Released by ShortsHD 97 min. Not rated “Do I Have To Take Care of Everything?” The briefest, by half, of this year’s Oscar nominated live-action shorts makes more of an impact than its tone and brevity might suggest. The Finnish short covers a morning in the chaotic life of the Ketonin family, scrambling like mad […]
Directed by Sebastián Lelio Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Lelio & Maza Written by Lelio & Gonzalo Maza Released by Roadside Attractions Spanish with English subtitles Chile. 110 min. Rated R With Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Marcial Tagle, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora & Antonia Santa María Gloria opens with a wide shot […]
Directed by John Wells Produced by Steve Traxler, Jean Doumanian, George Clooney & Grant Heslov Written by Tracy Letts, based on his play Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 119. Rated R With Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor, Chris Cooper, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis, Margo Martindale, Dermot Mulroney, Julianne Nicholson, Sam Shepard […]
By July, it was clear that there were already more than a half-dozen films that could securely claim a spot on a 10 best list. Overall, it was very good year, offering almost something for everyone, and with plenty of notable films hovering below the cut (the austere Paradise trilogy, the awards favorite 12 Years […]
Directed by David O. Russell Written by Eric Warren Singer & Russell Produced by Megan Ellison, Charles Roven, Jonathan Gordon & Richard Suckle Released by Columbia Pictures USA. 129 min. Rated R With Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Michael Peña, Jack Huston, Shea Whigham & Alessandro Nivola Something […]
Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen Produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Released by CBS Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, F. Murray Abraham, Stark Sands, Adam Driver, Jeanine Serralles, Max Casella, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Jerry Grayson & […]
Written & Directed by Alexandre de la Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte, based on their play Produced by Dimitri Rassam & Jérôme Seydoux Released by Under the Milky Way, now available on iTunes French with English subtitles French. 109 min. Not rated With Patrick Bruel, Valérie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Judith El Zein, Guillaume de Tonquédec & […]
Written & Directed by Satoshi Miki Produced by Taro Nagamatsuya, Yuko Shiomaki & Yusuke Wakabayashi Released by Pictures Dept. Japan. 119 min. Not rated With Kazuya Kamenashi, Yuki Uchida & Ryo Kase Viewers may be in for a bumpy ride with this intriguing but enigmatic film. As it begins, it seems solidly in the realm […]
Directed by Robert Rodriguez Written by Kyle Ward, based on a story by Robert Rodriguez & Marcel Rodriguez; Produced by Robert Rodriguez, Rick Schwartz, Sergei Bespalov, Alexander Rodnyansky, Aaron Kaufman & Iliana Nikolic Released by Open Road Films USA. 107 min. Not rated With Danny Trejo, Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Antonio Banderas, Cuba […]