A suicidal therapist befriends a young drug-dealing outsider in mid-1990s New York
Jonathan Levine’s latest is absolutely dripping in ’90s New York nostalgia and hipster-hop. This indie film, featuring great performances from Ben Kingsley and Josh Peck, caused a stir at Sundance.
Times and Winds, dir. Ehra Erdem, Turkey
In a remote Turkish farming village life is harsh and brutish, controlled by the cycle of the seasons, five daily calls to prayer and lots of heavy going cello music.
Turkish Cinema is on the rise. Winner of the Best Film and The International Critic’s Prize at the Istanbul Film Festival 2006, Ehra Erdem’ s beautifully photographed new film adds up to the recent successes of Nuri Bilge Ceylan (‘Climates’) and Fatih Akin (‘The Edge of Heaven).
Badlands, dir. Terrence Malick, USA Terrence Malick's 1973 cult classic Badlands is reissued in UK. Do not miss this magnificent couple on-the-run drama based on a real-life couple on th run murder spree from th 50’ and starring Sissi Spacek and a young Martin Sheen. A must-see.
Out soon
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, dir. Mark Herman, UK- Out September 12 Adapted by Mark Herman from the best-selling book by John Boyne, is a compelling tale about what happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil. Set during World War II, a story seen through the innocent eyes of Bruno, the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp, whose forbidden friendship with a Jewish boy on the other side of the camp fence has startling and unexpected consequences.
Film Knights 06, Rex Cinema, Monday 8 September 2008 The LWLies and Suso monthly screening will feature Heavy Metal in Baghdad.This is the story of Iraq's only heavy metal band Acrassicauda. Funny, inspiring and moving, Heavy Metal in Baghdad is an Iraq War film unlike any you have seen.
Film Knights, taking place the first Monday of every month, celebrates the best in modern movie making from big name directors to hungry young guns.The event is guest-listed on a first-come-first-served basis.
RSVP to filmknights@littlewhitelies.co.uk or check out www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/film-knights
London International Animation Film Festival, September 2 to 7 , London The London International Animation Festival is back and will be screening more than 200 films at the Curzon Soho, the Renoir, the Horse Hospital and the Rio Cinema. LIAF aims to challenge and inspire audiences with thematic, aesthetic and technical diversity from award winners, outstanding industry veterans and those wonderful newcomers who are exploring their talent on screen for the very first time. For more details visit
www.liaf.org.uk
More festivals to come, which will feature many independent films of particular interest to TheMoviesClub
The 34 Festival of Deauville for American Cinema, Sep 5 to 14 It presents an astounding selection of films across the board from Independent Film to mega-productions. The Competition: Feature Films: a competitive section of 10 independent feature films aimed at revealing new filmmakers
indieWIRE will be publishing interviews with filmmakers in the Discovery section of the festival, which TIFF describes as a showcase for new and emerging filmmakers from contemporary international cinema. Derick Martini's "Lymelife" is having its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. You can check the interview here.
Movies
Anything INDIE from documentary, fiction, animation and world cinema, anything innovative with a good story and good characters. The Big Lebowski, Living In Oblivion, The Royal Tannenbaums.Let's Get Lost, Dead Man, King of Kong, Man on Wire, La Antena, This is England, Nine Queens, Tan de repente, Sex y Lucia, The Lovers of the Artic Circle, Memento, The Following, Donnie Darko, Bus 174, Reservoir Dogs, Brick, Paranoid Park, Elephant,Sideways, Stranger than paradise, Videodrome, Minna Tannenbaum, Les 400 Coups, He's not there, Dead Man, Coffee and Cigarettes,Ghost Dog,Time to Leave, The Beat that my heart skips,Pot Luck, Le Peril Jeune, La Antena, The Counterfeiters and many more.
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TheMoviesClub will be at the Canary Wharf Film Festival (CWFF), a festival of short films, featuring work by young people and Q&A with filmmaker William Raban and music video director Price James. If you are in London between August 28th and September 1st , come and meet us at the Cineworld in the Docklands to enjoy the best in short film. In its second year the CWFF, will showcase national and international shorts films, exhibiting a wider range of influences and styles.
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Don’t forget: Fri 29th Aug at Curzon Soho: MIDNIGHT MOVIES Animation Special: ‘Fantastic Planet’ Vs ‘Paprika’ on the big screen. DJ Alex Crispin from 9:30pm plus a free beer per ticket and choice of two supremely mind-blowing films involving alien worlds, freaky dreams, murders and mind expansion! Tickets on sale now: 0871 7033988 www. curzoncinemas. com/whats_on/all_times/all_venues/midnight_movies see you there!
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