Two films in this year’s New Directors/New Films program represent the breed of hybrid blending of fact and fiction that both of its sponsoring institutions are also championing in separate annual series, the Museum of Modern Art in its just completed Documentary Fortnight International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media and the Film Society of […]
Edited, Written and Directed by Daniel Patrick Carbone Produced by Matthew Petock, Zach Shedd, Carbone, and Jordan Bailey-Hoover Released by Tribeca Film USA. 80 minutes. Not Rated With Ryan Jones, Nathan Varnson, Colm O’Leary, Ivan Tomic, Thomas Cruz, Christina Starbuck and Chris Kies Fresh coming-of-age tales are difficult to make for the simple reason that […]
Directed by Rob Meyer Produced by Kirsten Duncan Fuller, Lisa K. Jenkins, Dan Lindau and R. Paul Miller Written by Luke Matheny and Meyer Released by Screen Media Films. USA. 88 min. Not rated With Kodi Smit-McPhee, James Le Gros, Alex Wolff, Michael Chen, Katie Chang, and Ben Kingsley Rob Meyer’s feature directorial debut, A […]
Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman Produced by Eliza Hittman, Shirihari Sathe, Laura Wagner Released by Variance Films USA. 82 min. Not rated With Gina Piersanti, Giovanna Salimeni, Ronen Rubinstein & Jesse Cordasco General anxiety is often described as the constant fear that something tragic is about to happen. This dread underscores the entirety of […]
Directed by Robert May Produced by May and Lauren Timmons Released by SenArt Films USA. 102 min. Rated PG-13 Kids for Cash is a Frontline-style documentary that adds considerable behind-the-headlines insight from the perspectives of the families, the investigators, and the accused, despite the frustrating blank holes that are filled with rage against the machine […]
Written & Directed by John Huddles Released by Phase 4 Films USA/Indonesia. Rated R Suspension of disbelief has never been a difficult concept for me to accept. Yet, one accomplishment of writer/director John Huddles’s After the Dark has been to reinforce my disbelief entirely. The film opens with two sculpturally attractive college (oh wait, they’re […]
Directed by Matt Porterfield Written by Porterfield & Amy Belk Produced by Steve Holmgren, Ryan Zacarias & Eric Bannat Released by Strand Releasing USA. 90 min. Not rated With Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Kim Taylor, Ned Oldham, Nicholas Petr & Geoff Grace Starring a mostly unknown cast and made by a fairly new director (Matt […]
Filmed & Directed by Lofty Nathan Produced by John Kassab, Eric Blair & Nathan Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories USA. 72 min. Not rated Many of us can relate to the idea of riding our bikes as kids and feeling a sense of freedom. Trying to pop a wheelie, riding quickly, and skidding out are familiar […]
Written & Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Produced by Maren Olson, Asher Goldstein, Joshua Astrachan & Ron Najor Released by Cinedigm USA. 96 min. Rated R With Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield, Kevin Hernandez, Melora Walters, Alex Calloway & Stephanie Beatriz A film that hits viewers square in the […]