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It’s a Disaster

Written & Directed by Todd Berger Produced by Kevin M. Brennan, Jeff Grace, Gordon Bijelonic & Datari Turner Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 88 min. Not rated With Julia Stiles, David Cross, America Ferrera, Erinn Hayes, Jeff Grace, Rachel Boston & Kevin M. Brennan It’s a Disaster is structured around a clever conceit: tensions at […]

To the Wonder

Written & Directed by Terrence Malick Produced by Sarah Green & Nicolas Gonda Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 112 min. Rated R With Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Tatiana Chiline & Romina Mondello To the Wonder is a surprise. Even with all of his hallmarks and impressionistic flourishes, Terrence Malick’s new film […]

Upstream Color

Written & Directed by Shane Carruth Produced by Carruth, Casey Gooden & Ben LeClair Released by erbp Film USA.  96 min. Not rated With Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Kathy Carruth & Meredith Burke Wunderkind Shane Carruth—he writes, directs, stars, produces, edits, photographs, and composes the music for his films—returns from a […]

The Place Beyond the Pines

Directed by Derek Cianfrance Written by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio & Darius Marder, based on a story by Cianfrance & Coccio Produced by Jamie Patricof, Alex Orlovsky, Sidney Kimmel & Lynette Howell Released by Focus Features Release, USA. 140 min. Rated R With Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Rose Byrne, Emory Cohen, Dane […]

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Written & Directed by Bob Byington Produced by Stuart Bohart, Hans Graffunder, Christos Konstantakopoulos & Nick Offerman Released by Tribeca Film USA. 76 min. Not rated With Keith Poulson, Nick Offerman, Jess Weixler, Stephanie Hunt, Marshall Bell, Kate Lyn Sheil The opening credits set a peculiar tone, sashaying between animation, one-liners, time jumps, and the […]

Gimme the Loot

Written & Directed by Adam Leon Produced by Natalie Difford, Dominic Buchanan & Jamund Washington Released by Sundance Selects USA. 81 min. Not rated With Tashiana Washington, Ty Hickson, Meeko, Zoë Lescaze, Sam Soghor & Adam Metzger Gimme the Loot is a movie that would suffer from being any more polished. Its imperfections lend it […]

Eden

Directed by Megan Griffiths Produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler Written by Richard B. Phillips & Griffiths, story by Phillips & Chong Kim Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 98 min. Rated R With Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O’Leary, Tantoo Cardinal, Jeanine Monterroza & Scott Mechlowicz Hyun Jae (Jamie Chung) is just […]

The We and the I

Directed by Michel Gondry Produced by Gondry, Julie Fong, Raffi Adlan & Georges Bermann Written by Gondry, Jeffrey Grimshaw & Paul Proch Released by Paladin/108 Media UK/USA/France. 103 min. Not rated With Michael Brodie, Teresa Lynn, Laidychen Carrasco, Raymond Delgado, Jonathan Ortiz, Jonathan Worrell, Alex Barrios, Meghan “Niomi” Murphy, Raymond Rios, Brandon Diaz, Manuel Rivera, […]

Spring Breakers

Written & Directed by Harmony Korine Produced by Chris Hanley, Jordan Gertner, David Zander & Charles-Marie Anthonioz Released by A24 USA. 94 min. Rated R With Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, James Franco & Gucci Mane A quartet of not-so-innocent undergraduates plans a much-desired sojourn away from their uninspired middle-American liberal arts […]