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 Alicia Scherson, based on the novel Una Novelita Lumpen by Roberto Bolano Released by Strand Releasing English, Italian, Spanish with English subtitles Italy/Chile/Germany/Spain. 98 min. Not rated With Manuela Martelli, Luigi Ciardo, Alessandro Giallocosta, Nicolas Vaporidis & Rutger Hauer Alicia Scherson’s impressive piece third feature-length film centers around two teenage siblings, […]
Edited, Written, Produced & Directed by Rob Kuhns Released by First Run Features USA. 76 Minutes, Not rated Feat George Romero, Elvis Mitchell & Larry Fessenden The first thing you must know before you see this documentary about the cultural impact of 1968’s Night of the Living Dead is that it’s not necessary in the […]
Directed by Brian De Palma Produced by Saïd Ben Saïd Written by Mr. De Palma & Nathalie Carter, based on the French film Crime d’Amour Released by Entertainment One Germany/France. 102 min. Rated R With Rachel McAdams, Noomi Rapace, Karoline Herfurth, Paul Anderson & Rainer Bock Split screen and misleading dream sequences: Brian De Palma’s […]
Directed by Keanu Reeves Produced by Lemore Syvan Written by Matthew G. Cooney Released by Radius/TWC USA/China/Hong Kong. 105 min. Rated R With Tiger Chen, Keanu Reeves, Karen Mok, Simon Yam, Ye Qing & Yu Hai The first thought that comes to mind when looking at the trailer for Man of Tai Chi is “Aw, […]
Written & Directed by Julian Roman Pölsler, based on the novel by Marlen Haushofer Produced by Rainer Kölmel, Antonin Svoboda, Martin Gschlacht & Wasiliki Bleser Released by Music Box Films With Martina Gedeck English & German with English subtitles Austria. 109 in. Not rated With Martina Gedeck I find it almost impossible not to compare […]
Directed by Treva Wurmfeld Produced by Amy Hobby Edited by Sandra Adair Released by Music Box Films USA. 89 min. Not rated Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Academy Award nominated actor Sam Shepard accepts a proposal to publish decades-worth of correspondence between himself and best friend Johnny Dark. He looks at the opportunity as a new creative venture. […]
Directed by James Franco Written by James Franco and Matt Rager, based on the novel by William Faulkner Produced by Lee Caplin, Matt O’Toole, Rob van Norden, Caroline Aragon, Miles Levy & Vince Jolivette USA. 110 min. Rated R Released by Millennium Entertainment With James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Jim Parrack, Logan Marshall-Green, […]
Directed by Michael Mayer Produced by Lihu Roter & Mayer Written by Mayer & Yael Shafrir Released by Breaking Glass Pictures Hebrew & Arabic with English subtitles Israel/Palestine/USA. 96 min. Not rated With Nicholas Jacob, Michael Aloni, Alon Pdut, Jameel Khouri & Loai Noufi Out in the Dark takes an intensely intimate look beyond the […]