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6/22 - WHICH WAY HOME

It's no great surprise that making your way into the United States as an illegal alien can be a dangerous business, but for many getting close enough to the border to make the jump is one of the riskiest parts of the journey. A significant number of undocumented immigrants are from Central America and they must cross through Mexico in order to reach the American border. Filmmaker Rebecca Cammisa follows a handful of youngsters as they make their way across the continent with the United States as their ultimate goal in the documentary Which Way Home. Many of the kids travel by train, hopping rides on a rattletrap line known to locals as "The Beast."

This is dangerous enough, with the youngsters riding on top of the cars or holding onto the sides when they can't find an open boxcar, but that's hardly the only risk they face, as violence and criminal predators lay in wait for them along the load road into Mexico and the land of their dreams. Which Way Home was an official selection at Toronto's 2009 Hot Docs Film Festival. - Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Director: Rebecca Cammisa

Producer: James Lavino, Alberto Iglesias, Sara Bernstein
Executive Producer:
Lianne Halfon,
John Malkovich,
Russell Smith,
Bristol Baughan,
Jack Turner,
Bette Cerf Hill,
Sheila Nevins

Cinematographer:
Lorenzo Hagerman,
Eric Goethals,
Rebecca Cammisa

Guest: Director Rebecca Cammisa



Host: Peter Travers

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6/15 - WHATEVER WORKS



Woody Allen writes and directs this "blackish comedy" about an eccentric, upper class New Yorker (Larry David) who abandons his comfortable lifestyle in favor of leading a more bohemian existence. After meeting a young Southern girl and her family, he discovers that life among the nonconformists isn't quite as carefree as he'd envisioned it to be.



Cast:
Evan Rachel Wood,
Ed Begley, Jr.,
Patricia Clarkson,
Larry David,
Henry Cavill,
Adam Brooks,
Michael McKean



Director: Woody Allen
Screenplay : Woody Allen

Producers:
Letty Aronson
Stephen Tenenbaum



HOST: KAREN DURBIN (Elle Magazine, NY Times, Village Voice)

Official Site: Link

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Profanity in 'Away We Go' is hot topic at Morristown film series
by George! - Thursday June 04, 2009, 11:16 AM


Photo by George!

A fun part of the New York Film Critics series in Morristown is the audience Q & A after new movies are screened. The subscription series attracts real film buffs, and their unscripted questions occasionally elicit unexpected responses from actors and directors.
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6/8 - GUY AND MADELINE ON A PARK BENCH



Guy and Madeline have been dating for three months. He’s an up-and-coming Boston jazz trumpeter, she an aimless introvert looking for work. The excitement of first love has faded, and shortly after the film opens Guy’s wandering eye is caught by a more outgoing woman. Her name is Elena. She and Guy meet on a crowded subway car—a meeting that spells the end of Guy and Madeline’s romance.



Cast:
Desiree Garcia
Frank Garvin
Andre Hayward
Sandha Khin
Jason Palmer

Written and Directed by: Damien Chazelle
Produced by: Jasmine McGlade, Mihai Dinulescu
Executive Producer: W. A. W. Parker



Host: DAVID EDELSTEIN

Guest: Director, Damien Chazelle

Damien Chazelle was born in 1985 and grew up in Paris and Princeton, NJ, where he devoted himself to jazz drumming, playing everything from Berlin jazz clubs to the Trenton Heritage Day Festival to New York street corners and subway stops. In 2003, he won Best Solo Drums at America’s Best High School Jazz Competition and Outstanding Rhythm Section
Soloist at the Dunellen Invitational Jazz Festival.



