Directed by Jason Bateman Written by Andrew Dodge Produced by Mr. Bateman, Mason Novick, Sean McKittrick and Jeff Culotta Released by Focus Features USA. 89 min. Rated R With Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Ben Falcone, Philip Baker Hall & Allison Janney In a film filled to the tipping point with a whirlwind of […]
Written & Directed by Ritesh Batra Produced by Guneet Monga, Anurag Kashyap & Arun Rangachari Released by Sony Picture Classics India. 104 min. Rated PG With Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur & Nawazuddin Siddiqui Writer/director Ritesh Batra’s debut feature, The Lunchbox, was originally conceived as a documentary about Mumbai’s Dabbawallahs —a community of 5000 dabba (lunchbox) […]
Directed by Stephanie Riggs Produced by Blair Erickson & Rigs Released by Sunchaser Entertainment USA. 76 min. Not rated Pay attention to the man behind the curtain. He may be just as talented as the wizard you’re watching onstage. Such is the thesis of The Standbys, which follows three Broadway hopefuls as they perfect the […]
Directed by Chiemi Karasawa Produced by Karasawa & Elizabeth Hemmerdinger Released by Sundance Selects USA. 81 min. Not rated In the twilight of her career, veteran actress Elaine Stritch has won both an Emmy and Grammy for her 2002 one-woman Broadway show, Elaine Stritch at Liberty, her tell-all song and dish about this broad’s life […]
Produced & Directed by Pamela Drynan Released by MPI Home Video Ireland. 70 min. Not rated In 1999, Robert Drake was a promising young gay American author and editor who went to Ireland partly in pursuit of what he calls that “whole Yeats thing.” He was also looking to find promising new authors to include […]
Directed by Claude Lanzmann Produced by David Frenkel, Jean Labadie & Danny Krausz Released by Cohen Media Group German, French and English, with English subtitles France/Austria. 218 min. Rated PG-13 Historical facts, interpretation, and blame are strikingly embodied by Benjamin Murmelstein. His singular life and experiences, during and after the Holocaust, have inspired magic realism […]
Directed by Teller Produced by Penn Jillette & Farley Ziegler Released by Sony Pictures Classics USA. 80 min. Rated PG-13 Hailing from the Iowa cornfields, high school graduate, self-taught techie inventor, and self-made millionaire Tim Jenison turns his life over to a wonky but accessible pursuit. He spends his considerable resources and time traveling the […]
Directed by Paolo Sorrentino Produced by Nicola Giuliano & Francesca Cima Written by Sorrentino & Umberto Contarello Released by Janus Films Italian with English subtitles Italy/France. 142 min. Not rated With Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Massimo De Francovich, Roberto Herlitzka & Isabella Ferrari A beguiling […]
Directed by Sebastián Lelio Produced by Juan de Dios Larraín, Pablo Larraín, Lelio & Maza Written by Lelio & Gonzalo Maza Released by Roadside Attractions Spanish with English subtitles Chile. 110 min. Rated R With Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Marcial Tagle, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora & Antonia Santa María Gloria opens with a wide shot […]