Films

LINSANITY Documentary Slam Dunks in Theaters on October 4th | TRAILER

LINSANITY, the documentary film about the rise of Asian American basketball player Jeremy Lin, will have its Florida premiere screening on Thursday, October 3rd, and in theaters the following day October 4th 2013. Directed by Evan Jackson Leong, the film premiered earlier this year at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.

LINSANITY traces Lin’s life from his childhood in Palo Alto, California to his rise to prominence in 2012 with the New York Knicks in the NBA. It shows him overcoming discouragement and racism and achieving success through his faith and desire.

Jeremy Lin came from a humble background to make an unbelievable run in the NBA. State high school champion, all-Ivy League at Harvard, undrafted by the NBA and unwanted there: his story started long before he landed on Broadway.

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Film “THE PRIME MINISTERS” – a look at six decades of Israel’s history – Gets US Release Dates | TRAILER

THE PRIME MINISTERS, a documentary film by Richard Trank,that looks at six decades of Israel’s history—from its founding until the early 21st century, will open at the Quad Cinema in NYC on Friday, October 18, and at The Royal in Los Angeles and Town Center in Encino on Wednesday, November 6. A national release will follow.

THE PRIME MINISTERS, the thirteenth production of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s two-time Academy Award^®-winning Moriah Films, is an epic film that looks at six decades of Israel’s history—from its founding until the early 21st century.

Based on the bestselling book by Ambassador Yehuda Avner, the documentary takes the audience inside the offices of Israel’s Prime Ministers, bringing to life never before revealed stories about Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir, Yitzhak Rabin, Menachem Begin, and Shimon Peres.

With Sandra Bullock as the voice of Golda Meir, Michael Douglas as the voice of Yitzhak Rabin, Christoph Waltz as the voice of Menachem Begin, and Leonard Nimoy as the voice of Levi Eshkol, THE PRIME MINISTERS brings some of the most important events of the 20th and 21st centuries to life.

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Dyslexia Documentary “DISLECKSIA: THE MOVIE” Sets Release Date for October, National Dyslexia Awareness Month | TRAILER

DISLECKSIA: THE MOVIE, a documentary that seeks to counter popular misconceptions about Dyslexia, opens in NYC on October 4, 2013 and in LA on October 11, 2013, during National Dyslexia Awareness Month – October. Directed by Harvey Hubbell V, the film features interviews with prominent Dyslexic celebrities including Billy Bob Thorton, Richard Branson and Joe Pantoliano and business leaders such as real estate mogul Barbara Corcoran prolific television producer Stephen J. Cannell and Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson.

What do Billy Bob Thornton, Stephen J. Cannell and Joe Pantoliano have in common with 1.4 billion children and adults worldwide? Dyslexia. They are also featured in DISLECKSIA: THE MOVIE, a powerfully touching and entertaining documentary that mixes humor and perspective with insight and analysis. The film educates and illuminates many misconceptions about dyslexia, while underlining the need for raised awareness, early identification and social change.

Director Harvey Hubbell V explores issues surrounding dyslexia through a very human, personal lens, weaving his own lifelong experience, the research of scientists and the practice of educators, with the life experiences of celebrities, politicians, and adults and children living with dyslexia.

Intergenerational, multicultural and socio-economically diverse, DISLECKSIA: THE MOVIE presents a complete picture and the most current information on dyslexia, promotes positive messaging, explores the power of family and community and is the first film to offer an alternative perspective of dyslexia as a learning difference, rather than a disability. It is a movie that literally changes lives. Please come see why at one of our anticipated press screenings.

You and/or someone you know, is affected directly or indirectly by the phenomenon of dyslexia. The release of DISLECKSIA: THE MOVIE coincides with National Dyslexia Awareness month in October. The film opens in New York on October 4th, LA on October 11th, a nationwide one night only screening event on October 17th, followed by a city by city theatrical tour with Director Harvey Hubbell V through early 2014.

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IFC Midnight to Release the Horror Film “PROXY”| TRAILER

IFC Midnight announced from the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival that the company is picking up Zack Parker’s PROXY for release in the US. The film made its world premiere in the Vanguard section of the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and will play next at the 2013 Fantastic Fest; and stars Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe and Joe Swanberg. In PROXY, a pregnant young woman seeks consolation in a support group after she is viciously attacked by a hooded assailant. Gradually she comes to realize that nothing and no one in her life is as it appears in this shocking and challenging thriller.

