The first trailer has been released for the upcoming action thriller American Assassin in which Michael Keaton trains Dylan O'Brien (The Maze Runner) to be a master assassin. Together they embark on a mission to stop Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) from starting a war.
I like what I'm seeing in this trailer and it actually looks like it could be a great and intense movie! This is also another badass role for Keaton, who is always fun to watch in the movies that he makes! Here's the full synopsis:
American Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (O’Brien), a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the...
I like what I'm seeing in this trailer and it actually looks like it could be a great and intense movie! This is also another badass role for Keaton, who is always fun to watch in the movies that he makes! Here's the full synopsis:
American Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (O’Brien), a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Keaton). The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets. Together the three discover a pattern in the...
- 4/18/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In the 1980s, the CIA was complicit in the marketing of Nicaraguan cocaine to lower class Californians in order to fund the country’s Contra rebels. This was a thesis that San Jose Mercury News journalist Gary Webb put out into the world in the late 90s, and was eventually destroyed because of it. The new film Kill the Messenger is Webb’s own story, a “David vs. Goliath” tale in which David is crushed and ruined by forces that can spin the media in their own favor, while easily discrediting the blood-sweat-tears efforts of a reporter who had to keep many of his sources anonymous.
Director Michael Cuesta creates a vivid portrayal of Webb (played by Jeremy Renner) presenting him as a dedicated working man and also a conflicted father. Kill the Messenger becomes more than the story of a media victim, but a patriarch who tries to maintain...
Director Michael Cuesta creates a vivid portrayal of Webb (played by Jeremy Renner) presenting him as a dedicated working man and also a conflicted father. Kill the Messenger becomes more than the story of a media victim, but a patriarch who tries to maintain...
- 10/10/2014
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Kill the Messenger
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Peter Landesman
Producers: Pamela Abdy, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber
U.S. Distributor: Focus Features
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen, Michael K. Williams, Robert Patrick, Ray Liotta, Barry Pepper, Andy Garcia, Paz Vega, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Blake Nelson, Oliver Platt, Jena Sims, Lucas Hedges, Richard Schiff, Yul Vazquez
We know him as the director behind indie nuggets such as L.I.E., hotel room splendor of 12 and Holding and more recently, Roadie, so after a mostly low-budget indie filmography Michael Cuesta cross over into bigger budget big leagues is due to a successful stint on Homeland. Kill the Messenger sounds like compelling material, and sports and impressive ensemble cast, and we’re banking that visually it’ll pay dividends with cinematographer Sean Bobbitt who is currently at the top of his game.
Gist: Based on the novel by Nick Schou and...
Director: Michael Cuesta
Writer: Peter Landesman
Producers: Pamela Abdy, Naomi Despres, Jeremy Renner, Scott Stuber
U.S. Distributor: Focus Features
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Sheen, Michael K. Williams, Robert Patrick, Ray Liotta, Barry Pepper, Andy Garcia, Paz Vega, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Blake Nelson, Oliver Platt, Jena Sims, Lucas Hedges, Richard Schiff, Yul Vazquez
We know him as the director behind indie nuggets such as L.I.E., hotel room splendor of 12 and Holding and more recently, Roadie, so after a mostly low-budget indie filmography Michael Cuesta cross over into bigger budget big leagues is due to a successful stint on Homeland. Kill the Messenger sounds like compelling material, and sports and impressive ensemble cast, and we’re banking that visually it’ll pay dividends with cinematographer Sean Bobbitt who is currently at the top of his game.
Gist: Based on the novel by Nick Schou and...
- 2/20/2014
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray, DVD & Digital Release Date: Jan. 21, 2014
Price: DVD $30.99, Blu-ray $35.99
Studio: Sony
Cate Blanchett is Blue Jasmine
Writer/director Woody Allen’s (Hannah and Her Sisters) 2013 film is the drama-comedy Blue Jasmine, starring Cate Blanchett (Hanna) and featuring the ensemble cast of Alec Baldwin (Rock of Ages), Sally Hawkins (Never Let Me Go), Louis C.K. (TV’s Louie), Bobby Cannavale (Roadie), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), and Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) and Andrew Dice Clay
The film centers around Jasmine (Blanchett), a former New York socialite teetering on an emotional tightrope, balancing between her troubled east coast past and a fresh start in San Francisco. Having moved into her sister’s (Hawkins) humble apartment, Jasmine ricochets between the tumultuous acceptance of her new limitations, and the dreams of reclaiming her past life’s glamor.
Well-received by the critics—it garnered a rating of 91% at Rotten Tomatoes based on 153 published reviews—the...
Price: DVD $30.99, Blu-ray $35.99
Studio: Sony
Cate Blanchett is Blue Jasmine
Writer/director Woody Allen’s (Hannah and Her Sisters) 2013 film is the drama-comedy Blue Jasmine, starring Cate Blanchett (Hanna) and featuring the ensemble cast of Alec Baldwin (Rock of Ages), Sally Hawkins (Never Let Me Go), Louis C.K. (TV’s Louie), Bobby Cannavale (Roadie), Peter Sarsgaard (An Education), and Michael Stuhlbarg (A Serious Man) and Andrew Dice Clay
The film centers around Jasmine (Blanchett), a former New York socialite teetering on an emotional tightrope, balancing between her troubled east coast past and a fresh start in San Francisco. Having moved into her sister’s (Hawkins) humble apartment, Jasmine ricochets between the tumultuous acceptance of her new limitations, and the dreams of reclaiming her past life’s glamor.
Well-received by the critics—it garnered a rating of 91% at Rotten Tomatoes based on 153 published reviews—the...
