Let's start this week's Indie Roundup by noting Eugene Novikov's fine article on seven indies that deserve a little love in the next few months. Beyond his picks, my indie summer begins with Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control. Jarmusch is an idiosyncratic director who continues to riff on some of the same themes that have occupied his subtle, haunting, and beautiful films since the 1980s. His latest, photographed by Christopher Doyle, follows a mysterious loner (Isaach De Bankolé) who journeys across Spain. It opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday before expanding in the following weeks.
Deals. Zheng Wei's drama Fish Eyes, which is screening this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, has been picked up by Benten/Watchmaker Films. Shot on a tiny budget with non-professional actors, and set during the period between the Sichuan earthquake and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the film revolves around a father,...
Deals. Zheng Wei's drama Fish Eyes, which is screening this week at the Tribeca Film Festival, has been picked up by Benten/Watchmaker Films. Shot on a tiny budget with non-professional actors, and set during the period between the Sichuan earthquake and the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the film revolves around a father,...
- 4/30/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
Adding to our indie film features this week, we have the trailer for Marc H. Simon and Matthew Makar's documentary "Nursery University." Release date is for April 24th, only in New York. Simon also wrote the 2005 documentary "After Innocence" which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. See the trailer here. Nursery University tells the story of five families navigating the oddly competitive environment of New York City preschool admissions. The film follows the families’ journeys, and the school directors who must determine which precious applicants to admit. In doing so, Nursery University examines inequities in the system, as well as the realities, perceptions, and motivations that have infused the process with so much tension. And while the film raises basic questions about current societal truths that lead to New York’s preschool scramble, the film ultimately conveys the humor, joy and pride associated with the...
- 3/21/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Adding to our indie film features this week, we have the trailer for Marc H. Simon and Matthew Makar's documentary "Nursery University." Release date is for April 24th, only in New York. Simon also wrote the 2005 documentary "After Innocence" which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Nursery University tells the story of five families navigating the oddly competitive environment of New York City preschool admissions. The film follows the families’ journeys, and the school directors who must determine which precious applicants to admit. In doing so, Nursery University examines inequities in the system, as well...
- 3/21/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Adding to our indie film features this week, we have the trailer for Marc H. Simon and Matthew Makar's documentary "Nursery University." Release date is for April 24th, only in New York. Simon also wrote the 2005 documentary "After Innocence" which won the Special Jury Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Nursery University tells the story of five families navigating the oddly competitive environment of New York City preschool admissions. The film follows the families’ journeys, and the school directors who must determine which precious applicants to admit. In doing so, Nursery University examines inequities in the system, as well...
- 3/21/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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