Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022

In director Phyllis Nagy's "Call Jane," Joy (Elizabeth Banks) is a 1960s housewife married to a defense attorney (Chris Messina) with a teenage daughter (Grace Edwards) and a baby on the way. A heart condition, though, threatens her life in childbirth. The only treatment, her doctor tells her,...

Friday, Oct. 16, 2020

Director Julie Taymor, known for such lauded features as Frida and Across The Universe as well as the stage adaptation of The Lion King, now brings her discerning storytelling eye to the life of journalist, feminist and activist Gloria Steinem in The Glorias (...

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020

LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions have re-teamed in acquiring North American distribution rights to Julie Taymor’s The Glorias. The two companies have a track record that notably includes their getting together on Judy which recently earned a Best Actress Oscar for...

Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019

Judy (Roadside Attractions) takes us back to two eras--1969 when Judy Garland, portrayed brilliantly by Renée Zellweger, is towards the end of her life. It’s at a juncture when Garland is in dire straits, has health issues, can’t get a good paying gig in the U.S. and is struggling with...

Wednesday, Jul. 3, 2019

It's not exactly a hit parade, the songs that have been turned into movies. There was the shambling reconstruction of Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant," the fizzy pop of "Earth Girls Are Easy," the Sandra Bullock rom-com "Love Potion No.9." But digging into a Leonard Cohen song, as the...

Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018

"Juliet, Naked " is a charming and smart little film about early middle age, second chances, regrets and the intoxicating freedom of written correspondence that's nearly impossible to explain without either spoiling something or being willfully misleading.

That's actually one of its...

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