Written and Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine Produced by Kim Sherman Released by Sundance Selects USA. 90 min. Not rated With Sophia Takal, Lawrence Michael Levine, Alia Shawkat, Annie Parisse, Jason Ritter, and Kevin Corrigan Helmed by writer, producer, director, and star Lawrence Michael Levine, this caper-comedy has a refreshing cast of young actors assembled […]
Written and Directed by Sydney Freeland Produced by Chad Burris and Mateo Frazier Released by Indion Entertainment USA. 89 min. Not rated. With Jeremiah Bitsui, Carmen Moore, MorningStar Angeline, Shauna Baker, Kiowa Gordon, Elizabeth Frances, and Richard Ray Whitman Drunktown’s Finest is about identity in its many forms: race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and nationality, […]
The 2015 edition of the Sundance Film Festival wasn’t exactly a record-setting year for acquisitions in Park City, as some outlets reported about the Grand Jury and Audience Award?winning dramedy Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and its would-be $12 million offers from distributors. Regardless, business was up from years past. And the quality […]
Written and Directed by Sean Mullin Produced by Terry Leonard, Erich Lochner, and Matt Miller Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Laith Nakli, and Paul Wesley As American Sniper continues to reign supreme at the box office this week, much is being written about the way in […]
Directed by Daniel Barnz Produced by Ben Barnz, Kristin Hahn, Courtney Solomon and Mark Canton Written by Patrick Tobin, based on his short story Released by Cinelou Films USA. 91 min. Rated R With Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza, Anna Kendrick, Sam Worthington, Felicity Huffman, Mamie Gummer, Chris Messina, and William H. Macy It has been […]
Written and Directed by Desiree Akhavan Produced by Cecilia Frugiuele Released by Gravitas Ventures USA. 90 min. Not rated With Scott Adsit, Desiree Akhavan, Anh Duong, Halley Feiffer, Rebecca Henderson, and Arian Moayed Films, TV shows, novels, even webcomics about urban 20somethings haltingly trying to make it are practically a genre unto themselves. With Appropriate […]
Directed by Andrea Pallaoro Produced by Jonathan Venguer, Gina Resnick, Kyle Heller, and Eleonora Granata Jenkinson Written by Andrea Pallaoro and Orlando Tirado Released by the Vladar Company USA. 97 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno and Brían F. O’Byrne Medeas is the story of a rural family caught in the middle of a […]
Written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland, based on the novel by Lisa Genova Produced by Lex Lutzus, James Brown, and Pamela Koffler Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 99 min. PG-13 With Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Alec Baldwin, and Hunter Parrish Alice Howland (Julianne Moore) is an extremely smart woman. […]
What went into the creation of this list? Mostly strong first impressions, followed by second (or third or fourth opinions) and a second viewing, confirming that there is some “there” there. Because this compilation is made right at the end of the year, it’s a judgment of its time made under at least condition since […]