How does a 16-year-old honor student become a bank robber? The powerful Spike-Lee-produced Evolution of a Criminal, which starts its Detroit-exclusive premiere run on Friday, October 24, attempts to answer this question. First-time director Darius Clark Monroe turns the camera on his own life in this gripping and […]
Purgatorio is a provocative essay film which re-imagines the Mexico/U.S. border as a mythical place comparable to Dante’s purgatory. Leaving politics aside, director Rodrigo Reyes takes a fresh look at the brutal beauty of the border and the people caught in its spell. By capturing a stunning mosaic […]
Finding Fela is a must for music fans and political junkies alike. Using the 2009 production of the Broadway musical Fela! as its starting point, the film chronicles the life and times of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician and human rights activist, “the first counter-culture figure in sub-Saharan […]
After about 25 years of marriage, Darcy (Oscar-nominated Joan Allen) discovers that her husband, Bob (Golden Globe winner Anthony LaPaglia) is a notorious serial killer. What happens next is a tense, psychological contest between Darcy and Bob. Stephen King wrote the screenplay for A Good Marriage based on […]
Born to Fly is the thrilling and harrowing documentary about choreographer/action architect/movement visionary Elizabeth Streb and her STREB Extreme Action dance company. This is dance like we’ve never seen…dangerous and incredible…check out the trailer: UPDATE: Meet two of the dancers from Born to Fly — Jackie Carlson, who […]
If anyone can completely and totally embody a depressed former Riot Grrl, and do her own singing as well, it’s Juliette Lewis. In Jen McGowan’s new film Kelly and Cal, she perfectly embodies Kelly, a housewife and new mom trapped in the suburbia you can tell she never […]
Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge. This sci-fi horror flick has an ensemble cast headed up by Mena Suvari (American […]
Terry Gilliam, genius visionary director of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits, The Meaning of Life, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas among others is back with an extraordinary new film. In his words, […]
The Past is a Grotesque Animal is a personal, accessible look at an artist — Kevin Barnes, frontman of the endlessly versatile indie pop band of Montreal — whose pursuit to make transcendent music at all costs drives him to value art over human relationships. As he struggles […]
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are back in the hilarious sequel to The Trip…The Trip to Italy is more restaurants, more reviews, and more excuses to eat (see below!) Michael Winterbottom’s largely improvised 2010 film, The Trip, took comedians Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon—or semi-fictionalized versions thereof—on a […]
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