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 […]
Directed by Michael Wenzer Sweden. 88 min. Not rated Official website At Night I Fly: Images from New Folsom takes a special and remarkable journey into one of California’s maximum security prisons. The film is ostensibly about Arts in Corrections (AIC), a California prison program that began in 1977. It was discontinued in 2010 due […]
Directed by Abel Ferrara Written by Nicholas St. Cloud Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 80 mins. Not rated With Zoë Lund Thana (Zoë Lund) hasn’t had it good in life. She doesn’t really have any family or friends, she works for pittance at a clothing workshop, and she can’t speak; she’s mute. One day walking […]
Directed by Scott Cooper Produced by Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Kavanaugh, Ridley Scott & Michael Costigan Written by Cooper & Brad Ingelsby Released by Relativity. 116 min. Rated R With Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana & Sam Shepard The opening scene of Out of the Furnace […]
Directed by Spike Lee Written by Mark Protosevich, based on the Korean motion picture by Park Chan-wook Produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison & Nathan Kahane; Released by Film District USA. 98 min. Rated R With Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli, Linda Emond, James Ransone & Pom Klementieff It’s […]
Directed by Shaul Schwarz Produced by Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen & Todd Hagopian Released by Cinedigm English & Spanish, with English subtitles. USA. 102 min. Rated R Welcome to the surreal, macho, and denial filled world of narcocorridos. This popular and controversial musical style is inspired by the drama of narco-traffickers and their violent […]
Directed by Brian De Palma Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd Written by Mr. De Palma & Nathalie Carter, based on the French film Crime d’Amour Released by Entertainment One Germany/France. 102 min. Rated R With Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson & Rainer Bock Split screen and misleading dream sequences: Brian De Palma’s […]
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 […]