Official Site

2nd Feature:

The Edge Of Love

Cast:
Keira Knightley,
Sienna Miller,
Cillian Murphy,
Matthew Rhys,
Simon Armstrong,

Director: John Maybury
Screenwriter: Sharman MacDonald
Producer: Rebekah Gilbertson, Sarah Radclyffe

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Summer season opener:

MONDAY 6/1 - My Life In Ruins



From Nia Vardalos, writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, comes the uplifting comedy My Life in Ruins. Georgia (Nia Vardalos) has lost her kefi (Greek for “mojo”). Discouraged by her lack of direction in life, she works as a travel guide, leading a rag-tag group of tourists as she tries to show them the beauty of her native Greece while waiting to land her dream job. Opening their eyes to an exotic foreign land, she too begins to see things in new ways—finding her kefi and possibly love in the process. --© Fox Searchlight



Cast:
Nia Vardalos,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Maria Adanez,
Sheila Bernette,
Maria Botto,
Rachel Dratch,
Alexis Georgoulis,
Ralph Nossek



Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Mike Reiss
Producer: Michelle Chyzdik Smith, Nathalie Marciano

Director: Donald Petrie
Screenwriter: Mike Reiss
Producer: Michelle Chyzdik Smith, Nathalie Marciano

Official Site

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Spring Season Recap

Critic Peter Travers and Diane Weyermann discuss the importance of FOOD INC.


Photo: Lynn Butler

5/18 - FOOD INC.



In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation's food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment.

We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults



Starring: Eric Schlosser
Directed by: Robert Kenner (II)



Produced by:
Jeff Skoll,
William M. Pohlad,
Diane Weyermann




Writers:
Eric Schlosser Screenplay
Robert Kenner (II) Screenplay
Elise Pearlstein Screenplay
Kim Roberts (III) Screenplay



Host Peter Travers.

Offcial Site - Link

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Gotta Dance Photos are Up!   Link

5/11 - GOTTA DANCE



Who says you can’t hip-hop if you’re 80-years-old? Who says your days as a performer are long gone? Who says you can’t shake things up and light up a jam-packed sports arena with your hot moves and cool attitude? Just because you’re a card-carrying member of AARP, do you have to give up on your dreams?

No. You don’t. Absolutely not.

GOTTA DANCE is BAD NEWS BEARS morphed into the flip side of MAD HOT BALLROOM. The film chronicles the debut of the New Jersey Nets, first-ever, senior hip-hop dance team, 12 women and 1 man, all dance team newbies, from auditions through to center court stardom. As smooth dance moves are perfected and performed in front of thousands, aging myths and misperceptions are pulverized.

Despite swollen ankles, exhausting rehearsals, fashion clashes and seemingly impossible dance steps, the NETSational Senior’s go for it, spreading joy, inspiration and cool dance moves as they hip-hop their way into the hearts of Nets fans and beyond.

Director:
Dori Berinstein
Writers:
Dori Berinstein (written by)
Adam Zucker (written by)



HOST: Laura Blum

Laura Blum is producer of the supernatural thriller, The Cry, and associate-producer of the forthcoming documentary on Barack Obama, Becoming Barack. As former Head of Film and TV Development at Sony BMG Music Entertainment, she collaborated on such productions as P!nk Live in Europe and John Denver Remembered and advised on scripts and works-in-progress ranging from OutKast starrer Idlewild to multiple award-winner, Throw Down Your Heart: Béla Fleck Brings the Banjo Back to Africa.

Previously, she developed documentaries for Sir David Frost’s production company, David Paradine Television, and served as VP of Development for Mexican production company, Jade Films, Inc. Her articles, reviews and interviews have been published in numerous outlets, including filmfestivals.com, USA Today, comingsoon.net and PS Political Science & Politics as well as Adweek Magazine, where she tracked entertainment marketing as staff media reporter.

Laura co-edited the global bestseller, Mating in Captivity (HarperCollins, 2006), co-wrote the national bestseller, Thanksgiving Celebration & Ceremony (Crown Publishing, 2003) and contributed to More Than a Movie: Ethics in Entertainment (Westview Press, 2000). A frequent keynoter at film festivals, universities and cineclubs, she is currently producing a Czech film series in collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, The Ironic Curtain: Czech Cinema since the Velvet Revolution.

