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Monsieur Lazhar

Written & Directed by Philippe Falardeau, based on the stage play by Evelyne de la Chenelière Produced by Luc Déry & Kim McCraw Released by Music Box Films French with English subtitles. Canada. 94 min. Rated PG-13 With Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron, Danielle Proulx & Brigitte Poupart Director Philippe Falardeau certainly sets his sights […]

The Cabin in the Woods

Directed by Drew Goddard Produced by Joss Whedon Written by Whedon & Goddard Released by Lionsgate USA. 95 min. Rated R With Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, Anna Hutchison, Fran Kranz, Jesse Williams, Richard Jenkins & Bradley Whitford Joss Whedon’s big Happy Meal tie-in extravaganza The Avengers will make a lot more money, but The Cabin […]

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope

Directed by Morgan Spurlock Produced by Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin, Spurlock & Thomas Tull Written by Jeremy Chilnik, Whedon & Spurlock Released by Wrekin Hill Entertainment USA. 88 min. Rated PG-13 With Joss Whedon, Frank Miller, Kevin Smith, Eli Roth, Robert Kirkman, Stan Lee, Harry Knowles, Seth Green and Seth Rogen For the first time […]

Surviving Progress

Written & Directed by Mathieu Roy & Harold Crooks, based on the book A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright Produced by Daniel Louis & Denise Robert Released by First Run Features Canada. 86 min. Not rated Mathieu Roy and Harold Crooks’ film beautifully pieces together bits of history into an overarching discussion about […]

Bullhead

Written & Directed by Michael R. Roskam Produced by Bart Van Langendonck, Peter Bouckaert, Patrick Quinet & Jan Van der Zanden Released by Drafthouse Films Flemish & French with English subtitles Belgium. 126 min. Rated R With Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Barbara Sarafian, Jeanne Dandoy, Tibo & Sam Louwyck Bullhead must have been one hell […]

Bully

Directed by Lee Hirsch Written & Produced by Hirsch & Cynthia Lowen Released by the Weinstein Company USA. 98 min. Not Rated Bully goes to the frontlines of the war on middle and high school kids who don’t fit in. The embedded filmmakers expose the battles they and their families face, survive, or, even worse, […]

The Island President

Directed by Jon Shenk Produced by Richard Berge & Bonni Cohen Released by Samuel Goldwyn Films English & Dhievi with English subtitles USA. 101 min. Rated PG The Island President makes climate change dramatic, political, personal, and the right stuff of leadership. The imminent future of the 400,000 people who live on the beautiful islands […]

The Raid: Redemption

Edited, Written & Directed by Gareth Huw Evans Produced by Ario Sagantoro Released by Sony Pictures Classics Indonesian with English subtitles Indonesia/USA. 100 min. Rated R With Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Doni Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno, Ray Sahetapy, Tegar Satrya, Iang Darmawan, Eka Rahmadia & Verdi Solaiman The stupefying, pulpy excess of Gareth Huw Evans’s […]

On the Bowery (1957)

Written & Directed by Lionel Rogosin, in collaboration with Richard Bagley & Mark Sufrin  Produced by Rogosin Released by Milestone Films USA. 67 min. Not Rated With Ray Salyer, Gorman Hendricks & Frank Matthews DVD Special Features: Introduction by Martin Scorsese. “The Perfect Team: The Making of On the Bowery, directed by Michael Rogosin. “A […]