I think stories about faith can be fascinating, but it is a difficult topic to explore without veering too far into being didactic or over-earnest. Faith is a deep, rich narrative soil, but when we’ve got people like Rick Santorum taking the discussion about religion to crazy ends on the national level, it’s easy to see why people either avoid stories about faith, or take them to extremes.
Blue Like Jazz is based upon a well-liked book, Donald Miller‘s semi-autobiographical story, and scripted by Miller, director Steve Taylor and Ben Pearson. Both the book and film follow a character wrestling with his childhood religious identity as he goes to college and finds himself among people who are not very accommodating when it comes to religious belief. Let’s see if the film treats the subject as well as fans of the book think Miller did.
The film will premiere next month at SXSW and has just found distribution. Check out the trailer below. Read More »
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Posted on Thursday, January 12th, 2012 by Angie Han
After all the recent back-and-forth, the only thing that’s clear at this point about Bridesmaids 2 is that nobody knows right now whether there’ll really be a Bridesmaids 2, and if so, whether star Kristen Wiig will be involved. In the meantime, however, fans of that film can comfort themselves with Jennifer Westfeldt‘s indie romcom Friends With Kids. It’s not exactly a sequel — and by “exactly,” I mean “at all” — but it features so many Bridesmaids actors that it might as well be.
Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm, and Chris O’Dowd, plus non-Bridesmaids actors Westfeldt and Adam Scott, star as a group of close friends at different stations in life. When two of their number (Westfeldt and Scott) decide to have a child together without having a romantic relationship together, their situation seems ideal at first — until Megan Fox and Ed Burns come along to shake things up. Watch the first trailer after the jump.
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Posted on Friday, October 7th, 2011 by Angie Han
There comes a moment in many a comedy star’s life when he decides it’s time to try his luck with dramatic acting. Apparently, that point is now for comedian/actor Dane Cook. Though he’s made his name with mediocre comedies like Good Luck Chuck and Employee of the Month, Cook took on a more dramatic part in 2007′s Dan in Real Life, and now he’s doing his darkest turn yet inAnswers to Nothing.
Directed by Matthew Leutwyler, the drama follows a several “lost souls” in L.A. who are connected by a missing girl case. Cook plays one of those lonely people, a cheating husband to Lost‘s Elizabeth Mitchell and a frustrated son to Barbara Hershey. Julie Benz, Zach Gilford, and Eric Palladino also star. Watch the trailer after the jump.
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While the masses might not consider all filmmakers to be true artists, there’s no making that mistake with Miranda July. When she not only wrote but directed and starred in 2005′s Me and You and Everyone We Know, it was a revelation. A challenging, beautiful film that defied classification or simple description. Six years later she’s back with her second film, The Future, and once again July has created what looks to be something totally unique and different. Roadside Attractions will release July’s film in July and just put up first trailer which you can watch after the break. Read More »
‘From the director of Man on Wire‘ is all a film needs to get my attention, and Project Nim definitely does not look like it is going to disappoint. The film, which explores the relationship between man and other species through the lens of a loose experiment designed to teach sign language to a chimp, premiered at Sundance to very good notice. Now there’s a trailer, and I think any of you that watch it will be ready to see the film afterward. Read More »
Two beautiful Iranian lesbians fight for their freedom against an oppressive nation in Maryam Keshavarz‘s debut feature Circumstance. The winner of the Narrative Audience Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, Circumstance was picked up by Roadside Attractions and set for limited release on August 19. After seeing it this past January, we’ve been championing this beautiful, sensual and frightening film and, now, it can speak for itself. A brand new trailer and poster have been released. Check them out after the break. Read More »
In late 2009 Dan Rush started turning Raymond Carver‘s short story Why Don’t You Dance? into a film called Everything Must Go, starring Will Farrell in a very rare dramatic turn. He plays an alcoholic who, in the same day, loses his job and is thrown out by his wife. With his possessions scattered on the lawn of his former home, he spends a week living out in the open and confronting his problems. There’s now a trailer for the film, so you can get a taste of how that all goes down. Read More »
Posted on Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 by Angie Han
Roadside Attractions has released a new trailer for The Last Godfather, directed by and starring South Korean comedian Shim Hyung Rae. The film features Harvey Keitel as a mob boss who decides to retire and pass on the torch to his illegitimate son Younggu (Shim), a bumbling idiot he fathered while hiding out in Korea. Keitel’s character asks his men to prepare Younggu for the new role, and slapsticky hijinks ensue. Blake Clark, Jason Mewes and Jocelin Donahue also star. Watch the trailer after the jump.
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