GUESTS: Director Dori Bernstein & Dance Troop


Dori Bernstein

Dori Berinstein is a three-time Tony-winning Broadway producer and an award-winning director, producer and writer of television and film. She serves on the Education and Marketing Committees of The Broadway League. Her Broadway productions include Legally Blonde: The Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award), The Crucible, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Tony Award), Flower Drum Song and Fool Moon (Tony Award). "ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway" marked Berinstein's documentary directorial debut.

Official Site - Link

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MOMMA'S MAN Director Azazel Jacobs and Entertainment Weekly Magazine Critic Owen Geliberman discuss his homage to his parents and his home.


Photo: Lynn Butler

5/4 - MOMMA'S MAN


"In this warm, witty and wise comedy, 30-something Mikey (Matt Boren) comes to New York on a business trip and stays in his parents’ downtown loft. When his consulting job is finished, instead of returning home to his wife and newborn, Mikey finds an excuse to stay on. And on. Holed up in his childhood bedroom, Mikey prefers life before responsibilities to life the way it is. But his parents’ growing unease, and the mounting pressure from his own family, threatens his temporary break from reality."


Cast:
Matt Boren,
Ken Jacobs,
Flo Jacobs,
Richard Edson

Director:
Azazel Jacobs

 

HOST: Owen Gleiberman (EW)

GUEST: Director Azazel Jacobs


Azazel Jacobs

Official Site

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(L-R) Producer Melisa Hibbard and Director Hamid Rahmanian chat with Critic/Filmmaker and Iranian Film Expert Godfrey Cheshire


Photo: LYNN BUTLER

4/27- GLASS HOUSE

The Glass House skillfully examines the mostly hidden lives of young women, teetering on the fringes of Iranian society in modern Tehran. Marginalized by their families, these women have found a saving grace in a day center formed by an Iranian expatriate. Marjaneh Halati opened the center to give downtrodden young women a voice, thus empowering them with the life skills they need to succeed on their own.

Many of these teens previously spent time in a jail, hospital, or state home because they had no other options. Sussan is 20 years old and suffers from memory loss and a stutter as a result of a blow to the head either from her sigheh (temporary husband) or her abusive brother. Mitra is learning how to avoid confrontation with her father, who takes out his frustration on his 16-year-old daughter. Nazila, 19, finds an outlet for her anguish by recording as a rap singer, which is forbidden by law. The young women see Marjaneh as both a mother figure and a mentor and cherish her frequent visits from London. In superb cinema vérité style spanning 18 months, The Glass House deftly portrays a spirit of hopefulness. These former victims are given the chance to express themselves and transform their difficult circumstances into new beginnings.

Director:
Hamid Rahmanian

Screenwriter:
Melissa Hibbard

Producer:
Melissa Hibbard



Cinematographer:
Hamid Rahmanian

Editor:
Hamid Rahmanian

Host - Godfrey Cheshire

Guests: Mellisa Hibbard & Hamid Rahmanian



Hamid Rahmanian is a filmmaker and graphic designer. He was nominated for a Student Academy Award for his animatation, The Seventh Day, in 1997. His first short film, An I Within, received Kodak's Best Cinematography Award in 1999. In 2003 Rahmanian cofounded the nonprofit organization ArteEast, which supports and promotes artists from the Middle East. In 2005 he completed his first feature-length film, Day Break, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Melissa Hibbard is a photographer and filmmaker. She earned her BA in Moving Image Arts in 1996 from the College of Santa Fe where she studied documentary filmmaking. Upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles and worked in the film industry as an art director on feature films for five years. Her photographs have been exhibited in the US and abroad over the past 6 years. She has produced three documentaries on video: BREAKING BREAD (2000), which premiered on PBS and SIR ALFRED OF CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (2001).

