Robot & Frank Directed by Jake Shreier I belatedly ran across this quirky, gently humorous, wonderfully directed indie, Robot and Frank, from 2012. Produced in part by Galt Niederhoffer, this film offers any viewer from the neonatal to the nonagenarian an unfolding, unpredictable, often charmingly gentle, smily movie experience. It suffered early eclipse when first released, but deserves a chance at life. Frank Langella plays aging second-story man, Frank, with his specialty being stolen jewelry “by the ounce.” He has served several stretches inside, as they say, for a modest variety of thefts, shambling around his increasingly messy home in the outskirt woods of rustic Rye, NY. The rest of the world is electronically savvy, though Frank sticks thoughtfully to his Ludditism, happy enough to avoid all the modern paraphernalia if he can plan his next heist on paper. His two children check up on him often, mindful of his lapses into forgetfulness. He insists he...(Read Full Post)