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Frameline Reviews: In the Name of & GBF
In the Name of Polish star Andrzej Chyra plays priest Adam, unusually hip and good-looking for a man of god, in Malgorzata Szumowska’s pensive character study, In the Name of. The film explores a loaded (if somewhat dated) issue—homosexuality...
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Watch: August: Osage County trailer
Containing an all-star cast including, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor and Juliette Lewis, comes a dramatic comedy based on the play by Tracy Letts. The film will be produced by George Clooney and Harvey Weinstein (amongst others) and...
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Watch: Drinking Buddies trailer
The majority of Joe Swanberg’s directorial career has been making micro-budget indie films such as Kissing on the Mouth, LOL, and Hannah Takes the Stairs, which many consider to be early pioneers of the mumblecore (yes, I said it)...
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LA Film Fest Reviews: Only God Forgives, Lesson of Evil, The Conjuring
Only God Forgives Only God Forgives is director Nicholas Winding Refn’s most bizarre film yet, even more so than the inter-dimensional Viking picture Valhalla Rising. The marketing for his new film suggests an extension of the beloved Ryan Gosling...
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Frameline37 Reviews: Bwakaw, The Campaign, Big Words
Bwakaw Veteran Filipino actor Eddie Garcia puts on a staggeringly heartfelt performance as Rene, an unimaginably (and hilarious) grumpy old man with a dream-crushing mean streak. Bwakaw is set in an unremarkable (though picturesque) village in the Philippines, Rene...
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Frameline37 Reviews: C.O.G. & Breaking the Girls
C.O.G. At long last, David Sedaris has allowed one of his essays to be adapted to film. With director Kyle Patrick Alvarez (Easier With Practice) at the helm, C.O.G. is a respectably interesting indie soul-seeker drama, but it’s unfortunately...
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LA Film Fest Reviews: Winter in the Blood & You’re Next
Winter in the Blood Directors Alex and Andrew Smith attempt the monumental task of adapting James Welch’s first novel, Winter in the Blood, the result a wildly uneven, but daring film. Blood, Welch’s first novel, follows an unnamed native...
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Frameline37 Opening Night and Concussion Review
I returned to the Castro Theater last night for the fourth time in a week (last weekend was The Hitchcock 9), though theater fatigue wasn’t an issue. The Castro Theatre was absolutely bananas for the opening night of the...
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LA Film Fest Reviews: Crystal Fairy and Monsters University
Crystal Fairy Sebastián Silva just directed two Michael Cera features and at least one, Crystal Fairy, is bizarre and excellent. The story is rather simple, an American dick studies abroad in Chile in order to party and try the...
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Frameline37 Festival Coverage Introduction
LGBTQ cinema will get the bright spotlight it very much deserves at Frameline37, the oldest, most respected queer cinema showcase in the world. The festival runs from June 20-30 in San Francisco at the Castro Theatre, Roxie Theater, and...
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LA Film Fest Reviews: Short Term 12, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, In a World
Short Term 12 SXSW film-goers pegged this picture pretty well when they gave it the audience award a few months ago. Destin Cretin’s second feature in as many years is an honest crowd pleaser that leaves you feeling all...
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Trance on Blu-ray & DVD July 23rd
Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 127 Hours) has always had a knack to bring interesting stories to life in his films and his latest film Trance is no exception. It follows an art auctioneer who teams up with a gang of...
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The Hitchcock 9 Coverage
This past weekend’s “The Hitchcock 9”—a program of 9 of Hitchcock’s silent films, beautifully restored by BFI and presented with live musical accompaniment—was an absolute joy for those who were fortunate enough to attend. It was presented by the...
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Giveaway: Win Stoker on Blu-ray
Way Too Indie has teamed up with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment to give one reader a chance to win a Blu-ray copy of Stoker, the latest film from the critically acclaimed filmmaker Chan-wook Park (Oldboy, Thirst). Stoker is...
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