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Comedy

This Must Be the Place

Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Produced by Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima & Andrea Occhipinti Written by Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello Released by The Weinstein Company Italy/France/Ireland. 111 min. Rated R With Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson, Olwen Fouéré, Simon Delaney, David Byrne & Kerry Condon The old country comes to the New World […]

Seven Psychopaths

Written & Directed by Martin McDonaugh Produced by produced by McDonagh, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin Released by CBS Films Rated R.  UK. 109 Min With Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish, Gabourey Sidibe, Olga Kurylenko, Harry Dean Stanton & Tom Waits A real treat has been watching Martin McDonaugh transition […]

Klown

Directed by Mikkel Norgaard Produced by Louise Vesth Written by Casper Christensen Caspier & Frank Hvam Released by Drafthouse Films Danish with English subtitles Denmark. 88 min. Rated R With Frank Hvam, Casper Christensen, Marcuz Jess Petersen & Mia Lyhne The latest production from Zentropa productions (Lars von Trier’s company; however, he’s not one of […]

To Rome With Love

Written & Directed by Woody Allen Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum, Giampaolo Letta & Faruk Alatan Released by Sony Pictures Classics English & Italian with English subtitles USA/Italy/Spain. 112 min. Rated R With Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page, Alison Pill, Flavio Parenti, Alessandro […]

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 […]

Hysteria

Directed by Tanya Wexler Produced by Sarah Curtis, Judy Cairo & Tracey Becker Written by Stephen Dyer and Jonah Lisa Dyer, based on an original story by Howard Gensler Released by Sony Pictures Classics UK/France/Germany/Luxembourg. 95 min. Rated R With Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones, Ashley Jensen, Sheridan Smith, Gemma Jones, Georgie […]

We Have a Pope

Directed by Nanni Moretti Produced by Moretti & Domenico Procacci Written by Moretti, Francesco Piccolo & Federica Pontremoli Released by Sundance Selects Italian with English subtitles. Italy/France. 104 min. Not rated With Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa, Franco Graziosi, Camillo Milli, Roberto Nobile, Ulrich von Dobschütz, Gianluca Gobbi & Margherita Buy What if the […]

Turn Me On, Dammit!

Written & Directed by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen, based on the novel Fa Meg Pa, For Faen! by Olaug Nilssen Produced by Brede Hovland & Sigve Endresen Released by New Yorker Films Norwegian with English subtitles Norway. 76 min. Not Rated With Helene Bergsholm, Malin Bjorhovde, Beate Stofring, Matias Myren, Lars Nordtveit Listau & Henriette Steenstrup […]

Boy

Written & Directed by Taika Waititi Produced by Ainsley Gardiner, Cliff Curtis & Emanuel Michael Released by Paladin New Zealand. 90 min. Not Rated With James Rolleston, Te Aho Eketone-Whitu & Waititi Boy gives delightful new meaning to “It takes a whole village to raise a child” by nostalgically going back to an isolated community […]