Reviews

Director: E I Katz Writer: David Chirchirillo, Trent Haaga Cast: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton, David Koechner 89min   US Thriller There's something utterly despicable about E. I. Katz's indie thriller CHEAP THRILLS....

CAINELE  JAPONEZ Director: Tudor Cristian Jurgiu Cast: Victor Rebenguic, Serban Pavlu, Kana Hashimoto, Laurentiu Lazar 85min  Romanian with English Subs    Drama Romanian cinema is remarkable in its ability to take the rough with...

Dir.: Alex Gibney Cast: Lance Armstrong, Betsy Andreu, Frankie Andreu, Michele Ferrari USA 2013, 124 min. In 2005 Alex Gibney (Mea Maxima Culpa) had started a documentary called The Road Back about Lance...

Directors: Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki, Manoel de Oliveira Writer: Pedro Costa, Víctor Erice, Aki Kaurismäki, Manoel de Oliveira Main Actors: Ilkka Koivula, Ventura, António Santos, Manuel ‘Tito’ Furtado, Valdemar Santos,...

Director/Writer: Ryan Coogler Cast: Michael Jordan, Octavia Spencer, Melonie Diaz, Ahna O'Reilly, Kevin Durand, Chad Michael Murray 90min  US   Drama The towering presence of Michael Jordan dominates this rousing, rose-tinted tribute to...

Director/Writer: Annemarie Jacir Cast: Mahmoud Asfa, Ruba Blal, Saleh Bakri, Ali Elayan, Anas Algaralleh 93min   Drama   Arabic with subtitles A sweet-hearted coming of age drama that explores a young boy's life...

Dir.: Shin Suwon; Cast: David Lee, Sung June, Kim Kkobi-bi: South Korea 2012, 120 min.  Psychological Drama [youtube id="vXuLm0NEbxg" width="600" height="350"] The director Shin Suwon was a teacher at a middle school before...

BENNY & JOLENE Dir.: Jamie Adams; Cast: Craig Roberts, Charlotte Ritchie, Rosamund Hanson,Tom Rosenthal, Dolly Wells; UK 2013, 80 min. Benny and Jolene are a folk-duo who fall into the hands of...

éDirector: Jean-Marc Valleé    Script: Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jared Leto, Jennifer Garner, Denis O'Hare and Steve Zahn 117min   US Biographical Drama Canadian filmmaker Jean-Marc Vallee's last film Cafe de...