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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 […]

Moonrise Kingdom

Directed by Wes Anderson Produced by Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales & Jeremy Dawson Written by Anderson  & Roman Coppola Released by Focus Features USA. 100 min. Rated PG-13 With Bruce Willis , Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, Jason Schwartzman & Bob Balaban Next year marks the centennial […]

God Bless America

Written & Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait Produced by Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta Released by Magnet Releasing USA. 98 min. Rated R. With Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Melissa Page Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Aris Alvarado, Maddie Hasson & Larry Miller You might recall Bobcat Goldthwait from the 1980s and ’90s as that […]

Bernie

Directed by Richard Linklater Produced by Linkater & Ginger Sledge Written by Linklater & Skip Hollandsworth Released by Millennium Entertainment USA. 104 min. Rated R With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux & Rick Dial Based on one of those true stories that are memorable, but not exactly incredible, regional human […]

Damsels in Distress

Written & Directed by Whit Stillman Produced by Mr. Stillman, Martin Shafer & Liz Glotzer Released by Sony Pictures Classics. USA. 99 min. Rated PG-13 With Greta Gerwig, Adam Brody, Analeigh Tipton, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Carrie MacLemore, Ryan Metcalf & Hugo Becker Whit Stillman’s first film since 1998’s The Last Days of Disco is an appreciated […]

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Written & Directed by Abel Ferrara Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Peter Danner, Brahim Chioua & Vincent Maraval Released by IFC Films USA/Switzerland/France. 85 min. Not rated With Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Dierdra McDowell, Triana Jackson, Trung Nguyen & Anita Pallenberg Samuel Beckett Abel Ferrara is not. Subject […]

The Trouble With Bliss

Directed & Edited by Michael Knowles Produced by John Ramos, Knowles & John Will Written by Douglas Light & Knowles, based on East Fifth Bliss by Light Released by 7A Production/Variance Films USA. 97 min. Not rated With Michael C. Hall,  Chris Messina, Brie Larson, Brad William Henke, Sarah Shahi, Peter Fonda & Lucy Liu […]

Casa de Mi Padre

Directed by Matt Piedmont Written by Andrew Steele Produced by Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Emilio Diez Barroso, Darlene Caamaño Loquet & Steele Released by NALA/Pantelion Films Spanish with English subtitles. USA. 84 min. Rated R With Will Ferrell, Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Nick Offerman, Efren Ramirez & Adrian Martinez […]

Detachment

Directed by Tony Kaye Written by Carl Lund Produced by Austin Stark, Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Greg Shapiro, Lund & Chris Papavasiliou Released by Tribeca Film USA. 100 min. Not rated With Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Petersen, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Betty Kaye, Sami Gayle, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner & […]