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Brazilian Film Festival Returns to New York
Margaret Mee e a Flor da Lua I recently got some mail about a film festival that’s been running every year for the past 11. It’s the Brazilian Film Festival (BFF). The Inffinito Festival Circuit will be presenting the 11th annual Brazilian Film Festival from June 12th to the 16th. There will be feature films, shorts, animations and [...]
Rooftop Films Announces Summer Lineup
John Gallagher Jr. and Brie Larson in SHORT TERM 12 The Rooftop Films Summer Series begins on May 10. The full schedule including locations and dates will be announced in the coming weeks. Below is the entire lineup: 12 O’Clock Boys (Dir. Lotfy Nathan) NY Premiere Part of Rooftop’s SXSW weekend Pug, a young boy growing up on a [...]
Smoke Fairies Let You Inside Their Recording Process with Short Film
Britain’s Smoke Fairies made a stop in Nashville, Tennessee during the middle of October in 2011 to record an EP at the legendary United Record Pressing plant. This near 22-minute film was put together with some help of Blitzen Trapper members and Luke Norby. Members of Blitzen Trapper backed the ladies while they worked on five songs that [...]
New Keanu Reeves Movie Out May 3rd!
He’s been on the “Easy to Asemble” TV series for quite some time but hasn’t been in a film since 2010’s “Henry’s Crime.” The One returns to the silver screen with “Generation Um.” Reeves plays John, a driver for an escort service. The movie revolves around John and the party girls he works for, in particularly, Violet [...]
Chinatown Sport Gets Mainstream Exposure with 9-Man Documentary
There is an interesting game going down in New York City’s Chinatown. The game is called 9-Man. It’s got some interesting rules though. It’s only played be men and two-thirds of the players have to be 100 percent Chinese. Interested in learning more? There is going to be a panel a week from today, discussing the film. Much [...]
An Original Love Story: “Sightseers,” Out in May
It’s hard to find a good love story that won’t make you sick to your stomach. But if there is one film that won’t, it’s “Sightseers.” “Sightseers” is about Chris and Tina, played by Steve Oram and Alice Lowe. Chris looks to show Tina his world and literally won’t let anyone get in his way. They journey through British [...]
Indie Rock Band’s Film to Open Tribeca Film Festival
We talked about The National’s new album and tour dates earlier this week, but they’ve got even more good news to bestow upon their fans. “Mistaken for Strangers,” a film chronicling Tom Berninger’s (brother of Matt, The National’s frontman) personal journey with the band, will be opening the 12th annual Tribeca Film Festival on [...]
Movie Review: Electrick Children
While topics like religion and rock and roll crossing paths aren’t that original in Hollywood, I don’t think you’ll ever find one as original as this in “Electrick Children.” Raised in Utah, a Mormon 15-year-old, Rachel, hears rock and roll music for the first time and falls in love with it. A couple of months later she thinks the [...]
Girls’ Cast Member Has Two New Movies Coming Out
What better way to cash in on a hit TV show you’re apart of then releasing two new movies? Alex Karpovsky, who plays Ray Ploshansky on the HBO show, “Girls,” has got two new movies coming out in “Red Flag” and “Rubberneck” on February 22nd. Based on the two trailers, they look like two top notch films of different [...]
New Viggo Mortensen Movie Out in March!
It’s not exactly a “Eastern Promises” sequel but Viggo Mortensen is at it again speaking another language in a new movie called, “Everybody Has a Plan.” If you’re a Mortensen fan, you’re going to love this film because he plays two roles. He portrays a set of brothers, Agustín and Pedro. Agustín tries hard to put his life in [...]
