Gigantic
Running time 98 minutes
Written by Matt Aselton and Adam Nagata
Directed by Matt Aselton
Starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel
Matt Aselton’s Gigantic, from a screenplay by Mr. Aselton and Adam Nagata, is burdened with a fanciful narrative that ranges from the ridiculous to the surreal. For starters, I have no idea what Read More
Shall We Kiss?
Running time 96 minutes
Written and DIRECTED BY Emmanuel Mouret
Starring Julie Gayet, Michaël Cohen, Virginie Ledoyen, Emmanuel Mouret
Emmanuel Mouret’s Shall We Kiss? (Un Baiser S’il Vous Plaît), from his own screenplay, revolves around two couples and two more or less innocent bystanders as it ponders the profundities of Read More
The Education of
Charlie Banks
Running Time 100 minutes
Written by Peter Elkoff
Directed by Fred Durst
Starring Jesse Eisenberg,
Jason Ritter, Eva Amurri
Fred Durst’s The Education of Charlie Banks, from a screenplay by Peter Elkoff, marks Mr. Durst’s feature film directorial debut after a successful Read More
Hunger
Running time 96 minutes
Written by Enda Walsh and Steve McQueen
Directed by Steve McQueen
Starring Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham
Steve McQueen’s Hunger, from a screenplay by Enda Walsh and Mr. McQueen, provides a harrowing yet lyrical account of the fatal hunger strike of Irish Republican Army prisoner Bobby Read More
Duplicity
Running time 125 minutes
Written and directed by Tony Gilroy
Starring Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Giamatti
Tony Gilroy’s Duplicity, from his own screenplay, strikes me, at least, as an unmitigated and premeditated disaster. I say premeditated because in a recent New Yorker profile of him by D. Read More
Carmen & Geoffrey
Running time 80 minutes
Directed by Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob
Starring Carmen de Lavallade, Geoffrey Holder
Linda Atkinson and Nick Doob’s Carmen & Geoffrey is one of the most revelatory dance films I have ever seen, if only because I know so little about Read More
Tokyo Sonata
Running time 119 minutes
Written by Max Mannix, Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Sachiko Tanaka
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Starring Teruyuki Kagawa, Kyoko Koizumi
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Tokyo Sonata, from a screenplay by Max Mannix, Mr. Kurosawa and Sachiko Tanaka, reminds me of a French film I saw Read More
Sunshine Cleaning
Running time 102 minutes
Written by Megan Holley
Directed by Christine Jeffs
Starring Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Alan Arkin
Christine Jeffs’ Sunshine Cleaning, from a screenplay by Megan Holley, focuses on the relationship of two somewhat underprivileged sisters in Albuquerque, N.M., who hit upon a Read More
Fados
Running time 85 minutes
Written by Ivan Dias and Carlos Saura
Directed by Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura’s Fados, from an original idea by Ivan Dias (in Portuguese with English subtitles), casts a wondrous spell as the third installment of the Spanish director’s musical trilogy, which also includes Flamenco (1995) and Read More
Reunion
Running time 90 minutes
Written and directed by Alan Hruska
Starring Brett Cullen, Christopher McDonald, Cynthia Stevenson, Zoe McLellan, Jamey Sheridan
Alan Hruska’s Reunion, from his own screenplay, is singularly ill-timed in its efforts to make us believe in the reunion of the members of an elitist Yale society 10 Read More
