Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie Produced by Oscar Boyson, Sebastian Bear McClard, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, based on the novel Mad Love in New York City by Arielle Holmes Released by Radius-TWC USA. 93 min. Rated R With Arielle Holmes, Caleb Landry Jones, Buddy Duress, Necro, […]
Directed by Crystal Moselle Produced by Izabella Tzenkova, Hunter Gray, and Alex Orlovsky Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 84 min. Not rated In a city of eight million people—and eight million stories—filmmaker Crystal Moselle certainly stumbled across one of the most intriguing. Walking around the Lower East Side one day, she noticed a group of […]
Directed by Bill Pohlad Produced by Pohlad, John Wells, and Claire Rudnick Polstein Written by Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 120 min. Rated PG-13 With John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti, Brett Davern, Bill Camp, and Jake Abel The opening montage of this intriguing biopic breezily goes […]
Directed by James Kent Written by Juliette Towhidi, based on the memoir by Vera Brittain Produced by David Heyman and Rosie Alison Released by Sony Pictures Classics UK. 129 min. Rated PG-13 With Alicia Vikander, Kit Harington, Taron Egerton, Emily Watson, Hayley Atwell, Colin Morgan, Joanna Scanlan, Dominic West and Miranda Richardson World War One […]
Written and Directed by Roy Andersson Produced by Pernilla Sandstrom Released by Magnolia Pictures Swedish with English subtitles. Sweden, Norway, France, Germany. 100 min. Not rated With Holger Andersson, Nils Westblom, Charlotta Larsson, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Tornros, and Jonas Gerholm “Hahahaha!” That’s the sound of a loathsome toy called “bag in laughs,” a periodic sinister […]
Directed by Maxime Giroux Producers: Nancy Grant and Sylvain Corbeil Written by Alexandre Laferriere and Maxime Giroux Released by Oscilloscope Labs Canada. 106 min. Not rated With Hadas Yaron, Martin Dubreuil, and Luzer Twersky A young, married Hasidic mother (Fill the Void’s Hadas Yaron) is first noticed by thirtysomething Félix (Martin Dubreuil), while she’s waiting […]
Written and Directed by Alex Garland Produced by Andrew MacDonald and Allon Reich Released by A24 UK. 110 min. Rated R With Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, and Sonoya Mizuno The apt title of novelist/screenwriter/producer Alex Garland’s debut film is abbreviated from the popular theatrical device deux ex machina, which literally translates to “God […]
Directed by James D. Cooper Produced by Cooper, Loretta Harms, and Douglas Graves Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 117 min. Rated R Two surviving members of the band the Who, Roger Daltrey and Peter Townshend, receive extensive coverage in this new film, but they almost play supporting roles. Instead, this unconventional rock doc centers […]
Directed by Sophie Hyde Produced by Bryan Mason, Matthew Cormack, Rebecca Summerton, and Hyde Written by Matthew Cormack, story by Cormack and Hyde Released by Kino Lorber Australia. 114 min. Not rated With Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Del Herbet-Jane, Imogen Archer, and Sam Althuizen Prior to filming, director Sophie Hyde and screenwriter Matthew Cormack set specific ground […]