Edinburgh International Film Festival · 2014
New independent work from the US.
13 films · 10 reviews
Be prepared for scenes you finish in your own head to haunt you.
(Country: US, France; Year: 2014; Director: Jim Mickle; Writer: Nick Damici, Jim Mickle, based on the novel by Joe R Lansdale; Stars: Michael C Hall, Don Johnson, Sam Shepard, Vinessa Shaw, Nick Damici, Wyatt Russell)
UK premiere
Though it's never less than engaging, there's a nagging sense of missing out on the bigger picture.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel)
UK premiere
Chandler's excellent script allows the raw drama to take centre stage.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Kat Candler; Writer: Kat Candler; Stars: Aaron Paul, Juliette Lewis, Tanner Beard, Jonny Mars, Walt Roberts, Annalee Jefferies, Augustine Frizzell, Brent Smiga, Deke Garner, Josh Wiggins, Jason Newman, Jayna Lacy, Corby Sullivan, Dylan Cole, Camron Owens)
International premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Leah Meyerhoff; Writer: Leah Meyerhoff; Stars: Natalia Dyer, Peter Vack, Julia Garner, Amy Seimetz, Toni Meyerhoff, Justin Hall, Sam O'Gotti, Johnny Sequoyah, Eric A.H. Watson)
International premiere
Cage takes commanding ownership of the somewhat familiar material and milieu.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: David Gordon Green; Writer: Gary Hawkins, based on the book by Larry Brown.; Stars: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Sue Rock, Heather Kafka) , Trailer
UK premiere
Characters grapple with the sorts of conflict and antagonism that can crop up in any family but which here gather to a thunder-head intensity.
(Country: Italy, Mexico, US; Year: 2013; Director: Andrea Pallaoro; Writer: Andrea Pallaoro, Andrea Pallaoro, Andrea Pallaoro, Orlando Tirado, Orlando Tirado, Orlando Tirado; Stars: Catalina Sandino Moreno, Brían F. O'Byrne, Mary Mouser, Ian Nelson, Maxim Knight, Jake Vaughn, Kevin Alejandro, Patrick Birkett, Angel Amaral, Tara Buck, Granville Ames)
UK premiere
(Country: Spain, US; Year: 2013; Director: Emilio Aragón; Writer: William D Wittliff; Stars: Robert Duvall, Jeremy Irvine, Angie Cepeda, Luis Tosar, Joaquín Cosio, Javier Gutiérrez, Rene Rhi, Jim Parrack, James Landry Hébert, Michael Ray Escamilla, Abraham Benrubi, Ck McFarland, Jonathan Cuellar, Eric A. Williams, Toby Metcalf)
UK premiere
If there's a wish for more in Palo Alto, it's largely because what is here works so well.
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Gia Coppola; Writer: Gia Coppola, based on the short stories by James Franco; Stars: James Franco, Emma Roberts, Val Kilmer, Nat Wolff, Christian Madsen, Chris Messina, Keegan Allen, Colleen Camp, Olivia Crocicchia, Zoe Levin, Don Novello, Bo Mitchell, Sam Dillon, Jack Kilmer, Claudia Levy) , Official site
UK premiere
The end product of a long and dismal trend in American indies, where the effort to create art just like the art one saw last week has produced a formula that is exponentially recursive.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Craig Johnson; Writer: Mark Heyman, Craig Johnson; Stars: Kristen Wiig, Ty Burrell, Bill Hader, Luke Wilson, Boyd Holbrook, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Ian Hyland, Jennifer Lafleur, Eddie Schweighardt, Genevieve Adams, Sydney Lucas, Truck Hudson, Cliff Moylan, Paul Castro Jr., David Garelik)
European premiere
Shelton has to do a lot as Peggy, the camera rarely leaves her and she is called on to convey complex emotions with little dialogue - and she does a good job.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Paul Harrill; Writer: Paul Harrill; Stars: Ashley Shelton, Bryce Johnson, Linds Edwards, Amy Hubbard, Lauren Lazarus, Emily Soleil, Susanna Rinehart, Greg Congleton, Jason Benjamin, Leigh Ann Jernigan, Samuel Aaron, David Brian Alley, Ben Bean, Damon Boggess, Rusty Coleman)
International premiere
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Nathan Silver; Writer: Chloe Domont, Nathan Silver, Cody Stokes; Stars: Caitlin Mehner, India Menuez, Gina Piersanti, Hannah Gross, Bettina Skye, Nathan Silver, Tallie Medel, Casey Drogin, David Dahlbom, Cindy Silver, Adinah Dancyger)
International premiere
The young cast all excel in roles which require the utmost duplicity
(Country: US; Year: 2013; Director: Simon Hawkins, Zeke Hawkins; Writer: Dutch Southern; Stars: Ashley Adams, Mackenzie Davis, William Devane, Jon Gries, Logan Huffman, Mark Pellegrino, Jeremy Allen White)
European premiere
The biggest problem with Ryan Piers Williams' latest is that, although it is nicely shot and well acted, the characters with the most going for them are given the least screentime.
(Country: US; Year: 2014; Director: Ryan Piers Williams; Writer: Ryan Piers Williams; Stars: America Ferrera, Ryan Piers Williams, Common, Melonie Diaz, Maria Dizzia, David Harbour, Dree Hemingway,Alina Puscau, Tom Kemp, Adam Rapp, Castille Landon, Danny Deferrari, Miriam Weisbecker, Jon Paul Phillips, Amber Tamblyn)
International premiere
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