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Premature

Studio: IFC Midnight
Directed by Dan Beers

Jul 01, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

The film will probably be tiresomely described as “Groundhog Day meets American Pie”, though this only slightly eclipses the latter for the sheer fact that it seems kind of sincere.

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Bound By Flesh

Studio: Sundance Selects
Directed by Leslie Zemeckis

Jun 30, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Zemeckis nails the spirits of oddness and voyeurism that made freak shows so popular, and that’s both praise and part of the film’s weakness.

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Snowpiercer

Studio: Radius-TWC
Directed by Bong Joon-ho

Jun 27, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Set in a future where the Earth has been consumed by a new ice age, Snowpiercer—the English language debut of South Korean director Bong Joon-ho—is the story of revolutionaries attempting to overthrow a brutal caste system in the last remaining human refuge: a massive train that infinitely circles the planet.

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Nothing Bad Can Happen

Studio: Drafthouse Films
Directed by Katrin Gebbe

Jun 26, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Nothing Bad Can Happen examines modern faith in a way few films do.

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They Came Together

Studio: Lionsgate
Directed by David Wain

Jun 25, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Director David Wain (Wet Hot American Summer) has created a playfully bizarre takedown of romantic comedies that just barely manages to not wear out its welcome.

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Whitey: United States of America vs. James J. Bulger

Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Directed by Joe Berlinger

Jun 24, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Joe Berlinger’s Whitey focuses almost exclusively on Bulger’s 2013 trial, only giving the briefest information regarding his background and his rise to prominence.

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Hellion

Studio: IFC Films
Directed by Kat Candler

Jun 23, 2014 Cinema Web Exclusive

Hellion paints a plaintive portrait of a family trapped in the bottom echelon of America’s middle class.

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Third Person

Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Paul Haggis

Jun 20, 2014 Cinema Issue #50 - June/July 2014 - Future Islands

For Haggis—best known for writing and directing Crash—we’d have been shocked if these three sets of characters weren’t somehow all connected.

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Venus In Fur

Studio: Sundance Selects
Directed by Roman Polanski

Jun 19, 2014 Cinema Issue #50 - June/July 2014 - Future Islands

Roman Polanski proves his dexterity once again with this dark, mystifying, and anything but simple two-character, single-location film.

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