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Union Square

Directed by Nancy Savoca Produced by Neda Armian & Richard Guay Written by Savoca & Mary Tobler Released by Dada Films USA. 80 min. Rated R With Mira Sorvino, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle, Michael Rispoli, Daphne Rubin-Vega & Patti LuPone On a sunny afternoon in Union Square, a distraught woman laden down with shopping bags […]

Collaborator

Written & Directed by Martin Donovan Produced by Luca Matrundola Released by Tribeca Film (and video-on-demand) USA/Canada. 87 min. Not rated With Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams, Eileen Ryan & Katherine Helmond Actor Martin Donovan, a familiar face in American independent film since starring in Hal Hartley films in the early 1990s, makes his […]

Beasts of the Southern Wild

Directed by Benh Zeitlin Produced by Dan Janvey, Josh Penn & Michael Gottwald Written by Lucy Alibar & Zeitlin, based on the stage play Juicy and Delicious by Alibar; Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 93 min. Rated PG-13 With Quvenzhané Wallis & Dwight Henry Composer Dan Romer has said in an interview that when […]

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Written & Directed by Lorene Scafaria Produced by Steve Golin, Joy Gorman Wettels, Steven Rales & Mark Roybal Released by Focus Features USA. 101 min. Rated R With Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton, Adam Brody, Rob Corddry, Gillian Jacobs, Derek Luke, Melanie Lynskey, T. J. Miller, Mark Moses, Patton Oswalt & William Petersen Seeking […]

Your Sister’s Sister

Written & Directed by Lynn Shelton Produced by Steven Schardt Released by IFC Films USA. 90 min. Rated R With Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt & Mark Duplass I’m amazed to find myself saying this, but thanks to Mark Duplass, director Lynn Shelton’s latest film is worth seeing. Barely. Well, this isn’t entirely true—it’s actually thanks […]

Lola Versus

Directed by Daryl Wein Produced by Michael London, Jocelyn Hayes Simpson & Janice Williams Written by Zoe Lister-Jones & Wein Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 87 min. Rated R With Greta Gerwig, Joel Kinnaman, Zoe Lister-Jones, Hamish Linklater, Bill Pullman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jay Pharoah & Debra Winger Almost 30 years old, New Yorker Lola […]

Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding

Directed by Bruce Beresford Produced by Claude Dal Farra, Brice Dal Farra, Lauren Munsch & Jonathan Burkhart Written by Christina Mengert & Joseph Muszynski Released by IFC Films USA. 96 min. Rated R With Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Nat Wolff, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford,Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Kyle MacLachlan & Marissa O’Donnell Over 30 years ago […]

Safety Not Guaranteed

Directed by Colin Trevorrow Produced by Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf, Stephanie Langhoff, Trevorrow & Derek Connolly Written by Connolly Released by FilmDistrict USA. 95 min. Rated R With Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Jenica Bergere, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin & Mary Lynn Rajskub In a parallel universe, Safety Not Guaranteed would get […]

Beyond the Black Rainbow

Written & Directed by Panos Cosmatos Produced by Oliver Linsley Released by Magnet Releasing USA. 113 min. Rated R With Michael Rogers & Eva Allan I saw Beyond the Black Rainbow weeks ago, and decided perhaps against my better judgment not to take notes as I watched the film. I attended it with a friend […]