Joaquin Phoenix, I’m Still Here (trailer)
just released: the trailer for Casey Affleck's highly anticipated documentary focusing on Joaquin Phoenix's lost year. despite the great deal of controversy around his change in pace (drugs? depression? it's all a joke?) one thing is for sure - Joaquin is embarking on a new chapter. i'm anxious to see what will unfold next!
Wu-Tang Revealed: Documentary (trailer)
Wu-Tang is as synonymous with hiphop as the letters that spell the genre. 10 years in the making, Wu-Tang Revealed aims to give us a glimpse into one of the most intriguing groups ever to have graced the planet. directed by GZA, the documentary portrays the Wu in it's rawest.... just like ODB's vocabulary.
Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Geek Tragedy (trailer)
oooh, this looks good! from the same group that brought us Copyright Criminals.
TRON Legacy – New Trailer!!
Omar Broadway Shoots 6 Months of Film While in Prison
Omar Broadway joined the Bloods while in Northern State Prison in Newark, NJ. embedded in the Blood Gang Unit, he decided to sneak a video camera into prison to record the activities within... and then release a movie! to be released on HBO, the film documents the insanity and violence within the prison... this is not a CNN interview, this is the rough, rugged and raw realness, behind steel bars. premiers on HBO on July 14 at 8pm. visit the site: http://omarbroadwayfilm.com/.
Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967
if only i had a cool G to blow... Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961-1967 available for purchase from Taschen Books for $1,000. "This book represents Dennis Hopper's America in the 1960's" - Tony Shafrazi. what an incredible time capsule!
The Kickstarter Film Festival
On Friday, July 9th, Kickstarter and Rooftop Films are hosting the first annual Kickstarter Film Festival on the roof of the OId American Can Factory in Brooklyn.
The festival will feature 90 minutes of film and video from a dozen Kickstarter projects, including feature films, stop-motion animation, documentaries, art, and dance. All of them amazing.
Engkwentro (trailer)
i don't know that i can convey the message of this any better than the description on the film's site:
Inspired by true events, Engkwentro follows the last 24 hours of Richard and Raymond, two teenage brothers on opposite sides of a gang war. In order to escape a city controlled by an iron-fisted mayor, they must first break away from the cycle of crime, meanwhile trying to run from the state's murderous vigilantes.
With a career-making performance by young heartthrob Felix Roco, son of cinema legend Bembol Roco, and directed by 22-year-old Pepe Diokno, Engkwentro took home two awards at September's Venice Film Festival -- including the Premio Orizzonti for new trends in cinema, and the US$ 100,000 Lion of the Future Award for Best Debut Film.
TRON Evolution – The Game (trailer)
duuuuude! i know it doesn't contain any actual game footage, but if it's any indication as to what the movie will be like, i'm SUUUUPER stoked!
Mr. Nice (trailer)
oooh... i'm such a sucker for dramas based on real criminals! from Wikipedia:
Dennis Howard Marks (born 13 August 1945 in Kenfig Hill, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales) is a former teacher, drug smuggler and author who achieved notoriety as an international hashish smuggler through high-profile court cases, supposed connections with groups such as the IRA, and the Mafia, and his eventual conviction at the hands of the American Drug Enforcement Administration. At the height of his drug career, he was said to have controlled 10% of the world's hashish trade
