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Rampart

Directed by Oren Moverman Produced by Lawrence Inglee, Clark Peterson, by Ben Foster & Ken Kao Written by James Ellroy & Moverman Released by Millenium Entertainment USA. 112 min. Rated R With Woody Harrelson, Robin Wright, Cynthia Nixon, Anne Heche, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Ned Beatty, Steve Buscemi, Ice Cube & Brie Larson A dirty […]

Return

Written & Directed by Liza Johnson Produced by Noah Harlan, Ben Howe & Johnson Teleased by DADA Films. USA. 97 min. Not rated With Linda Cardellini, Michael Shannon, John Slattery, Talia Balsam, Bonnie Swencionis, Emma Rayne Lyle & Paul Sparks This may be the year of the relapse movie. In the case of Return, the […]

Pariah

Written & Directed by Dee Rees Produced by Nekisa Cooper Released by Focus Features USA. 86 min. Rated R With Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse, Kim Wayans & Shamika Cotton Every year another indie could be the last one ever shot on film. But 35mm keeps hanging on, and beautifully […]

Another Happy Day

Written & Directed by Sam Levinson Produced by Ellen Barkin, Pamela Fielder, Johnny Lin, Michael Nardelli, Salli Newman, Celine Rattray & Todd Traina Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 115 min. Rated R With Ellen Barkin, Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Demi Moore, Thomas Haden Church, George Kennedy, Ellen Burstyn, Siobhan Fallon & Michael Nardelli …And the […]

The Descendants

Directed by Alexander Payne Produced by Jim Burke & Payne Written by Payne, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash, based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings;; Released by Fox Searchlight. USA. 115 min. Rated R With George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, & […]

My Week with Marilyn

Directed by Simon Curtis Produced by David Parfitt & Harvey Weinstein Written by Adrian Hodges,based on the diaries by Colin Clark, The Prince, the Showgirl, and Me and My Week with Marilyn Released by the Weinstein Company USA/UK. 101 min. Rated R With Michelle Williams, Eddie Remayne, Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, Dominic Cooper, Emma Watson, […]

The Son of No One

Written & Directed by Dito Montiel Produced by John Thompson, Holly Wiersma & Montiel Released by Anchor Bay Films USA. 90 min. Rated R With Channing Tatum, Tracy Morgan, Katie Holmes, Ray Liotta, Juliette Binoche, Jake Cherry, Brian Gilbert & Al Pacino Dito Montiel’s forte is the gritty dramatic thriller, with meaty New York City […]

Margin Call

Written and Directed by J. C. Chandor Produced by Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Zachary Quinto, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa & Joe Jenckes Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 105 min. Rated R With: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore & Stanley Tucci Debut writer/director J.C. […]

To Be Heard

Directed by Roland Legiardi-Laura, Edwin Martinez, Deborah Shaffer & Amy Sultan Produced by Legiardi-Laura, Martinez, Shaffer, Sultan, Jill & Jim Angelo Released by Dialogue Pictures USA. 87min. Not rated Three poetry teachers—Amy Sultan, Joe Ubiles, and Roland Legiardi-Laura—have led a “radical poetry” workshop they call Power Writing at University Heights High School in the Bronx […]