Written and Directed by Paul Schrader Produced by Jason Gandhi Released by Lionsgate USA. 94 min. Rated R With Nicolas Cage, Anton Yelchin, Alexander Karim, Irène Jacob, Aymen Hamdouchi, Claudius Peters, and Adetomiwa Edun I almost wish I didn’t know the circumstances surrounding the post-production and release of Dying of the Light, which is advertised […]

Directed by Zeke Hawkins and Simon Hawkins Produced by Justin X. Duprie and Brian Udovich Written by Dutch Southern Released by Starz Digital USA. 91 min. Not rated With Jeremy Allen White, Logan Huffman, Mackenzie Davis, Mark Pellegrino, William Devane, and Jon Gries Bad Turn Worse begins with an act of great hubris when a […]

Directed by Cutter Hodierne Somali, with English subtitles Released by Vice Films USA/Kenya/Somalia. 110 min. Rated R Fishing Without Nets is a beautifully shot, intelligent, and engaging, if somewhat clichéd and obvious, story about a group of Somali pirates who capture a cargo ship. It’s kind of a reverse mirror of Captain Phillips. Or Captain […]

Directed by Peter Askin Written by Stephen King, adapted from his short story “A Good Marriage” from the collection Full Dark, No Stars Released by Screen Media FIlms USA. 103 min. Not rated With Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Kristen Connolly, and Stephen Lang If you were to pick up a book by Stephen King, chances […]

Directed by Michael R. Roskam Written by Dennis Lehane, based on his short story “Animal Rescue” Produced by Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 106 min. Rated R. With Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, James Gandolfini, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz, and Ann Dowd Anyone interested in recent crime fiction is probably […]

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 […]