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Reagan, You Gotta Believe, Slingshot, Across the River and Into the Trees
Across the River and Into the Trees ***
This adaptation by director Paula Ortiz and screenwriter Peter Flannery pointedly makes its title card “Ernest Hemingway’s Across the River and Into the Trees”—and while it’s been nearly 40 years since I last read the source material, it certainly feels true to the author’s voice, albeit with a contemporary point of view. Set in the waning days of World War II in Italy, it follows Army Col. Richard Cantwell (Liev Schreiber) as he takes a weekend trip to Venice, oblivious to his doctor’s orders about his life-threatening heart condition.
The Crow, Blink Twice, Between the Temples, Good One, Incoming, The Supremes At Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Between the Temples ***
Director/co-writer Nathan Silver and co-writer C. Mason Wells mix a little quintessential Sundance quirk into their throwback New Hollywood vibe, resulting in a dramedy that’s enjoyable, awkward, and enjoyably awkward.
New music from Mindy Gledhill, Crucial Fest lineup
Mindy Gledhill, “Long Distance Lullaby” single and video
Singer/songwriter Mindy Gledhill has given us another single from her upcoming album The Phone Booth Sessions Vol. 1.
Briana Grand at The DLC, KRCL Record Salt, CW Store tickets
Briana Grand, Emani Etrnl @ The DLC, Friday 8/9
If you find yourself needing something to do this evening, swinging by The DLC to see Briana Grand unveil her debut album is a great way to spend it.
It Ends With Us, Cuckoo, Borderlands, Didi, The Instigators
Borderlands *1/2
I’ll leave it to the actual gamers to explain how/whether Borderlands is a crime against the video game that is its source material; I can only explain how it’s a crime against filmmaking. Apparently the basic premise of a search for long-lost alien technology on a distant planet remains intact, in this case involving a bounty hunter named Lilith (Cate Blanchet) hired by a corporate CEO (Edgar Ramírez) to rescue his kidnapped daughter (Ariana Greenblatt).
MELŌ: “You’ll Know” and “Enough” out today
Rock trio MELŌ are starting off the month of August with two brand-new singles, just in time for those needing a new rock ‘n' roll fix.
Trap, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Kneecap, Coup!, The Firing Squad
Coup! **1/2
I gotta be straight: There’s something so slippery about this dark satire from writer/directors Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman that I’m not sure whether it’s profoundly progressive or weirdly reactionary.
