Filmed & Directed by Lofty Nathan Produced by John Kassab, Eric Blair & Nathan Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 72 min. Not rated Many of us can relate to the idea of riding our bikes as kids and feeling a sense of freedom. Trying to pop a wheelie, riding quickly, and skidding out are familiar […]
Directed by Jillian Schlesinger Produced by Schlesinger & Emily McAllister Released by First Run Features English & Dutch with English subtitles USA. 82 min. Not rated She was called delusional, spoiled, insane. The authorities tried to stop her and pressed a court case for about a year, but failed. Nothing was able to get in […]
Directed by Patrick Creadon USA. 85 min. Not rated This timely documentary follows two prominent designers, Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller, who created an educational studio for teens in one of North Carolina’s most rural counties. They called it Studio H, and their students completed projects that evolved from the rudimentary to the complex. The […]
Written & Directed by Peter Berg, based on the book by Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson Produced by Mark Wahlberg, Mr. Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Randall Emmett, Norton Herrick, Barry Spikings, Akiva Goldsman, Stephen Levinson & Vitaly Grigogoriants Released by Universal Pictures USA. 121 min. Rated R With Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, […]
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 Lucy Walker Producers Julian Cautherley & Walker Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 108 min. Not rated This documentary about a snowboarding accident feels trivial at times, but its lack of pretension allows for meaningful moments to creep up on the viewer. The first example of this is the crash itself, Olympic hopeful […]
Written, Directed, & Produced by Atsushi Funahashi Produced by Yoshiko Funahashi & Hashimoto. Released by First Run Features Release Japanese with English subtitles Japan. 96 min. Not rated Films that focus on the aftermath of a catastrophic disaster, be it natural, man-made or otherwise, tend to follow similar structures in their narratives. Blame is widely […]
Directed by Brian Spitz Released by Breaking Glass Pictures USA. 84 min. Not rated How much does size matter? That’s the question that Patrick Moote looks to answer after going through the most humiliating experience of his life. Moore’s marriage proposal to his girlfriend, which was at a UCLA basketball game and shown on the […]
Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen Produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Released by CBS Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, F. Murray Abraham, Stark Sands, Adam Driver, Jeanine Serralles, Max Casella, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Jerry Grayson & […]