Directed by Sean Baker Produced by Marcus Cox, Karrie Cox, Darren Dean, Shih-Ching Tsou Written by Baker and Chris Bergoch Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 87 min. Rated R With Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, James Ransone, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan and Alla Tumanian Writer/director Sean Baker has made wonderful indie films that are sparkling […]
Written and Directed by Maya Forbes Produced by Wally Wolodarsky, Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 90 min. Rated R With Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide, Beth Dixon, and Keir Dullea Bostonian blueblood Cam Stuart is charming, manly, and easy on the eyes. […]
Written and Directed by Kimberly Levin Produced by Kurt Pitzer Released by Monterey Media USA. 90 min. Rated R With Joanne Kelly, Neal Huff, Alex Shaffer, Kivlighan de Montebello, Tom Bower, and Darlene Hunt Set during an Indian summer (filmed in Kentucky), Runoff is a visually stunning look at modern farming life. The lyrical film […]
Directed by David Gordon Green Produced by Christopher Woodrow, Molly Conners, Lisa Muskat, Green, and Derrick Tseng. Written by Paul Logan Released by IFC Films USA. 97 min Rating PG-13 With Al Pacino, Holly Hunter, Harmony Korine, Chris Messina, and Natalie Wilemon “I’m a silly man with stupid dreams,” a haggard figure mutters to himself. […]
Directed by Shira Piven Produced by Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Aaron L. Gilbert and Adam McKay Written by Eliot Laurence Released by Alchemy USA. 105 min. Rated R With Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Robbins, and Joan Cusack There’s something to be said for originality, which this Kristen […]
The Tribeca Film Festival is back, offering an absurd amount of options for moviegoers to choose from. There’s a documentary about the fastball; a drama with Richard Gere as a creepy, rich older man worming his way into the lives of a young couple (Franny); and a Danish mood piece about teen suicide (Bridgend). This […]
Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 109 min. Not rated With Lou Taylor Pucci and Nadia Hilker In this new supernatural romance film, an isolated, directionless young American named Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) flees to Italy to find himself. It’s obvious that he needs a chance to make a […]
Edited, Written, and Directed by Joel Potrykus Produced by Michael Saunders and Ashley Young Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 98 min. Not rated With Joshua Burge, Joel Potrykus, Teri Ann Nelson, Katie Call, Scott Baisden, Joe Anderson, Rico Bruce Wade, Crystal Hilliard, and Michael Cunningham In the ’70’s, a drifter-grifter anti-hero had a sort of […]
Directed by David Zellner Produced by Nathan Zellner, Cameron Lamb, Chris Ohlson, Andrew Banks, and Jim Burke Written by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner Released by Amplify English and Japanese, with English subtitles USA. 105 min. Not rated With Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Kanako Higashi, Kyokaku Ichi, Ayaka Ohnishi, Mayuko Kawakita and David Zellner A […]