Jason Reitman Looks Back at a Political Shift with The Front Runner By Jay S. Jacobs Director Jason Reitman is known for taking on some pretty big subjects in his films. He took on lobbying in Thank You for Smoking. He set his sights on teenage pregnancy in Juno and corporate soullessness and greed in … Continue reading
Paul Dano It’s A Wild Wildlife By Jay S. Jacobs We know Paul Dano as an actor with over a decade of quirky movie choices behind him. Perhaps you remember him best as the twin preachers in There Will Be Blood. Or perhaps as the young Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy. Or, then again … Continue reading
Richard E. Grant Forms an Odd Couple with Melissa McCarthy in Can You Ever Forgive Me? by Jay S. Jacobs Richard E. Grant has been quietly putting together one hell of a career for himself in the three decades since he exploded on the scene as the title character in the film Withnail & I. … Continue reading
ANCHOR AND HOPE (2017) Starring Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer, Geraldine Chaplin, Trevor White, Charlotte Atkinson, Lara Rossi, Philip Arditti, Meghan Treadway, Rogers Leona, Faith Edwards, Laraine Dix, Taya De La Cruz, Becky Bullman, Peyton Jowers and Kimberly J. Forbes. Screenplay by Carlos Marques-Marcet and Jules Nurrish. Directed by Carlos Marques-Marcet. Distributed by Wolfe … Continue reading
PROSPECT (2018) Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jay Duplass, Pedro Pascal, Andre Royo, Sheila Vand, Anwan Glover, Luke Pitzrick, Arthur Deranleau, Alex McCauley, Doug Dawson, Krista Johnson, Brian Guntner, Trick Danneker, Christopher Morson, Ben Little and Shepheard Earl. Screenplay by Zeek Earl & Christopher Caldwell. Directed by Zeek Earl & Christopher Caldwell. Distributed by Dust/Gunpowder & Sky. … Continue reading
NON-FICTION (DOUBLES VIES) (2018) Starring Guillaume Canet, Juliette Binoche, Vincent Macaigne, Nora Hamzawi, Christa Théret, Pascal Greggory, Laurent Poitrenaux, Sigrid Bouaziz, Lionel Dray, Nicolas Bouchaud, Antoine Reinartz, Aurélia Petit, Thierry de Peretti, Violaine Gillibert, Jean-Luc Vincent, Laetitia Spigarelli, Stéphane Roger, David Blot and Jeanne Candel. Screenplay by Olivier Assayas. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Distributed by … Continue reading
THE FRONT RUNNER (2018) Starring Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Mamoudou Athie, Josh Brener, Bill Burr, Oliver Cooper, Chris Coy, Kaitlyn Dever, Tommy Dewey, Molly Ephraim, Spencer Garrett, Ari Graynor, Toby Huss, Mike Judge, Alex Karpovsky, Jennifer Landon, John Bedfor Lloyd, Mark O’Brien, Sara Paxton, Kevin Pollak, Steve Zissis, Jon Meacham and … Continue reading
STUDIO 54 (2018) Featuring Ian Schrager, Bob Colacello, Nile Rodgers and archival footage of Steve Rubell. Directed by Matt Tyrnauer. Distributed by Zeitgeist Films. 98 minutes. Not Rated. Screened at the 2018 Philadelphia Film Festival. You would think that a movie about arguably the most decadent place in the last century would be more interesting … Continue reading
BOY ERASED (2018) Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, Russell Crowe, Flea, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Britton Sear, Jesse Latourette, David Ditmore, Cherry Jones, Matt Burke, William Ngo, Lindsey Moser, Emily Hinkler, David Joseph Craig, Victor McCay, Tim Ware, Joe Alwyn, Madelyn Cline and Josh Scherer. Screenplay by Joel Edgerton. Directed by … Continue reading
THE GUILTY (2018) Starring Jakob Cedergren, Morten Thunbo, Maria Gersby Cissé, Anders Brink Madsen, Tommy Bach, Jan Christensen, Christian Lassen and the voices of Jessica Dinnage, Johan Olsen, Omar Shargawi, Katinka Evers-Jahnsen, Jacob Hauberg Lohmann, Jeanette Lindbaek, Simon Bennebjerg, Laura Bro and Matt Fowler. Screenplay by Gustav Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen. Directed by Gustav … Continue reading
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