Directed by James Franco Produced by Miles Levy, Jolivette, and Caroline Aragon Written by Franco and Vince Jolivette, based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy Released by Well Go USA Entertainment USA. 104 min. Rated R With Scott Haze, Tim Blake Nelson, Jim Parrack and James Franco James Franco is a talented actor who more […]
Directed by Joe Berlinger Produced by Berlinger and Caroline Suh Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 107 min. Not Rated Have movies that glorify hit men getting away with murder inured us to the victims, their families, and the thwarted justice system? Let alone when real cases inspire notable films? Martin Scorsese’s The Departed (2006) was […]
Directed by Amat Escalante Written by Escalante and Gabriel Reyes Produced by Jaime Romandia, Matarraya and Tres Tunas Released by Outsider Pictures. Spanish with English subtitles Mexico/Netherlands/Germany/France. 105 min. Not rated With Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios and Rámon Álvarez Despite its narrative shortcomings, Heli, the latest feature from Mexican director […]
One of the top films at Cannes this year—and one of the most shocking and brutal—was The Tribe, from the Ukraine. It was also the most ambitious, dangerous, and accomplished by a debut filmmaker. No subtitles were necessary. It has no spoken dialogue and no translation of any kind; it’s all told through sign language. […]
Written and Directed by Denis Côté Produced by Sylvain Corbeil Released by KimStim French with English subtitles Canada. 95 min. Not rated With Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin, Marie Brassard, and Georges Molnar The reimagined feminist fairy tale is widespread in Hollywood, evident this past month by the success of Maleficent. Vic + Flo […]
Written by Slattery and Alex Metcalf, based on the novel by Pete Dexter Produced by Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee, Lance Acord, Slattery, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Emily Ziff Released by IFC Films USA. 88 min. Rated R With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Caleb Landry Jones, Domenick Lombardozzi, Joyce Van […]
Directed by Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Written by Hoss-Desmarais and Marc Tulin Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories Canada. 86 min Not rated With Thomas Haden Church, Marc Labreche, Anie Pascale and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais There are some great movies where man takes on the wilderness and alternately himself. (Into the Wild and Rescue Dawn come to mind). Whitewash is […]
Written & Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Produced by Anish Savjani, Richard Peete and Vincent Savino Released by Radius/TWC USA. 92 min. Rated R With Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack and Eve Plumb Cinematographer-turned-writer-director Jeremy Saulnier follows his first feature, the comic horror Murder Party (2007), with Blue Ruin, an original parody of […]
The New Directors/New Films series at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art is a terrific New York City showcase for creative cinema. Not all the best in the 43rd edition of this international feast have yet been picked up for commercial distribution, but nevertheless they deserve to be seen […]