Offcial Site

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4/20 - TREELESS MOUNTAIN

When their mother needs to leave in order to find their estranged father, seven year-old Jin and her younger sister, Bin, are left to live with their Big Aunt for the summer. With only a small piggy bank and their mother's promise to return when it is full, the two young girls are forced to acclimate to changes in their family life. Counting the days, and the coins, the two bright-eyed young girls eagerly anticipate their mother's homecoming. But when the bank fills up, and with their mother still not back, Big Aunt decides that she can no longer tend to the children. Taken to live on their grandparents' farm, it is here that Jin comes to learn the importance of family bonds in this beautiful, meditative, and thought-provoking second feature from So Yong Kim, the acclaimed director of IN BETWEEN DAYS.

CAST:
Jin Hee Yeon Kim
Bin Song Hee Kim
Mom Soo Ah Lee
Big Aunt Mi Hyang Kim
Grandma Boon Tak Park

Directed by So Yong Kim
Written by So Yong Kim
Produced by Bradley Rust Gray
Jay Van Hoy
Lars Knudsen
Ben Howe
So Yong Kim

Hosted By - Owen Gleiberman (EW Magazine)

OWEN GLEIBERMAN has been Entertainment Weekly's film critic since the magazine's launch in 1990. Before that, he was a film critic at The Boston Phoenix from 1981-89. His work has been published in Premiere and Film Comment and anthologized in the film criticism anthology Love and Hisses. He also reviews movies for National Public Radio and for NY 1, New York City's 24-hour cable news station. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

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4/13 - LEMON TREE



Salma, a Palestinian widow who lives on the green line border between Israel and the West Bank, has to stand up against her new neighbor the Israeli Defense Minister when he moves into his new house opposite her lemon grove. The Israeli security forces are quick to declare that Salma's trees pose a threat to the Minister's safety and issue orders to uproot them.

Cast:
Hiam Abbass
Ali Suliman
Doron Tavori
Tarak Copti



Directed by: Eran Riklis
Produced by:
Moshe Edry,
Leon Edry,
Dudi Zilber

Host Marshall Fine

***BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE***

EVERY LITTLE STEP


Every Little Step explores the journey of A Chorus Line from its initial idea to its current Broadway revival and goes behind the scenes with exclusive interviews and footage of the revival's audition process, revealing the dramatic journey of the performers.

The NETSational Dance Team
Producer: Dori Berinstein
Executive Producers: Adam Miller/Alan Fisher/Glen Siegel and Linda Goldstein-Knowlton
Screenwriters: Dori Berinstein, Adam Zucker
Graphic Designer: John Jenkins

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Director Derrick Martini and Star Ledger Critic Stephen Whitty discuss LYMELIFE.

Photo: Lynn Butler

Monday 4/6 - LYMELIFE



15-year old Scott Bartlett's family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott's parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey, and an overprotective mother, Brenda -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim is about to ship off for war.

Cast:
Alec Baldwin
Cynthia Nixon
Timothy Hutton
Emma Roberts



Director: Derick Martini
Screenwriter: Derick Martini, Steven Martini
Produced By Martin Scorcese

Guest:
Director Derrick Martini


Host Stephen Whitty

Offcial Site

***BONUS DOUBLE FEATURE***

IS ANYBODY THERE

Set in 1980s seaside England, this is the story of Edward, an unusual ten year old boy growing up in an old people's home run by his parents. Whilst his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat, and his father copes with the onset of mid-life crisis, Edward is busy tape-recording the elderly residents to try and discover what happens when they die.

Cast:
Michael Caine,
Bill Milner,
David Morrissey,
Anne-Marie Duff,
Leslie Phillips

Directed by: John Crowley

Produced by:
Jeb Brody,
Peter Saraf,
Marc Turtletaub (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE).



