Written and Directed by Philippe Le Guay, based on an original idea by Fabrice Luchini and Le Guay Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint Released by Strand Releasing. French with English subtitles France. 104 min. Not rated With Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa, and Laurie Bordesoules I have had only a little experience with the plays […]
Written and Directed by Claudia Sainte-Luce Produced by Geminiano Pineda Released by Strand Releasing Spanish with English subtitles Mexico. 95 min. Not Rated With Ximena Ayala, Lisa Owen, Sonia Franco, Wendy Guillén, Andrea Baeza and Alejandro Ramírez Mu?oz The Amazing Catfish is the semi-autobiographical debut feature of Mexican director Claudia Sainte-Luce. In her early thirties, […]
Directed by John Butler Produced by Rebecca O’Flanagan and Robert Walpole Written by John Butler and Peter McDonald Released by Tribeca Film Ireland. 94 min. Not rated With Andrew Scott, Hugh O’Conor, Peter McDonald, Brian Gleeson, and Amy Huberman If you’ve always thought, “Boy, it would be nice to have an Irish version of the […]
Written and Directed by Denis Côté Produced by Sylvain Corbeil Released by KimStim French with English subtitles Canada. 95 min. Not rated With Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin, Marie Brassard, and Georges Molnar The reimagined feminist fairy tale is widespread in Hollywood, evident this past month by the success of Maleficent. Vic + Flo […]
Produced & Directed by Greg Whiteley Streaming on Netflix USA. 91 min. Not rated Get ready to like Mitt Romney. The new documentary Mitt may make some of us regret how easily we dismissed him during the 2008 and, especially, the 2012 presidential campaigns. It’s a somewhat bitter catch-22, as it couldn’t have been released […]
Directed by Matt Porterfield Written by Porterfield & Amy Belk Produced by Steve Holmgren, Ryan Zacarias & Eric Bannat Released by Strand Releasing USA. 90 min. Not rated With Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham, Nicholas Petr & Geoff Grace Starring a mostly unknown cast and made by a fairly new director (Matt […]
Produced & Directed by Ulrich Seidl Written by Veronika Franz & Ulrich Seidl Released by Strand Releasing German with English subtitles Austria/Germany/France, 92 min. Not rated With Melanie Lenz, Joseph Lorenz & Verena Lehbauer Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise Trilogy was originally conceived as a single film of interwoven stories that follows three female family members on […]
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 […]
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 […]