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Le Merigot, Suite 220, 1740 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica
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WHAT MAISIE KNEW
by SCOTT MCGEHEE and DAVID SIEGEL
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USA, 2012, 95', English, Drama
Cast: Julianne Moore, Alexander Skarsgård, Steve Coogan, Onata Aprile, Joanna Vanderham
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Based on a contemporary interpretation of the classic Henry James novel, and set in present day New York City, the story centers on Maisie, a charming but vulnerable seven-year-old girl enmeshed in the bitter divorce of her mother (Julianne Moore), an aging rock and roll icon, and her distracted and meandering father (Steve Coogan), an international art dealer. As Maisie is shuttled back and forth between them, she comes to rely more and more on her parents’ new companions; the happy go-lucky hunky bartender Lincoln (Alexander Skarsgård) and the “soon to be” ex-nanny Margo (Joanna Vanderham). With the two of them taking over the responsibilities of watching over Maisie, they begin to see how selfish and damaged Maisie’s parents really are, and find themselves falling in love with one another. Maisie sees how they each match far more than her own parents match them. In Margo and Lincoln, Maisie finds the parenting, the love and the family she craves.
Darkly comic and emotionally compelling, WHAT MAISIE KNEW is an evocative portrayal of the chaos and complexity of modern relationships and the meaning of family.
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Nov 3
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Broadway Cineplex 2
Broadway Cineplex 2
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TOUCH OF THE LIGHT
by CHANG Jung-Chi
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Taiwan/Hong Kong, 2012, 110’, Mandarin, Drama
Cast: Sandrine PINNA, HUANG Yu-Siang, LEE Leih
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Best Actress, Audience Choice Award - Taipei Film Festival 2012;
Audience Award - Busan International Film Festival 2012
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Based on true events related to the life of up and coming Taiwanese piano prodigy Yu Hsiang (played by himself), TOUCH OF THE LIGHT is a story of inspiration, discovery and love. Born to a rural family in Taiwan unprepared for the birth of a blind son, Yu Hsiang was a curious and precocious child. Touch and sound were everything to him. With his hands, he could feel better than anyone; with his ears and his tape recorder he could hear better than anyone. Taken together with the love of his mother, he had an inner sight and peace that enabled his imagination to soar and he excelled at the piano. Now he is about to face the real world as he leaves his family behind in order to attend university where he must compete on the same playing field as sighted students and to find his own way. He soon crosses paths with Chieh (Sandrine Pinna), a beautiful but frustrated cold drinks vendor who dreams of being a dancer. When she witnesses Yu Hsiang’s fearless determination and optimism, she is inspired to hold on to her dream.
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Nov 5
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5.00 pm
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Criterion 3
Tunnel Post Screening Room 233 Wilshire Blvd *Private
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BWAKAW
by JUN ROBLES LANA
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Philippines,
2012, 110', Tagalog, Drama/Comedy
Cast: Eddie
Garcia, Rez Cortez, Gardo Versoza, Armida Siguion Reyna
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BWAKAW
is an award winning, life-affirming, heartwarming, tear-jerker dramatic/comedy
that shows that it’s never too late to rediscover yourself. Starring veteran
Filipino superstar Eddie Garcia as Rene, a cantankerous grumpy aging gay man who
has only come out of the closet recently while in his 70’s; he lives alone with
only the companionship of an affectionate stray dog (Bwakaw) to keep him
company. As he goes about his daily life thinking of his mortality and
constantly rewriting his will to reallocate his few possessions to his “friends”
and dodging the coffin that he bought on sale years earlier that sits in the
middle of his rural home, he is compelled to confront his isolation and seek the
help and support of others when Bwakaw becomes gravely ill. Garcia delivers the
performance of a lifetime.
