Directed by Margarethe von Trotta Produced by Bettina Brokemper & Johannes Rexin Written by Pamela Katz & von Trotta Released by Zeitgeist Films English & German with English subtitles Germany. 113 min. Not rated With Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julia Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Klaus Pohl, Nicolas Woodeson & Michael Degen Hannah Arendt humanizes […]
Written & Directed by Joss Whedon, based on the play by Shakespeare Produced by Mr. Whedon & Kai Cole Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 107 min. Rated PG- With Amy Acker, Alexis Denisof, Nathan Fillion, Fran Kranz, Jillian Morgese, Sean Maher, Reed Diamond, Clark Gregg & Tom Lenk With the recent conversations surrounding the merits […]
Music, Art Direction, Animation Direction, Edited, Written & Directed by Terence Nance Produced by James Bartlett, Andrew D. Corkin & Nance Released by Variance Films USA. 84 min. Not rated With Terence Nance & Namik Minter The tender opening credits appear as hand drawn overlays over a beautiful sequence shot in the tunnels of the […]
Produced & Directed by Beth Gage & George Gage Written by Beth Gage Released by First Run Features USA. 73 min. Not rated Listening to the passionate and eloquent message of Tim DeChristopher, I was reminded of the famous Unitarian minister William Ellery Channing. A transcendentalist, Channing preached about man’s innate goodness and his ability to […]
Directed by Noah Baumbach Written by Baumbach & Greta Gerwig Produced by Mr. Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Lila Yacoub & Rodrigo Teixeira Released by IFC Films. USA. 86 min. Rated R With Greta Gerwig, Mickey Sumner, Patrick Heusinger, Adam Driver, Michael Zegen & Grace Gummer Frances Ha is yet another story about a white 20-something woman […]
Written & Directed by Sarah Polley Produced by Anita Lee Released by Roadside Attractions Canada. 108 min. PG-13 So many fiction films open with the set-up of a faux biographer or documentarian sitting down with an old man and asking a question like: “Tell me the whole story of your marriage.” But in Stories We […]
Directed by Ben Wheatley Produced by Nira Park, Claire Jones & Andy Starke Written by Alice Lowe & Steve Oram Released by IFC Films UK. 88 min. Not rated With Alice Lowe, Steve Oram & Eileen Davies After a career directing TV, Ben Wheatley made his first feature Down Terrace (2009), an understated comedy about a […]
Directed by Jean François Laguionie Produced by Eric Jacquot Written by Anik Le Ray Released Gkids France. 76 min. Not rated The Painting begins with the image of an empty picture frame that expands to fill the screen. It’s a succinct statement of the film to follow, which has all the charm and depth of […]
Written & Directed by Tanner King Barklow & Gil Kofman Produced by Francis Krow Released by Seventh Art Releasing/Antidote Films USA/China. 90 min. Not rated Unmade in China tells a story that is both entertaining and unsurprising, tracking the trials and tribulations of Gil Kofman, an American director (The Memory Thief) trying to make a […]