Written & Directed by Clio Barnard, inspired by the short story by Oscar Wilde Produced by Tracy O’Riordan Released by Sundance Selects UK. 93 min. Not rated With Connor Chapman, Shaun Thomas, Sean Gilder & Siobhan Finneran British director Clio Barnard’s career began as an artist/filmmaker, and her work in video was seen in galleries […]
Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen Produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Released by CBS Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, F. Murray Abraham, Stark Sands, Adam Driver, Jeanine Serralles, Max Casella, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Jerry Grayson & […]
Written & Directed by Alexandre de la Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte, based on their play Produced by Dimitri Rassam & Jérôme Seydoux Released by Under the Milky Way, now available on iTunes French with English subtitles French. 109 min. Not rated With Patrick Bruel, Valérie Benguigui, Charles Berling, Judith El Zein, Guillaume de Tonquédec & […]
Directed by Abel Ferrara Written by Nicholas St. Cloud Released by Drafthouse Films USA. 80 mins. Not rated With Zoë Lund Thana (Zoë Lund) hasn’t had it good in life. She doesn’t really have any family or friends, she works for pittance at a clothing workshop, and she can’t speak; she’s mute. One day walking […]
Written & Directed by Joel & Ethan Coen Produced by Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen & Joel Coen Released by CBS Films USA. 105 min. Rated R With Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Justin Timberlake, F. Murray Abraham, Stark Sands, Adam Driver, Jeanine Serralles, Max Casella, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Jerry Grayson & […]
Directed by Jonathan Gurfinkel Produced by Udi Yerushalmy Written by Rona Segal Released by Tribeca Film Hebrew with English subtitles Israel. 96 min. Not rated With Sivan Levy, Eviatar Mor, Roy Nik, Niv Zilberberg , Tal Grushka, Eran Ivanir & Ronit Yudkevich Some might argue that high school is the worst period in life—the raging […]
Directed by Scott Cooper Produced by Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Kavanaugh, Ridley Scott & Michael Costigan Written by Cooper & Brad Ingelsby Released by Relativity. 116 min. Rated R With Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoë Saldana & Sam Shepard The opening scene of Out of the Furnace […]
Directed by Michel Gondry Produced by Georges Bermann, Gondry, Raffi Adlan & Julie Fong Released by Sundance Selects France. 90 min. Not rated During the screening of Michel Gondry’s latest film, Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (more on that title in a moment), I couldn’t help but take some notes. But it wasn’t […]
Directed by Stephen Frears Produced by Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan & Tracey Seaward Written by Coogan & Jeff Pope, based on Martin Sixsmith’s book The Lost Child of Philomena Lee Released by the Weinstein Company UK/USA/France. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Mare Winningham, Barbara Jefford, Ruth McCabe & […]