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 […]
Directed by Jillian Schlesinger Produced by Schlesinger & Emily McAllister Released by First Run Features English & Dutch with English subtitles USA. 82 min. Not rated She was called delusional, spoiled, insane. The authorities tried to stop her and pressed a court case for about a year, but failed. Nothing was able to get in […]
Directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili & Simon Gross Written by Ekvtimishvili Released by Big World Pictures Georgian with English subtitles Georgia/Germany/France. 102 min. Not rated With Lika Babluani & Mariam Bokeria With Generation X getting older, there has been an increase in coming-of-age films and television series taking place in the late 1980s/early ’90s. From Stephen […]
By July, it was clear that there were already more than a half-dozen films that could securely claim a spot on a 10 best list. Overall, it was very good year, offering almost something for everyone, and with plenty of notable films hovering below the cut (the austere Paradise trilogy, the awards favorite 12 Years […]