- 11/27/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
• Curtis Jackson (aka 50 Cent), John Cusack (Lee Daniels’ The Butler), and Jason Patric (Speed 2: Cruise Control) will team up with Bruce Willis for The Prince, a Las Vegas-set thriller about a former mob boss who must return to the city when his daughter goes missing. Brian A Miller (House of the Rising Sun) is set to direct. Cusack and Jackson recently appeared together in The Frozen Ground. [Deadline]
• AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries) will play a girl with cancer in Conspiracy on Jekyll Island, which is currently shooting in Chicago. Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo are set to star as...
• AnnaSophia Robb (The Carrie Diaries) will play a girl with cancer in Conspiracy on Jekyll Island, which is currently shooting in Chicago. Minnie Driver and Frank Grillo are set to star as...
- 11/26/2013
- by Lindsey Bahr
- EW - Inside Movies
Katherine Hughes, who played a young Jill Hennessy in “Roadie,” has landed one of the teenage leads in Jason Reitman’s “Men, Women and Children,” TheWrap has learned. Additionally, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap that Elena Kampouris, who appears in Reitman’s “Labor Day,” has also booked a key role in the film, though her participation remains unconfirmed at press time. Also Read: Judy Greer in Talks for Jason Reitman’s ‘Men, Women & Children’ (Exclusive) Reitman and Erin Cressida Wilson adapted Chad Kultgen’s book of the same name, which chronicles the sexual frustrations of teenagers...
- 11/23/2013
- by Jeff Sneider
- The Wrap
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: May 28, 2013
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Tom Conti stars in Reuben, Reuben.
Tom Conti (The Tempest) received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 1983 film comedy Reuben, Reuben.
Conti is Gowan McGland, a creatively blocked Scottish poet who ekes out a day-to-day existence by exploiting the generosity of strangers in an affluent New England suburb. His trick is to recite his verse to various arts groups and women’s clubs, bedding other men’s wives, and, hell, even steal tips from waiters at expensive restaurants. It’s not much of a life, but that’s all he has, until he meets and falls for young co-ed Geneva Spofford (Kelly McGillis, The Innkeepers). While Geneva has strong feelings too, she has everything to lose from a relationship with a drunken deadbeat poet who’s unable to hold a job.
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller,...
Price: DVD $24.95, Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Olive Films
Tom Conti stars in Reuben, Reuben.
Tom Conti (The Tempest) received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 1983 film comedy Reuben, Reuben.
Conti is Gowan McGland, a creatively blocked Scottish poet who ekes out a day-to-day existence by exploiting the generosity of strangers in an affluent New England suburb. His trick is to recite his verse to various arts groups and women’s clubs, bedding other men’s wives, and, hell, even steal tips from waiters at expensive restaurants. It’s not much of a life, but that’s all he has, until he meets and falls for young co-ed Geneva Spofford (Kelly McGillis, The Innkeepers). While Geneva has strong feelings too, she has everything to lose from a relationship with a drunken deadbeat poet who’s unable to hold a job.
Directed by Robert Ellis Miller,...
- 4/1/2013
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Let me state for the record that I grew up loving the music of the Blue Öyster Cult, partly because I was the right age and partly because their lead singer, Eric Bloom, is my uncle. Therefore, I am attuned to all things Boc and am amazed I missed the release of Roadie. Now out on home video from Magnolia Entertainment, the film is a small tale about love, life, and yes, rock and roll.
The Boc was among the premiere heavy metal bands of the 1970s, thwarted from super-stardom because New York City Am radio wouldn’t play their music so they peaked. They continue to tour and play around the world with Uncle Eric and guitar wizard Buck Dharma (Donald Roseser) fronting the group. Roadie features the sad life of Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard), who was living his boyhood dream of working with the band but now that they play only occasionally,...
The Boc was among the premiere heavy metal bands of the 1970s, thwarted from super-stardom because New York City Am radio wouldn’t play their music so they peaked. They continue to tour and play around the world with Uncle Eric and guitar wizard Buck Dharma (Donald Roseser) fronting the group. Roadie features the sad life of Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard), who was living his boyhood dream of working with the band but now that they play only occasionally,...
- 3/20/2012
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
DVD Playhouse—March 2012
By Allen Gardner
J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Director Clint Eastwood provides a rock-solid, albeit rather flat portrait of polarizing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, covering his life from late teens to his death. Leonardo DiCaprio does an impressive turn as Hoover, never crossing the line into caricature, and creating a Hoover that is all too human, making for an all the more unsettling look at absolute power run amuck. Where the film stumbles is the love story at its core: Hoover’s relationship with longtime aide Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). In the hands of an openly-gay director like Gus Van Sant, this could have been a heartbreaking, tender story of forbidden (unrequited?) love, but Eastwood seems to tiptoe around their romance, with far too much delicacy and deference. The film works well when recreating the famous crimes and investigations which Hoover made his name on (the Lindbergh kidnapping,...
By Allen Gardner
J. Edgar (Warner Bros.) Director Clint Eastwood provides a rock-solid, albeit rather flat portrait of polarizing FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, covering his life from late teens to his death. Leonardo DiCaprio does an impressive turn as Hoover, never crossing the line into caricature, and creating a Hoover that is all too human, making for an all the more unsettling look at absolute power run amuck. Where the film stumbles is the love story at its core: Hoover’s relationship with longtime aide Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer). In the hands of an openly-gay director like Gus Van Sant, this could have been a heartbreaking, tender story of forbidden (unrequited?) love, but Eastwood seems to tiptoe around their romance, with far too much delicacy and deference. The film works well when recreating the famous crimes and investigations which Hoover made his name on (the Lindbergh kidnapping,...
