HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE Directed by Taika Waititi Written by Barry Crump Starring Julian Dennison, Sam Neill, Reima Te Wiata A boy who's been shuffled from foster home to foster home finds a nurturing environment with an older couple in the New Zealand bush. When...

Maggie's Plan Directed by Rebecca Miller Written by Karen Rinaldi Starring: Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore,  Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph Maggie's Plan is a whimsical romantic comedy about a young woman (Gerwig) seduced by the seemingly erudite novelist-...

The Lobster Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos Written by Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou Starring: Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, John C. Reilly, Ben Whishaw The Lobster is the first English-speaking film by the Greek director, Yorgos Lanthimos. Looking at descriptions of...

THE MEDDLER Written and Directed by Lorene Scaofaria Starring: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons Well, you can file this film along with HELLO, MY NAME IS DORIS, as a half-hearted attempt by Hollywood to generate some ticket sales from the over-sixty woman...

Green Room Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Starring: Anton Yelchin, Imogene Poots, Patrick Stewart A punk rock band (The Ain't Rights) have had no success, but when they are offered a gig in the woods of Oregon, they take it. The gig is at a dive bar and...

SING STREET Written and Directed by John Carney Starring: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Lucy Boynton, Jack Raynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Aidan Gillen Much in the vein of Carney's earlier pictures (ONCE and BEGIN AGAIN), but also reminiscent of the fantastic, THE COMMITMENTS,...