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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]