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Chain
A Film By Jem Cohen
Not rated, 99 min
As regional character disappears and corporate
culture homogenizes our surroundings, it’s increasingly hard to tell
where you are. Actual malls, theme parks, hotels and corporate
centers worldwide are joined into a contemporary “superlandscape”
which shapes the lives of two women caught within it. One is a
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Puffy Chair
A film by Jay and Mark Duplass
Not Rated, 1 hour 25 minutes
“Disarmingly sweet and consistently funny; it's
insightful, unpredictable and unexpectedly poignant. In other words:
it's a low-budget winner.” –Efilmcritic.com
Josh's life is pretty much in the toilet. He's a
failed NYC indie rocker, and a failing booking agent. He decides to
purchase a 1985 Lazy Boy on eBay, just like the one his dad had when
Josh was a kid. The plan is to drive cross-country, pick up the
chair, and deliver it to his father as a surprise birthday gift. But
when his friend Rhett ends up coming along for the ride, and an
ex-girlfriend joins along the way, the van suddenly seems way too
small.
http://www.duplassbrothers.com/ |
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Four Eyed Monsters
Technology is
changing the way people connect. Going overboard embracing these
changes, Arin & Susan attempt to re-invent modern day romance. There
creative approach to interaction gets out of control as they spiral
off into fantasies, discoveries and nightmares. Reality caves in as
the two consolidate themselves into one entity, a Four Eyed Monster.
Four glittering eyes, two pink mouths, 8 limbs that wrap around
itself. Gearald Peary calls it “An Annie Hall of the 25 year old
set.”
www.foureyedmonsters.com |
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Red Doors
Three Chinese-American sisters from New York try
to reconcile their loves and lives in this smart family comedy which
won Best Picture at the Tribeca Film Festival. After their recently
retired father Ed (Tzi Ma) suddenly disappears, sisters Samantha
(Jacqueline Kim), Julie (Elaine Kao), and Katie (Kathy Shao-Lin Lee)
are forced to abandon their hectic and disparate lives to look for
him. On their way to finding him - and themselves - Samantha courts
infidelity, Julie falls for another woman, and Katie flirts with
expulsion.
RED DOORS has captivated audiences, festival jurors, and film
critics alike while also winning awards at CineVegas and Outfest.
Funny and moving, absurd and painfully real,
RED DOORS provides a unique view of the modern American
family.
www.reddoorsthemovie.com
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Mutual Appreciation
"Funny Ha Ha" Director Andrew Bujalski’s follow-up is another
comedic, ingratiating romp through post-collegiate anomie. This time
the setting is Brookyln, where Alan (Justin Rice of Bishop Allen) is
an indie-rock musician trying to go solo, while poorly suppressing
his growing attraction to Ellie, who happens to be the girlfriend of
Alan’s best friend, Lawrence (played by Bujalski himself). Like his
debut, which made numerous Top 10 Films of 2005 Lists including
The New York Times, Bujalski’s preference for nonprofessional
actors, ear for the rhythms of conversation among bright young
20-somethings and intuitive portraits of characters from the inside
out make this arguably the freshest picture of the year.
http://www.mutualappreciation.com |
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Room
Julia Barker is late for work at the Paradise
Bingo, again. Struggling to make ends meet and to raise her
daughters, Julia suppresses her own needs and desires to support her
family. But the headaches, excruciating migraines, keep coming.
Inside her splitting mind, disturbing visions erupt: water, rafters
and then the blinding white windows of a warehouse sized room. The
space is menacing, mysterious and seductive. The visions intensify
and soon there are signs. Julia knows that she must find the room.
Desperate, she robs the Bingo hall, abandons her family and flies to
New York. Her pilgrimage has begun.
"...perplexing, unsettling, and undeniably creepy film..." - New
York Magazine
"Superbly directed and acted... Cyndi Williams is brilliant!" -
Filmmaker Magazine
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/room/ |
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Human Touch
a film by Paul Cox
From Paul Cox (Innocence), one
of Australia’s most celebrated filmmakers, comes the erotically
charged drama Human Touch. Anna is in her early 30s—she has a
burgeoning music career as a singer, and has a loving relationship
with her painter boyfriend, David. Her remarkable voice and luminous
presence command attention, and when Anna’s choir holds a concert to
raise money for a tour of China, she is noticed by Edward, a
wealthy, cultured man in his 60s. Accepting an offer to meet with
Edward in the hope that he will help finance the tour, Anna visits
his imposing mansion. The dense artistic and erotic environment, so
different from her own world, intrigues her. When Edward asks Anna
to pose for a series of nude photographs, she sees no reason to
refuse him. However, when David sees the results of the photographic
shoot, he becomes jealous and unnerved by Edward’s attention to
Anna. The older man has captured an unseen side of Anna, a languid
sensuality, and has started her on an intimate journey of
self-discovery that can’t be halted.
http://www.dendyfilms.com.au/humantouch.html |
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Massaker
a film by Monika Borgman, Lokman Slim & Hermann
Theissen
From the 16th to the 18th of September 1982, for
two nights and three days, militiamen raged through the Palestinian
camps of Sabra and Shatila in Beirut. They tortured their victims,
raped young girls and mutilated corpses. The exact number of dead
and disappeared is not known to this day.
"Massaker" is a study of six of the perpetrators
who participated in the bloody orgy. Through their stories, we see a
version of reality unlike anything we have seen before-- a massacre
from the point of view of the guilty parties.
FIBRESCI Prize at the 2005 Berlin Film Festival
Special Jury Prize, Visions Du Reel Nyon, 2005
Special Mention, Denver International Film Festival, 2005
Best Investigative Documentary, Lisbon 2005 |
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