- 3/7/2012
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: March 20, 2012
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Magnolia
Ron Eldard (l.) and Bobby Cannavale lend an ear to the rock'n'roll in Roadie.
Ron Eldard (Super 8) stars in the film that asks ‘Is there life after a backstage career in rock’n’roll?’ in the 2011 music-filled independent drama Roadie.
Eldard portrays Jimmy, a longtime roadie for the legendary rock band Blue Oyster Cult, who is unceremoniously fired after touring with the band for more than 20 years. Broke and desperate and quite possibly fearing The Reaper, Jimmy has no other choice than to move back in with his mother (Lois Smith, Please Give) in Forest Hills, Queens. Soon he meets up with some of his hard-partying high school friends, including his former girlfriend (Jill Hennessy, Small Town Murder Songs) who happens to be married to his longtime nemesis (Bobby Cannavale, Win Win), who show him how little things can change.
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Magnolia
Ron Eldard (l.) and Bobby Cannavale lend an ear to the rock'n'roll in Roadie.
Ron Eldard (Super 8) stars in the film that asks ‘Is there life after a backstage career in rock’n’roll?’ in the 2011 music-filled independent drama Roadie.
Eldard portrays Jimmy, a longtime roadie for the legendary rock band Blue Oyster Cult, who is unceremoniously fired after touring with the band for more than 20 years. Broke and desperate and quite possibly fearing The Reaper, Jimmy has no other choice than to move back in with his mother (Lois Smith, Please Give) in Forest Hills, Queens. Soon he meets up with some of his hard-partying high school friends, including his former girlfriend (Jill Hennessy, Small Town Murder Songs) who happens to be married to his longtime nemesis (Bobby Cannavale, Win Win), who show him how little things can change.
- 2/23/2012
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Below writer/director Michael Cuesta ("L.I.E.") shares a scene from his rock drama "Roadie" starring Ron Eldard ("Super 8"), Bobby Cannavale ("Win Win") and Jill Hennessy (TV's "Crossing Jordan"). It hits select theaters this Friday, January 6. What it's about: For over 20 years, Jimmy Testagross has lived his childhood dream: being a Roadie for his childhood heroes, Blue Oyster Cult. But the band's Arena-Rock glory days are a distant memory. County fairs and club gigs pay the bills. And Jimmy has become a casualty of these leaner times. With no place to go, no job prospects, and no real skills outside of being a Roadie, Jimmy needs to regroup. So he returns to his childhood home in Queens, NY. There, he revisits old relationships: his ailing, widower mom, a high school crush, a former nemesis and, most importantly, his relationship with himself. Jimmy, the middle-aged man-child, has never grown up. He still carries.
- 1/6/2012
- Indiewire
It seems that the new year is starting off with a whimper as per usual as there is just one movie entering wide release this weekend: William Brent Bell's exorcism flick The Devil Inside. Early reviews haven't been too kind, although I don't think the movie actually screened for most critics (also not a good sign). Fortunately, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is also expanding across the U.S. this weekend and is finally playing on over 800 screens. Other films in select theatres include Michael Cuesta's Roadie, Anh Hung Tran's Norwegian Wood and Beneath the Darkness starring Dennis Quaid. We also forgot to mention last weekend that the critically acclaimed Iranian drama A Separation opened in North America along with Pariah and The Iron Lady starring Meryl Streep. What will you be watching this weekend? The Devil Inside Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (semi-wide) Roadie (limited) Norwegian Wood (limited...
- 1/6/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
January is leftovers season, and not just for those of us who are trying to empty the last of the holiday ham and the sweet potato surprise from the refrigerator. Barely reheated and making its way to the big screen (and video-on-demand) is “Roadie,” an earnest indie drama that dishes out a casserole of low-budget movie tropes seasoned with Sundance clichés so deeply engrained you forgot you knew them. Written by director Michael Cuesta (“L.I.E.”) and his brother Gerald, “Roadie” has the stench of freshman-year mandatory creative writing all over it,...
- 1/5/2012
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
I believe Rush is correct when they say that “living on a lighted stage approaches the unreal” – Roadie, a new drama from Michael Cuesta starring Ron Eldard as a recently dismissed roadie for Blue Oyster Cut (whose “Burning for You” played an essential part in Cuesta’s Twelve and Holding), is disconnected from the traditional experience of stationary adults. Eldard, a character actor frequently in supporting roles gives a strong lead performance as Jimmy Testagross. Down on his luck, unable to find a gig to keep him on the road, he comes home to a corner of Forrest Hills, Queens. He stays with his mother, played in a heartbreaking turn by Lois Smith, a women whose sight and memory are fading fast.
Touring Forrest Hills on an errand, he stops by the corner bar for a shot and a brew, where he encounters what the film’s official description calls “his longtime nemesis.
Touring Forrest Hills on an errand, he stops by the corner bar for a shot and a brew, where he encounters what the film’s official description calls “his longtime nemesis.
- 1/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
For some, life is a series of indignities. One second too slow, one step too far, and our dreams go unfulfilled. In every bar in the country, there is someone drinking away his regrets, trying to make peace with the records they didn’t break and the hearts they didn’t soothe. Michael Cuesta’s “Roadie” is a film about one of those men. Jimmy Testagross is returning home to Queens huskier, middle-aged, and not nearly the man he expected to be. His rockstar dreams turned into excessive fandom, as he became a roadie for the Blue Oyster Cult, logging considerable mileage but eventually ending up without much industry respect to show for the time spent carrying guitars, loading up trucks, and managing the dietary habits of aging musicians. While it’s clear he’s not going to be a part of the band’s future, he now walks the abandoned streets of his hometown,...
