CHRONIC (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Tim Roth (Reservoir Dogs), Bitsie Tulloch (Concussion), David Dastmalchian (Ant-Man),  Tate Ellington (Straight Outta Compton), Claire van der Boom (Red Hill), Maribeth Monroe (The Back-Up Plan), Robin Bartlett (Inside Llewyn Davis), Sarah Sutherland (Innocence), Laura Niemi (Jobs), Michael Cristofer (Die Hard with a Vengeance), Joe Santos (The Postman), Kari Coleman (Veronica Mars), Nailea Norvind (Atlantis: The Lost Empire), Rachel Pickup (AKA)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Michel Franco (After Lucia), director, writer, producer; Gina Kwon (The Motel), Gabriel Ripstein (The Popcorn Chronicles) and Moisés Zonana (600 Miles), producers; Yves Cape (Holy Motors), cinematographer; Julio Perez IV (It Follows), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

We follow the life of David (Roth), a home care nurse who goes from house to house caring for terminally ill patients, and how his work greatly affects his own little life…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Michel Franco’s follow-up to his award-winning film After Lucia debuted at last year’s Cannes Film Festival to strong praise, and should get an equally strong following upon its release here.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2016

Search from over ten years of movies here:

Other recent reviews:

Spa Weekend (dirs. Jon Lucas and Scott Moore)

A group of over-worked friends spend a chaotic weekend at a luxury spa…

Insidious: Out of The Further (dir. Jacob Chase)

The demonic entities who reside in The Further are brought into our reality…

Coyote vs. Acme (dir. Dave Green)

Wile E. Coyote hires a down-on-his-luck lawyer to take on the powerful Acme Corporation…

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (dir. Jane Schoenbrun)

A filmmaker connects with the reclusive star of a slasher franchise…

Stop! That! Train! (dir. Adam Shankman)

A train rides into danger when it enters a deadly storm…

Lady (dir. Samuel Abrahams)

A narcissistic aristocrat hires a documentary crew to film her life…

Sunny Dancer (dir. George Jaques)

A teenage cancer survivor attends a life-changing summer camp…

Tony (dir. Matt Johnson)

In 1976, young Anthony Bourdain takes a summer job in a kitchen…

The End of Oak Street (dir. David Robert Mitchell)

An entire suburban neighbourhood is mysteriously transported to a prehistoric location…

Love Me Tender (dir. Anna Cazenave Cambet)

A divorced woman explores her desire for self-liberation…

Optimized by Optimole