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"Some of the best movies never used to make it to our bigger movie theatres. But thanks to Ira and Mark Ehrenkranz, Jersey’s ultimate father-son film buffs, you’ll have an opportunity to watch these little films, alongside some big names, in larger venues."
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Monday 3/30 - Series Opener - GOODBYE SOLO

On the lonely roads of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, two men forge an improbable friendship that will change both of their lives forever. Solo is a Senegalese cab driver working to provide a better life for his young family. William is a tough Southern good ol‘ boy with a lifetime of regrets. One man‘s American dream is just beginning, while the other‘s is quickly winding down. But despite their differences, both men soon realize they need each other more than either is willing to admit. Through this unlikely but unforgettable friendship, GOODBYE SOLO deftly explores the passing of a generation as well as the rapidly changing face of America.

Cast:
Souleymane Sy Savane,
Diana Franco Galindo,
Red West

Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Produced by:
Ted Hope,
Anne Carey,
Brian Devine

Guest:


SOULÉYMANE SY SAVANÉ
Solo - A former flight attendant, high-fashion runway model and African televison star, Savane makes his feature film debut with 'Goodbye Solo' in a performance Roger Ebert has called "a force of nature."

Host Godfrey Cheshire

Official Site

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Confirmed Films and *Those Under Consideration Include:
(*subject to studio and guest availability)


IS ANYBODY THERE? -
From the producers of LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE and HARRY POTTER comes IS ANYBODY THERE?, a heartwarming story about the unlikeliest of friendships. The film stars Academy Award winner Michael Caine and promising newcomer Bill Millner, recipient of a British Independent Film Award nomination for SON OF RAMBOW. IS ANYBODY THERE? premiered at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival and will be released theatrically in April 2009.

Set in 1980s seaside England, IS ANYBODY THERE? tells the story of ten-year-old Edward (Bill Milner) whose parents have turned their house into a retirement home. While his mother struggles to keep the family business afloat and his father copes with the onset of a mid-life crisis, Edward becomes increasingly obsessed with the ghosts and afterlives of the residents when they die. Edward’s is a lonely existence until he meets Clarence (Michael Caine), the latest arrival at the home, a retired magician and grieving widower who refuses to give in gracefully to old age. Their relationship begins at odds until Clarence notices that the boy is growing up even more fitfully than he is growing old. As they begin to face life together, Clarence comes to terms with his past, Edward tames his obsession with the unknown and they are both reminded of what magic is possible when life is lived to its fullest.

IS ANYBODY THERE? - Sctreen Media 15-year old Scott Bartlett's family life is turned upside-down after an outbreak of Lyme disease hits the community spreading illness and paranoia. Scott's parents -- a workaholic father, Mickey, and an overprotective mother, Brenda -- are on the verge of a divorce as his older brother Jim is about to ship off for war.

Starring:
Alec Baldwin,
Cynthia Nixon,
Timothy Hutton,
Emma Roberts,
Jill Hennessy

Directed by: Derick Martini, Steven Martini

Produced by:
Martin Scorsese,
Leonard Loventhal,
Barbara De Fina

AMERICAN VIOLET



A twenty-something African-American single mom struggles to make ends meet in a small Texas town. When cops arrest her in a drug sweep, she insists on her innocence. Refusing a plea bargain that would allow her to avoid jail time, Roberts stands up against a corrupt law enforcement and judicial system.

Starring:
Nicole Behaire,
Will Patton,
Alfre Woodard,
Michael O Keefe,
Tim Blake Nelson

Directed by: Tim Disney

Produced by:
Peter Newman,
Bill Haney,
Debra Longo

EVERY LITTLE STEP -
The surprising story behind the revival of A Chorus Line – the longest running American musical in history with the original seen by more than six million punters - is a welcome corrective to the ritual spite of today’s reality TV shows such as X-Factor and Pop Idol. Far from a luvvie love-in, it’s a fascinating tale of a show that controversially for the time – the mid-1970s - dealt with gay liberation and women’s rights.

Starring:
Charlotte D'Amboise,
Chryssie Whitehead,
Bob Avian,
Donna McKechnie,
Marvin Hamlisch

Directed by: James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo

Produced by:
Douglas E. Hansen,
Christopher C. Chen,
James D. Stern

SLEEP DEALER -
Young Mexican man from the provinces, whose family and home are destroyed by terrorist-seeking drones, goes to Tijuana. There he joins a workforce of illegal workers whose labor is transported electronically across the border, and finds the means to avenge the violence.

