Archive for December 6th, 2007

100% Life of Reilly

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 16, 2007 (Limited) Beloved late actor Charles Nelson Reilly headlines his one man show SAVE IT FOR THE STAGE: THE LIFE OF REILLY in this filmed performance.

38% Choking Man

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

IN THEATRES NOVEMBER 9, 2007 (Limited) Set in New York’s Jamaica, Queens, CHOKING MAN illustrates the neighborhood’s rich diversity.

100% Quantum Hoops

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

While most sports films celebrate the quest for a championship, “Quantum Hoops” follows a team that is searching for a single win.

42% Bella

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Despite some fine performances and heartfelt moments, Bella is ultimately a simplistic, mostly pedestrian drama.

33% Rails & Ties

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Despite the strong cast, Rails & Ties is an emotionally overwrought, not entirely believable melodrama.

100% The Violin

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio live a double life: on one hand they are musicians and humble farmers, on the other they support the campesina peasant guerilla movement’s armed efforts against the oppressive government.

95% Pete Seeger: The Power of Song

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

IN THEATRES OCTOBER 26, 2007 (Limited) Pete Seeger is a revered singer and performer, an ambassador of the world’s folk music traditions, and a patriot, but whenever Jim Brown’s very moving documentary verges too close to hagiography, interviews with the gently self-effacing subject himself steer the focus back onto the issues and the music.

30% Midnight Eagle

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Coming out in New York and Japan on November 23rd and expanding to Los Angeles on December 7th is Midnight Eagle, the new Japanese film from Strand Releasing.

100% I for India

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

In 1965 Yash Pal Suri left India for the U.K. The first thing he does on his arrival in England is to buy 2 Super 8 cameras, 2 projectors and 2 reel to reel recorders.

23% Badland

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Jerry is a Marine reservist who was a young patriot and idealist when he served in the first Gulf War.