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, […]
Written & Directed by Martin McDonaugh Produced by produced by McDonagh, Graham Broadbent and Pete Czernin Released by CBS Films Rated R. UK. 109 Min With Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Abbie Cornish, Gabourey Sidibe, Olga Kurylenko, Harry Dean Stanton & Tom Waits A real treat has been watching Martin McDonaugh transition […]
Directed by John Hillcoat Produced by Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Megan Ellison & Michael Benaroya Written by Nick Cave, based on the book The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 116 min. Rated R With Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, […]