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The Skeleton Twins

Directed by Craig Johnson Produced by Stephanie Langhoff, Jennifer Lee and Jacob Pechenik Written by Johnson and Mark Heyman Released by Roadside Attractions USA. 92 min. Rated R With Bill Hader, Kristen Wiig, Luke Wilson, Ty Burrell, Boyd Holbrook and Joanna Gleason Actors Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader have habitually epitomized the lofty standards of […]

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them

Written and Directed by Ned Benson Produced by Cassandra Kulukundis, Benson, Jessica Chastain, Todd Labarowski, and Emanuel Michael Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 122 min. Rated R. With James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Nina Arianda, Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Ciaran Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, William Hurt, and Jess Weixler The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is a […]

Love Is Strange

Directed by Ira Sachs Written by Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias Produced by Lucas Joaquin, Jay Van Hoy, Jayne Baron Sherman, Lars Knudsen and Sachs Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 98 min. Rated R With John Lithgow, Alfred Molina, Marisa Tomei, Darren Burrows, Charlie Tahan, Cheyenne Jackson, Manny Perez and Eric Tabach In last year’s […]

The One I Love

Directed by Charlie McDowell Produced by Mel Eslyn Written by Justin Lader Released by Radius/TWC USA. 91 min. Rated R With Mark Duplass, Elisabeth Moss and Ted Danson This comedy, with a couple of couples who are easily confused in their mixed-up match-ups, owes something to A Midsummer Night’s Dream. To its great credit, it […]

Coldwater

Directed by Vincent Grashaw Produced by Kris Dorrance, Dave Gare, and Grashaw Written by Grashaw and Mark Penney Released by Breaking Glass Pictures USA. 104 min. Not rated With P. J. Boudousqué, James C. Burns, Chris Petrovski, Octavius J. Johnson, Nicholas Bateman Vincent Grashaw’s debut feature, Coldwater, is the kind of slow-burn thriller that almost […]

Life After Beth

Written and Directed by Jeff Baena Produced by Michael Zakin, Liz Destro Released by A24 USA. 91 min. Rated R With Dane DeHaan, Aubrey Plaza, John C. Reilly, Molly Shannon, Cheryl Hines, Paul Reiser, Matthew Gray Gubler, Anna Kendrick, and Jim O’Heir Aubrey Plaza is an actor that has recently flourished, thanks to her procurement […]

Deepsea Challenge 3D

Directed by John Bruno, Andrew Wight, and Ray Quint Produced by Wight and Brett Popplewell Released by National Geographic Entertainment USA. 90 min. Rated PG People often grow up fantasizing about  outer space and/or the Earth’s oceans, the two great canvasses available for boundless possibility and discovery. James Cameron is at the far end of the […]

At the Devil’s Door

Written and Directed by Nicholas McCarthy Produced by Sonny Mallhi Released by IFC Midnight/Video on Demand USA. 92 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno, Naya Rivera, Ashley Rickards, and Colin Egglesfield There are horror movies that wink and nudge at you, knowing you understand the tropes and the paces. They allow you to keep […]

After

Directed by Pieter Gaspersz Written by Sabrina Gennarino Released by Paladin USA. 100 min. Not rated With Kathleen Quinlan, John Doman, Pablo Schreiber, Sabrina Gennarino, Adam Scarimbolo, Diane Neal, Darrin Dewitt Henson Stalin is alleged to have called a single death a tragedy and a million deaths a statistic. Art can whittle the great events […]