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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 […]

Irrational Man

Written and Directed by Woody Allen Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 94 min. Rated R With Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, Parker Posey, and Emma Stone Philosophy professor Abe Lucas (Joaquin Phoenix) causes a stir by arriving at Braylin College just in time for the summer […]

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 […]

Boulevard

Directed by Dito Montiel Produced by Monica Aguirre Diez Barroso, and Mia Chang Written by Douglas Soesbe Released by Starz Digital USA. 88 min. Rated R With Robin Williams, Kathy Baker, Roberto Aguire, Giles Matthey, Eléonore Hendricks and Bob Odenkirk Robin Williams’s last role, in the bleak yet engrossing Boulevard, is unlike any other dramatic […]

Tangerine/Mala Mala

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 […]

Infinitely Polar Bear

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. […]

Dope

Written and Directed by Rick Famuyiwa Produced by Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi Released by Open Road Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Shameik Moore, Kimberly Elise, Chanel Iman, Diggy, Jib, Roger Guenveur Smith, Forest Whitaker, Blake Anderson, Quincy Brown, Zoë Kravitz, and ASAP Rocky This Sundance darling is being praised as fresh […]

Runoff

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 […]

Manglehorn

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. […]