Zack Parker’s PROXY is a European-style suspense-thriller that promises to challenge the traditional cinematic form.

A very pregnant Esther Woodhouse (Alexia Rasmussen) is walking home after her latest OB appointment, when she is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. When Esther seeks consolation in a support group, she finds friendship and empathy in Melanie (Alexa Havins), another mother scarred with tragedy. Esther soon begins to believe that the horrific event might be a bittersweet act of fate. However, friendship and empathy can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.

PROXY marks the fourth feature film by Writer-Director-Producer Zack Parker and his largest undertaking to date. Shot on-location in the varied mid-west scenery of Indiana, Zack utilized the latest in filmmaking technology to bring this horrific tale to life. With a stellar cast (Alexia Rasmussen, Alexa Havins, Kristina Klebe, Joe Swanberg) a talented production team, including Along The Tracks Productions alumni Executive Producer Michael Khamis, Cinematogrpaher Jim Timperman, Sound Designer Sonny Wingler, the musical stylings of the ever-talented team The Newton Brothers, as well as new addition, Producer Faust Checho of FSC Productions, PROXY is sure to deliver a never before seen cinematic journey. via Proxy The Movie.

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WATCH Trailer for Horror Film “WE ARE WHAT WE ARE”

A trailer has been released for the horror film “WE ARE WHAT WE ARE” which had its world premiere earlier this year at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and opens in theaters on Friday, September 27th at the Landmark Sunshine in NYC. In WE ARE WHAT WE ARE, described as a re-imagining of the 2010 Mexican film of the same name,” director Jim Mickle paints a gripping portrait of an introverted family struggling to keep their macabre traditions alive.

A seemingly wholesome and benevolent family, the Parkers, have always kept to themselves, and for good reason. Behind closed doors, patriarch Frank (Bill Sage, “Boardwalk Empire”) rules his family with a rigorous ferver, determined to keep his ancestral customs intact at any cost. As a torrential rainstorm moves into the area, tragedy strikes and his daughters Iris (Ambyr Childers, THE MASTER) and Rose (Julia Garner, MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE) are forced to assume responsibilities that extend beyond those of a typical family. As the unrelenting downpour continues to flood their small town, the local authorities begin to uncover clues that bring them closer to the secret that the Parkers have held closely for so many years.

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE also stars Michael Parks (DJANGO UNCHAINED), Golden Globe nominee Kelly McGillis (WITNESS, TOP GUN), Nick Damici (STAKE LAND), Wyatt Russell (THIS IS 40) and newcomer Jack Gore. WE ARE WHAT WE ARE was written by Mickle and Damici. The two previously collaborated on the screenplays for Mickle’s first two features, MULBERRY STREET and STAKE LAND (winner of the “Midnight Madness” Audience Award at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival).

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Samuel L. Jackson Signs on as a Presenter With Martin Scorsese on “THE GRANDMASTER”

At the NY Premiere on August 13: Ziyi Zhang, Samuel L. Jackson, Tony Leung and Wong Kar Wai

Samuel L. Jackson – a huge fan of Kar Wai – has lent his support to the film THE GRANDMASTER by signing on as a presenter with Martin Scorsese. “THE GRANDMASTER is a wild ride and an expertly crafted martial arts film. I was blown away by Tony Leung and Ziyi Zhang’s performances, and needless to say by Wong Kar Wai’s direction; he’s a living legend who I’ve admired for ages, and it’s a true honor to lend my support alongside Martin Scorsese.”

Ziyi Zhang and Michael B. Jordan at an LA screening of THE GRANDMASTER

THE GRANDMASTER, now playing in New York, L.A. and Toronto, and opening nationwide August 30, is the new film by acclaimed director Wong Kar Wai. Six years in the planning and three years in the making, THE GRANDMASTER is described as an epic action feature inspired by the life and times of the legendary kung fu master, Ip Man. The story spans the tumultuous Republican era that followed the fall of China’s last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war that was also the golden age of Chinese martial arts.

