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American Teacher

Directed by Vanessa Roth Produced by Nínive Calegari, Dave Eggers, & Roth Based on the book Teachers Have It Easy: The Big Sacrifices and Small Salaries of America’s Teachers by Calegari, Eggers & Daniel Moulthrop Released by First Run Features USA. 81 min. Not Rated American Teacher aims to improve the image of those who […]

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil

Directed by Eli Craig Produced by Morgan Jurgenson, Albert Klychak, Rosanne Milliken & Deepak Nayar Written by Craig & Jurgenson Released by Magnet Releasing USA. 89 min. Rated R With Tyler Labine, Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss & Philip Granger You can tell by its deliberately corny name that Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, […]

Take Shelter

Written & Directed by Jeff Nichols Produced by Tyler Davidson & Sophia Lin Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 120 min. Rated R With Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Shea Whigham, Tova Stewart, Katy Mixon, Ray McKinnon & Kathy Baker   Take Shelter is about as American a film as you’ll see—its hero, an Ohio working-class […]

Drive

Written & Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Produced by Marc Platt, John Palermo, Gigi Pritzker, Michael Litvak & Adam Siegel Released by FilmDistrict USA. 100 min. Rated R With Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac, Christina Hendricks, Ron Perlman & Albert Brooks It shouldn’t have surprised me that the new thriller Drive, for which director […]

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