Official Selection from Cannes “The Go-Getter” features the music of M.Ward. Little miss “R” sunshine. Staring Zooey Deschanel, Jena Malone, and Lou Taylor Pucci. Starts this Friday.

Making the Mission (Short Films)

Short films about big adventures, including the award-winning post-Katrina shipwreck epic “Glory At Sea,” co-funded by the Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund.

Rooftop Films: Making the Mission
Thu 6/12 (8PM) @ on the lawn of Automotive High School
50 Bedford Ave, between N. 12th and Lorimer, Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY Map
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THE FILMS

L’Evasion (Breakout) (Arnaud Demuynck | Roubaix, France | 9:00)
A man is in prison. His cellmate is tortured to death. When the guards come for him, he escapes and performs a final dance of death.

Force 1 TD (Randy Krallman | New York, NY | 11:00)
With prom just a few days away, Carmine needs a very special pair of sneakers. Three teenagers and a seeing-eye horse embark on a seemingly simple quest.

The Tale of How (The Blackheart Gang | Cape Town, South Africa | 4:00)
A dazzling animated opera about an octopus island that’s eating all the dodo birds. You’ll want to check out the Dr. Seussian lyrics later: http://theblackheartgang.com/2007/12/…

Glory At Sea (Benh Zeitlin | Brooklyn & New Orleans | 25:00)
“Glory at Sea celebrates hope and community and love in a world that is cruel and indifferent. To survive we must all stick together, we must love one another, we must believe. Without those grand human forces at work, we’ll never make it to the bottom of the sea to hug our loved ones once again.” — Michael Tully, IndieWire & Hammer To Nail.

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He has been living in Lowel Mass. filming a movie, and keeping a blog. Excerpt from the most recent post…

“Week fourteen - June 2008

Went to New York again for the weekend.

Gave Louis a ride on the old jet. We had dinner on the Upper East Side then Louis checked in to a hotel as he had forgotten his house keys.

He also left his phone behind.

Then he forgot he was having a sofa delivered.

Then he nearly missed the plane back.

Then when we got back to Lowell he realised that he’d left his Lowell keys in New York.

Fuck me. He’s 40 years old.

Then he told me that he was immediately driving back to Upstate New York to be present at the cremation of his dog Loona.

She was killed yesterday by a truck and Louis wanted to see her one last time.

He was really broken up about it and the way he talked about her almost made me cry. She was a lovely dog apparently and Louis is a lovely man.

The plane journey by the way was pretty scary. We were warned as we boarded of “really bad turbulence”. It was indeed really bad, but I was nowhere near as scared as I thought I would be when I saw how scared Louis was. I nearly burst at the mad things he was shouting out in fear. Luckily, I taped it and will stick it on this blog next week sometime.”

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Vice Films and VBS.TV present Heavy Metal in Baghdad.  Limited Theatrical release begins May 23.

New York: Clearview Cinema 1871 Broadway at 62nd St.

LA: Laemmle Sunset 5 8000 W Sunset Blvd

For those not living in these cultural hubs, it will be available on DVD June 10th!

Killer Films are producing John Waters’ FRUITCAKE, with Johnny Knoxville and Parker Posey attached to star, reported Hollywood Reporter.

The FRUITCAKE plot is not known, but the title is derived from the lead character who was named after his favorite fruit. He runs away from home during the holidays after his parents are caught shoplifting meat then winds up with a runaway girl raised by two gay men and searching for her birth mother. Enough said…..

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