Outfest 2009: TWO SPIRITS, DROOL, CITY OF BORDERS

Outfest 2009 hightlights on Thursday, July 16. Synopses from the Outfest website.

Drool (Thu, Jul 16th 7:00pm, DGA 1)
(USA, 2009, 84 mins)
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Directed By: Nancy Kissam
SCR: Nancy Kissam
Part THELMA & LOUISE and part LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, DROOL is an irreverent dark comedy with delightful performances from bombshells Laura Harring (MULHOLLAND DR.) and Jill Marie Jones (GIRLFRIENDS). With an abusive husband, ungrateful kids and nothing else going for her, Anora’s life is rough. Things start looking up when she gets very friendly with her new neighbor, Imogene…until Anora’s husband walks in on them and ends up dead in a freak, yet karmically just, accident. The ladies hit the open road with two kids, one body and no [...]

by Andre Soares | July 14, 2009   
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Slamdance 2009: Gay Themes

Slamdance 2009: Gay Themes
The 15th Slamdance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah, from January 15-23. The synopses below are from the Slamdance 2009 website.
 

Steve M. Kelly’s City Rats

City Rats (Feature Narrative Competition)
Steve M. Kelly (Director), Simon Fantauzzo (Writer) World Premiere, Drama, 2008, UK, 96 minutes. Cast: Susan Lynch, Kenny Doughty, Tamer Hassan.
A modern day Dickensian tale of eight haunted people who meet and fall apart while searching for redemption in each other.
Mississippi Damned (Feature Narrative Competition)
Tina Mabry (Director/Writer) World Premiere, Drama, 2009, USA, 120 minutes. Cast: DB Woodside, Malcolm David Kelly, Malcolm Goodwin, Tessa Thompson, Michael Hyatt.
Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the [...]

by Andre Soares | December 18, 2008   
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