Tuesday, September 7th, 2010
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (on DVD September 7th; original limited release on December 30th, 2009)
THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND is a new drama based on a recently rediscovered original screenplay by legendary writer Tennessee Williams. Starring Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, the Paladin release will open in New York and Los Angeles in late December, with expansion to major markets following in early 2010. Academy Award-winner Ellen Burstyn, Academy Award-nominee Ann-Margret, Mamie Gummer, and Will Patton co-star in the film which was directed by award-winning short filmmaker and stage and screen actress Jodie Markell, in her feature debut.
Widely considered the most important American playwright of the...
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That Evening Sun (on DVD September 7th; original limited release on November 6th, 2009)
An aging Tennessee farmer returns to his homestead and must confront a family betrayal, the reappearance of an old enemy, and the loss of his farm.
Abner Meecham, an aging Tennessee farmer discarded to a nursing facility by his lawyer son, flees the old folks' home and catches a ride back to his country farm to live out his days in peace.
Upon his return, he discovers that his son has leased the farm to Abner's old enemy and his white trash family. Not one to suffer fools or go down easy, Abner moves into the old tenant shack on the...
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White Wedding (limited release on September 3rd):
Set against South Africa's beautifully varied landscapes, this high-spirited comedy is a feelgood movie about love, commitment, intimacy, friendship and all the maddening obstacles that can get in the way of a happy ending. The film is a forward looking farce set in the new South African cultural mixing pot, as the nation strives to be defined as more than their shared...
A Good Day to Die (limited release on September 3rd):
Dennis Banks co-founded the American Indian Movement (A.I.M.) in 1968 to call attention to the plight of urban Indians in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The film presents an intimate look at Dennis Banks' life beginning with his early experience in boarding schools, through his military service in Japan, his transformative experience in Stillwater Stat...
Last Train Home (limited release on September 3rd):
Every spring, China's cities are plunged into chaos as 130 million migrant workers journey to their home villages for the New Year's holiday. This mass exodus is the world's largest human migration -- an epic spectacle that reveals a country tragically caught between its rural past and industrial future.
Working over several years in classic verite style Chinese-Canad...
Prince of Broadway (limited release):
Prince of Broadway is the story of Lucky and Levon, two men whose lives converge in the underbelly of New York's wholesale fashion district. Lucky, an illegal immigrant from Ghana, makes ends meet by soliciting shoppers on the street with knock-off brand merchandise. Levon, an Armenian-Lebanese immigrant, operates an illegal storefront with a concealed back room w...
Etienne! (limited release on September 3rd):
Etienne! is a film about the little things in life.
After Richard's best and only friend, a dwarf hamster named Etienne, is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he decides to take him on a bicycle road trip up the California coast to show him the world before he must put him to sleep.
Etienne! is about the randomness of fate and happenstance.
It tells the story of ELODIE, a y...
We Are Family (limited release on September 3rd):
Maya (Kajol) is the perfect mother. Her life revolves around her three children, Aleya (Aanchal Munjal), Ankush (Nominath Ginsburg), and Anjali (Diya Sonecha), who think nothing less than the world of her. Despite being divorced from her husband, Aman (Arjun Rampal) Maya has ensured that everything runs smoothly in her house, under her watch, and that they contin...
The Winning Season (limited release on September 3rd):
From director James C. Strouse (Grace is Gone) comes THE WINNING SEASON starring Sam Rockwell as an adult misfit who is brought on to coach the local girl's high school basketball team. THE WINNING SEASON co-stars Emma Roberts, and also stars Rob Corddry, Shareeka Epps, Emily Rios and Margo Martindale.
THE WINNING SEASON was directed by James C. Strouse and stars S...
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop (limited release on September 3rd):
A WOMAN, A GUN AND A NOODLE SHOP is a remake of the 1985 directorial debut of Joel and Ethan Coen, BLOOD SIMPLE. Transposing the Coen Brother's celebrated mix of dark humor and riveting suspense to China, the film is helmed by Zhang Yimou (director of THE RED SORGHUM, TO LIVE, HERO, HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS and other masterpieces), one of the most emi...
Suck (limited release on Thursday, September 2nd):
The Winners are a down and out band who find their road to stardom by riding rock-n-roll's highway to hell. It all begins when their bass player, Jennifer (Jessica Pare), disappears with a mysterious vampire and reemerges with a sexual charisma that drives the audiences wild. Now, The Winners are topping the charts and blazing a bloody trail across North America with vampire hunter Eddie Van ...
