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Psychological thriller

Child’s Pose

Directed by Calin Peter Netzer Produced by Netzer & Ada Solomon Written by Razvan Radulescu & Netzer Released by Zeitgeist Films Romania. 112 min. Not rated With Luminita Gheorghiu, Bogdan Dumitrache, Ilinca Goia, Natasa Raab, Florin Zamfirescu & Vlad Ivanov Following in the tradition of the Romanian New Wave, Child’s Pose is realistic in tone […]

The Wait

Written & Directed by M. Blash Produced by Neil Kopp, Ryan Crisman, Riel Roch-Decter & David Guy Levy Released by Monterey Media USA.  96 min. Rated R With Jena Malone, Chloë Sevigny, Luke Grimes, Josh Hamilton, Devon Gearhart, Lana Elizabeth Green & Michael O’Keefe Director M. Blash unites Chloë Sevigny and Jena Malone as bereaved […]

Here Comes the Devil

Written & Directed by Adrián García Bogliano Produced by Andrea Quiroz Hernández Released by Magnet Releasing Spanish with English subtitles Mexico. 97 min. Not rated With Laura Caro, Francisco Barreiro, Michele Garcia, Alan Martinez, David Cabezud & Giancarlo Ruiz Aside from a curt synopsis, I had no idea what to expect from this film. I […]

Il Futuro

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, […]

Oldboy

Directed by Spike Lee Written by Mark Protosevich, based on the Korean motion picture by Park Chan-wook Produced by Roy Lee, Doug Davison & Nathan Kahane; Released by Film District USA. 98 min. Rated R With Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli, Linda Emond, James Ransone & Pom Klementieff It’s […]

We Are What We Are

Directed by Jim Mickle Written by Mickle & Nick Damici, based on the film We Are What We Are, directed by Jorge Michel Grau Produced by Andrew Corkin, Nicholas Shumaker, Jack Turner & Rodrigo Bellott Released by Entertainment One USA. 104 min. Rated R With Bill Sage, Ambyr Childers, Julia Garner, Wyatt Russell, Kassie DePaiva, […]

Berberian Sound Studio

Written & Directed by Peter Strickland Produced by Keith Griffiths, Mary Burke Released by IFC Films UK.  92 min. Not rated With Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco, Antonio Mancino & Tonia Sotiropoulou Peter Strickland’s second feature is an inventive homage to the art of analogue sound and the power of the medium. Sometime in the 1970s, […]

Wish You Were Here

Directed by Kieran Darcy-Smith Produced by Angie Fielder Written by Felicity Price & Darcy-Smith Released by eOne Films. Australia. 89 min. Rated R With Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, Teresa Palmer & Antony Starr Wish You Were Here opens with some beautiful images of Aussies doing what Aussies do so well, namely, being blond and tanned, […]

Trance

Directed by Danny Boyle Produced by Christian Colson; Written by Joe Ahearne & John Hodge Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures UK. 101 min. Rated R With James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross & Wahab Sheikh Since he broke through with the black comedy Shallow Grave (1994) and with his follow up […]