Tag: Albert Berger
Somewhere in Queens | Review
Sticks and Stones: Romano’s Lovable Directorial Debut
Ray Romano’s first foray into acting-directing, Somewhere in Queens, is an uproarious family drama more akin to Little...
2022 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Ray Romano’s Mr. Russo
After the long career in front of the camera, and recent work with Martin Scorsese, Reed Morano, and a recent raft of indie filmmakers,...
The Last Shift | Review
Stuck in Neutral: Cohn Cooks Up Sensitive (and Hilarious) Fast Food Tragedy
Andrew Cohn delivers a heart-wrenching ode to the working class, missed connections and...
2020 Sundance Film Festival: Miranda July, Julie Taymor, Dee Rees & Sean Durkin in the Premieres Section
The most acquisitions and distributor launch-pad friendly section of the festival, the Premieres category had some big ticket items in Nisha Ganatra's Late Night,...
Video: The Peanut Butter Falcon | 2019 SXSW Film Festival
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon is a sweet, unpretentious and unexpectedly funny raft-trip movie set in a contemporary ode to...
The Peanut Butter Falcon | Review
Falcon Shows His Moves: Sincerity Sails Past Expectations
Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz’s The Peanut Butter Falcon is a refreshingly sincere, unexpectedly funny raft-trip movie...
Interview: Elizabeth Chomko – What They Had | 2015 January Screenwriters Lab
Contrary to what some might say, not all projects that break into any of the Sundance Institute labs make the Advance to GO, collect...
Top 100 Most Anticipated American Indie Films of 2018: #94. Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had
What They Had
A seasoned actress who wound up striking gold in more ways than one during the development of the project (Elizabeth Chomko had...
2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had
In a move rarely seen these days, Bleecker Street's Andrew Karpen swooped in, preemptively landed the rights to What They Had before it even had...
2014 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jeff Preiss’ Low Down
While 2013 gave us Inside Llewyn Davis, 2014 will give us Low Down. I'm thinking that photographer/ethnographic documentarian/commercials and video director Jeff Preiss' debut...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #14. Alexander Payne’s Nebraska
Nebraska
Director: Alexander Payne
Writer(s): Bob Nelson
Producer(s): Bona Fide Productions' Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa
U.S. Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Devin Ratray, Bruce Dern, Stacy Keach, Bob Odenkirk,...
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2013: #61. Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Director: Fredrik Bond
Writer(s): Matt Drake
Producer(s): Albert Berger, Craig J. Flores, William Horberg, Ron Yerxa
U.S. Distributor: Rights Available
Cast: Shia LaBeouf,...