Written and Directed by Jennifer Kent Produced by Kristina Ceyton and Kristian Moliere Released by IFC Midnight Australia. 93 min. Not rated With Essie Davis, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Daniel Henshall, Barbara West, Ben Winspear One of a mother’s greatest fears is that she won’t love her child. For widow Amelia (Essie Davis), it’s an […]
Directed by Alexandre Aja Produced by Cathy Schulman, Riza Aziz, Joey McFarland, and Aja Written by Keith Bunin, based on the novel by Joe Hill Released by Radius/TWC USA/Canada. 120 min. Rated R With Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Max Minghella, Joe Anderson, Kelli Garner, Heather Graham, David Morse, Kathleen Quinlan, and James Remar Horns, directed […]
Written and Directed by Katrin Gebbe Produced by Verena Grafe-Hoft German with English subtitles Released by Drafhouse Films Germany. 106 min. Not rated With Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof, and Til Theinert The healthily skeptical know that a film entitled Nothing Bad Can Happen ensures that something horrible will certainly occur. […]
Directed by Peter Askin Written by Stephen King, adapted from his short story “A Good Marriage” from the collection Full Dark, No Stars Released by Screen Media FIlms USA. 103 min. Not rated With Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly, and Stephen Lang If you were to pick up a book by Stephen King, chances […]
Written and Directed by Nicholas McCarthy Produced by Sonny Mallhi Released by IFC Midnight/Video on Demand USA. 92 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno, Naya Rivera, Ashley Rickards, and Colin Egglesfield There are horror movies that wink and nudge at you, knowing you understand the tropes and the paces. They allow you to keep […]
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and de la Iglesia Released by IFC Midnight Spanish with English subtitles Spain. 112 min. Not rated With Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Jaime Ordóñez, Gabriel Ángel Delgado, Santiago Segura, Macarena Gómez, and Carmen Maura It’s been a long, long […]
Tribeca Film Festival, which has brought audiences Eddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal and Trollhunter in the past, brings two more B-movies with tell-it-like-it-is titles in its genre laden Midnight section, plus the world premiere of an amicable American indie with TV stars Leighton Meester and Gillian Jacobs. Life Partners Directed by Susanna Fogel Written by Susanna […]
Directed by Zack Parker Written by Kevin Donner and Parker Released by IFC Midnight USA. 122 min Rated R With Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg, and Erika Hoveland For about 45 minutes, Proxy is a disturbing, intriguing original indie horror film focusing on the term “indie” (character, rather than plot, driven). Then […]
Filmed, Written & Directed by Joe Begos Produced by Begos, Anthony Ambrosino & Ethier Released by IFC Midnight USA. 80 min. Not rated With Graham Skipper, Vanessa Leigh, Josh Ethier, Michael Locicero & Susan T. Travers The slasher film Almost Human starts off with a jolt of adrenaline as a young man, Mark (Josh Ethier), […]