Starring:
Leonor Varela,
Jacob Vargas,
Luis Fernando Pena,
Emilio Guerrero

Directed by: Alex Rivera

Produced by: Anthony Bregman

SUGAR



Miguel Santos, a.k.a Azucar, a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro de Macoris, struggles to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing professionally at the Kansas City Knights baseball academy, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States' minor league system. Miguel travels from his tight knit community in the Dominican Republic...

Distributors: Sony Pictures Classics

Starring:
Algenis Perez Soto,
Richard Bull,
Michael Gaston,
Karl Bury,
Ellary Porterfield (II)

Directed by: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
Produced by:
Anna Boden,
Paul Mezey,
Jamie Patricof

TREELESS MOUNTAIN
- portrait of a young girl coming to terms with loss and abandonment, Six-year-old Jin and her younger sister Bin live on the edge of disaster, but they are not aware of it. In the small apartment where they reside with their single mother, the menacing sounds of the outer world disturb their precarious cocoon. One day, their mother packs all their belongings. For Jin, the days of going to school are... See Full Description

Starring: Song Hee Kim

Directed by: So Yong Kim (II)

Produced by:
Ian McGloin,
Bradley Rust Gray (II),
Ben Howe

EASY VIRTURE -



Based on the Noel Coward play, the film tells the story of an American divorcee (Jessica Biel) who heads to the South of France. Once there she jumps into a whirlwind romance and wedding with an English guy (Ben Barnes). Then the newly weds travel to the UK to face the music with his disapproving parents (Colin Firth and Kristin Scott Thomas).

Starring:
Jessica Biel,
Ben Barnes,
Colin Firth,
Kristin Scott
Thomas,
Kris Marshall

Directed by: Stephan Elliott

GOTTA DANCE -
Chronicles the first-ever, senior citizen hip-hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets Basketball team, 12 women and man - all dance team newbies, from auditions through to center court stardom.

Directed By Dori Berinstein & Co-Written By Adam Zucker

DAY BREAK -



This powerful, harrowing Iranian drama from director Hamid Rahmanian, based on several true stories and filmed in the chilling interior of one of Tehran's oldest prisons, follows Mansour, a convicted killer who struggles to get through each day as his execution is postponed again and again, since the victim's family--required by Islamic law to witness his execution--consistently fails to turn up at the appointed time.

HEART OF STONE
Before 1960, the Weequahic section of Newark, NJ, was largely an enclave of first-generation working-class Jewish families. During this era, Weequahic High School graduated more PHDs than any other school in the United States. One of its more famous graduates is Philip Roth, who has made his career using the Weequahic environs as the backdrop to many of his novels.

Director:Beth Toni Kruvant

TYSON -



In TYSON, the former heavyweight champion looks at his own life in and out of the ring with a candor and eloquence that is by turns shocking, funny, hair-raising and never less than brutally honest. In other words, Tyson explores…Tyson.
James Toback’s film portrait ranges from Tyson’s earliest memories of growing up on the meanest streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing under the stewardship of his beloved trainer Cus D’Amato, his misadventures with Don King and his tortured marriage to Robin Givens, his rollercoaster ride through the funhouse of worldwide fame, his fortunes won and lost.

Through a deft mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a complex, fully-rounded human being emerges - a legendary and uniquely controversial international

Starring: Mike Tyson

Directed by: James Toback

Produced by:
Mike Tyson,
Nick Jarecki,
Bob Yari

Produced by:
James Spring,
Douglas E. Hansen,
Ralph Kamp

THE SOLOIST -



Journalist Steve Lopez discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers , a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives.