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“INUK” – a Film From Greenland, Will Be Released in the US, Opens in LA on October 4; NYC on  October 11 | TRAILER

Ever seen a film from Greenland? INUK, a film by Mike Magidson, Greenland’s Oscar submission last year and winner of multiple international film festival awards, will open at the Quad Cinema in New York on October 11; and at The Royal Los Angeles on October 4 and in San Francisco on October 2. A national release will follow.

In Greenland’s capital, sixteen year-old Inuk lives a troubled life with his alcoholic mother and violent step-father. One morning, after pulling the half-frozen boy out of an abandoned car, the social services send Inuk North, to a children’s home on a tiny island in the middle of the arctic sea-ice. There he meets Ikuma, a polar bear hunter, who takes him on an epic dog sled trip on ice. Despite the bitter cold and fragile sea-ice, the most difficult journey will be the one they must make within themselves.

With stunning cinematography, shot on the sea ice in -30 C, INUK features the performances of teenagers from the Uummannaq Children’s Home and local hunters, all playing roles close to their real lives. Created as an original road-movie on the sea ice, INUK is both an authentic story of Greenland today, a country torn between tradition and modernity, and a universal story about the quest for identity, transmission and rebirth after the deepest of wounds,

A major success in Greenland, INUK sold more tickets than films like Men in Black III, The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises and The Hunger Games.

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See POSTER and Watch TRAILER for “INFORMANT”; to be Released September 13, 2013

A new trailer has been released for the upcoming documentary INFORMANT, winner of the DOC NYC 2012 Grand Jury Prize, and described as a fascinating portrait of Brandon Darby, a radical left-wing activist who famously became an FBI informant and is now a darling of the tea-party. Directed by Jamie Meltzer and starring Brandon Darby and Scott Crow , INFORMANT will be released in select theaters and VOD on September 13, 2013.

How does a tea party darling become an FBI informant?

INFORMANT is a fascinating portrait of Brandon Darby, a radical left-wing activist turned FBI informant. In 2005, Darby became an overnight hero when he traveled to Katrina-devastated New Orleans and braved toxic floodwaters to rescue a stranded friend. Soon after, he co-founded Common Ground, a successful grassroots relief organization. But over the next few years, he began hiding a shocking secret. After two young protestors were arrested at the 2008 Republican National Convention for suspected terrorism activities, Darby revealed he had been instrumental in their indictment as an FBI informant. Today, having renounced his left-wing past, he is a tea-party darling who writes regularly for the right-leaning web site Breitbart.com.

The only film with access to Darby since his public confession, INFORMANT meticulously constructs a picture of Brandon’s life – before and after the many death threats he has received – through interviews and tense reenactments starring Brandon himself. Darby’s version of events is accompanied – and often contradicted – by evidence from acquaintances and expert commentators, posing complicated questions about trust and the nature of reality. As David Hanners of St. Paul Pioneer Press suggests, “When you interview people about Brandon Darby, you realize that everyone has a different idea of who he is.”

In addition to trying to unlock the mystery of Darby, INFORMANT offers an powerful insider look at the hidden use of informants in contemporary America – an especially timely issue in light of the recent leaks about government surveillance.

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Claire Denis’ BASTARDS to be Released in the US on October 25 | TRAILER

Sundance Selects will release acclaimed filmmaker Claire Denis’ BASTARDS in the US on October 25, 2013. The film, which made its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, will make its U.S. premiere next month at the 2013 New York Film Festival, following a North American Premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

BASTARDS follows Marco Silvestri, a captain on a container-ship who is called urgently back to Paris by his desperate sister Sandra. Sandra’s husband has committed suicide, the family business has gone under, her daughter has gone adrift – and she holds powerful businessman Edouard Laporte responsible. Determined to exact a terrible revenge for the violence done to his family, Marco moves into the building where Laporte’s mistress Raphaelle lives; but he can’t avoid Sandra’s secret manipulations… or the fact that he is falling in love with Raphaelle.

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Documentary on Broadway Hit ‘American Idiot’ to be Released in the Fall 2013 | TRAILER

The documentary BROADWAY IDIOT chronicling the momentous collaboration between rock and roll icons, Green Day and the “Great White Way” to create American Idiot on Broadway will be released nationwide in theaters and on VOD October 18 with an exclusive theatrical engagement in New York starting October 11th.