- 1/5/2012
- The Playlist
One of the prototypical indie-film arcs follows characters finally escaping from the oppressive confines of their hometowns. Another finds a character returning to that hometown, and making peace with it and the people who are still there. Hometowns: both traps and salvations. It’s easy to imagine Ron Eldard’s Roadie character gleefully leaving behind his own home of Forest Hills, Queens, as a kid to go on tour with Blue Öyster Cult—to load gear, not in any musical capacity—but by the time Roadie starts, he’s crawling back in defeat. Neither he nor the band is what ...
- 1/5/2012
- avclub.com
While known for her roles in the NBC dramas ‘Crossing Jordan’ and ‘Law & Order’ as the career-driven Jordan Cavanaugh and Claire Kincaid, respectively, Jill Hennessy is playing against type in the new film ‘Roadie,’ which is now available on VOD, and is scheduled to hit theaters on January 6, 2012. The actress, who released her debut album ‘Ghost In My Head’ before beginning production on the independent drama, channeled her musical talents to portray struggling singer Nikki Stevens. While promoting ‘Roadie’ in New York, where the movie was filmed, Hennessy took the time to discuss with us how she found it both appealing and challenging to play a woman...
- 1/1/2012
- by karen
- ShockYa
Title: Roadie Director: Michael Cuesta (‘L.I.E.’) Starring: Ron Eldard (‘Super 8′), Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Lois Smith (‘True Blood’) Rarely does a screenwriter-director have the courage to create an authentic main character who longs for, and struggles to let go of, the past. But Michael Cuesta, who penned the new drama ‘Roadie’ with his brother Gerald, and served as the film’s director, created a believable protagonist in Jimmy Testagross, who’s afraid to admit his professional failures and be himself. ‘Roadie’ is the ultimate testament to people who want to do what makes them happy, but succumb to the pressure of pleasing their families and friends. ‘Roadie’ chronicles the immediate...
- 12/30/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
“For over 20 years, Jimmy Testagross has lived his childhood dream: being a roadie for his childhood heroes, Blue Oyster Cult. But the band’s Arena-Rock glory days are a distant memory. County fairs and club gigs pay the bills. And Jimmy has become a casualty of these leaner times. With no place to go, no job prospects, and no real skills outside of being a roadie, Jimmy needs to regroup. So he returns to his childhood home in Queens, NY. There, he revisits old relationships: his ailing, widower mom, a high school crush, a former nemesis and, most importantly, his relationship with himself.” I’m not sure about all of you, but they had me at Blue Oyster Cult. Super 8‘s Ron Eldard stars in Roadie as Jimmy, a middle-aged man child, who is featured in this exclusive clip we’ve received. Of course, this clip also involves Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy. Watch...
- 12/16/2011
- by Neil Miller
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Read our exclusive interview with Ron Eldard, who plays the title character in the new drama ‘Roadie.’ While in New York City promoting the film, which was directed by Michael Cuesta, who co-wrote the script with his brother, Gerald, the actor discussed with us why he decided to play the main character, Jimmy Testagross. The movie follows Jimmy as he returns to his mother’s home in Forest Hills, New York, after he was fired as the roadie for the rock band Blue Oyster Cult. Embarrassed to admit to anyone that he was only the roadie and was let go from his job, he tells everyone he’s really the band’s manager,...
- 12/15/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Read our exclusive interview with director Michael Cuesta and his brother, Gerald, with whom he co-wrote the new drama ‘Roadie.’ The film, which is now available on VOD and is scheduled to hit theaters on January 6, 2012, follows the title character, Jimmy Testagross, played by Ron Eldard, as his childhood dream and career of being a roadie for Blue Oyster Cult is cut short when he’s fired. With no other job skills, friends outside of the group he toured with or place to go, Jimmy shamefully returns to his mother’s house in Forest Hills, New York. Embarrassed to admit his fate to his mother, portrayed by Lois Smith, Jimmy...
- 12/13/2011
- by karen
- ShockYa
Ron Eldard! Click above to Listen Now! Johnny Moreno sits down the great Ron Eldard to talk about his new film, Roadie and then slips in some interesting conversation about Super 8 and Sleepers. We also wrap up my favorite season of Sons of Anarchy in the TV Round-Up, review Straw Dogs, Melancholia, and Beauty Day (starring my brother!), get a depressing call from Nick Nolte, debut a special holiday sounder, fight over what to see this weekend, Mi:4 or...
- 12/12/2011
- by Jim Law
- JoBlo.com
Check out the trailer and poster for Michael Cuesta’s upcoming drama Roadie with Ron Eldard (Super 8), Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy. In a transformative role, Eldard plays Jimmy, a longtime roadie for the legendary Blue Oyster Cult, who has just been fired by the band. With nowhere else to go, he returns home to see [...]
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- 12/9/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Magnolia Pictures has provided ComingSoon.net with an exclusive clip from Miguel ( L.I.E. ) Cuesta's drama Roadie , starring Ron Eldard as Jimmy Testagross, a longtime roadie for the '70s rock band Blue Oyster Cult, who finds himself returning home to Forest Hills, Queens after being let go. Having not been home in many years, he finds himself trying to reconnect with his aging mother, as well as an old flame Nicole (Jill Hennessy) who is now married to one of Jimmy's high school rivals (Bobby Cannavale). The clip provided to us, which you can watch below, has Jimmy encountering Nicole and her husband for the first time in a local watering hole where he learns she's now a singer and songwriter whose musical dreams have been held back by her decision to stay in Forest Hills, which...
