If you take the word sweet, whisk away the S and move a few letters around, you end up with twee. Asia Argento’s Misunderstood veers between the two states while chronicling the travails of a preteen girl and her eccentric family in 1980s Rome. Along the way the film flirts with peril and incendiary themes, […]
The premieres of films by internationally known directors attracted most of the coverage at Cannes: consider the critical love that was bestowed upon Todd Haynes’s Carol or the thumping Gus van Sant received for The Sea of Trees. Big names were represented from all over: Asian auteurs (Jia Zhang-ke and Hou Hsiao-Hsien) and the big […]
Written and Directed by Anna Muylaert Produced by Caio Gullane, Fabiano Gullane, Debora Ivanov, and Muylaert Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories Portuguese with English subtitles Brazil. 112 min. Rated R With Regina Casé, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Michel Joelsas, Lourenço Mutarelli, and Helena Albergaria It’s hard to get good help, right? If so, a posh São […]
Directed by Kim Farrant Produced by Naomi Wenck and Macdara Kelleher Written by Michael Kinirons and Fiona Seres Released by Alchemy Australia. 112 min. Rated R With Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Maddison Brown, Nicholas Hamilton, and Meyne Wyatt Having a child go missing is a torment. Catherine and Matthew Parker (Nicole Kidman and […]
Written and Directed by John Magary Produced by Myna Joseph and Michael Prall Released by Cinelicious Pics USA. 109 min. Not rated With Josh Lucas, Stephen Plunkett, Lucy Owen, Mickey Sumner, Cory Nichols, Louisa Krause, and Austin Pendleton The poster for The Mend declares it “A Stressed Out Comedy,” and if you’re talking about the […]
Written and Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, based on the novel by Eleanor Henderson Produced by Anne Carey, Amy Nauiokas, Luca Borghese, Trudie Styler, and Celine Rattray Released by Screen Media Films USA. 90 min. Rated R With Asa Butterfield, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch, Avan Jogia, Emily Mortimer, Julianne Nicholson, Nadia Alexander, […]
Written and Directed by Maya Forbes Produced by Wally Wolodarsky, Benji Kohn, Bingo Gubelmann, Sam Bisbee and Galt Niederhoffer Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 90 min. Rated R With Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Imogene Wolodarsky, Ashley Aufderheide, Beth Dixon, and Keir Dullea Bostonian blueblood Cam Stuart is charming, manly, and easy on the eyes. […]
Directed by Ross Katz Produced by Sam Slater, Paul M. Bernon, Jared Ian Goldman, Karrie Cox, and Marcus Cox Written by Jeff Cox and Liz Flahive Released by Radius-TWC USA. 90 min. Rated R With Rose Byrne, Nick Kroll, Bobby Cannavale, Paula Garces, Jane Krakowski, Joel McHale, Bobby Moynihan, Mike Birbiglia and Josh Charles A […]
Directed by Maxime Giroux Producers: Nancy Grant and Sylvain Corbeil Written by Alexandre Laferriere and Maxime Giroux Released by Oscilloscope Labs Canada. 106 min. Not rated With Hadas Yaron, Martin Dubreuil, and Luzer Twersky A young, married Hasidic mother (Fill the Void’s Hadas Yaron) is first noticed by thirtysomething Félix (Martin Dubreuil), while she’s waiting […]