Written and Directed by Sion Sono Produced by:Takeshi Suzuki, Takuyuki Matsuno, Sadai Yuji Released by Drafthouse Films Japanese with English subtitles Japan. 130 min. Not rated With Jun Kunimura, Fumi Nikaido, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa, and Gen Hoshino Right away you know that Sion Sono—previously of Love Exposure and Cold Fish—isn’t going to play it […]
Directed by Bennett Miller Produced by Megan Ellison, Miller, Jon Kilik and Anthony Bregman Written by E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 134 min. Rated R With Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave, and Sienna Miller The American entry in this year’s Cannes Film Festival competition, Foxcatcher, […]
Directed by Andrew Lau and Andrew Loo Written by Michael Di Jiacomo, Andrew Loo, based on an article by Frederic Dannen Hong Kong/USA. 94 min. Rated R With Ray Liotta, Justin Chon, Kevin Wu, Harry Shum Jr., and Leonard Hu When we look back at classic movies, we mostly think of great moments. When Mr. […]
Directed by David Fincher Written by Gillian Flynn, based on her novel Produced by Arnon Milchan, Joshua Donen, Reese Witherspoon and Cean Chaffin Released by 20th Century Fox. USA. 145 min. Rated R With Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, Emily Ratajkowski, Missi Pyle, Casey Wilson, […]
Directed by Darius Clark Monroe USA. 83 min. Not rated We all make assumptions about what a movie based on the title. In this case, I assumed this documentary would be about how a person becomes a criminal after starting out as innocent. And while the film touches a bit on that, it also suggests […]
Directed by Michael Cuesta Written by Peter Landesman, based on the books Dark Alliance by Gary Webb and Kill the Messenger by Nick Schou Produced by Scott Stuber, Naomi Despres and Jeremy Renner Released by Focus Features. USA. 112 min. Rated R With Jeremy Renner, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ray Liotta, Tim Blake Nelson, Barry Pepper, Oliver […]
Directed by Mathieu Amalric Produced by Paulo Branco, Olivier Père and Rémi Burah Written by Mathieu Amalric and Stéphanie Cléau, based on a book by Georges Simenon Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles France. 75 min. Not rated With Mathieu Almaric, Léa Drucker, Stéphanie Cléau, Laurent Poitrenaux, and Serge Bozon Mystery/suspense films are […]
After more than a week seeing 41 movies (in addition to the 21 seen earlier), I found few obvious outstanding discoveries at the Toronto International Film Festival compared with last year, whose standouts included the beautifully made Ida, the raucous We Are the Best!, and a stronger sampling of art films. Overall, the best selections […]
Directed by Michael R. Roskam Written by Dennis Lehane, based on his short story “Animal Rescue” Produced by Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 106 min. Rated R. With Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, and Ann Dowd Anyone interested in recent crime fiction is probably […]