- 12/2/2011
- Comingsoon.net
Roadie
Directed by: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Trailer Score: 8/10
Thoughts by Tsr: I will admit I kind of scoffed at the plot synopsis of this film when I first read it. That reaction is partially because whenever Blue Öyster Cult is involved my mind immediately goes to the classic “More Cowbell” sketch from “Saturday Night Live” with Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell. All that quickly faded away, however, as I was watching this trailer for Roadie. Director Michael Cuesta looks to have garnered very strong performances from his cast, and crafted a very good film in the process.
The most reassuring part of this trailer is that it doesn’t appear to have taken the easy way out. A story along these lines could easily have been told as a glossy studio film about the good ol’ days...
Directed by: Michael Cuesta
Starring: Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy
Rating: Not Yet Rated
Release Date: January 6, 2012
Trailer Score: 8/10
Thoughts by Tsr: I will admit I kind of scoffed at the plot synopsis of this film when I first read it. That reaction is partially because whenever Blue Öyster Cult is involved my mind immediately goes to the classic “More Cowbell” sketch from “Saturday Night Live” with Christopher Walken and Will Ferrell. All that quickly faded away, however, as I was watching this trailer for Roadie. Director Michael Cuesta looks to have garnered very strong performances from his cast, and crafted a very good film in the process.
The most reassuring part of this trailer is that it doesn’t appear to have taken the easy way out. A story along these lines could easily have been told as a glossy studio film about the good ol’ days...
- 11/5/2011
- by Shane T. Nier
- The Scorecard Review
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m operating on, because what better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? Some of the best authors will tell you that writing a short story is a lot harder than writing a long one, that you have to weigh every sentence. What better medium to see how this theory plays itself out beyond that than with movie trailers? The Hunter Trailer This certainly has a nice pedigree. Having a film being executive produced by the man who brought us Animal Kingdom, being based...
- 11/5/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
- Slash Film
Director: Michael Cuesta Writers: Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta Starring: Ron Eldard, Jill Hennessy, Bobby Cannavale, Lois Smith, David Margulies, Suzette Gunn Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard) -- the eponymous protagonist of Michael Cuesta’s Roadie -- is a 40-something guy from Queens with an unfortunate last name (that earned him the childhood nickname of "Jimmy Testicles") who has tirelessly shlepped Blue Öyster Cult's gear for 26 years, a thankless career if ever there was one. While on the subject of thankless, Boc is leaving for a tour of South America soon, and Jimmy is getting the runaround from the band's manager. It seems the washed-up band is leaving their washed-up roadie behind. After dedicating over half of his life to Boc, Jimmy has no friends to speak of and nowhere to go. As Jimmy drifts hopelessly towards destitute poverty, he is drawn closer and closer to his childhood home. But Queens...
- 10/31/2011
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
Another Tff 2011 film hits the road to distribution. Magnolia Pictures snagged the Us distribution rights to Michael Cuesta's Roadie. Michael Cuesta's sharp film zeroes in on one 24-hour period in the life of seasoned Blue Öyster Cult roadie, Jimmy, brilliantly portrayed by Ron Eldard. The story is a coming-of-age tale of sorts, as Jimmy is forced to return to the hometown that he left behind nearly 20 years earlier to tour with the band. But once his dream life comes to a crashing halt, Jimmy has nowhere to turn but his roots: moving back into his mother's (Lois Smith) house, and confronting his high school crush (Jill Hennessy), who is now married to his former nemesis (Bobby Cannavale). Cuesta's focused film forces this stunted character to face the reality of his present, which is suddenly infiltrated by his past. Magnolia Pictures officially landed the rights to this Tff film on Tuesday,...
- 10/21/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
Poster for Roadie, starring Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy After receiving news recently that Magnolia Pictures just picked the Michael Cuesta's Roadie, we've added the first poster for the film. Michael Cuesta scripts the drama which follows Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard) who, after 20 years of touring for a defunct 80s hair band, goes back home to live with his mother. Also in the cast of the Richard Holmes and Amanda Faber-produced film are Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci. Since his debut feature L.I.E. back in 2001, director Michael Cuesta's credits have included several episodes of Six Feet Under, Twelve and Holding and Dexter and the current Homeland series, starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.
- 10/20/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Poster for Roadie, starring Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy After receiving news recently that Magnolia Pictures just picked the Michael Cuesta's Roadie, we've added the first poster for the film. Michael Cuesta scripts the drama which follows Jimmy Testagross (Ron Eldard) who, after 20 years of touring for a defunct 80s hair band, goes back home to live with his mother. Also in the cast of the Richard Holmes and Amanda Faber-produced film are Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci. Since his debut feature L.I.E. back in 2001, director Michael Cuesta's credits have included several episodes of Six Feet Under, Twelve and Holding and Dexter and the current Homeland series, starring Claire Danes and Damian Lewis.
- 10/20/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
After breaking on to the indie scene in 2001 with his debut feature L.I.E., Michael Cuesta has spent some time behind the scenes of some of the best TV shows in the last decade, from Six Feet Under to the new Showtime series Homeland, on which he serves as executive producer. This winter, though, Cuesta's work is back on the big screen as well as video on-demand thanks to the impending release of Roadie, his new feature about a guy recovering from 20 years spent on the road with Blue Oyster Cult. The movie premieres on VOD on December 2 and on January 6 in theaters, and right now we've got the exclusive poster premiere. Take a look below, and click on it for the super high-res version. The film stars Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale and Jill Hennessy. Check out the official synopsis below, and look for Roadie on your VOD systems ...
