The IFP announced the nominees for the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and not surprisingly, it is Lance Hammer’s Ballast that came out on top with four noms: Best Feature, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor and Best Ensemble Performance.
"...There are some notable character designs like Oon and Saw Boss, but the theme song alone sounds like a rejected track from any Honeymoon Suite album..."
Set in the early years on silent cinema, The Fall tells the story of a young stunt man, Roy Walker, who injuries himself to the point of paralysis. Suicidal and depressed he begs little Alexandria, another patient at the hospital, to provide him with Morphine in exchange for a fantastic story.
Depending on who you get your info from: The Fall is either an over-ambitious project from a genius commercials director or an uncompromisable visionary...
The Tribeca Film Festival have announced their World Narrative and World Documentary Feature Film Competition line-ups and the films named for its Spotlight category today and the better programming, better category labeling, familiar directors and a slight decrease in volume makes the 6th edition perhaps the young fest’s strongest edition yet.