Review 98min Genre:       Comedy, Drama, Horror Director:     Marielle Heller Cast:         Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Emmett Snowden…and more Writers:     Marielle Heller and Rachel Yoder -Synopsis- In present day American suburbia, a stay-at-home mom struggles with the pressures of parenthood and its effect on her life and career, only to unexpectedly connect with a more primal instinct […]

Review 109min Genre:       Drama, Thriller, War Director:     Alex Garland Cast:         Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura… and more Writers:     Alex Garland -Synopsis- In a dystopian and mortally divided near-future America torn apart by ideology and secessionist coalition states, a group of war correspondents embark on a dangerous odyssey across a ramshackled country towards Washington […]

Review 93min Genre:       Drama Director:    Sofia Coppola Cast:         Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst…and more Writers:     Thomas Cullinan, Sofia Coppola, Albert Maltz… and more -Synopsis- When the ladies & girls of an isolated all-female boarding school in the American South take in and care for an injured enemy Union soldier during the American civil war, […]

Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga star in a story about an interracial couple’s struggle for their civil rights after being charged with violating a “Racial Integrity” act in the segregated 1950s American south, a biographical drama from writer/director Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special, Mud), based on a true story. Directed by Jeff Nichols and starring Joel […]

Review 86min Genre:      Fact-based, Comedy Director:   Liza Johnson Cast:        Michael Shannon, Kevin Spacey, Alex Pettyfer…and more Writers:    Joey Sagal, Hanala Sagal and Cary Elwes -Synopsis- Amazon studios presents a comedic chronicle of the events leading up to one of the weirdest meetings in White House history, when president Richard Nixon met the “King of Rock […]

Ewan McGregor makes his directorial debut and stars in an adaptation of Philip Roth’s prize-winning novel, about a successful Jewish-American man whose idyllic life unravels after his daughter becomes politically radicalized in America’s period of social upheaval during the Vietnam war and Civil Rights battles. Directed by Ewan McGregor and starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly […]

Review 120min Genre:      Documentary Director:   Michael Moore Cast:        Michael Moore, Krista Kiuru, Tim Walker…and more Country:   USA -Synopsis- Irrepressible American documentarian and film-activist Michael Moore takes a slightly more optimistic than usual satirical look at the world, as he “invades” a bunch of foreign nations to see what he can take back to the good […]

Review 117min Genre:      Comedy Director:   Richard Linklater Cast:        Blake Jenner, Glen Powell, Zoey Deutch…and more Writer:     Richard Linklater -Synopsis- Writer/director Richard Linklater gives the early 1980s American college experience his ‘Dazed and Confused’ treatment in this free-spirited coming-of-age college comedy, following the fortunes of baseball-playing frat boys as they navigate the perilous waters of college […]

A young US soldier, paraded as a hero for his service in the Iraq war, struggles with the huge chasm between America’s perceptions and the somber realities of war in Ang Lee’s adaptation of the award-winning Ben Fountain novel. Directed by Ang Lee and starring Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart and Vin Diesel among others. Genre: […]

Review 108min Genre:     Drama Director:  Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck Cast:       Ben Mendelsohn, Ryan Reynolds, Sienna Miller…and more Writers:   Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck -Synopsis- A gambling addict, fallen on hard times, joins a charismatic free-spirited younger player as they travel the American south along the mighty Mississippi river, pushing their luck along the way and trying […]

In an ongoing effort to help aspiring filmmakers and promote independent films, particularly those struggling with distribution and releases, we periodically feature films in our “Indie Spotlight” series for your consideration.   ‘Candid Love’ (2015) (English Language) 55min Genre:    Documentary Director: Kurtz Frausun Cast:      Jon Hargis, Shanea Devon, Daniel Hendricks…and more Country: USA     […]

Review 128min Genre:     Fact-based, Drama Director:  Ava DuVernay Cast:       David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson…and more Writer :   Paul Webb David Oyelowo stars as Martin Luther King Jr. in a particular period of the American Civil Rights movement where a socio-political struggle for equal voting rights in the south led to the legendary Alabama march, […]

132min Genre:      Fact-based, Action, Drama, War Director:   Clint Eastwood Cast:        Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman…and more Writers:    Jason Hall, Chris Kyle, James Defelice… more Clint Eastwood directs and Bradley Cooper stars in a dramatization of the autobiography of US Navy Seal Chief Chris Kyle who is considered the US Army’s most lethal marksman ever […]