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Graceland

Written & Directed by Ron Morales Produced by Rebecca Lundgren Released by Alamo Drafthouse Films Tagalog with English subtitles Philippines. 84 min. Not rated With Arnold Reyes, Menggie Corabarrubias, Dido de la Paz, Leon Miguel, Ella Guevara, Marife Necesito & Patricia Ona Gayond Marlon Villar (Arnold Reyes) is caught between the many responsibilities he has […]

Mud

Written & Directed by Jeff Nichols Produced by Sarah Green, Aaron Ryder & Lisa Maria Falcone Released by Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions USA. 130 min. Rated R With Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland, Reese Witherspoon, Joe Don Baker, Ray McKinnon,  Sarah Paulson, Sam Shepard & Michael Shannon Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and Neckbone (Jacob Lofland, and yes, […]

Paradise: Love

Produced & Directed by Ulrich Seidl Written by Seidl & Veronika Franz Released by Strand Releasing German with English subtitles Austria/Germany/France. 120 min. Not rated With Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz, Helen Brugat, Gabriel Mwarua, Josphat Hamisi & Carlos Mkutano After a successful career making documentaries, Austrian director Ulrich Seidl interwove six […]

In the House

Written & Directed by François Ozon, adapted from the play, The Boy in the Last Row, by Juan Mayorga Produced by Eric & Nicolas Altmayer Released by Cohen Media Group French with English subtitles. France. 105 min. Rated R With Fabrice Luchini, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emmanuelle Seigner, Denis Ménochet, Ernst Umhauer & Bastien Ughetto Following […]

The Angels’ Share

Directed by Ken Loach Produced by Rebecca O’Brien Written by Paul Laverty Released by Sundance Selects UK.  101 min.  Not rated With Paul Brannigan, John Henshaw, Roger Allam, Gary Maitland, Jasmin Riggins, William Ruane & Siobhan Reilly The Angel’s Share reunites Ken Loach with his longtime collaborator, Scottish screenwriter Paul Laverty, for their 10th film, […]

Disconnect

Directed by Henry-Alex Rubin Produced by Mickey Liddell, Jennifer Monroe & William Horberg Written by Andrew Stern Released by LD Entertainment USA. 115 min. Rated R With Jason Bateman, Hope Davis, Frank Grillo, Michael Nyqvist, Paula Patton, Andrea Riseborough, Alexander Skarsgard, Max Thieriot, Jonah Bobo & Marc Jacobs For about an hour, Disconnect is an […]

To the Wonder

Written & Directed by Terrence Malick Produced by Sarah Green & Nicolas Gonda Released by Magnolia Pictures USA. 112 min. Rated R With Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Tatiana Chiline & Romina Mondello To the Wonder is a surprise. Even with all of his hallmarks and impressionistic flourishes, Terrence Malick’s new film […]

Upstream Color

Written & Directed by Shane Carruth Produced by Carruth, Casey Gooden & Ben LeClair Released by erbp Film USA.  96 min. Not rated With Amy Seimetz, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig, Thiago Martins, Kathy Carruth & Meredith Burke Wunderkind Shane Carruth—he writes, directs, stars, produces, edits, photographs, and composes the music for his films—returns from a […]

Ginger & Rosa

Written & Directed by Sally Potter Produced by Christopher Sheppard & Andrew Litvin Released by A24 UK. 90 min. Rated PG-13 With Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Alessandro Nivola, Christina Hendricks, Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt, Jodhi May & Annette Bening Director Sally Potter was about my age during the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, and our parents […]