Mesrine: Public Enemy No. 1 (limited release on September 3rd):
The man of a thousand faces continues his incredible life of crime while manipulating the media, the government and the police. He plans his last and greatest escape, hoping to leave France -- and the character he has made himself into -- behind forever.
Directed by Jean-Francois Richet and starring Vincent Cassel, Ludivine Sagnier, Mathieu Amalric, ...
My Dog Tulip (limited release on Wednesday, September 1st):
Beautifully animated and featuring the voices of Christopher Plummer, the late Lynn Redgrave, and Isabella Rossellini, My Dog Tulip is a bittersweet retrospective account of author J. R. Ackerley’s 16-year relationship with his adopted Alsatian bitch, Tulip.
The distinguished British man of letters, Ackerley hardly thought of himself as a dog lover when, well into ...
The American (opened Wednesday, September 1st):
The suspense thriller The American stars Academy Award winner George Clooney in the title role for director Anton Corbijn (Control). The screenplay by Rowan Joffe is adapted from Martin Booth's 1990 novel A Very Private Gentleman.
As an assassin, Jack (played by Mr. Clooney) is constantly on the move and always alone. After a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American...
Clear Blue Tuesday (limited release on September 3rd, 2010):
In the course of seven incredible Tuesdays over seven tumultuous years, eleven New Yorkers are transformed by love, desire, art, ambition, fury, grief, faith, fear, hope and, ultimately, connection with each other in the rousing indie rock musical drama, CLEAR BLUE TUESDAY. Up-and-coming director Elizabeth Lucas and a cast of actor-singer-songwriters drawn from th...
Machete (opens September 3rd, 2010):
He looked like just another day laborer from the streets, and the perfect fall guy for a crooked political assassination. But he turned out to be Machete (Danny Trejo), A legendary ex-federale with a deadly attitude and the skills to match.
Machete is the latest movie from writer / director Robert Rodriguez (Predators, Sin City, From Disk Till Dawn) and is co-directed by Ethan Maniquis. ...
The Red Riding Trilogy (on DVD August 31st; original limited release on February 5th):
An ambitious, dark, and thrilling trilogy of interlinking films set in Yorkshire in the 1970s and 80s and is comprised of three separate films: 1974, 1980 and 1983.
1974...
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Daniel and Ana (limited release on August 27th):
Daniel and Ana are brother and sister and best friends. Both are at pivotal, defining moments in their contented lives. Ana is about to be married and Daniel is a gregarious teenager discovering his personal and sexual identity. Yet their harmony is instantly shattered when they are kidnapped and are forced to engage in an unforgettable act for their freedom. Their pr...
Highwater (limited release on August 27th):
The autumn sun melts into the ocean while gentle, inviting waves lap at the shore. No traffic today on Kam Highway; kids of all shapes and costumes trick or treat through the neighborhood facing the beach like something out of a Norman Rockwell painting. The laughter and sugar high jinks are interrupted by a scratchy radio weather report…"And in weather, a huge artic low l...
Something's Gonna Live (limited release on August 27th):
Ten years in the making, SOMETHING'S GONNA LIVE is an intimate portrait of life, death, friendship and the movies, as recalled by some of Hollywood's greatest cinema artists.
Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Daniel Raim captures the late life coming together of renowned art directors (and pals) Robert "Bob" Boyle (NORTH BY NORTHWEST, THE BIRDS), Hen...
The Milk of Sorrow (limited release on August 27th):
Fausta suffers from "the milk of sorrow", an illness transmitted through mother's milk by women who have been violated or mistreated during the war of terrorism in Peru. The war has ended, but Fausta's life is a reminder of it because "the illness of fear" stole her soul. Now, her mother's sudden death forces her to confront her fears and the secret that is hidden...
Mesrine: Killer Instinct (limited release on August 27th):
Across Canada, the United States and Spain, through France and Algeria, Mesrine: Killer Instinct tells the story of the incredible rise of one of history's greatest gangsters. Always on the run, a renegade existence only a bullet can stop.
MESRINE: KILLER INSTINCT - the first of two parts - charts the outlaw odyssey of Jacques Mesrine (Vincent Cassel), ...
