As the Toronto International Film Festival gets underway with North American and World debuts of films that will hit Awards Season and beyond,a good number of seasoned films that have traveled the festival circuit are finally making their way into the Specialty Box Office. Drafthouse Films will open Cannes ’13 title The Congress starring Robin Wright and Harvey Keitel in a dozen locations this weekend, while SXSW’s Juliette Lewis starrer Kelly & Cal will open exclusively in NYC. Sundance’s Last Days In Vietnam will have a theatrical run before heading to PBS next fall and the Guadalajara Film Festival’s Frontera is taking advantage of a timely topic in the U.S. Venice financed its 2013 premiere Memphis, opening exclusively this weekend in NYC. And China Lion hopes to take a successful template for romantic dramas and apply that to But Always.
The Congress
Director-writer: Ari Folman
Writer: Stanislaw Lem (novel)
Cast: Robin Wright,...
The Congress
Director-writer: Ari Folman
Writer: Stanislaw Lem (novel)
Cast: Robin Wright,...
- 9/5/2014
- by Brian Brooks
- Deadline
In what seems to be a timely sort of drama, Frontera takes an interesting story of mistaken murder and mixes it up with the hot topic of immigration in the United States. As two Mexican men (including Michael Pena) are crossing the border illegally, an unseen shooter looking to take them out mistakenly kills the wife of an Arizona sheiff (Ed Harris). What follows is a passionate quest for answers as the immigrant is wrongfully accused of murder, leaving his wife (Eva Longoria) in turmoil. This sounds like a harrowing story, and certainly an original plot for a drama with Pena and Harris giving strong performances. Watch! Here's the first trailer for Michael Berry's Frontera from Magnolia Pictures: Frontera is directed by Michael Berry (Mira), who co-wrote the script with newcomer Louis Moulinet. After a former Arizona Sheriff's wife (Amy Madigan) is killed while riding on their Ranch property,...
- 6/10/2014
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Watch the powerful new trailer for Frontera.
Set along the tumultuous Arizona-Mexico border, Frontera, starring Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, and Michael Pena, follows Miguel (Peña), a hardworking father and devoted husband who crosses the border illegally and is wrongfully accused of murdering the wife of a former sheriff (Harris). Miguel’s pregnant wife (Longoria) lands in the hands of corrupt Mexican “Coyote” smugglers as she tries to help her husband, while the ex-lawman investigates his wife’s death and unearths evidence that could destroy one family’s future.
Frontera examines both sides of the complex issues of immigration and human trafficking that deeply affects both the U.S. and Mexico. It shows that a border might divide two countries, but can’t divide humanity, for good or bad, we are all part of the problem and the solution.
Of his film, director and co-writer Michael Berry says:
Though the events...
Set along the tumultuous Arizona-Mexico border, Frontera, starring Ed Harris, Eva Longoria, and Michael Pena, follows Miguel (Peña), a hardworking father and devoted husband who crosses the border illegally and is wrongfully accused of murdering the wife of a former sheriff (Harris). Miguel’s pregnant wife (Longoria) lands in the hands of corrupt Mexican “Coyote” smugglers as she tries to help her husband, while the ex-lawman investigates his wife’s death and unearths evidence that could destroy one family’s future.
Frontera examines both sides of the complex issues of immigration and human trafficking that deeply affects both the U.S. and Mexico. It shows that a border might divide two countries, but can’t divide humanity, for good or bad, we are all part of the problem and the solution.
Of his film, director and co-writer Michael Berry says:
Though the events...
- 6/10/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Here’s a first look at the brand new poster for Magnolia Pictures’ Frontera.
Set in the tumultuous Border area of Arizona and Mexico, Frontera follows the events that take place after a former Arizona Sheriff’s wife (Amy Madigan) is killed while riding on their Ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man (Michael Pena) crossing in to the Us illegally is at fault.
As former Sheriff (Ed Harris) and current Sheriff (Aden Young) search for answers, lives are changed forever and the facts as to who is really at fault in this tragedy are nearly as tenuous and complex as the issues and tensions between the people who live in this region on either side of the line.
Look out for the trailer premiere on Apple Trailers on Monday, June 9th.
Written by Michael Berry and Louis Moulinet and directed by Michael Berry, Magnolia Pictures will release Frontera...
Set in the tumultuous Border area of Arizona and Mexico, Frontera follows the events that take place after a former Arizona Sheriff’s wife (Amy Madigan) is killed while riding on their Ranch property. It would appear a Mexican man (Michael Pena) crossing in to the Us illegally is at fault.
As former Sheriff (Ed Harris) and current Sheriff (Aden Young) search for answers, lives are changed forever and the facts as to who is really at fault in this tragedy are nearly as tenuous and complex as the issues and tensions between the people who live in this region on either side of the line.
Look out for the trailer premiere on Apple Trailers on Monday, June 9th.
Written by Michael Berry and Louis Moulinet and directed by Michael Berry, Magnolia Pictures will release Frontera...
- 6/6/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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