Directed by Megan Griffiths Produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler Written by Richard B. Phillips & Griffiths, story by Phillips & Chong Kim Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 98 min. Rated R With Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O’Leary, Tantoo Cardinal, Jeanine Monterroza & Scott Mechlowicz Hyun Jae (Jamie Chung) is just […]

Written & Directed by David Riker Produced by Paul Mezey Released by Brainstorm Media USA.  94 min. Not rated With Abbie Cornish, Will Patton & Maritza Santiago Hernández Reminiscent of 2008’s Frozen River, another film about a financially floundering single mother taking up human trafficking, The Girl examines issues of illegal immigration and economic class […]

Written and Directed by Gregory Marquette Produced by Walter T. Shaw Released by Freestyle Releasing Rated PG. 92 Minutes Philosopher Daniel C. Dennett once said, “There’s nothing I like less then bad arguments for a view I hold dear.” The same sort of logic can be applied to filmmakers, and documentarians, for sure. It’s not […]

Written & Directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani Director of the theater scenes & screenplay collaboration by Fabio Cavalli Produced by Grazia Volpi Released by Adopt Films Italian with English subtitles Italy. 76 min. Not rated With Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri & Antonio Frasca Paolo and Vittorio Taviani’s latest film, a spry, lean, […]

Directed by Amy Berg Produced by Berg, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Damien Echols & Lorri Davis Written by Berg & Billy McMillin Released by Sony Pictures Classics New Zealand/USA. 147 min. Rated R West of Memphis is a triumphant story of justice finally prevailing for three innocent men who spent 18 years in jail for […]

Directed by Marcel Rasquin Written by Rohan Jones & Rasquin Produced by Enrique Aular, Juan Antonio Díaz & Rasquin Released by Music Box Films Spanish with English subtitles Venezuela. 97 min. Not rated With Fernando Moreno, Eliú Armas, Alí Rondon, Beto Benites, Gonzalo Cubero & Marcela Girón Venezuela’s 2010 selection for the Best Foreign Language […]

Directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky Produced by Shelly Clippard, Ben Cosgrove, Gary Levinsohn & Todd Wagner Written by Zach Dean Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 95 min. Rated R With Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Charlie Hunnam, Kris Kristofferson, Sissy Spacek, Kate Mara & Treat Williams Eric Bana and Olivia Wilde play brother and sister, Addison and […]

Written & Directed by Andrew Dominik, based on the novel Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Steve Schwartz, Paula Mae Schwartz & Anthony Katagas Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 97 min. Rated R With Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Vincent Curatola, Richard Jenkins & Ray […]

Directed by Luis Prieto Produced by Christopher Simon, Felix Vossen & Ruper Preston Written by Matthew Read, from the original screenplay Pusher by Nicolas Winding Refn Released by Radius TWC UK. 87 min. Rated R With Richard Coyle, Agyness Deyn, Bronson Webb & Zlatko Buric Frank (Richard Coyle) is too thoughtful, and maybe too fallible, […]