Written and Directed by Nicholas McCarthy Produced by Sonny Mallhi Released by IFC Midnight/Video on Demand USA. 92 min. Not rated With Catalina Sandino Moreno, Naya Rivera, Ashley Rickards, and Colin Egglesfield There are horror movies that wink and nudge at you, knowing you understand the tropes and the paces. They allow you to keep […]
Written and Directed by Philippe Le Guay, based on an original idea by Fabrice Luchini and Le Guay Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint Released by Strand Releasing. French with English subtitles France. 104 min. Not rated With Fabrice Luchini, Lambert Wilson, Maya Sansa, and Laurie Bordesoules I have had only a little experience with the plays […]
Directed by Martin Lund Released by Big World Pictures Norwegian, with English subtitles Norway. 75 min. Not rated If Alexander Payne ever decided to make a Judd Apatow film, it would look somewhat like The Almost Man. Henrik, played by Henrik Rafaelson, is a 35-year-old man-child (with an uncanny resemblance to Jason Segel) who starts […]
Directed by Alex Gibney Produced by Gibney and Jack Gulick Released by Kino Lorber US/UK/Nigeria/France. 119 min. Not Rated Finding Fela started out as the making-of the Tony-winning Broadway show Fela!, before journeying with the American production’s tour to superstar Fela Kuti’s home base in Lagos, Nigeria. With the discovery of rare performance outtakes and […]
Directed by Manuel Martin Cuenca Produced by Fernando Bovaira, Simon de Santiago, Manuel Martin Cuenca, Alejandro Hernandez Written by Cuenca, Alejandro Hernandez, based on a novel by Humberto Arenal Released by Film Movement/RAM Releasing Spain/Romania/Russia/France. 116 min. Not rated With Antonio de la Torre, Olimpia Melinte, and Alfonsa Rosso The Spanish film Cannibal is a […]
Directed by Dan Krauss Produced by Krauss and Linda Davis Written by Kruass, Lawrence Lerew and Davis Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 79 min. Not rated As a result of the violence they witness, soldiers often walk a fine line between morality and sanity, a demarcation that’s been well fictionalized in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of […]
Directed by Anton Corbijn Produced by Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan, Malte Grunert, Simon Cornwell and Andrea Calderwood Written by Andrew Bovell, based on the novel by John le Carré Released by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions UK/USA/Germany. 121 min. Rated R With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Nina Hoss, Daniel […]
Directed by Jonathan Demme Produced by Rocco Caruso, André Gregory, and Wallace Shawn Written by Shawn, based on Gregory’s production of Henrik Ibsen’s play Master Builder Solness Released by Abramorama USA. 127min. Not rated With Wallace Shawn, Lisa Joyce, Julie Hagerty, André Gregory, Jeff Biehl, Emily Cass McDonnell, and Larry Pine A Master Builder is […]
Written, Produced and Directed by Michael Rossato-Bennett Released by Bond 360 USA. 74 min. Not rated Just imagine the pitch: “It’s a documentary about geriatrics with advanced Alzheimer’s, many of whom have no family to visit them and are on the brink of death, listening to iPods for the first time.” No studio executive would […]