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The Mend

Written and Directed by John Magary Produced by Myna Joseph and Michael Prall Released by Cinelicious Pics USA. 109 min. Not rated With Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen, Mickey Sumner, Cory Nichols, Louisa Krause, and Austin Pendleton The poster for The Mend declares it “A Stressed Out Comedy,” and if you’re talking about the […]

Digging for Fire

Edited and Directed by Joe Swanberg Produced by Jake Johnson, Swanberg and Alicia Van Couvering Written by Swanberg and Johnson Released by the Orchard USA. 83 min. Rated R With Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jane Adams, Steve Berg, Mike Birbiglia, Orlando Bloom, Tom Bower, Sam Elliott, Anna Kendrick, Brie Larson, Judith Light, Ron Livingston, Melanie […]

Grandma

Written and Directed by Paul Weitz Produced by Weitz, Andrew Miano, Terry Dougas, and Paris Latsis Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 80 min. Rated R With Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott, Nat Wolff, and John Cho Isn’t that sweet old Lily Tomlin starring as a senior […]

People Places Things

Written and Directed by Jim Strouse Produced by Michael B. Clark and Alex Turtletaub Released by the Film Arcade USA. 86 min. Rated R With Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Jessica Williams, Stephanie Allynne, Gia Gadsby, Aundrea Gadsby and Michael Chernus “It takes a lot of courage to try and change your life,” so says Charlie […]

Cop Car

Directed by Jon Watts Produced by Cody Ryder, Alicia Van Couvering, Sam Bisbee, Andrew Kortschak and Watts Written by Watts and Christopher Ford Released by Focus World USA. 88 min Rated R With Kevin Bacon, James Freedson-Jackson, Hays Wellford, Camryn Manheim and Shea Whigham One of the ballsiest young figures in film today, writer-director Jon […]

Two Step

Written, Produced, and Directed by Alex R. Johnson Produced by Johnson, Paul Biedrzycki, Pat Cassidy, Charles Mulford Released by Traverse Media USA.  93 min. Not rated With Beth Broderick, James Landry Hébert, Skyy Moore, Jason Douglas, and Ashley Rai Spillers “I don’t live in a world of maybe, I live in Texas.” This is just […]

The End of the Tour

Directed by James Ponsoldt produced by David Kanter, Matt DeRoss, James Dahl, Mark Manuel, and Ted O’Neal Written by Donald Margulies, based on Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace, a memoir by David Lipsky Released by A24 USA. 106 min. Rated R With Jesse Eisenberg, Jason […]

The Stanford Prison Experiment

Directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez Produced by Brent Emery and Lizzie Friedman Written by Tim Talbott, based on the book The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo Released by IFC Films USA. 122 min. Rated R With Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, Olivia Thirlby, Thomas Mann, James Wolk, and Tye Sheridan It’s no small feat […]

Meet Me in Montenegro

Written and Directed by Alex Holdridge and Linnea Saasen Produced by Ineke Hagedorn, Holdridge, Saasen, Paul Young, Peter Principato, Chris Aagaard, and Seth Caplan Released by the Orchard USA. 90 min. Not rated With Holdridge, Saasen, Rupert Friend, and Jennifer Ulrich Writing and directing partners (and real-life couple) Linnea Saasen and Alex Holdridge star in […]