A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT (2015) Starring Sheila Vand, Arash Marandi, Marshall Manesh, Mozhan Marnò, Dominic Rains, Rome Shadanloo, Milad Eghbali, Reza Sixo Safai, Pej Vahdat and Ana Lily Amirpour. Screenplay by Ana Lily Amirpour. Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour. Distributed by Kino Lorber. 95 minutes. Not Rated. Vampire films are so rampant … Continue reading
Damián Szifrón Argentine Director Unleashes Wild Tales, Gets Oscar Nom by Brad Balfour Opening this Oscar weekend, Argentina’s Best Foreign Language Feature nominee Wild Tales (Relatos salvajes), lined up with breaking news of the homeland. Boy has Argentina been in the spotlight lately. Ever a media subject, Pope Francis – the former archbishop of Buenos … Continue reading
KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE (2015) Starring Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Michael Caine, Samuel L. Jackson, Sofia Boutella, Sophie Cookson, Jack Davenport, Edward Holcroft, Mark Hamill, Samantha Womack, Jonno Davies, Geoff Bell and Alex Nikolov . Screenplay by Matthew Vaughn and Jane Goldman. Directed by Matthew Vaughn. Distributed by 20th Century Fox. 129 minutes. … Continue reading
THE IMITATION GAME (2014) Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear, James Northcote, Tom Goodman-Hill, Steven Waddington, Ilan Goodman, Jack Tarlton, Alex Lawther, Tuppence Middleton and Jack Bannon. Screenplay by Graham Moore. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Distributed by The Weinstein Company. 113 minutes. Rated PG-13. The world … Continue reading
ZERO MOTIVATION (2014) Starring Dana Ivgy, Nelly Tagar, Shani Klein, Heli Twito, Meytal Gal, Tamara Klingon, Yonit Tobi, Yuval Segal and Elad Scemama. Screenplay by Tayla Lavie. Directed by Tayla Lavie. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. 100 minutes. Not Rated. There is a long history of films mocking the drudgery and soul-crushing bureaucracy of military service. … Continue reading
Retro Review: Casino Royale With news beginning to surface about the upcoming James Bond film—Daniel Craig’s fourth installment as 007, to be titled ‘Spectre’—it’s time we all took a look back at the film that rebooted the franchise. Casino Royale offered a fresh take, and it may well go down as not only Craig’s best … Continue reading
ONCE UPON A TIME, VERÔNICA (Era Uma Vez Eu, Verônica) (2012) Starring Hermila Guedes, João Miguel, W.J. Solha, Dandara Pagu, Neco Tabosa, Maeve Jinkings, Matheus Torreao, Coca, Sandro Guerra, Júlio Rocha, Renata Roberta, Anthero Montenegro, Chico Ribeiro, Madalena Accioly, Didha Pereira, Inae Verissimo and Karina Buhr. Screenplay by Marcelo Gomes. Directed by Marcelo Gomes. Distributed … Continue reading
HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR (1959) Starring Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada, Bernard Fresson, Stella Dassas and Pierre Barbaud. Screenplay by Marguerite Duras. Directed by Alain Resnais. Distributed by Rialto Pictures. 92 minutes. Not Rated. Gallic movies of the fifties and sixties – dubbed La Nouvelle Vague (the French New Wave) – caused seismic changes in cinematic art. … Continue reading
MONTY PYTHON LIVE (MOSTLY) (2014) Featuring John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Carol Cleveland, John Du Prez, Eddie Izzard, Mike Myers, Warwick Davis, Brian Cox, Stephen Hawking and archival footage of Graham Chapman. Written by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. Directed by Eric … Continue reading
FORCE MAJEURE (2014) Starring Johannes Kuhnke, Lisa Loven Kongsli, Clara Wettergren, Vincent Wettergren, Brady Corbet, Kristofer Hivju, Fanni Metelius, Jakob Granqvist and Malin Dahl. Screenplay by Ruben Östlund. Directed by Ruben Östlund. Distributed by Magnolia Pictures. 119 minutes. Rated R. There is a certain symmetry in the fact that most of Ruben Östlund’s latest film, … Continue reading
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