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Director Matthew Lillard on Fat Kid Rules the World
Matthew Lillard has been in the movie business for a long time, racking up a sizable resume as an actor in films from SLC Punk and Scream to The Descendants and Trouble with the Curve, but with this , year’s Fat Kid Rules the World, Lillard makes his directorial debut. Fat Kid Rules the World tells the story of Troy Billings, a lonely, overweight teen, and Marcus, the magnetic-yet-troubled local musician/high school dropout as they fight to save each other from their inner demons (depression/attempted suicide and drug addiciton respectively). After a serendipitous offer out of the blue and feeling […]
by Billy Brennan on Oct 25, 2012 -
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
Following up on her tense, distressingly visceral narrative feature Day Night Day Night, which anatomized the final hours of a female suicide bomber preparing for an operation in Times Square, Brooklyn-based filmmaker Julia Loktev leaves the cramped urban space of contemporary Manhattan for the majestic wilds of the Caucasus Mountains in The Loneliest Planet, where a Western couple, Nica (Hani Furstenberg) and her fiancée Alex (Gael García Bernal), have embarked on a hiking holiday in post-Soviet Georgia. Navigating their way through the emerald landscape with the help of a guide, Dato (Bidzina Gujabidze), whose war-scarred personal history seems to hang […]
by Damon Smith on Oct 24, 2012 -
Pirate for the Sea
A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals and sharks, along with complicit governments and environmental organizations. (Dir. Ronald Colby)
by Webadmin on Oct 24, 2012 -
My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
Jesse (Alyssa Milano) is a sassy, intelligent woman who has yet to find “Mr. Right”—until she bumps into Ethan (Christopher Gorham), a writer pushed to the edge of despair after having another novel rejected by publishers. For Jesse, the encounter offers more than a chance to inspire the artist in Ethan again. It also opens a new, romantic chapter in her life… with one huge complication. (Dir. Daryn Tufts)
by Webadmin on Oct 24, 2012 -
Submarino
The winner of Scandinavia’s top film award, “Submarino” tells the unforgettable story of two brothers, long estranged and haunted by a dark secret buried in their past, who live separate lives in modern day Copenhagen. Nick (Jakob Cedergren), a violent ex-con, tries to help out an old friend, but falls quickly into old habits. Meanwhile, his brother (Peter Plaugborg), raises his son, but is unable to escape the spectre of addiction. Each on a path to self-destruction, they must find each other – before it’s too late. (Dir. Thomas Vinterberg)
by Webadmin on Oct 24, 2012 -
The Other F Word
“The Other F Word” is a raucous, eye-opening, sad and unexpectedly wise look at veteran punk rockers as they adapt to the challenges of fatherhood. (Dir. Andrea Blaugrund Nevins)
by Webadmin on Oct 24, 2012 -
Nobody Walks
Martine, an artist from New York, arrives in Los Angeles to work on her film. She is staying with friends of a friend, Julie, her husband Peter, Julie’s teenage daughter Kolt, and their young son. From the day that Martine walks into the the lives of this open-minded, relaxed California family, everything is subtly set off balance.
by Webadmin on Oct 24, 2012 -
Encrypting Basic TV
On October 12, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously approved a measure to allow the major cable companies to encrypt basic tier programming. Basic tier consists of traditional “over-the-air” broadcast channels. Previously, the leading Multi-System Operators (MSOs) were permitted to only encrypt programming offered as part of more expensive packages. The major MSOs have long argued that providing non-encrypted basic tier service was inefficient, expensive and opened them to theft-of-signal piracy. They complained that the restriction imposed unfair competition on them because alternative TV services providers like satellite and telcos (e.g. Dish and AT&T) were exempt from the regulation. The […]
by David Rosen on Oct 24, 2012 -
Super 8
1 hitRECord’s RECollection “Who knows, maybe in three years we’ll have hitRECord cinema!” This was Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s hope when we talked to him about his open-collaborative site hitRECord.org in 2009. Well RegularJOE, you did it in less than three! With the release of RECollection: Vol 1, Gordon-Levitt’s dream of building work with a community of artists from across the globe is becoming a reality. Featuring the films, music, drawings, poetry and photography of 471 collaborators (which have already been showcased at Sundance and SXSW), this hardbound 64-page book (along with DVD and CD) proves that Gordon-Levitt’s mission to create a […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Oct 23, 2012 -
Toronto International Film Festival 2011
Toronto multitasks. It has to. The North American launching pad for second- or third-tier commercial releases with stars from lists A through C, the festival includes a rather high proportion of Galas and Special Presentations — a majority of them apparently uncurated. Many Torontonians, a cinephilic bunch, as well as peripatetic journalists and programmers, seek out more esoteric fare — almost all of it carefully selected by experts in different geographical zones (plus docs). Discovery, Contemporary World Cinema, Real to Reel, Visions, Masters, Mavericks, City to City: These are festival strands. The Galas and Special Presentations seem, well, booked. What […]
by Howard Feinstein on Oct 23, 2012