- 10/20/2011
- cinemablend.com
Posters for The Grey, Contraband, The Secret World of Arrietty, Arthur Christmas, The Descendants, Texas Killing Fields, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D and a motion poster for Woman In Black.
"New DVD and Blu-ray release announcements - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" on December 13th, "Midnight in Paris" and "Colombiana" on December 20th, "Final Destination 5" and "The Debt" on December 27th, "The Guard" and "The Whistleblower" on January 2nd, and "Red State" on January 23rd…" (full details)
"Russell Crowe has tweeted that he's spent "umpteen hours fighting Michael Shannon" on the set of "Man of Steel". So who wins in the onscreen battle - his Jor-El or Shannon's Zod? "Hard to tell who wins, we are still fighting tomorrow"…" (full details)
In a strange bit of promotion Sony has a six minute clip showing the original Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, playing the highly anticipated PS3 video game...
"New DVD and Blu-ray release announcements - "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" on December 13th, "Midnight in Paris" and "Colombiana" on December 20th, "Final Destination 5" and "The Debt" on December 27th, "The Guard" and "The Whistleblower" on January 2nd, and "Red State" on January 23rd…" (full details)
"Russell Crowe has tweeted that he's spent "umpteen hours fighting Michael Shannon" on the set of "Man of Steel". So who wins in the onscreen battle - his Jor-El or Shannon's Zod? "Hard to tell who wins, we are still fighting tomorrow"…" (full details)
In a strange bit of promotion Sony has a six minute clip showing the original Indiana Jones himself, Harrison Ford, playing the highly anticipated PS3 video game...
- 10/19/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Magnolia Pictures announced Tuesday the company as acquired the American rights to Michael Cuesta’s “Roadie,” a drama featuring Ron Eldard, Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Lois Smith. The film was also written by Cuesta along with Gerald Cuesta, and produced by Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci. Magnolia will release the film through its Ultra VOD program. The film will debut on all VOD platforms December 2, and the film will later have a theatrical release January 6 of next year. Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles praised Eldard’s performance as a roadie for the Blue Oyster Cult who loses his job. “‘Roadie’ features a career-best performances from Ron Eldard and he’s matched...
- 10/19/2011
- by monique
- ShockYa
Magnolia Pictures has acquired U.S. rights to director Michael Cuesta's "Roadie," the company announced Tuesday. The company plans to release the film, which stars Ron Eldard as a longtime Blue Oyster Cult roadie trying to come to terms with civilian life, through its Ultra Video on Demand service Dec. 2; it'll get a theatrical release starting Jan. 6. Also read: 'Roadie' at Tribeca: Growing Up After a Vicarious Rock-Star Life The movie co-stars Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Lois Smith. Michael and Gerald Cuesta wrote the film, which Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci produced. "Roadie" enjoyed...
- 10/18/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
U.S. rights to Michael Cuesta's "Roadie" have been picked up by Magnolia Pictures, the company said Tuesday. The drama will open via its VOD platforms December 2nd, followed by a theatrical release January 6, 2012. Full acquisition release follows: The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures announced today they have acquired Us rights to Roadie, a new drama from director Michael Cuesta (L.I.E., Twelve and Holding, Showtime’s Homeland) featuring wonderful performances from ...
- 10/18/2011
- Indiewire
Roadie drama stars Ron Eldard as a Blue Oyster Cult roadie Magnolia Pictures will distribute Michael Cuesta's Roadie in the U.S., which follows Ron Eldard as a longtime Blue Oyster Cult roadie who is fired and goes back to his Queens home. There, he has a wild encounter with two old high school pals, reports Deadline. Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Lois Smith also star in the film which is scripted by Gerard Cuesta and Gerard Cuesta and produced by Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci. Roadie is set for release through Magnolia's Ultra VOD program starting December 2nd and will find theaters on January 6th next year.
- 10/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Roadie drama stars Ron Eldard as a Blue Oyster Cult roadie Magnolia Pictures will distribute Michael Cuesta's Roadie in the U.S., which follows Ron Eldard as a longtime Blue Oyster Cult roadie who is fired and goes back to his Queens home. There, he has a wild encounter with two old high school pals, reports Deadline. Bobby Cannavale, Jill Hennessy and Lois Smith also star in the film which is scripted by Gerard Cuesta and Gerard Cuesta and produced by Mike Downey and Sirad Balducci. Roadie is set for release through Magnolia's Ultra VOD program starting December 2nd and will find theaters on January 6th next year.
- 10/18/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: A handful of stellar titles with Oscar aspirations have been programmed into this year’s Austin Film Festival schedule, which begins on Oct. 20 with an as-yet-unnamed Opening Night selection.
In between, Aff audiences will get their first looks at Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Rodrigo Garcia’s “Albert Nobbs” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene” – all films with awards hopes that will screen as part of the festival’s Marquee category.
“We’re proud to be taking our program in some exciting new directions while maintaining our focus on strong writing and engaging stories,” said new Film Programmers Stephen Jannise and Stephen Belyeu.
In addition, the fest has set up special screenings of “Toy Story” (presented by John Lasseter), an “Edward Scissorhands” screening, and a tribute to Polly Platt...
Hollywoodnews.com: A handful of stellar titles with Oscar aspirations have been programmed into this year’s Austin Film Festival schedule, which begins on Oct. 20 with an as-yet-unnamed Opening Night selection.
In between, Aff audiences will get their first looks at Alexander Payne’s “The Descendants,” Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Rodrigo Garcia’s “Albert Nobbs” and Sean Durkin’s “Martha Marcy May Marlene” – all films with awards hopes that will screen as part of the festival’s Marquee category.
