Directed by Megan Griffiths Produced by Colin Harper Plank and Jacob Mosler Written by Richard B. Phillips & Griffiths, story by Phillips & Chong Kim Released by Phase 4 Films USA. 98 min. Rated R With Jamie Chung, Beau Bridges, Matt O’Leary, Tantoo Cardinal, Jeanine Monterroza & Scott Mechlowicz Hyun Jae (Jamie Chung) is just […]
Written & Directed by Harmony Korine Produced by Chris Hanley, Jordan Gertner, David Zander & Charles-Marie Anthonioz Released by A24 USA. 94 min. Rated R With Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, James Franco & Gucci Mane A quartet of not-so-innocent undergraduates plans a much-desired sojourn away from their uninspired middle-American liberal arts […]
Directed by Park Chan-wook Written by Wentworth Miller Produced by Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Bergen Swanson & Michael Costigan Released by Fox Searchlight USA. 98 min. Rated R With Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Jacki Weaver, Phyllis Somerville & Harmony Korine Stoker starts right off steeped in tragedy—an upper-middle class woman, Evelyn Stoker (Nicole […]
Written & Directed by Jenny Deller Produced by Deller & Kristin Fairweather Released by Lipstick Pictures USA 100 min. Not rated With Perla Haney-Jardine, Amy Madigan, Lili Taylor, Marin Ireland, William Sadler, Anubhav Jain, Jenny Dare Paulin & Michael Porter Future Weather is a quiet film that deals with very major themes, both emotional and […]
Directed, Written & Edited by Keith Miller Produced by Elisabeth Holm Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 80 min. Not rated With Shannon Harper, Mary Meyers & Keith Miller The opening scene of Welcome to Pine Hill is based on an actual conversation that took place between Shannon Harper and filmmaker Keith Miller (both playing themselves […]
Directed by Wang Xiaoshuai Produced by Xiaoshuai, Isabelle Glachant, Didar Domehri, Lü Dong, Laurent Baudens & Gaël Nouaille Written by Xiaoshuai & Lao Ni Released by First Run Features Shanghainese & Mandarin with English subtitles China/France. 115 min. Not rated With Liu Wenqing, Wang Jingchun & Yan Ni Director Wang Xiaoshuai’s autobiographical 11 Flowers turns […]
Directed, Written & Produced by Wendy Jo Cohen Released by WideSphere Films USA. 96 min. Not Rated With Matthew Ludwinski, Andy Sandberg, Feng Tien Lui, Barron A. Myers, Cheri Paige Fogleman, Tim Cusack, Zeb Hollins III, John Redmond, Maureen Brooks, Emilie Bonsant, Emily Mitchell & Shelley McPherson The Battle of Pussy Willow Creek is a […]
Directed by Bavo Defurne Produced by Yves Verbraeken. Written by Defurne, Yves Verbraeken, based on the book Nooit gaat dit over by Andre Sollie Released by Strand Releasing Dutch with English subtitles Belgium. 96 min. Not rated With Jelle Florizoone, Eva Van Der Gucht, Mathias Vergels, Nina Marie Kortekaas, Katelijne Damen, Luk Wyns & Thomas […]
Written & Directed by Abbas Kiarostami Produced by Marin Karmitz & Kenzo Horikoshi Released by Sundance Selects Japanese with English subtitles France/Japan. 109 min. Not rated With Rin Takanashi, Tadashi Okuno & Ryo Kase Abbas Kiarostami’s follow up to his tremendous Certified Copy could be considered its companion piece. Again, he’s working outside of his […]