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"I always wanted Animal Kingdom to be a crime story with a certain size and sprawl. I wanted it to be about a wide variety of characters and to happen in a wide variety of locations".
Top Ten List: David Michôd (Animal Kingdom)
This August, we profile David Michôd, who when asked to be profiled was (still is) in the midst of a lengthy promotional screening/press junket tour for his directorial debut, Animal Kingdom which will receive a limited release in New York, Los Angeles on August 13th via Sony Pictures Classics.
Film Movement Exchange Vows with ‘Helena from the Wedding’
Film Movement announced that they've acquired Joseph Infantolino’s dramedy Helena from the Wedding. The film, which features Gillian Jacobs (Clark Gregg's Choke), Melanie Lynskey (Heavenly Creatures, Up in the Air) and Dominic Fumusa (James DeMonaco's Little New York), will receive a limited theatrical release starting November 12th followed by the usual VOD premiere and DVD club release the following month.
Well Go USA Put Their ‘Fist’ Down on Andrew Lau’s TIFF/Venice Bound Return of Chen Zhen
Doris Pfardrescher's Well Go USA have made what I deem to be their first major film acquisition today, picking up Andrew Lau's Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen before (not after) it preems at the Venice and Toronto Int. Film Festival in the coming weeks.
TIFF 2010: Vintage Real to Reel Year Includes: Errol Morris, Gibney, Herzog, Wiseman and Naomi Kawase
Doc programmer Thom Powers has assembled what appears to be a vintage offering this year, literally a who's who from the documentary field with world preems from Naomi Kawase, Errol Morris (see pic), Ondi Timoner, Alex Gibney, Kim Longinotto and Werner Herzog, while adding to the mix a foursome of must see documentaries from Cannes with Charles Ferguson's Inside Job, Patricio Guzmán's Nostalgia for the Light, Janus Metz's Armadillo and Frederick Wiseman's Boxing Gym.