“We’re proud to be taking our program in some exciting new directions while maintaining our focus on strong writing and engaging stories,” said new Film Programmers Stephen Jannise and Stephen Belyeu.
In addition, the fest has set up special screenings of “Toy Story” (presented by John Lasseter), an “Edward Scissorhands” screening, and a tribute to Polly Platt...
- 9/20/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
The 16th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival came to a wrap over the weekend with an awards ceremony following the closing night screening of "Almanya." Pictured from left to right: John Anderson, master of ceremonies at the 16th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival Closing Night Awards Reception; Sirad Balducci, co-producer (Hero Content), "Roadie," Jury Award Best Feature, Alan Inkles, founder and director of the Stony Brook Film Festival and Frank ...
- 8/1/2011
- Indiewire
The 16th annual Stony Brook Film Festival wrapped over the weekend with a closing night screening of Yasemin Samdereli's German comedy "Almanya" and an awards ceremony where Michael Cuesta's "Roadie" took the top honor (Jury Award Best Feature). In other categories Ron Termaat's drama "Don't Touch My Children" won the Audience Choice Award and Kate Connor and Michael Worth's "Fort McCoy" nabbed the Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking award. Below find ...
- 8/1/2011
- Indiewire
“To Be Heard” and “Hot Coffee” win big at Seattle International Film Festival’s awards ceremony today at Seattle’s Space Needle.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
“To Be Heard” and “Hot Coffee” win big at Seattle International Film Festival’s awards ceremony today at Seattle’s Space Needle.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
See below for the full list of winners and runners-up:
Siff 2011 Competition Awards
Siff 2011 Best New Director
Grand Jury Prize
Gandu, directed by “Q” Kaushik Mukherjee (India, 2010)
Jury Statement: “We chose to give the prize to a movie that bowled us over with its kinetic, brash humor and style-hoping dexterity, a portrait of tortured youth that refreshingly pokes fun at adolescent self-centeredness while simultaneously exploring the anger, despondency and malaise of a generation.”
Siff 2011 Best Documentary
Grand Jury Prize
Hot Coffee, directed by Susan Saladoff (USA, 2011)
Jury Statement: “Going beyond a well-known headline that was the butt of many jokes, Hot Coffee makes dry legal boilerplate spring to life in portraying human dramas with tragic consequences. It makes us all question our simple assumptions – it’s a film that needs to be seen.
- 6/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
For some, life is a series of indignities. One second too slow, one step too far, and our dreams go unfulfilled. In every bar in the country, there is someone drinking away his regrets, trying to make peace with the records they didn’t break and the hearts they didn’t soothe. Michael Cuesta’s “Roadie” is a film about one of those men. Jimmy Testagross is returning home to Queens huskier, middle-aged, and not nearly the man he expected to be. His rockstar dreams turned into excessive fandom, as he became a roadie for the Blue Oyster Cult, logging considerable mileage without…...
- 5/3/2011
- The Playlist
Updated through 4/30.
"At first it was about neighborhood," begins Eric Hynes in the Voice. "Then it was about stars, parties, and supersizing. But finally, for its 10th incarnation, the Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) seems to be about movies. Gone are the superfluous, attention-sucking Hollywood premieres (Tom Cruise on a Jet Ski, anyone?), and few are the big-name, low-quality vanity projects. Several years into a vital slimming of the slate — the fest topped out at 176 films in 2005; this year, it's a manageable 93 — Tff remains New York's largest film survey."
To celebrate Tribeca's 10th, we're running a retrospective of some of the best films the festival's shown over the past decade here at Mubi. Happy viewing.
"A notoriously uneven assemblage of titles, Tribeca aspires toward something like a mini Toronto, but despite, in recent years, bringing such important films as Jia Zhangke's Still Life and Mohammad Rasoulof's The White Meadows...
"At first it was about neighborhood," begins Eric Hynes in the Voice. "Then it was about stars, parties, and supersizing. But finally, for its 10th incarnation, the Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) seems to be about movies. Gone are the superfluous, attention-sucking Hollywood premieres (Tom Cruise on a Jet Ski, anyone?), and few are the big-name, low-quality vanity projects. Several years into a vital slimming of the slate — the fest topped out at 176 films in 2005; this year, it's a manageable 93 — Tff remains New York's largest film survey."
To celebrate Tribeca's 10th, we're running a retrospective of some of the best films the festival's shown over the past decade here at Mubi. Happy viewing.
"A notoriously uneven assemblage of titles, Tribeca aspires toward something like a mini Toronto, but despite, in recent years, bringing such important films as Jia Zhangke's Still Life and Mohammad Rasoulof's The White Meadows...
- 4/30/2011
- MUBI
Black Hawk Down star Ron Eldard packed on 20 pounds (nine kilograms) in just two weeks to play a roadie in his latest movie.
The film star packed on a total of 38 pounds (17 kilograms) while making Roadie - and he was amazed how easy it was to get fat.
He tells WENN, "I would eat late at night; every night I would have many slices of pizza, milkshakes, candy, french fries and fried food.
"I ate well during the day so I wouldn't fall asleep at work. I was so uncomfortable. I was sweaty but it was great for the role. Every day I would go to craft service and load up bowls of candy and cookies."
Eldard is now losing the weight, so he can portray a washed-up rocker in a new film based on his own screenplay.
He adds, "I'm actually writing a script about a rock star that I hope to star in and direct. It's about a guy who was a star and the business has changed so and he has a major substance abuse problem. It's a road trip movie. It's his struggle to come to terms with what is going on in his life."...
