Written and Directed by Gillian Robespierre, based on a story by Robespierre, Karen Maine and Elisabeth Holm, and a 2009 short film by Anna Bean, Maine and Robespierre Produced by Elisabeth Holm Released by A24 USA. 83 min. Rated R With Jenny Slate, Jake Lacy, Gaby Hoffmann, Gabe Liedman, Polly Draper, Richard Kind, David Cross […]
Directed by Megan Griffiths Written by Huck Botko and Emily Wachtel Released by IFC Films USA. 96 min. Not rated With Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Ryan Eggold, Oliver Platt, Nina Arianda, Ahna O’Reilly, Amy Seimetz In an unfortunate parallel, a movie about a woman hunting the specter of a former romance is itself haunted […]
Written & Directed by Cédric Klapisch Produced by Bruno Levy Released by Cohen Media Group English and French with English subtitles France/USA/Belgium. 117 min. Rated R With Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile de France, and Kelly Reilly Following L’Auberge Espagnole and Russian Dolls, Chinese Puzzle, Cédric Klapisch’s third installment in his “Spanish Apartment” trilogy, is […]
Directed by Roger Gual Produced by David Matamoros, Tristan Orpen-Lynch and Aoife O’Sullivan Written by Roger Gual and Javier Calvo, based on an idea by Sílvia González Laá Released by Magnolia Pictures Spain. 88 min. Rated PG-13 With Jan Cornet, Claudia Bassols, Vicenta N’dongo, Andrew Tarbet, Fionnula Flanagan, and Stephen Rea Restaurant owner Mar Vidal […]
Written & Directed by Ritesh Batra Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap & Arun Rangachari Released by Sony Picture Classics India. 104 min. Rated PG With Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur & Nawazuddin Siddiqui Writer/director Ritesh Batra’s debut feature, The Lunchbox, was originally conceived as a documentary about Mumbai’s Dabbawallahs —a community of 5000 dabba (lunchbox) […]
Directed by Bryan Poyser Produced by Megan Gilbride & Trace Sheehan Written by Steven Walters, David DeGrow Shotwell & Poyser, based on a story by Walters Released by Tribeca Film USA. 91 min. Not rated With Michael Stahl-David, Ashley Bell, Sara Paxton & Zach Cregger Though its title implies 90 minutes of raunchy, ball-busting mayhem, […]
For the first time since it was founded 11 years ago, the narrative films competing for awards at the Tribeca Film Festival made up a noteworthy and motley bunch, and it was a real race. Usually gems by an unknown filmmaker made without any stars can be discovered in the various sidebars, but this year, […]
Written & Directed by Joss Whedon, based on the play by Shakespeare Produced by Mr. Whedon & Kai Cole Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 107 min. Rated PG- With Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese, Sean Maher, Reed Diamond, Clark Gregg & Tom Lenk With the recent conversations surrounding the merits […]
Directed by Susanne Bier Written by Anders Thomas Jensen, based on a story by Bier & Jensen Produced by Sisse Graum Jorgensen & Vibeke Windelov; Released by Sony Pictures Classics Danish, English & Italian with English subtitles Denmark/Sweden/Italy/France/Germany. 110 min. Rated R With Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm, Molly Blixt Egelind, Sebastian Jessen, Paprika Steen, Kim […]