Written and Directed by David Robert Mitchell Produced by Rebecca Green, Laura D. Smith, David Kaplan and Erik Rommesmo Released by Radius-TWC USA. 100 min. Rated R With Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, Olivia Luccardi, and Lili Sepe It Follows, a stunning new wave horror film, pays homage to its genre’s predecessors […]
Directed by Ethan Hawke Produced by Ryan Hawke, Greg Loser and Heather Joan Smith Released by Sundance Selects USA. 81 min. Not rated. Rated PG Proving that not all music teachers are of the terrifyingly mean J.K. Simmons variety, this moving, intimate documentary portrait tells of the life and passion of Manhattan concert pianist Seymour […]
Produced and Directed by Justin Weinstein and Tyler Measom Written by Weinstein and Greg O’Toole Released by Abramorama UK/USA. 92 min. Not rated James Randi has many titles. As the “The Amazing Randi,” he’s a magician, mentalist, and escape artist, or as he would say at the beginning of his act, “a liar, a cheat, and […]
Written and Directed by Riley Stearns Produced by Keith Calder, Jessica Calder and Mary Elizabeth Winstead Released by Screen Media Films USA. 89 min. Not rated With Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Beth Grant, Chris Ellis, Lance Reddick, and Jon Gries The title of this gripping psychological thriller comes from the name of a religious […]
Written and Directed by Kirby Dick Produced by Amy Ziering Released by Radius/CNN Films USA. 90 min. Rated PG-13 The Hunting Ground is an indignant and impassioned documentary that mostly manages to get behind the headlines and ahead of the news. In just over a year of its filming, the issue of sexual assaults on […]
Edited, Written, and Directed by Robin Campillo Produced by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie-Ange Luciani Released by First Run Features French, English, Russian, and Ukrainian with English subtitles France. 128 min. Not rated With Olivier Rabourdin, Kirill Emelyanov, Danil Vorobyev, Edea Darcque, Camila Charnirova, and Beka Markozashvili In the discreet, subdued, and wholly engrossing Eastern Boys, […]
Written and Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi Produced by Waititi, Chelsea Winstanley, and Emanuel Michael. New Zealand. 87 min. Not rated Released by Unison Films/Paladin With Jemaine Clement, Taika Waititi, Rhys Darby, Jonathan Brugh, Cori Gonzalez-Macuer, Stu Rutherford, and Jackie Van Beek You would think that it would be far too late to breathe life in […]
Produced and Directed by Michele Josue Released by Run Rabbit Run Media USA. 88 min. Not rated Through director Michele Josue’s choice to use the casual, familiar moniker of “Matt” in her documentary’s title, she indicates her intent to reveal a personal, untold side of the young man that, for profoundly tragic reasons, we have all […]
Directed by Greg Vander Veer Released by First Run Features USA. 80 min. Not rated It may be true that behind every great artist, there’s a great arts administrator. When it comes to modern dance, one woman stood behind countless greats of the 20th century, and this documentary gives her due credit. Martha Hill was […]