The film star packed on a total of 38 pounds (17 kilograms) while making Roadie - and he was amazed how easy it was to get fat.
He tells WENN, "I would eat late at night; every night I would have many slices of pizza, milkshakes, candy, french fries and fried food.
"I ate well during the day so I wouldn't fall asleep at work. I was so uncomfortable. I was sweaty but it was great for the role. Every day I would go to craft service and load up bowls of candy and cookies."
Eldard is now losing the weight, so he can portray a washed-up rocker in a new film based on his own screenplay.
He adds, "I'm actually writing a script about a rock star that I hope to star in and direct. It's about a guy who was a star and the business has changed so and he has a major substance abuse problem. It's a road trip movie. It's his struggle to come to terms with what is going on in his life."...
- 4/27/2011
- WENN
As the Tribeca Film Festival hits its mid-point, this year’s well-organized and diverse festival once again seems to offer more strong documentaries than narrative features. But hope springs eternal, and a dip into festival screenings in the narrative category was rewarded with “Roadie,” an absorbing drama from director-cowriter Michael Cuesta (“L.I.E.” and “Twelve and Holding”). In the 95-minute film, the underrated Ron Eldard gives a moving performance as Jimmy, a roadie for two decades with Blue Oyster Cult. After being fired, Jimmy heads home to visit his mother (the redoubtable Lois Smith)...
- 4/26/2011
- The Wrap
Tribeca: Roadie is not really a movie about rock'n'roll; it's a sort of coming-of-age story for Jimmy, who hasn't really accepted adulthood up until now. How do you describe Jimmy's journey in Roadie? Michael Cuesta: Fear is a big motivator in Roadie. Jimmy defines himself by what he does for a living [he's a roadie for the band Blue Öyster Cult]. He puts a lot of stock in being better than the friends he grew up with and what his mother thinks of him. Having to come home to the neighborhood he grew up in, see his mother and old friends, is his worst nightmare. He knows that all of the things that he depended on for most of his life are about to crumble. He has to lie, do whatever it takes to stay afloat and keep his dream - his idea of who he is - alive. Little does he know, his life ...
- 4/8/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
Recently the Tribeca Film Festival announced it’s lineup for its heavy hitters: Spotlight, Cinemania, and Specials Screening sections. With selections such as Troll Hunters, Let the Bullets Fly, and Point Blank only scratching the surface of the variety and diversity of this year’s slate, Tff 2011 is looking out to be very promising. Check out the lineups by viewing the press release below. The remaining feature films will be announced March 23, with full coverage by the end of April.
10th Tribeca Film Festival Announces Film Selections
For Spotlight And Cinemania Sections And Special Screenings
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Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival Lineup Also Revealed
New York, NY [March 14, 2011] – The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from...
10th Tribeca Film Festival Announces Film Selections
For Spotlight And Cinemania Sections And Special Screenings
***
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival Lineup Also Revealed
New York, NY [March 14, 2011] – The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from...
- 3/16/2011
- by Christopher Clemente
- SoundOnSight
Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival Lineup Also Revealed
New York, NY [March 14, 2011] . The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
.Now that the majority of the program has been announced I believe you will see the rich variety and quality of the films and talent that we are presenting at Tribeca this year,. said David Kwok, Director of Programming. .The program is about both discovery and showcasing a broad range of filmmaking to our eclectic and diverse audiences who are passionate about film..
.This year.s Spotlight is a mixture of carefully selected festival favorites from around the globe, highly anticipated releases, a number of new works by high...
New York, NY [March 14, 2011] . The Tribeca Film Festival (Tff), presented by American Express, today announced its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup. The 10th edition of the Festival will take place from April 20 to May 1 in lower Manhattan.
.Now that the majority of the program has been announced I believe you will see the rich variety and quality of the films and talent that we are presenting at Tribeca this year,. said David Kwok, Director of Programming. .The program is about both discovery and showcasing a broad range of filmmaking to our eclectic and diverse audiences who are passionate about film..
.This year.s Spotlight is a mixture of carefully selected festival favorites from around the globe, highly anticipated releases, a number of new works by high...
- 3/15/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 10th Tribeca Film Festival (April 20-May 1) announced Monday its feature film selections in the Spotlight and Cinemania sections, as well as Special Screenings and the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival lineup.
Spotlight is comprised of 33 films, including 16 documentaries and 17 narratives, 16 of which will world premiere at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers an eclectic assortment of eight narrative films that defy categorization from all around the world.
Meanwhile, the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival will feature the world premiere of Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s “Catching Hell” as its Centerpiece Gala. The film explores the relationship between Chicago Cubs fans and Steve Bartman following his infamous near-catch of a foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series.
The complete list of films selected for Spotlight, Cinemania, and Special Screenings follow, as well as the titles in the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival. Descriptions were provided by the festival.
Spotlight is comprised of 33 films, including 16 documentaries and 17 narratives, 16 of which will world premiere at the Festival. The Cinemania section offers an eclectic assortment of eight narrative films that defy categorization from all around the world.
Meanwhile, the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival will feature the world premiere of Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney’s “Catching Hell” as its Centerpiece Gala. The film explores the relationship between Chicago Cubs fans and Steve Bartman following his infamous near-catch of a foul ball in Game 6 of the 2003 National League Championship Series.
The complete list of films selected for Spotlight, Cinemania, and Special Screenings follow, as well as the titles in the Tribeca/Espn Sports Film Festival. Descriptions were provided by the festival.
- 3/14/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
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