Directed by David Zellner Produced by Nathan Zellner, Cameron Lamb, Chris Ohlson, Andrew Banks, and Jim Burke Written by David Zellner and Nathan Zellner Released by Amplify English and Japanese, with English subtitles USA. 105 min. Not rated With Rinko Kikuchi, Nobuyuki Katsube, Kanako Higashi, Kyokaku Ichi, Ayaka Ohnishi, Mayuko Kawakita and David Zellner A […]
Directed by Daniel Alfredson Produced by Judy Cairo and Michael A. Simpson Written by William Brookfield, based on book by Peter R. de Vries Released by Alchemy Netherlands/UK/Belgium. 95 min. Rated R With Anthony Hopkins, Jim Sturgess, Sam Worthington, Ryan Kwanten, Mark Van Eewen, Thomas Cocquerel and Jemima West With a strong sense of class […]
Directed and Produced by Erik Greenberg Anjou Released by Cohen Media Group USA. 91 min. Rated PG-13 Deli Man is an extra helping of more than just a nostalgic meal at one of the shrinking numbers of genuine Jewish delicatessens in North America. Like The Search for General Tso last year, on Chinese-American cuisine, and […]
Edited, Written, and Directed by Robin Campillo Produced by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie-Ange Luciani Released by First Run Features French, English, Russian, and Ukrainian with English subtitles France. 128 min. Not rated With Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev, Edea Darcque, Camila Charnirova, and Beka Markozashvili In the discreet, subdued, and wholly engrossing Eastern Boys, […]
Directed by Abderrahmane Sissako Produced by Sylvie Pialat Written by Sissako and Kessen Tall Released by Cohen Media Group France/Mauritania. 97 min. Rated PG-13 Arabic, Bambara, French, English, Songhay, and Tamasheq with English subtitles With Ibrahim Ahmed aka Pino, Toulou Kiki, Abel Jafri, Layla Walet Mohamed, Adel Mahmoud Cherif, Fatoumata Diawara, and Salem Dendou Passionately […]
Written and Directed by Sean Mullin Produced by Terry Leonard, Erich Lochner, and Matt Miller Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Martin Starr, Dina Shihabi, Laith Nakli, and Paul Wesley As American Sniper continues to reign supreme at the box office this week, much is being written about the way in […]
Written and Directed by Uberto Pasolini Produced by Pasolini, Christopher Simon, and Felix Vossen Released by Tribeca Film UK/Italy. 93 min. Not rated With Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury, and Andrew Buchan John May (Happy-Go-Lucky’s Eddie Marsan) has made a career of going to funerals. More specifically, he goes to the ones no one […]
Written, Produced, and Directed by Brian Knappenberger Released by Film Buff/ Participant Media USA. 104 min. Not rated What happens when an idealistic computer genius tries to hack the most obstinate system of all, American corporate capitalism? By turns touching and infuriating, the documentary The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz recounts the short […]
Directed by Brad Anderson Produced by Bruce Davey, Mel Gibson, Mark Amin Written by Joe Gangemi, based on the short story “The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe Released by Millennium Entertainment USA. 112 min. Rated PG-13 With Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, and David […]