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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 […]

Electrick Children

Written & Directed by Rebecca Thomas Produced by Jessica Caldwell & Richard Neustadter Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 93 min. Not rated With Julia Garner, Rory Culkin, Liam Aike, Bill Sage, Cynthia Watros, Billy Zane, John Patrick Amedorl, Rachel Pirard, Cassidy Gard & Paola Baldlon Electrick Children pulls from a bizarre combination of coming-age-films, […]

The Girl

Written & Directed by David Riker Produced by Paul Mezey Released by Brainstorm Media USA.  94 min. Not rated With Abbie Cornish, Will Patton & Maritza Santiago Hernández Reminiscent of 2008’s Frozen River, another film about a financially floundering single mother taking up human trafficking, The Girl examines issues of illegal immigration and economic class […]

Future Weather

Written & Directed by Jenny Deller Produced by Deller & Kristin Fairweather Released by Lipstick Pictures USA 100 min. Not rated With Perla Haney-Jardine, Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, Marin Ireland, William Sadler, Anubhav Jain, Jenny Dare Paulin & Michael Porter Future Weather is a quiet film that deals with very major themes, both emotional and […]

Welcome to Pine Hill

Directed, Written & Edited by Keith Miller Produced by Elisabeth Holm Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 80 min. Not rated With Shannon Harper, Mary Meyers & Keith Miller The opening scene of Welcome to Pine Hill is based on an actual conversation that took place between Shannon Harper and filmmaker Keith Miller (both playing themselves […]

The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek

Directed, Written & Produced by Wendy Jo Cohen Released by WideSphere Films USA. 96 min. Not Rated With Matthew Ludwinski, Andy Sandberg, Feng Tien Lui, Barron A. Myers, Cheri Paige Fogleman, Tim Cusack, Zeb Hollins III, John Redmond, Maureen Brooks, Emilie Bonsant, Emily Mitchell & Shelley McPherson The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek is a […]

Saving Lincoln

Directed by Salvador Litvak Produced by Reuben Lim & Salvador Litvak Written by Nina Davidovich Litvak and Salvador Litvak Released by Pictures from the Fringe USA. 101 min. Not rated With Tom Amandes, Lea Coco, Penelope Ann Miller, Bruce Davison, Creed Bratton, Josh Stamberg, Robert Craighead & Saidah Arrika Ekulona The 150th anniversary of the […]

Almost in Love

Directed & Written by Sam Neave Produced by D.L. Glickman & Michaela McKee Released by Argot Pictures USA. 80 min. Not rated With Alex Karpovsky, Marjan Neshat, Gary Wilmes, Alan Cumming, Adam Rapp, Katherine Waterston, Elizabeth Kapplow, Christy Pusz, Michael Warner, Leslie Lewis Sword, Montgomery Maguire, Mizuo Peck, Darrill Rosen & Gretchen Hall In his […]

The Playroom

Directed by Julia Dyer Written by Gretchen Dyer Produced by Stephen Dyer & Angie Meyer Released by Freestyle Releasing USA 83 min. Not rated With John Hawkes, Molly Parker, Olivia Harris, Jonathon McClendon, Alexandra Doke, Ian Veteto, Jonathan Brooks, Lydia Mackay & Cody Linley In this mini Deadwood cast reunion, Molly Parker and John Hawkes […]