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Nov 5
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Broadway Cineplex 3
Broadway Cineplex 4
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REDEMPTION STREET
by MIROSLAV TERZIĆ
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Serbia, 2012, 97’, Serbian, Thriller
Cast: Gordan Kičić, Rade Šerbedžija, Uliks Fehmiu
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A young deputy prosecutor, Dusan, is assigned to investigate the formation of a paramilitary group. Quickly he comes to learn that this is a branch of the “First Pioneer’s”, a group which was operating on the battlefields in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, after which they disappeared without a trace. Dusan is determined to bring the case to a positive resolution in order to show his father, a famous retired law professor and to his boss, a senior war crimes prosecutor, that he is capable of the job. For Dusan, this becomes much more than a simple case; it becomes a matter of personal confrontation and conviction.
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Nov 2
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Laemmle Monica 4
Laemmle Monica 4
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WHITE FROG
by QUENTIN LEE
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USA, English, 93’, Coming of
Age/Drama
Cast: Booboo Stewart, Joan Chen, BD Wong, Harry Shum Jr., Gregg Sulkin, Tyler Posey, Justin Martin, Manish Dayal, Talulah Riley, Kelly Hu, Amy Hill
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WHITE
FROG is an emotional story of the universal power of family, friendship and
love positioned to appeal to a broad audience in vein of ORDINARY PEOPLE meets
STAND BY ME. CHAZ YOUNG, 18, (GLEE’s Harry Shum Jr.) is the perfect son, the
most popular kid in school with a close circle of great friends, headed for the
Ivy League, and the best older brother a sibling could ask for -- particularly
for NICK, 15, (TWILIGHT SAGA’s Booboo Stewart) who struggles with Asperger’s
Syndrome. At home, Chaz keeps the peace between his father OLIVER (LAW AND
ORDER’s BD Wong) and mother IRENE (THE LAST EMPEROR’s Joan Chen) while running
interference for Nick who is barely acknowledged by his conservative parents.
When Chaz dies in a tragic car accident, the family spirals into disarray.
Nick, without his anchor, turns to Chaz’s friends for answers and discovers
that in life and family there are secrets and lies, defeat and accomplishment,
triumph and love.
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Nov 5
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Criterion 6
Criterion 6
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AN END TO KILLING
by WANG PING
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China, 2012, Mandarin, Epic
Action/Drama
Cast: Zhao Youliang, Tu Men, Park Yejin, Geng Le, Yu Shaoqun and Li Xiaoran
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The story is set against the backdrop of the later years of the reign of
Genghis Khan. At a point when his power was at its peak, he decided to push westward
wanting to enlarge his empire so that he could see it stretch from “the place
where the sun rises to the city where the sun sets.” Smart, cunning, vicious
and strategic; at that point in his life, no one could equal him and no one
dared challenge him. That was until a master Daoist priest, Qiu Chuji came down
from his mountain monastery, pursued Genghis Khan for three years and convinced
him that immortality was only possible if he gave up violence and killing. Thus
the mighty Khan was tamed.
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Nov 5
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AMC Santa Monica
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SHIP OF THESEUS
by ANAND GANDHI
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India, 2012, 139', Hindi,
Drama
Cast: Aida El-Kashef, Soham Shah, Neeraj Kabi
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Director Anand Gandhi poses an age old question, “If the parts of a ship
are replaced bit-by-bit, is it still the same ship? “
SHIP OF THESEUS explores the moral and ethical boundaries of human
existence as told through the stories of three disparate individuals – an
experimental photographer, an ailing monk, and a young stockbroker—all of whom
unknowingly have a connection. These three people manifest philosophical
dilemmas in their personal lives, but their narratives converge to reveal an
even larger fabric of connections, meaning, beauty, existence and death in a
delicately poetic finale.