Starring:
Catherine Keener,
Tom Hollander,
Lisa Gay Hamilton,
Jamie Foxx,
Nelsan Ellis

Directed by: Joe Wright

Produced by:
Jeff Skoll,
Patricia Whitcher,
Tim Bevan

MY LIFE IN RUINS -



A Greek tour guide named attempts to recapture her "mojo" by guiding a ragtag group of tourists around Greece and showing them the beauty of her native land. Along the way, she manages to open their eyes to wonders of an exotic foreign land while beginning to see the world through a new set of eyes in the process.

Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Starring:
Nia Vardalos,
Richard Dreyfuss,
Harland Williams,
Rachel Dratch,
Caroline Goodall

Directed by: Donald Petrie

Produced by:
Tom Hanks,
Gary Goetzman,
Nathalie Marciano

LEMON TREE -



Salma Zidane lives in a tiny Palestinian village on the West Bank. She is 45 years old and a widow. Her children have left home, and she is alone. When the Israeli minister of defense builds a house on the other side of the green line, Selma's lemon trees come to the attention of his bodyguards. Her trees are a security risk. They can hide terrorists and impede the bodyguards in their work

Starring:
Hiam Abbass,
Ali Suliman,
Doron Tavori,
Tarak Copti,
Amos Lavie

Directed by: Eran Riklis

Produced by:
Moshe Edry,
Leon Edry,
Dudi Zilber

THE BROTHERS BLOOM -




The Brothers Bloom are the best con men in the world, swindling millionaires with complex scenarios of lust, intrigue and the most complex literary-inspired setups imaginable. Now they've decided to take on one last job -- showing a beautiful and eccentric heiress named Penelope the time of her life with a romantic adventure that takes them around the world -- from New Jersey to Greece to Russia.

Distributors: Summit Entertainment, LLC

Starring:
Rachel Weisz,
Adrien Brody,
Rinko Kikuchi,
Mark Ruffalo,
Zachary Gordon

Directed by: Rian Johnson

Produced by:
Wendy Japhet,
Douglas E. Hansen,
Ram Bergman

GOODBY SOLO -



A friendship forms between a Senegalese cab driver named Solo and an ornery 70-year old man named William who plans to commit suicide.

Starring: Red West

Directed by: Ramin Bahrani
Produced by:
Ted Hope,
Anne Carey,
Brian Devine


I LOVE YOU , NEW YORK -



A collective work of twelve short films shot by renowned international directors in each of the city's five boroughs, with
the theme of finding love being interwoven between each of the five minute stories.

Distributors:
QED International,
Palm Pictures,
Vivendi Universal Entertainment

Starring:
Natalie Portman,
Orlando Bloom,
Shia LaBeouf,
Julie Christie,
John Hurt

Directed by: Zach Braff, Mira Nair, Chan-Wook Park

Produced by:
Galt Niederhoffer,
Celine Rattray (II),
Daniela Taplin Lundberg

LOVE N DANCIN -
Screen Media When a bored-with-life English teacher meets a former West Coast Swing dance champion, they have an instant connection. Both feel that the other can fulfill what was missing in their lives. But Jessica's got a workaholic fiancee who loves her and provides for her, and Jake¿s got his former partner in crime Corinne, who just won¿t let Jake away from the dangling carrot of a rekindled relationship.... See Full Description

Distributors: Screen Media Films
Starring:
Amy Smart,
Tom Malloy,
Billy Zane,
Caroline Rhea,
Rachel Dratch

Directed by: Robert Iscove

Produced by:
Robert Royston,
Sylvia Caminer,
Tom Molloy

Mesrine - Ennemi public n#1
First of the two-part film based on the true story of France's infamous public enemy during the 70s, Jacques Mesrine. He lead a life of bank robberies and high-profile kidnappings, escaped from prison twice, and was said to have killed at least 39 people.

Starring:
Vincent Cassel,
Alain Delon,
Sandrine Bonnaire,
Ludivine Saigner

Directed by: Jean-Francois Richet

Produced by:
Daniel Delume,
Thomas Langmann

 

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