filmmaker made without any stars can be discovered in the various sidebars, but this year, […]
Written & Directed by Andrew Bujalski Produced by Houston King & Alex Lipschultz Released by Kino Lorber USA. 92 min. Not rated With Patrick Riester, Wiley Wiggins, Myles Paige, Robin Schwartz & Gerald Peary If being unique and outside of the box were all that Computer Chess had going for it, it wouldn’t have been […]
Written & Directed by Sebastián Silva Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín & Pablo Larraín Released by IFC Films Chile. 100 min. Not rated With Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva & Agustín Silva Early on in Sebastián Silva’s small, strange, and perfect movie Crystal Fairy, Michael Cera’s character, Jamie, a […]
Music, Art Direction, Animation Direction, Edited, Written & Directed by Terence Nance Produced by James Bartlett, Andrew D. Corkin & Nance Released by Variance Films USA. 84 min. Not rated With Terence Nance & Namik Minter The tender opening credits appear as hand drawn overlays over a beautiful sequence shot in the tunnels of the […]
Written & Directed by Geoffrey Fletcher Produced by Fletcher & Bonnie Timmerman Released by Cinedigm USA. 88 min. Rated R With Saoirse Ronan, Alexis Bledel & James Gandolfini The idea behind Violet & Daisy is intriguing. Two young women, who love ordinary things like pretty dresses and bubblegum pop stars, happen to be deadly assassins […]
Directed by Dante Ariola Written by Becky Johnston Produced by Alisa Tager, Johnston, Mac Cappuccino & Brian Oliver Released by Cinedigm USA. 101 min. Not rated With Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche & Lucas Hedges Mistaken and reinvention of identity is a longstanding theme within popular culture, from North by Northwest to Mad Men?the […]
Written & Directed by Bob Byington Produced by Stuart Bohart, Hans Graffunder, Christos Konstantakopoulos & Nick Offerman Released by Tribeca Film USA. 76 min. Not rated With Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Marshall Bell, Kate Lyn Sheil The opening credits set a peculiar tone, sashaying between animation, one-liners, time jumps, and the […]
Written & Directed by Rebecca Thomas Produced by Jessica Caldwell & Richard Neustadter Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 93 min. Not rated With Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aike, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane, John Patrick Amedorl, Rachel Pirard, Cassidy Gard & Paola Baldlon Electrick Children pulls from a bizarre combination of coming-age-films, […]