Directed by Erle C Kenton Written by Philip Wylie & Waldemar Young, based on The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells Released by Criterion Collection USA. 70 min. Not rated With Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen & Arthur Hohl Special Features: New digital restoration of the uncut theatrical version. […]
Directed by Rachel Fleischer Produced by Joanna Adler & Fleischer Released by Breaking Glass USA. 74 min. Not rated Rachel Fleischer’s documentary Without a Home is vital. It takes advocacy for a cause and embeds it in a truly moving story. Her film makes the invisible visible and gives a voice to a population, the […]
Directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce SinofskyProduced by BerlingerReleased by HBO Documentary FilmsUSA. 121 min. Not rated For over 18 years, directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky inspired diligent and dedicated support to get three teenagers convicted of the horrible 1993 murders of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, out of jail, including one […]
Directed by Zhang Li & Jackie Chan Produced by Wang Zhebin & Chan Written by Wang Xingdong & Chen Baoguang Released by Well Go USA/Variance Films Mandarin with English subtitles China/Hong Kong. 125 min. Rated R With Jackie Chan, Joan Chen, Lee Bing Bing, Winston Chao & Jaycee Chan A historical Chinese epic about the […]
Directed by Bruce LaBruce USA/Germany/France. 62 min. Not rated With François Sagat, Rocco Giovanni, Wolf Hudson, Eddie Diaz, Andrew James, Matthew Rush, Erik Rhodes, Francesco D’Macho, Adam Killian & Tony Ward This sometimes sexy, sometimes chilling horror-porn-art house piece has a strong message, yet it feels like Bruce LaBruce light. There’s none of the raw […]
Directed by Nick Broomfield & Joan ChurchillProduced by Marc Hoeferlin Released by Freestyle Releasing UK/USA. 90 min. Not rated Trolling the frozen streets of Wasilla, Alaska, to explore the roots of its hometown media and political sensation, Sarah Palin: You Betcha! isn’t the hatchet job that her suspicious local allies expected. But documentary directors Nick […]
Written & Directed by Aleksei Fedorchenko Produced by Igor Mishin & Mary Nazari Written by Denis Osokin, based on a novel by Aist Sergeyev Released by Shadow Distribution Russia. 75 min. Not rated With Igor Sergeyev, Yuri Tsurilo, Yuliya Aug & Ivan Tushin There are some beautiful moments in Silent Souls, a self-serious account […]
THE KILLING (1956) Directed by Stanley Kubrick Produced by James B. Harris Written by Kubrick, dialogue by Jim Thompson, based on the novel Clean Break by Lionel White Released by the Criterion Collection USA. 84 min. Not rated With Sterling Hayden, Coleen Gray, Vince Edwards, Jay Flippen, Ted DeCorsia, Marie Windsor, Elisha Cook & Timothy […]
Written & Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Produced by Gerardo Herrero & Mariela Besuievsky Spanish with English subtitles Released by Magnet Releasing Spain/France. 105 min. Rated R With Carlos Areces, Antonio de la Torre, Carolina Bang, Sancho Gracia & Juan Luis Galiardo When I was in Spain last December, I found it funny that […]