From punk rock mosh pits and sold-out stadiums to the Great White Way, this electrifying documentary follows Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong as he works with Broadway producers to turn his mega-hit album, “American Idiot,” into a staged Broadway musical. The film goes behind the scenes to reveal the creative choices and challenges made by Grammy winner Billie Joe and Tony winning director Michael Mayer (Spring Awakening) to create the thrilling and one-of-a-kind musical experience. More than just a show, but a personal and transformative experience for Billie Joe, the film provides insider access to Billie’s journey from rock star to Broadway star, dress rehearsals, performances and more. BROADWAY IDIOT provides a unique window into the art of theater as rock stars and stage stars collide and create something never seen before.

Directed by three-time Emmy-winner Doug Hamilton and produced by Tony-winner Ira Pittelman (Spring Awakening) and starring Tony award-winning actor John Gallagher, Jr. (The Newsroom), BROADWAY IDIOT had its world premiere at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival and was the first documentary feature to open the 2013 Newport Beach Film Festival.

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Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or Winner “BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR” to be Released in the US on October 25 , Rated NC-17 | TRAILER

Sundance Selects will release Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2013 Cannes Film Festival Palme D’Or Winner BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR with the MPAA rating of NC-17 in the United States, as opposed to trimming the film or releasing the film Unrated. Starring Lea Seydoux and Adèle Exarchopoulos, the film is being rated NC-17 for “explicit sexual content.” Sundance Selects will release the film in theaters beginning on October 25, 2013, on the heels of screening as part of the 2013 New York Film Festival.

BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR centers on a 15-year-old girl named Adèle (Exarchopoulos) who is climbing to adulthood and dreams of experiencing her first love. A handsome male classmate falls for her hard, but an unsettling erotic reverie upsets the romance before it begins. Adèle imagines that the mysterious, blue-haired girl she encountered in the street slips into her bed and possesses her with an overwhelming pleasure. That blue-haired girl is a confident older art student named Emma (Seydoux), who will soon enter Adèle’s life for real, making way for an intense and complicated love story that spans a decade and is touchingly universal in its depiction.

An NC-17 rated motion picture is one that, in the view of the Rating Board, most parents would consider patently too adult for their children 17 and under. No children under the age of 17 and under can be admitted into theaters to see the film. The rating signals that the content is appropriate only for an adult audience. An NC-17 rating can be based on violence, sex, aberrational behavior, drug abuse or any other element that most parents would consider too strong and therefore off-limits for viewing by their children. The film received a rating of “12″ by the French Ministry of Culture, which indicates the film is unsuitable only for children younger than 12 years of age in that country.

When BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR won the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes film festival, Jury president Steven Spielberg called the film “a great love story that made all of us feel privileged to be a fly on the wall, to see this story of deep love and deep heartbreak evolve from the beginning. We didn’t think about how it was going to play, we just were really happy that someone had the courage to tell this story the way he did…The issue of gay marriage is one that many brave states in America are resolving in a way that suits all of us that are in favor of gay marriage. But I think actually this film carries a very strong message, a very positive message.”

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Documentary THE KILL TEAM to be Released in 2014

Oscilloscope Laboratories announced today that it will release Academy Award-nominated director Dan Krauss’ “powerful and incendiary” documentary THE KILL TEAM in 2014. THE KILL TEAM premiered at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival where it won the festival’s Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary. The film has also screened at HotDocs, AFI Docs, and the San Francisco International Film Festival, where it picked up yet another jury prize.

Described as Equal parts infuriating and illuminating, THE KILL TEAM looks at the devastating moral tensions that tear at soldiers’ psyches through the lens of one highly personal and emotional story. Private Adam Winfield was a 21-year-old soldier in Afghanistan when he attempted with the help of his father to alert the military to heinous war crimes his platoon was committing. But Winfield’s pleas went unheeded. Left on his own and with threats to his life, Private Winfield was himself drawn into the moral abyss, forced to make a split-second decision that would change his life forever.

With extraordinary access to the key inpiduals involved in the case – including Private Winfield, his passionately supportive parents, and Winfield’s startlingly candid compatriots in the so-called “Kill Team”— Krauss expertly constructs a film that is a balanced and nuanced look at the personal stories so often lost inside the larger coverage of the longest war in US history.
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