Written & Directed by Julia Leigh Produced by Jessica Brentnall Released by IFC Films/Video On Demand Australia. 101 min. Not Rated With Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll & Chris Haywood In the same year that Catherine Breillat reinterpreted The Sleeping Beauty as a model fairy tale for feminist girls, Australian novelist and […]
Directed & Written by Martyn Burke Produced by Burke & Anthony Feinstein Released by Mercury Media Entertainment Canada. 90 min. Not Rated Director Martyn Burke interviews nine gutsy men and women who make possible the claim that “The whole world is watching” and reveals the personal cost of bringing first-hand information of conflict and war […]
Directed by Marius Holst Produced by Karin Julsrud, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ewa Puszczynska, Mathilde Dedye & Johannes Ahlund Written by Dennis Magnusson Released by Film Movement Norwegian with English subtitles Norway/France/Sweden/Poland. 115 min. Not rated With Stellan Skarsgard, Benjamin Helstad, Kirstoffer Joner, Trond Nilssen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen & Magnus Langlete There is no way that […]
Produced & Directed by Edmon Roch Written by Roch, Isaki Lacuesta & María Hervera Released by First Run Features English, Spanish, Catalan & German with English subtitles Spain. 87 min. Not rated Greta Garbo, Leslie Howard, George C. Scott, and George Sanders: this thriller-cum-documentary offers the biggest cast of stars this year. The liberal excerpts […]
Directed by Werner Herzog Produced by Erik Nelson Released by Sundance Selects USA. 106 min. Not rated With Into the Abyss, director Werner Herzog takes a startlingly clear-eyed look at crime and capital punishment in Texas. His subtitle, “A Tale of Death, A Tale of Life,” emphasizes how he edits a series of frank interviews […]
Written & Directed by Andrea Blaugrund NevinsProduced by Cristan ReillyReleased by Oscilloscope LaboratoriesUSA. 99 min. Not ratedWith Jim Lindberg, Flea, Tony Adolescent, Fat Mike, Tony Hawk, Mark Mothersbaugh, Ron Reyes, Tim Mcllrath, Joe Escalante, Mark Hoppus & Lars Fredericksen Fat Mike of the band NOFX sprays fake butter on his daughter’s toast, Mark Hoppus of […]
Written and Directed by J. C. Chandor Produced by Michael Benaroya, Neal Dodson, Zachary Quinto, Robert Ogden Barnum, Corey Moosa & Joe Jenckes Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 105 min. Rated R With: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore & Stanley Tucci Debut writer/director J.C. […]
Written, Produced & Directed by Aki Kaurismaki Released by Janus Films French with English subtitles Finland/France/Germany. 93 min. Not rated With André Wilms, Kati Outinen, Jean-Pierre Darroussin & Blondin Miguel Aki Kaurismaki does a remarkable job as a formalist here. His new film takes place in the French port town of Le Havre in what […]
Written & Directed by Sean Durkin Produced by Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Chris Maybach & Patrick Cunningham Released by Fox Searchlight USA. 101 min. Rated R With Elizabeth Olsen, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, John Hawkes & Sarah Paulson A creepy Luddite zealot, Patrick (John Hawkes), leads a small rural community in upstate New York. His […]