Change of Plans (limited release on August 27th):
CHANGE OF PLANS (LE CODE A CHANGE), is a delicious comedy of manners from acclaimed Oscar- and Cesar-nominated writer/director Daniele Thompson (COUSIN COUSINE, LA BUCHE, JET LAG, AVENUE MONTAIGNE). The film centers around a summer dinner party where ten acquaintances, each attempting to mask their own personal troubles, come together for an eveni...
Bushwick (limited release on August 27th):
BUSHWICK is passion becoming reality and the hopeful expression of a community that has been forgotten. The sexploitation of young women, the hopes and dreams of the illegal immigrant, the proliferation of gang violence, and the corruption of governmental authority (both educational/police) are the underlying themes of BUSHWICK. We want to give expression to the forgotten v...
Centurion (limited release on August 27th):
CENTURION is set during the war between Roman soldiers and Pict tribesmen during the 2nd century Roman conquest of Britain. Michael Fassbender stars as Quintus Dias, Roman centurion and son of a legendary gladiator who leads a group of soldiers on a raid of a Pict camp to rescue a captured general (Dominic West). The son of the Pict leader is murdered during the raid, and ...
Louis (limited release starting Wednesday, August 25th: one night only in Chicago, Detroit, Bethesda, NYC and Philadelpha):
LOUIS, a silent film directed by Dan Pritzker, starring Jackie Earle Haley and Shanti Lowry, will premiere in US cities in late August with live musical accompaniment by Wynton Marsalis, renowned pianist Cecile Licad and an 11-piece all-star jazz ensemble, including Sherman Irby, Victor Goines, and Wycliffe Gordon. Marsalis will play a score comprised primarily of his own comp...
Aashayein (limited release on August 27th):
Rahul Singh, a compulsive gambler, has never picked the right horse. Then one day when he risks everything he has, the winning horse comes in making him incredibly wealthy. The same evening while celebrating his new life, he proposes to his girlfriend Nafisa, and suddenly collapses. A diagnosis reveals that he has an incurable cancer that has already reached its final stag...
City Island (updated) (on DVD/Blu-ray August 24th; original limited release on March 19th):
Set in a quaint fishing community on the outskirts of New York City, City Island is a hilarious and touching tale about a family whose comfortable co-existence is upended by surprising revelations of past secrets and present day lies.
Vince Rizzo (Andy Garcia) is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family...
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Going the Distance (updated) (in theaters on September 3rd):
Erin's (Drew Barrymore) wry wit and unfiltered frankness charm newly single Garrett (Justin Long) over beer, bar trivia and breakfast the next morning. Their chemistry sparks a full-fledged summer fling, but neither expects it to last once Erin heads home to San Francisco and Garrett stays behind for his job in New York City. But when six weeks of romping through the city inadverte...
The Back-Up Plan (updated) (on DVD August 24th; originally released on April 23rd):
The Back-up Plan is a comedy that explores dating, love, marriage and family "in reverse." After years of dating, Zoe (Jennifer Lopez) has decided waiting for the right one is taking too long. Determined to become a mother, she commits to a plan, makes an appointment and decides to go it alone. That same day, Zoe meets Stan (Alex O'Loughlin) - a man with...
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Ajami (on DVD August 24th; original limited release on February 3rd):
A powerful crime drama set on the streets of Jaffa's Ajami neighborhood -- a melting pot of cultures and conflicting views among Jews, Muslims and Christians -- and told through the eyes of a cross-section of the city's inhabitants: a young Israeli (Shahir Kabaha) fighting a criminal vendetta against his family, a Palestinian refugee (Ibrahim Frege) working ill...
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They Came to Play (opened at the Producers Club in NYC on August 13th; available on DVD November 16th):
Everyone has a passion, a secret dream; something they've always wanted to do. But how many people actually pursue that dream, and make it a reality?
Responding to a groundswell of interest from amateur pianists worldwide, the Van Cliburn Foundation in Fort Worth, Texas, renowned for its professional piano competition, created a competition for amateurs only which i...
Earth Made of Glass (limited release on August 20th):
On August 6th, 2008, against the backdrop of the world's deadliest war in neighboring Eastern Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame released a report detailing the French government's hidden role in planning the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Three months later, his closest aide, Rose Kabuye, is arrested by France on charges of terrorism.
Meanwhile, Jean...
