Posted by editor@vimooz.com on May 26, 2009 under Documentary | Comments are off for this article
Oscilloscope Pictures, a company co-founded by Beastie Boys member Adam “MCA” Yauch, will distribute director Michel Gondry’s documentary, “The Thorn in the Heart,” which premiered last week at Cannes Film Festival.
The documentary focuses on the “Green Hornet” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” director’s own family members, following his aunt, schoolteacher Suzette Gondry, and her son. Over the course of the film, he delves into the family’s secrets and their life in rural France.
Posted by Robert Samardick on March 6, 2009 under New Release | Comments are off for this article
Huge release week for the Indies has something for everyone, a bollywood horror flick, a Yale secret society reunion and a film about tokyo with an exclamation mark.
TOKYO!
TOKYO! brings together three different international directors to create three short films about Tokyo. Michel Gondry (of Eternal Sunshine fame) directs a piece about a nervous breakdown in the fast paced city. Leos Carax tells the tale of Merde (translation: Shit), a monster who lives in the sewers and only comes up to attack and terrorize passerby’s. Bong Joon-Ho shows the bizarre story of a Tokyo Hermit who commands the world through his telephone, then when an earthquake hits leaving a pizza delivery girl stuck in his room, he falls in love. A stunning trailer and three great artists for the price of one, TOKYO! is a sure bet for this weekend.
13B
Manohar just moved into a wonderful new home with his wonderful family. So what’s the problem? Their television set is trying to kill them. Instead of being the source of entertainment for the househeld, the TV has realized it’s own power and has decided to show them the images it wants to see. Specifically a television soap opera that seems to imply their lives are in danger. Bollywood fright flick 13B opens for limited release today.
EVERLASTING MOMENTS
Set in Sweden during the early 1900’s, Everlasting Moments is the story of a working class woman (Maria) who wins a camera in a lottery. She begins to see the world in a new light as her pictures develop and a young man begins to take interest in her photographic abilities.Her alcholic abusive husband doesn’t share the same joy and tries to put a stop to her new sense of liberation.
EXPLICIT ILLS
Explicit Ills binds together four different stories of drugs, love and poverty in Philadelphia. An art student falls in love with her drug dealer. A couple goes through hard times as they attempt to start a charity organization, meanwhile their son trains for the “world’s strongest man “ competition. An asthma ridden seven year old is transformed by his kind neighbor into a well read intelligent boy, just to get a girl to like him. Opens limited in Philly and LA.
FADOS
Fados is a documentary-fusion film that blends cinema with dance and music. The movie focuses on “Fado”, a style of contempary world music often reffered to as “The Portugese Blues”. Each song in the film is accompanied by beautiful images that help to aid the song’s story, as well as dance numbers. It goes farther , blending “Fado” songs with other types of music like hip-hop, jazz and more to illuminate the universal importance of music. The film is a tribute to “Fado” but also a brilliant capture of the soul of this art form.
PHOEBE IN WONDERLAND
A young girl has a dream come true when she is cast as Alice in the school production of Alice In Wonderland. This only creates problems as she now must try hard to be a good student so that the Principal does not take away her role. Stress builds and her Parents try to console her but nothing seems to work. She begins to retreat into her own imaginary world to cope, a world filled with the characters of the book. Her daydreams become increasingly more disturbing as the imaginary safe place she sets up begins to suck her into insanity. Phoebe in Wonderland opens for limited release.
REUNION
Reunion is the story of a group of friends from Yale who reconnect after many years. They all belonged to a secret society in college and when they reunite they commence to try and figure out why none of them have found love or happiness. The confessions take a dark turn when the death of a friend is explored more closely and the secrets of the group are thrust into the light.
SHERMAN’S WAY
Sherman’s Way is a quirky eccentric road trip movie that involves a young and overly ambitious law student and a washed up former athlete. As the Law Student tries to get to Beverly Hills in order to began his career he is taught a lesson by the more relaxed and weird Athlete, who puts a bend in his path.
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