Baby Ruby, 2023. Written and Directed by Bess Wohl. Starring Noémie Merlant, Kit Harington, Meredith Hagner, Jayne Atkinson, Reed Birney, Lauren Beveridge, Camila Canó-Flaviá, Amber Janea, Emerald Rose Sullivan, and Erin Wilhelmi. SYNOPSIS: After welcoming her baby, Ruby, home, the tightly scripted world of lifestyle influencer Jo starts to unravel. As increasingly sinister happenings mount, […]
Movie Review – The Menu (2022)
The Menu, 2022. Directed by Mark Mylod. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, John Leguizamo, Rob Yang, Mark St. Cyr, Reed Birney, Aimee Carrero, Arturo Castro, Rebecca Koon, Peter Grosz, Christina Brucato, Paul Adelstein, and Adam Aalderks. SYNOPSIS: A young couple travels to a remote island to eat […]
Movie Review – Strawberry Mansion (2021)
Strawberry Mansion, 2021. Written and directed by Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley. Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, and Constance Shulman. SYNOPSIS: In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric. Forward-thinking authors over the decades […]
Searchlight serves up new trailer for The Menu starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes
Searchlight Pictures has served a new trailer and posters for The Menu, the upcoming comedy horror from director Mark Mylod which follows young couple Margot and Tyler (Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult), as they travel to an exclusive restaurant on a coastal island, where the strange chef (Ralph Fiennes) prepares a menu which holds some […]
Movie Review – Strawberry Mansion (2021)
Strawberry Mansion, 2021. Written and Directed by Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney. Starring Penny Fuller, Kentucker Audley, Grace Glowicki, Reed Birney, Linas Phillips, Constance Shulman, and Albert Birney. SYNOPSIS: In a future where the government records dreams and taxes them, a dream auditor gets caught up in the dreams of an aging eccentric. Taking the […]
Movie Review – Mass (2021)
Mass, 2021. Written and Directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright, and Michelle N. Carter. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic act of violence, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. One needs extra hands to count the ways Mass could go […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Ann Dowd and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Six years after a devastating tragedy, two couples gather in a room to talk about the day that destroyed their lives. About two thirds of the way through Mass, the bracing debut feature from writer-director Fran […]
High drama with Jason Issacs and Ann Dowd in the the trailer for Mass
Bleecker Street have just debuted the trailer for what appears to be an acting masterclass between Jason Issacs (The OA), Ann Dowd (The Leftovers), Martha Plimpton (The Mosquito Coast) and Reed Birney (House of Cards), as two couples who agree to a conversation in order to process the fallout from a tragic incident involving their […]
2021 Sundance Film Festival Review – Mass
Mass, 2021. Written and directed by Fran Kranz. Starring Jason Isaacs, Ann Dowd, Martha Plimpton, and Reed Birney. SYNOPSIS: Years after a tragic shooting, the parents of both the victim and the perpetrator meet face-to-face. In the wake of any tragedy, those affected scramble to make some sense of what’s happened in order to move on […]
Movie Review – The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
The Forty-Year-Old Version, 2020. Written and Directed by Radha Blank Starring Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin, Imani Lewis, Reed Birney and Walker White. SYNOPSIS: A New York playwright (Radha Blank) is in search of an elusive success before she hits forty. Teaching theatre classes during the day and binge watching television shows at night, […]
