Film-Forward

American

Copperhead

Produced & Directed by Ron Maxwell Written by Bill Kauffman, based on the novel by Harold Frederic Released by Brainstorm Media USA. 120 min. PG-13 With Billy Campbell, Angus MacFadyen, Peter Fonda, Casey Brown & Lucy Boynton Civil War sesquicentennial celebrations continue to reignite interest in the conflict that divided the nation over the issue […]

Fruitvale Station

Written & Directed by Ryan Coogler Produced by Nina Yang Bongiovi & Forest Whitaker Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 85 min. Rated R With Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray & Ahna O’Reilly In the early morning hours of New Year’s Day 2009, 22-year-old Oscar Julius Grant III, […]

Crystal Fairy

Written & Directed by Sebastián Silva Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín & Pablo Larraín Released by IFC Films Chile. 100 min. Not rated With Michael Cera, Gaby Hoffmann, Juan Andrés Silva, José Miguel Silva & Agustín Silva Early on in Sebastián Silva’s small, strange, and perfect movie Crystal Fairy, Michael Cera’s character, Jamie, a […]

The Way Way Back

Written & Directed by Nat Faxon & Jim Rash Produced by Kevin J. Walsh & Tom Rice Released by Fox Searchlight USA. 103 min. Rated PG-13 With Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb, Sam Rockwell, Maya Rudolph & Liam James It isn’t a secret by now that screenwriters Nat Faxon and Jim Rash […]

Some Girl(s)

Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer Produced by Patty West, Chris Schwartz & Andrew Carlberg Written by Neil LaBute, based on his play Released by Leeden Media USA. 84 min. Not rated With Adam Brody, Kristen Bell, Zoe Kazan, Mía Maestro, Jennifer Morrison & Emily Watson In Some Girl(s), Adam Brody plays a nameless man […]

Before Midnight

Directed by Richard Linklater Written by Linklater, Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy Produced by Linklater, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos & Sara Woodhatch Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 108 min. Rated R With Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Ariane Labed, Athina Rachel Tsangari, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Walter Lassally & Xenia Kalogeropoulou In Before Midnight, time has moved on […]

Cannes Film Festival Winners

The main difference that sets the Cannes Film Festival apart from other fests is the anticipation: you want to see the films debuting in the competition, especially if they are directed by the likes of the Coen brothers, Alexander Payne, Roman Polanski, and Asghar Farhadi, to name four. Few shots in the dark here. There […]

The Kings of Summer

Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts Produced by Tyler Davidson, Peter Saraf & John Hodges Written by Chris Galletta Released by CBS Films USA. 95 min. Rated R With Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Marc Evan Jackson, Erin Moriarty, Alison Brie & Mary Lynn Rajskub The Kings of Summer open with a […]

Much Ado About Nothing

Written & Directed by Joss Whedon, based on the play by Shakespeare Produced by Mr. Whedon & Kai Cole Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 107 min. Rated PG- With Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese, Sean Maher, Reed Diamond, Clark Gregg & Tom Lenk With the recent conversations surrounding the merits […]