What If... (limited national release on August 20th):
What if..., tells the story of Ben Walker (Kevin Sorbo), who fifteen years ago left his college sweetheart Wendy (Kristy Swanson), and his calling to be a preacher, in order to pursue a business opportunity. Now with a high-paying executive gig, a trophy fiance, and a new Mercedes, he hasn't considered a family nor felt the need to set foot in a church in fifteen years...
Music from the Big House (updated: added poster) (limited release):
Rita Chiarelli, an award-winning recording artist, takes a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the blues, Louisiana State Maximum Security Penitentiary a.k.a Angola Prison. She never imagined that her love of the blues would lead her to a historic jailhouse performance with inmates serving life sentences for murder, rape and armed robbery.
This musical journ...
Hiding Divya (limited release on August 20th):
Filmmaker Rehana Mirza tackles the taboo of mental illness in the South Asian American community in her writing and directorial feature debut. HIDING DIVYA provides a rare, realistic and poignant glimpse into the lives of three generations of women -- Divya Shah (Madhur Jaffrey) whose bipolar illness has been denied and covered up for years; her rebellious daughter, Lin...
Making Plans for Lena (limited release on August 20th):
As soon as she gets to the Gare Montparnasse, things start to go wrong for Lena: she loses her son Anton and just misses her train. In her bag, the baby magpie that her daughter Augustine wanted to save is slowly dying. On arriving in Brittany, she discovers that her parents and sister are plotting together for her good and have summoned her...
Mao's Last Dancer (limited release on August 20th):
From Academy Award® nominees Bruce Beresford (director, TENDER MERCIES, DRIVING MISS DAISY), Jane Scott (producer, SHINE) and Jan Sardi (screenwriter, SHINE, THE NOTEBOOK) comes the remarkable true story of ballet dancer Li Cunxin. MAO'S LAST DANCER stars Chi Cao, a gifted dancer and principal at the Birmingham Royal Ballet making his impressive...
Soul Kitchen (limited release on August 20th):
Young restaurant owner Zinos is down on his luck. His girlfriend Nadine has moved to Shanghai, his Soul Kitchen customers are boycotting the new gourmet chef, and he's having back trouble! Things start looking up when the hip crowd embraces his revamped culinary concept, but that doesn't mend Zinos' broken heart. He decides to fly to China for Nadine, leaving the restau...
The Scenesters (limited release on August 20th):
When a serial killer starts picking off beautiful young hipsters on the east side of Los Angeles, a group of crime scene videographers hatch a plan to catch him.
CHARLIE NEWTON (Blaise Miller) is your average down-on-his-luck guy, except his day job is anything but average. He works for Aftershocks Inc., Los Angeles' number one service for the efficient clean-up of crim...
Clear Lake, WI (on DVD August 31st; original limited release started October 9th, 2009):
In 1994, residents of the small town of Clear Lake, WI fell victim to a strange and horrible disease. As fear spread through the town, an influential local preacher called the outbreak a supernatural punishment for the sins of the people and promised a way to stop the spread of the disease. As loved ones continued to get sick and die, the preacher's...
Calvin Marshall (playing at the Quad Cinema/NYC on August 20th; on DVD September 21st; original limited release on March 26th):
Alex Frost stars in this heart-warming and hilarious comedy about a young man pursuing his childhood dream to play professional baseball. Even after being cut two straight years, Calvin once again tries out for his hometown Junior College squad. Fanatical Coach Doug Little (Steve Zahn) can't help...
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The Army of Crime (limited release on August 20th):
A taut, revealing thriller about the early days of the French Resistance, a time when so many of the movement's leaders and foot soldiers were often foreigners -- Poles, Jews, Armenians, Spaniards, Italians -- who had to fear French collaborators as well as the Germans. Armenian poet Missak Manouchian (a stand-out performance by Simon Abkarian) and his French wife ...
Vampires Suck (opens Wednesday, August 18th):
VAMPIRES SUCK is a comedy about contemporary teen angst and romance movies. Becca, an anxious, non-vampire teen, is torn between two boys. Before she can choose, Becca must get around her controlling father, who embarrasses Becca by treating her like a child. Meanwhile, Becca's friends contend with their own romantic issues -- all of which collide at the prom.
A Film Unfinished (limited release opening on Wednesday, August 18th):
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier...
