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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Directed by Alma Har’el Produced by Har’el & Boaz Yakin Released by Boaz Yakin Presents USA. 80 min. Not Rated Director Alma Har’el takes a rambling tour of the human fauna in a Sonoran Desert ghost town at the southeastern tip of California. Over the course of a year, she uses several different visual techniques […]

Produced & Directed by Steve Mims & Joe Bailey Jr. Released by Truly Indie/Yokel USA. 102 min. Not rated A courtroom truism is when the facts are against you, argue the law, when the law is against you, argue the facts. But when a documentary about injustice piles on the facts, it still needs to […]

Written & Directed by Sean Durkin Produced by Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach & Patrick Cunningham Released by Fox Searchlight USA. 101 min. Rated R With Elizabeth Olsen, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes & Sarah Paulson A creepy Luddite zealot, Patrick (John Hawkes), leads a small rural community in upstate New York. His […]

Directed by Ami Canaan Mann Produced by Michael Mann & Michael Jaffe Written by Don F. Ferrarone Released by Anchor Bay Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Jessica Chastain, Chloë Grace Moretz, Annabeth Gish, Sheryl Lee & Stephen Graham Texas Killing Fields is the first film by Ami Canaan […]

Directed by Bruce LaBruce USA/Germany/France. 62 min. Not rated With François Sagat, Rocco Giovanni, Wolf Hudson, Eddie Diaz, Andrew James, Matthew Rush, Erik Rhodes, Francesco D’Macho, Adam Killian & Tony Ward This sometimes sexy, sometimes chilling horror-porn-art house piece has a strong message, yet it feels like Bruce LaBruce light. There’s none of the raw […]

Directed by Eli Craig Produced by Morgan Jurgenson, Albert Klychak, Rosanne Milliken & Deepak Nayar Written by Craig & Jurgenson Released by Magnet Releasing USA. 89 min. Rated R With Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss & Philip Granger You can tell by its deliberately corny name that Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, […]