After opening with Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan last year, the director is returning to preside over the jury of the 68th Venice Film Festival. Following i...
Update: Friends With Kids has been confirmed for TIFF 2011. Check out our extensive coverage here and read our Friends With Kids review here.
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It's an ugly day outside, so let's look ahead to some future rainy day distractions, shall we? Today we've got the first posters for: To Be Heard, the beat poet...
Ruaridh Arrow’s documentary directorial debut, 'How to Start a Revolution', focuses on Nobel Peace Prize nominee Gene Sharp, and what his writings have done to inspire groups of protestors living under oppressive regimes to stand-up for their own democratic freedom. Focusing on nonviolent action, Genes ideas have been seen put in action during periods of unrest in Burma, Thailand, Bosnia, Estonia, Iran, Indonesia, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, and now Syria, Egypt, and elsewhere in the Middle East....
There really is no film-centric event that can compare to the Cannes Film Festival. Part marketplace for movies from around the world, part competition for ...
Kevin is the documentary debut director Jay Duplass (The Puffy Chair, Baghead). The film focuses on Kevin Gant, and Austin musician who was very inspirational to Duplass in the early 90s, but who then vanished without a trace. Now, fifteen years later, Duplass tracks down Gant, to both reconnect with him as well as what caused his disappearance. The result is a very heartwarming story that introduces an undiscovered musical voice into the world. The film premiered at SXSW, and is now looking to raise funds via Kickstarter to launch a wider festival tour, continuing to share Kevin’s story and music with audiences....
After showing at TIFF and Tribeca, Michael Winterbottom's latest is hitting theaters next month. I saw the film at a Tribeca pre-screening and enjoyed it. A...
We Go Way Back is the story of young actress named Kate, who reflects on the youthful dreams of her 13-year-old self when dealing with the dissatisfaction of her adult reality. The film originally debuted in 2006, and opens in New York today. We recently caught up with director Lynn Shelton’s (Humpday), to talk about the film....
Films filled with tragedy are often in high supply at festivals like Tribeca. These noble independent efforts dealing with grief, mourning, and the repercus...
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Allow me to introduce you to Eugene Martin and his feature-length documentary film The Anderson Monarchs. The Anderson Monarchs are an all-girls soccer team who compete, live, and thrive in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia. The director, Eugene Martin, a critically acclaimed filmmaker whose work looks intimately at issues of youth, the inner city, poverty, and social justice, discovered the Monarchs when he began coaching his daughter’s soccer team, and was drawn to their story....
