The Canadian sci-fi horror film The Corrupted will be released this summer on DVD, VOD,by Eagle One Media. Directed by John Klappstein and Knighten Richman, The Corrupted, features Keltie Squires, Shaun Tisdale (Tucker and Dale vs. Evil), Ashley Tallas, Jeremy Hook, and Anuj Saraswat.
On Thursday, April 11, 2013, the Academy Museum of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences held the inaugural celebration for the future home of The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at the historic Wilshire May Company Building in Los Angeles. Guest in attendance included Annette Bening (left), Co-Chair of The Academy Museum, Warren Beatty (center) and Academy Governor Jim Gianopulos (all pictured above).
PASADENA, the new independent ‘dramedy’ starring Peter Bogdanovich, Cheryl Hines, Alicia Witt, Sonya Walger and Ashton Holmes will have its World Premiere today, Saturday April 13, 2013, in Sarasota, Florida, at the 2013 Sarasota International Film Festival.
Maryland Film Festival unveiled twelve more feature films in the festival’s 2013 lineup. The list includes two highly anticipated documentaries with Baltimore subjects, Jeffrey Schwarz’s loving and definitive portrait I Am Divine (photo above), and Joe Tropea and Skizz Cyzyk’s Catonsville Nine documentary Hit & Stay.
Also featured are a wide range of international films including Augustine (France), Berberian Sound Studio (UK), Post Tenebras Lux (Mexico), and Watchtower (Turkey); Sundance 2013 breakthrough dramas A Teacher and This Is Martin Bonner; and the latest from David Gordon Green, Prince Avalanche.
MFF 2013 will take place May 8-12 in downtown Baltimore.
The latest announced titles for MFF 2013 are:
by Christopher McKittrick
Father Erik (David Call) is a young priest on an island off the coast of Maine who is new to the island after the previous priest left under less-than-holy circumstances. Along with the problem of a dwindled congregation, he is confronted by a family torn apart by the disappearance of their son. Josh went missing when he was eleven years old and his father, Richard (Richard Berkins) is adamant that his son is still alive, but his long-suffering wife Ellen (Haviland Morris) enlists Erik’s help in convincing Richard to have a funeral for Josh. After Richard finally agrees to finally “bury” his son, Josh (Liam Aiken), now sixteen, reappears. When asked where he has been the only response he offers his parents and the police is, “I heard I was dead. I didn’t like that.” However, he reveals the truth to Erik before disappearing again, and Erik, bound by his vows, is unable to reveal Josh’s whereabouts. However, Erik will not let that prevent him from returning Josh home again.
The 66th Festival de Cannes aka Cannes Film Festival, has chosen the thriller Zulu starring Forest Whitaker, Orlando Bloom and Tanya van Graan to close the festival on May 26, 2013. The film which shot entirely on location in South Africa by Jérôme Salle is adapted from the novel of the same name by Caryl Férey.
The 11th Annual Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles kicked-off Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Arclight Hollywood in Los Angeles with a red carpet and the Los Angeles premiere of Anurag Kashyap’s GANGS OF WASSEYPUR, followed by a gala.
Celebrities in attendance included Actress Freida Pinto and director Anurag Kashyap (pictured above).
The film festival, which runs through April 14, is showcasing 30 plus narrative and documentary features and short films.
Feature documentary CALIFORNIA, 90420 that focuses on the rapidly growing marijuana trade in California and profiles leaders of California’s marijuana legalization efforts, will expand to meet the anticipated increased demand prior to National Weed Day, April 20, 2013, aka 420 day.
Recently available on DVD, Amazon VOD, iTunes and Free on Hulu, CALIFORNIA 90420 will be released on Netflix around 4/20/2013, a date celebrated as a holiday each year in the marijuana community.
Matt Porterfield’s “I Used to Be Darker,” which premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. will be released this Fall by Strand Releasing.
Starring Deragh Campbell, Hannah Gross, Ned Oldham and Kim Taylor, the film tells the story of when Taryn, a Northern Irish runaway, finds herself in trouble in Ocean City, MD, she seeks refuge with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore. But Kim and Bill have problems of their own: they’re trying to handle the end of their marriage gracefully for the sake of their daughter Abby, just home from her first year of college.
The North American Premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s I’m So Excited! will double as the opening night film for the 2013 Los Angeles Film Festival on Thursday, June 13.
NOR’EASTER is screening this upcoming weekend at the 2013 Sarasota International Film Festival in Sarasota, Florida. NOR’EASTER was written and directed by Andrew Brotzman.
A young priest, Erik (David Call, TINY FURNITURE, Gossip Girl) serves as the lone Catholic authority on a small island off the coast of Maine. After a poorly attended mass, Erik is visited by Ellen Greene, the mother of Joshua, a child who has been missing for five years. Josh’s absence has pushed Ellen’s marriage to the breaking point, and though her husband strenuously objects, she and the priest decide to hold a symbolic funeral in an effort to move on.
Bryce Dallas-Howard, Whoopi Goldberg, Paul Haggis, Taraji P. Henson, Riley Keough, Kenny Lonergan, Eva Longoria, Sheila Nevins, Josh Radnor and Evan Rachel Wood are among the diverse group of 42 industry leaders, including award-winning filmmakers, writers, producers, acclaimed actors, respected journalists and entrepreneurs, who will serve as the jurors of the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival (TFF).
The jury will be divided among the seven competitive Festival categories. The winning films, filmmakers and actors in each category will be announced at the TFF Awards Night ceremony, streamed live on TribecaFilm.com on April 25. The 2013 Festival runs from April 17 –28.
Following is a list of all 2013 Festival and Tribeca Film Institute jurors and their respective categories.