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Birth Story

Directed by Sara Lamm & Mary Wigmore Produced by Lamm, Wigmore, Kate Roughan & Zachary Mortensen Released by Reckon So USA. 93 min. Not Rated Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & the Farm Midwives tells two linked stories that are impressive but end up at cross-purposes: a biography of a steadfast hippie who helped found […]

Not Fade Away

Written & Directed by David Chase Produced by Mark Johnson & Chase Released by Paramount Vantage USA. 112 min. Rated R With John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, James Gandolfini, Bella Heathcote, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald, Dominique McElligott & Molly Price Not Fade Away beautifully captures the impact of the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion […]

Fairhaven

Written & Directed by Tom O’Brien, based on a story by O’Brien & Chris Messina Produced by Massoumeh Emami USA. 81 min. Not rated With Chris Messina, Rich Sommer, Tom O’Brien, Sarah Paulson, Alexie Gilmore, Natalie Gold, Alicia Racine, Maryann Plunkett & Phyllis Kay Long gone are the days when Fairhaven, Massachusetts inspired epic tales […]

California Solo

Written & Directed by Marshall Lewy Produced by Ross Girard & Mynette Louie Released by Strand Releasing USA. 94 min. Rated R With Robert Carlyle, Alexia Rasmussen, Danny Masterson, William Russ, Kathleen Wilhoite, Michael Des Barnes & A. Martinez Lachlan MacAldonich lives on his own. He works in a farm field, tending the vegetables, and […]

Any Day Now

Directed by Travis Fine Produced by Fine, Kristine Hostetter Fine, Chip Hourihan & Liam Finn Written by Fine & George Arthur Bloom Released by Music Box Films. USA. 97 min. Rated R With Alan Cumming, Garret Dillahunt, Isaac Leyva, Frances Fisher, Jamie Anne Allman, Kelli Williams, Gregg Henry & Chris Mulkey It’s 1979, and being […]

Yelling to the Sky

Written & Directed by Victoria Mahoney Produced by Ms. Mahoney, Billy Mulligan & Ged Dickersin Released by MPI Pictures USA. 96 min. Not rated With Zoë Kravitz, Jason Clarke, Antonique Smith, Tariq Trotter, Tim Blake Nelson, Gabourey Sidibe & Yolonda Ross Zoë Kravitz gives a powerful performance as Sweetness O’Hara in this coming-of-age indie. Actress-turned-first-time-director […]

King Kelly

Directed by Andrew Neel Produced by Tom Davis, Luke Meyer, Ethan Palmer & Andrew Corkin Written by Neel & Mike Roberts Released by GoDigital/SeeThink Films USA. 84 min. Not rated With Louisa Krause, Libby Woodbridge, Roderick Hill & Will Brill The outlook on today’s Internet obsessed youth culture is bleak, even terrifying at times, in […]

Silver Linings Playbook

Written & Directed by David O. Russell, based on the book by Matthew Quick Produced by Donna Gigliotti, Jonathan Gordon & Bruce Cohen Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 120 min. Rated R With Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Shea Wigham, Anupam Kher, Julia Stiles & Chris Tucker After seeing the […]

In the Family

Written & Directed by Patrick Wang Produced by Andrew van den Houten, Robert Tonino & Wang Released by In the Family LLC USA. 169 min. Not rated With Trevor St. John, Patrick Wang, Sebastian Brodziak, Brian Murray, Park Overall, Peter Hermann, Susan Kellermann, Elaine Bromka & Kelly McAndrew At close to three hours long, In […]