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FULL CIRCLE
by ZHANG YANG
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China, 2012, Mandarin,
Comedy/Drama
Cast: XU Huanshan, WU Tianming, LI Bin, YAN Bingyan
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A group of irrepressible senior citizens living in a nursing home are
energized when they decide to compete in a television variety show. Although
some are afflicted with serious illnesses and others are slightly demented and
most have been abandoned by their children, all of them have a charm and an
energy which is infectious. In short order they forge a common dream of
participating in the competition which will soon be taking place in a faraway
city near the sea. But the head of the nursing home stops them because she does
not want to be held liable in case anyone gets hurt. The intrepid seniors
decide to take things into their own hands by buying an old bus, sneaking out,
and setting out on this journey of a lifetime... where they rediscover their
sense of adventure, love, and life.
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Nov 5
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Fairmont 2
Fairmont 1
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BEIJING
FLICKERS
by ZHANG YUAN
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China, 2012, 96', Mandarin,
Drama
Cast: Duan Bowen, Lv Yulai, Shi Shi, Li Xinyun, Han Wenwen
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From the eye and artistry of renowned, award-winning director Zhang Yuan
and calling to mind his classic film BEIJING BASTARDS from the early 1990’s,
comes BEIJING FLICKERS, an updated and new perspective on life in contemporary
Beijing where beneath the dazzling economic boom exists the downtrodden and
forgotten “little people” who bear the weight of life’s trials and
tribulations. Beijing has transformed itself
into one of the world’s huge and chaotic mega-cities; in this bubbling and
exciting cauldron, four unlikely friends struggle with their own life
predicaments sometimes lifted up and sometimes beaten down by the glamorous,
modern, and prosperous city of Beijing.
They may not have much, but at least they have each other.
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Fairmont 5
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MISS LOVELY
by ASHIM AHLUWALIA
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India, 2012, Hindi, Drama
Cast: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh (former Miss India), Anil
George
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Set
against the colorfully garish, seedy, and exotic backdrop of Bombay’s “C” movie
business of the 1980’s when the underbelly of Bollywood churned out sleazy
social dramas, campy horror films and erotic bandit pictures, MISS LOVELY tells
the tale of two brothers immersed in this universe who eventually turn on each
other in a sordid tale of betrayal, doomed love, jealousy and revenge.
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Oct 31
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Criterion 3
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SIMON KILLER
by ANTONIO CAMPOS
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USA, 2012, 105’, English, Psychological Drama
Cast: Brady Corbet, Mati Diop, Michaël Abiteboul
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Brady
Corbet plays Simon, a recent college graduate full of promise and potential,
who goes to Paris to begin a trip around Europe after a bad break-up with his long-time
girlfriend. Although he’s leaving behind a bad memory, he can’t manage to shake
off his feelings of loss. Like many young people living overseas and away from
home for the first time, he’s both an adventurer and an outsider in a very
strange land. When Simon falls in love with a young, mysterious prostitute,
their fateful journey begins.
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Nov 5
Nov 5
Nov 7
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Criterion 3
Criterion 3
Chinese 2 *AFI
Chinese 4 *AFI
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SCATTER MY ASHES AT BERGDORF’S
by MATTHEW MIELE
USA, English, Documentary
Status: Post Production
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BORGMAN
by ALEX VAN WARMERDAM
The Netherlands / Belgium / Denmark, Dutch, Drama
Status: Post Production
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by
JAMES LEONG
Singapore,
Suspense/Thriller
Cast: Sean
Li, Venus
Wong
Status: Post Production
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DJINN
by
TOBE HOOPER
UAE,
English/Arabic, Supernatural Horror
Thriller
Cast: Khalid
Laith, Razane Jammal
Status: Post Production
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HOW
TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES
by JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL
USA,
English, Romance/Sci-Fi/Music
Status: In Development
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MONSOON
SHOOTOUT
by AMIT KUMAR
India,
Hindi, Action/Thriller
Cast: Vijay Verma, Nawazuddin Siddiqi, Tannishtha
Chatterjee
Status: Post Production
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SUNSET SONG
by TERENCE DAVIES
UK, English
Cast: Peter Mullan (WAR HORSE),
Agyness Deyn
Status: Pre-production
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