16 February 2015

Early Warnings

Scouring the reports from Sundance, we flag the following titles:

"Results" - Indie pioneer Andrew Bujalski is back to follow up his comeback film, "Computer Chess."

"Tangerine" - The latest from Sean Baker, who wowed with his last effort, "Starlet." It's another seedy setting: a street-walker hunts down her pimp.

"Mistress America" & "While We're Young" - Two from one of our key generational co-horts, Noah Baumbach. The first film brings back his trophy girlfriend, Greta Gerwig ("Frances Ha" was our favorite of 2013), and the latter resuscitates Ben Stiller (director and star made another favorite, "Greenberg").

"Mississippi Grind" - This one is from writer/directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck ("Half Nelson," "It's Kind of a Funny Story") and stars Ryan Reynolds and Ben Mendelsohn ("Starred Up").

"The Forbidden Room" - The legendary quirk of Guy Maddin is back.

"James White" - The team behind "Martha Marcy May Marlene" returns with a depressing story about a 30-year-old dealing with his parents dying of cancer.

"The End of the Tour" - James Ponsoldt ("The Spectacular Now," "Smashed") fictionalizes a meeting of two writers, one of whom is David Foster Wallace (played by Jason Segal).

THE DOCS
"The Wolfpack" - A look at a group of siblings who were raised almost entirely in their New York apartment, with only occasional outings.

"Going Clear" - The prolific Alex Gibney takes on Scientology.

"Pervert Park" - About a group of mobile homes in St. Petersburg, Fla., housing registered sex offenders.

"Dreamcatchers" - More prostitutes. Similar to "The Interrupters," women in Chicago conduct outreach to sex workers.

"Welcome to Leith" - An examination of the town in North Dakota taken over by white superemacists.
 

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