MASS (2021) Starring Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright, Michelle N. Carter and Campbell Spoor. Screenplay by Fran Kranz. Directed by Fran Kranz. Distributed by Bleecker Street. 110 minutes. Rated PG-13. Screened at the 2021 Philadelphia Film Festival. In college, I had a fiction professor who said that the … Continue reading
NANCY (2018) Starring Andrea Riseborough, Ann Dowd, Steve Buscemi, J. Smith-Cameron, John Leguizamo, Samrat Chakrabarti, Marinda Anderson, Jamie Angelle, Lorenzo Beronilla, Owen Campbell, Olli Haaskivi, René Ifrah, James Karpowicz, Virginia Kull, Linda Kutrubes, Ann Lucente and T. Sahara Meer. Screenplay by Christina Choe. Directed by Christina Choe. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. 87 minutes. Not … Continue reading
HEREDITARY (2018) Starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Ann Dowd, Milly Shapiro, Mallory Bechtel, Zachary Arthur, Mark Blockovich, Jake Brown, Gabriel Monroe Eckert, John Forker, Gerry Garcia, Austin R. Grant, Rachelle Hardy, Brock Mckinney, Marilyn Miller, Jason Miyagi, Shane Morrisun, A.J. Moss, Heidi Méndez, Jarrod Phillips, Georgia Puckett, BriAnn Rachele, Travis Sanchez and Lorenzo … Continue reading
THE DISCOVERERS (2012) Starring Griffin Dunne, Madeleine Martin, Devon Graye, Stuart Margolin, David Rasche, Dreama Walker, Ann Dowd, Cara Buono, Becky Ann Baker, Scott Adsit, Todd Susman, Ato Essandoh, Marceline Hugot, Kristin Rose Garofalo, Harry Holzer, Hannah Dunne and John C. McGinley. Screenplay by Justin Schwarz. Directed by Justin Schwarz. Distributed by Quadratic Media. 104 … Continue reading
Gimme Shelter A few months ago I was reading about the fact that Rick Santorum – evangelical Christian and mega-conservative politician who came in second for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination – was starting a new film company to create religious “family-friendly” films. The first of those, The Christmas Candle,blew out with barely a flutter over … Continue reading
Compliance http://www.popentertainment.com/compliance.htm A few years ago, I read a news report which was a big story for a couple of days. At a McDonald’s restaurant in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, the night manager got a call from a man claiming to be a police detective. The man said that one of the counter girls had … Continue reading
THE ART OF GETTING BY (2011) Starring Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano, Elizabeth Reaser, Sam Robards, Jarlath Conroy, Ann Dowd, Marcus Carl Franklin, Sasha Spielberg, Rita Wilson, Blair Underwood and Alicia Silverstone. Screenplay by Gavin Wiesen. Directed by Gavin Wiesen. Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures. 84 minutes. Rated PG-13. This storyline is one that, … Continue reading
GARDEN STATE (2004) Starring Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Ian Holm, Ron Liebman, Method Man, Jean Smart, Ann Dowd, Denis O’Hare, Geoffrey Arend, Alex Burns, Jackie Hoffman, Michael Weston, Chris Carley, Armando Riesco, Amy Ferguson, Trisha LaFrache, Jim Parsons, Kenneth Graymez, George C. Wolfe, Austin Lysy, Gary Gilbert, Jill Flint and Debbon Ayer. Screenplay … Continue reading
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