ELEANOR THE GREAT (director: Scarlett Johansson; screenwriter: Tory Kamen; cinematographer: Helene Louvart; editor: Harry Jierjian; music: Dustin O'Halloran; cast: June Squibb (Eleanor Morganstein), Erin Kellyman (Nina), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Roger), Jessica…
ETERNITY (director/writer: David Freyne; screenwriter:Pat Cunnane; cinematographer: Ruairí O’Brien; editor: Joe Sawyer; music:David Fleming; cast:Miles Teller (Larry), Elisabeth Olsen (Joan), Callum Turner (Luke), Da’Vine Joy Randolph (Anna), John Early (Ryan),…
DEATHSTALKER (director/writer: Steven Kostanski; cinematographer: Andrew Appelle; editor: Robert Hyland; music: Blitz//Berlin; cast: Daniel Bernhardt (Deathstalker), Patton Oswalt (Doodad-voice), Laurie Field (Doodad), Christina Orjalo (Brisbayne), Paul Lazenby (Jotak), Nicholas Rice…
LEFT-HANDED GIRL (director/writer: Shih-Ching Tsou; screenwriter: Sean Baker; cinematographer: Ko-Chin Chen; editor: Sean Baker; cast: Janel Tsai (Sho-Fen), Shih-Yuan Ma (I-Ann), Nina Ye (I-Jing), Brando Huang (Johnny), Akio Chen (Grandfather),…
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (director/writer: Jafar Panahi; cinematographer: Amin Jafari; editor: Amir Etminan; cast: Vahid Mobasseri (Vahid), Mariam Afshari (Shiva), Ebrahim Azizi (Eghbal), Hadis Pakbaten (Goli), Majid Panahi (Ali),…
CHRISTOPHERS, THE (director: Steven Soderbergh; screenwriter: Ed Solomon; cinematographer: Steven Soderbergh; editor: Steven Soderbergh; music: David Holmes; cast: Michaela Coel (Lori Butler), Ian McKellen (Julian Sklar), Jessica Gunning (Sallie Milton…
CALIFORNIA SCHEMIN' (director: James McAvoy; screenwriters: Archie Thomson, Elaine Gracie; cinematographer: James Rhodes; editor: Joe Sawyer; music: Raffertie; cast: Seamus McLean Ross (Gavin Bain), Samuel Bottomley (Billy Boyd), Lucy Halliday…
EASY'S WALTZ (director/writer: Nic Pizzolatto; cinematographer: Nigel Bluck; editors: Leo Trombetta, Peter Teschner; music: Keefus Ciancia; cast: Vince Vaughn (Lew "Easy" Evans), Al Pacino (Mickey Albano), Simon Rex (Sam), Kate…
BLUE MOON (director/writer: Richard Linklater; screenwriter: Robert Kaplow; cinematographer: Shane F. Kelly; editor: Sandra Adair; music: Graham Reynolds; cast: Ethan Hawke (Lorenz Hart), Margaret Qualley (Elizabeth Weiland), Bobby Cannavale (Eddie,…
HOMEBOUND (director/writer: Neeraj Ghaywan; screenwriters: Shriidhar Dubey, Sumit Roy, based on journalist Basharat Peer’s 2020 New York Times essay “Taking Amrit Home”; cinematographer: Pratik Shah; editor: Nitin Baid; music: Benedict…