Magnolia Pictures has released the first movie trailer for Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony. I saw the film at the Toronto Film Festival, where I wrote the following: "Ceremony feels like the first movie from a filmmaker we need to watch -- a fantastic feature debut. His screenplay is filled with complex, interesting and…
Read MoreRisky Business has learned that Magnolia Pictures has acquired the US distribution rights to Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. This means that the film will be shown theatrically and will likely have a day-and-date video on demand availability on nationwide cable. The 27-year old USC film…
Read MoreYesterday, I attended the premiere of Max Winkler's feature directorial debut Ceremony at the Toronto International Film Festival. The 27-year old USC film school graduate and son of television actor Henry Winkler (Fonzie on Happy Days) is probably best known as the director of the popular Clark and Michael web series which starred Michael Cera…
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More first looks up today, kicking off with a low-key photo showing Jesse Eisenberg and Aziz Ansari in action for 30 Minutes or Less. If the photos don't thrill you, remember that the film is directed by Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer, and that Danny McBride is also in the mix as a criminal who forces Eisenberg…
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At the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Yari Film Group premiered Brett Simon's Assassination of a High School President, a film noir mystery set inside the world of a John Hughes-style High School comedy. (half way between Rian Johnson's Brick and Veronica Mars) It quickly emerged as one of the underdogs on the schedule to become…
Read MoreRocket Science is not about Science, nor is it about Rockets. It's about that first High School love. In the running tradition of such films as Election, Rushmore, and Squid and the Whale, Rocket Science is about a unpopular high school student named Hal Heffner, who can't spit out a complete sentence without stuttering. He's…
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