Written and Directed by Michael Walker Produced by Dolly Hall Released by Paladin USA. 98 min Rated R Year With Paula Garcés, Bill Camp, Annabella Sciorra, Philip Ettinger, Herman Chavez, and Remy Auberjonois Writer/director Michael Walker’s class-conscious thriller The Maid’s Room is simultaneously a study of almost and too much. The film examines the day-to-day […]
Directed by Anton Corbijn Produced by Stephen Cornwell, Gail Egan, Malte Grunert, Simon Cornwell and Andrea Calderwood Written by Andrew Bovell, based on the novel by John le Carré Released by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions UK/USA/Germany. 121 min. Rated R With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright, Grigoriy Dobrygin, Nina Hoss, Daniel […]
Directed by Amat Escalante Written by Escalante and Gabriel Reyes Produced by Jaime Romandia, Matarraya and Tres Tunas Released by Outsider Pictures. Spanish with English subtitles Mexico/Netherlands/Germany/France. 105 min. Not rated With Armando Espitia, Andrea Vergara, Linda González, Juan Eduardo Palacios and Rámon Álvarez Despite its narrative shortcomings, Heli, the latest feature from Mexican director […]
Directed by David Michôd Produced by Liz Watts, David Linde and Michôd Written by Michôd, story by Michôd and Joel Edgerton Released by A24 Australia/USA. 102 min. Rated R With Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson, Scoot McNairy, David Field, Anthony Hayes, Gillian Jones, Susan Prior, Richard Green, Tawanda Manyimo, and James Fallon With The Rover, David […]
Written and Directed by Denis Côté Produced by Sylvain Corbeil Released by KimStim French with English subtitles Canada. 95 min. Not rated With Pierrette Robitaille, Romane Bohringer, Marc-André Grondin, Marie Brassard, and Georges Molnar The reimagined feminist fairy tale is widespread in Hollywood, evident this past month by the success of Maleficent. Vic + Flo […]
Directed by Álex de la Iglesia Written by Jorge Guerricaechevarría and de la Iglesia Released by IFC Midnight Spanish with English subtitles Spain. 112 min. Not rated With Hugo Silva, Mario Casas, Pepón Nieto, Carolina Bang, Terele Pávez, Jaime Ordóñez, Gabriel Ángel Delgado, Santiago Segura, Macarena Gómez, and Carmen Maura It’s been a long, long […]
Written and Directed by Alex van Warmerdam Produced by Marc van Warmerdam Released by Drafthouse Films Dutch with English subtitles Netherlands/Denmark. 113 min. Not rated With Jan Bijvoet, Hadewych Minis, Jeroen Perceval, and Sara Hjort Ditlevsen Borgman is a sleek, sly, stylish little horror film that is ultimately unsatisfying. It starts intriguingly as we watch […]
Directed by Kelly Reichardt Produced by Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Chris Maybach, Saemi Kim, Rodrigo Teixeira Written by Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt Released by Cinedigm Entertainment USA. 112 min. Rated R With Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, Peter Sarsgaard, Alia Shawkat, Logan Miller, Kai Lennox, Katherine Waterston, James Le Gros What’s to be done to […]
Directed by Emanuel Hoss-Desmarais Written by Hoss-Desmarais and Marc Tulin Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories Canada. 86 min Not rated With Thomas Haden Church, Marc Labreche, Anie Pascale and Vincent Hoss-Desmarais There are some great movies where man takes on the wilderness and alternately himself. (Into the Wild and Rescue Dawn come to mind). Whitewash is […]