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I Wish

Edited, Written & Directed Hirokazu Kore-eda Produced by Kentaro Koike & Hijiri Taguchi Released by Magnolia Pictures Japanese with English subtitles Japan. 128 min. Not rated With Koki Maeda, Ohshiro Maeda, Ryoga Hayashi, Seinosuke Nagayoshi, Kyara Uchida, Kanna Hashimoto, Rento Isobe, Nene Ohtsuka, Joe Odagiri, Yui Natsukawa & Masami Nagasawa Never for a moment did […]

Death of a Superhero

Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon Screenplay by Anthony McCarten, based upon his novel Produced by Michael Garland, Astrid Kahmke & Phillip Kreuzer Released by Tribeca Film, available on Tribeca on Demand Germany/Ireland. 90 min. Not rated With Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Andy Serkis, Aisling Loftus, Michael McElhatton, Sharon Horgan & Jessica Schwarz Before all you fanboys and fangirls […]

Wagner’s Dream

During its final days, the Tribeca Film Festival world premiered three New York-centric fine arts documentaries. The most penetrating of the trio, Wagner’s Dream is an engrossing look behind the curtain of the Metropolitan Opera, and is the perhaps best film about that art form, fictional or otherwise, though it may have that field all […]

Bernie

Directed by Richard Linklater Produced by Linkater & Ginger Sledge Written by Linklater & Skip Hollandsworth Released by Millennium Entertainment USA. 104 min. Rated R With Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine, Matthew McConaughey, Brady Coleman, Richard Robichaux & Rick Dial Based on one of those true stories that are memorable, but not exactly incredible, regional human […]

Goodbye First Love

Written & Directed by Mia Hansen-Love Produced by Philippe Martin & David Thion Released by Sundance Selects French with English subtitles. France/Germany. 110 min. Not rated With Lola Créton, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Magne-Havard Brekke, Valérie Bonneton, Serge Renko & Ozay Fecht Since the beginning of time, people have been falling in and out of love with […]

The Hunter

Directed by Daniel Nettheim Produced by Vincent Sheehan Written by Alice Addison, original adaptation by Wain Fimeri and Nettheim, based on the novel by Julia Leigh Released by Magnolia Pictures Australia. 101 min. Rated R With Willem Dafoe, Frances O’Connor, Sam Neill, Finn Woodlock, Morgana Davies & Sullivan Stapleton The Hunter is set in motion […]

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 […]