2013 Films I have on my radar
by slothhead54 | created - 11 Feb 2013 | updated - 10 Mar 2013 | PublicI'm not sure I'm going to love this film but as a follow up to District 9 I really want to see it.
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1. Gloria (II) (2013)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A story set in Santiago and centered on Gloria, a free-spirited older woman, and the realities of her whirlwind relationship with a former naval officer whom she meets out in the clubs.
Director: Sebastián Lelio | Stars: Paulina García, Sergio Hernández, Diego Fontecilla, Fabiola Zamora
Votes: 9,372 | Gross: $2.11M
Opened to rave reviews at Berlinale 2013 in the competition section of the festival. Considering this is one of the few titles to receive accolades in the competition section at Berlinale I hope and pray it makes its way to the United States
2. Before Midnight (2013)
R | 109 min | Drama, Romance
We meet Jesse and Celine nine years on in Greece. Almost two decades have passed since their first meeting on that train bound for Vienna.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Ariane Labed
Votes: 172,220 | Gross: $8.11M
3. The Way Way Back (2013)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama
Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.
Directors: Nat Faxon, Jim Rash | Stars: Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney, AnnaSophia Robb
Votes: 156,883 | Gross: $21.50M
Also a Sundance 2013 premiere, I've heard this title being referred to as the Summer 2013 sleeper comedy, which means it should be an enjoyable Indie in a sea of summer Blockbuster nonsense. Fox Searchlight wouldn't have taken the gamble on this film if it didn't think it could do something with it I think.
4. Austenland (2013)
PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Romance
Obsessed with Pride and Prejudice (1995), a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.
Director: Jerusha Hess | Stars: Keri Russell, JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Bret McKenzie
Votes: 23,672 | Gross: $2.15M
I read some positive buzz about this film coming out of Sundance so I'm not setting high expectations but I think I will enjoy it when all is said and done.
5. The Place Beyond the Pines (2012)
R | 140 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Two men and their sons must deal with the unforeseen consequences of their actions.
Director: Derek Cianfrance | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Craig Van Hook
Votes: 290,481 | Gross: $21.38M
I'm a Derek Cianfrance fan and not just because he is a Colorado native. I really enjoyed Blue Valentine and anticipating this film since it premiered at Toronto last September.
6. Elysium (I) (2013)
R | 109 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
In the year 2154, the very wealthy live on a man-made space station while the rest of the population resides on a ruined Earth. A man takes on a mission that could bring equality to the polarized worlds.
Director: Neill Blomkamp | Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley, Alice Braga
Votes: 471,188 | Gross: $93.05M
7. Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.
Director: David Lowery | Stars: Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Nate Parker
Votes: 22,805 | Gross: $0.39M
This is another well reviewed film at Sundance this year that I will definitely see. Rooney Mara really impressed me with her performances in Girl with a Dragon Tattoo and Side Effects so I am devouring anything else she is doing right now.
8. Love Battles (2013)
99 min | Drama
A woman returns to her village after her father's death, who has never loved. She meets a man who spends his days cultivating the land and writing. Each of their meetings will culminate in a need for them to confront physically.
Director: Jacques Doillon | Stars: Sara Forestier, James Thierrée, Louise Szpindel, Mahault Mollaret
Votes: 666
I probably will never get an opportunity to see this film in the U.S. because of it NC-17 sexual content but I remain hopeful.
9. Prince Avalanche (2013)
R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama
Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.
Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch, Lance LeGault, Joyce Payne
Votes: 20,899 | Gross: $0.20M
Selected for both Sundance and Berlinale I have to know how Paul Rudd can entertain me for an hour and a half by paving roads in Texas.
10. The Kings of Summer (2013)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three teenage friends, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods and living off the land.
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts | Stars: Nick Robinson, Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias, Nick Offerman
Votes: 84,404 | Gross: $1.29M
Once of the less polarizing and more positively reviewed titles in the US. Dramatic competition at Sundance this year, I'm excited to generate my own opinion on this film.
11. Upstream Color (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives.
Director: Shane Carruth | Stars: Amy Seimetz, Frank Mosley, Shane Carruth, Andrew Sensenig
Votes: 34,973 | Gross: $0.44M
I have so much trepidation in seeing this film, which will come to Denver on April 5. So many critics have fallen head of heel for this title both at Sundance and at Berlinale this year. I plan on seeing Primer before this film but I am so worried that it is going to be so obscure in a Terrence Malick like way that I will not grasp any of it.
12. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
Votes: 41,252 | Gross: $1.03M
I have heard amazing things about this film. I've heard it really is a standout performance for Daniel Radcliffe. It was probably the number one title I wish I could have seen at this year's Sundance that I missed out on.
13. Serena (I) (2014)
R | 109 min | Drama, History, Romance
In Depression-era North Carolina, the future of George Pemberton's timber empire becomes complicated when he marries Serena.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones
Votes: 30,531 | Gross: $0.18M
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