Los Angeles Film Festival 2009: UNMADE BEDS, COLD SOULS, ZMD: ZOMBIES OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Unmade Beds (top); Paul Giamatti in Cold Souls (2nd from top); Autumn (2nd from bottom); ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction (bottom)
Los Angeles Film Festival, Thu., June 25, highlights:
Alexis dos Santos‘ Unmade Beds (Landmark 4, 2:30 pm) chronicles the emotional, romantic, and sexual entanglements of a group of young denizens of London’s East End. In the cast: Déborah François, Fernando Tielve, Michiel Huisman, Iddo Goldberg, and Richard Lintern.
A second screening of Matthew Bissonnette’s Passenger Side (Landmark 8, 4:30 pm), which follows two estranged brothers — one an ex-junkie (Joel Bissonnette); the other a struggling writer (Adam Scott) — through the streets and freeways of Los Angeles and the nearby desert. Throughout it all the brothers get to know a little [...]
by Andre Soares | June 24, 2009
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Tags: Alexis Dos Santos, Cold Souls, Film Festivals, Kevin Hamedani, Los Angeles Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival 2009, Los Angeles Screenings, Matthew Bissonnette, Passenger Side, Paul Giamatti, Sophie Barthes, Unmade Beds, ZMD: Zombies of Mass Destruction
Sundance 2009: Gay Themes
Jim Carrey, Ewan McGregor in I Love You, Phillip Morris
Gay boycott or no, Sundance 2009 has several films dealing — at least to some extent — with gay characters.
The most publicized gay-focused film at Sundance is I Love You, Phillip Morris, about a scary-looking ex-cop (Jim Carrey) who becomes a criminal and is arrested. While in jail, he falls for a fellow inmate (Ewan McGregor). Based on a book by Steve McVicker, I Love You, Phillip Morris was written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, whose writing credits include Bad Santa and Bad News Bears.
Peter Bratt’s La Mission portrays the difficult relationship between a San Francisco gay teen (Jeremy Ray [...]
by Andre Soares | January 17, 2009
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Tags: Benjamin Bratt, Film Festivals, Gay Interest, Humpday, I Love You Phillip Morris, La Mission, One Day in a Life, Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire, Shouting Fire: Stories From the Edge of Free Speech, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival, Unmade Beds
Sundance 2009: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Sundance 2009: World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Nathalie Baye in A French Gigolo
Before Tomorrow (Le Jour Avant Lendemain) / Canada (Directors: Madeline Piujuq, Marie-Helene Cousineau)
A wise old woman fights to survive impossible circumstances with her young grandson in the Canadian Arctic. Cast: Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu, Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Mary Qulitalik, Tumasie Sivuarapik. U.S. premiere
Bronson / U.K. (Director: Nicolas Winding Refn; screenwriter: Brock Norman Brock)
Traces the transformation of Mickey Peterson into Britain’s most notorious, dangerous and charismatic prisoner, Charles Bronson. Cast: Tom Hardy. North American premiere
Carmo, Hit the Road / Spain (Director-screenwriter: Murilo Pasta)
A lonely, handicapped smuggler and a beautiful girl embark on a reckless ride through [...]
by Deborah Arthur | December 3, 2008
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Tags: A French Gigolo, Before Tomorrow, Film Festivals, Nathalie Baye, Nick Hornby, One Day in a Life, Sundance 2009, Sundance Film Festival, The Maid, Unmade Beds
