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Comedy

May in the Summer

Written and Directed by Cherien Dabis Produced by Dabis, Alix Madigan-Yorkin and Christopher Tricarico Released by Cohen Media Group Jordan/Qatar/USA. 99 min. Rated R English and Arabic with English subtitles With Dabis, Alia Shawkat, Nadine Malouf, Ritu Singh Pande, Hiam Abbass, Alexander Siddig, Elie Mitri, and Bill Pullman May in the Summer centers on a […]

Frank

Directed by Lenny Abrahamson Produced by Ed Guiney, David Barron and Stevie Lee Written by Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan, based on a newspaper article by Ronson Released by Magnolia Pictures UK/Ireland. 98 min. Rated R With Domhnall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy, Michael Fassbender, Carla Azar and François Civil A common lack of awareness […]

The Almost Man

Directed by Martin Lund Released by Big World Pictures Norwegian, with English subtitles Norway. 75 min. Not rated If Alexander Payne ever decided to make a Judd Apatow film, it would look somewhat like The Almost Man. Henrik, played by Henrik Rafaelson, is a 35-year-old man-child (with an uncanny resemblance to Jason Segel) who starts […]

Magic in the Moonlight

Written and Directed by Woody Allen Produced by Letty Aronson, Stephen Tenenbaum and Edward Walson Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA/France. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Eileen Atkins, Colin Firth, Marcia Gay Harden, Hamish Linklater, Simon McBurney, Emma Stone, Jacki Weaver and Catherine McCormack The title of Woody Allen’s new comedy sounds like it was […]

The Bachelor Weekend

Directed by John Butler Produced by Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole Written by John Butler and Peter McDonald Released by Tribeca Film Ireland. 94 min. Not rated With Andrew Scott, Hugh O’Conor, Peter McDonald, Brian Gleeson, and Amy Huberman If you’ve always thought, “Boy, it would be nice to have an Irish version of the […]

The Double

Directed by Richard Ayoade Produced by Robin C. Fox and Amina Dasmal Written by Ayoade, Avi Korine, based on “The Double” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. Released by Magnolia Pictures UK. 93 min. With Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasikowska, Wallace Shawn, Noah Taylor, Yasmin Paige, Cathy Moriarty, Phyllis Somerville, James Fox, Sally Hawkins, and Chris O’Dowd Simon James […]

Tasting Menu

Directed by Roger Gual Produced by David Matamoros, Tristan Orpen-Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan Written by Roger Gual and Javier Calvo, based on an idea by Sílvia González Laá Released by Magnolia Pictures Spain. 88 min. Rated PG-13 With Jan Cornet, Claudia Bassols, Vicenta N’dongo, Andrew Tarbet, Fionnula Flanagan, and Stephen Rea Restaurant owner Mar Vidal […]

Cuban Fury

Directed by James Griffiths Produced by Nira Park and James Biddle Written by Jon Brown, based on an idea by Nick Frost Released by Entertainment One UK. 98 min. Rated R With Nick Frost, Rashida Jones, Chris O’Dowd, Olivia Colman, Kayvan Novak, Rory Kinnear, Alexandra Roach and Ian McShane Someone please explain to me the […]

Journey to the West

Directed by Stephen Chow Produced by Chow and Ivy Kong Written by Chow, Derek Kwok, Huo Xin, Wang Yun, Fung Chih Chiang, Lu Zheng Yu, Lee Sheung Ching and Kong Released by Magnet Releasing Mandarin with English subtitles China. 110 min. Rated PG-13 With Wen Zhang, Shu Qi, Huang Bo, and Show Lo Stephen Chow’s […]