aviyal is an independent tamil anthology film written and directed by six directors such as alphonse putharen , shameer sultan , mohit mehra , lokesh kanagaraj and guru smaran .

actors including nivin pauly , bobby simha and arjunan nandakumar have featured in the short films included in the anthology .

produced by karthik subbaraj 's stone bench creations , it is the second venture after bench talkies - the first bench .

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stone bench creations already has two anthology films—bench talkies and aviyal—to its credit , but this film , starring vaibhav reddy in the lead , will be its first foray into the feature film space .
the film has gone through conventional channels of the film market such as the censor , box office release routes and online promotion platforms .
an anthology film is coming this february and it will be something very big from kollwood . the film is titled as aviyal and it will feature films by directors like alphonse puthren , yogesh , mohit , shameer , guru and karthik subbaraj . as per reports alphonse puthren’s film will have nivin pauly playing the lead and it may be the short film they made some years back named as eli .
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aviyal is an anthology feature film of five fun - filled , entertaining stories , starring bobby simha , nivin pauly and many more . produced by karthik subbaraj ' s . . .
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aviyal movie releasing in 2016 watch trailers , showtimes , story , cast , director and book tickets for nearest theatre in on bookmyshow . - bookmyshow . aviyal is an independent tamil anthology film written and directed by six . and the initial release is on 11th march 2016 along with mappla singam and .
some reports says that this film avial will be an anthology film created by joining together the best short films made by the above mentioned directors . the film will be released in theaters by thenandal films and it is coming out from stonebenchers creation .
“a theatrical release is not possible for a short film . that is why we decided to combine them and present it like a feature film , ” explains karthik .
the film will be released in satyam and pvr theatres in coimbatore , chennai and bangalore on march 6 .
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they are planning to release this kind of a venture once every two months with different sets of film makers , says karthik , “we will follow the same format of six short films and will feature film heroes and renowned film makers as well , along with new talent . it will be an educative experience for young directors . ”
aviyal ( aka ) avial is a tamil movie with production by stone bench creations , direction by alphonse putharen , guru smaran , lokesh kanagaraj , mohit mehra , shammeer sultan , cinematography by mathan gunadeva . the cast of aviyal ( aka ) avial includes bobby simha , deepak paramesh , nivin pauly , rohit nandakumar .
aviyal is a collection of five tamil short films made by various directors , including alphonse puthren , sameer sulthan , lokesh kanakaraj , mohit mehra and guru smaran .
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veteran directors bharathiraja and mani ratnam , who are the chief guests for the event , will likely launch the film officially .
stone bench creations has been helping young film makers since its inception . its sister wings , bench flix , bench sub and bench cast aid short film makers to find revenue for their work , subtitle their films and make casting more professional . “right from the time we started the company , we have been exploring the possibilities of finding new markets for indie film makers . they need money not just to distribute their films but also share them and send them for film festivals , ” says karthik .
the social media is flooded with posts of the trailer of bench talkies , which stars vijay sethupathi , the face of tamil new wave cinema . it is a film that comes from stone bench creations , set up by karthik subbaraj . the idea is to support indie film makers . bench talkies knits together six short films , directed by different film makers , including karthik himself .
in addition to this , word has it that the title for karthik’s film with prabhudheva will also be revealed at this event .
“through this initiative our main motive is to sustain short film as a genre and promote genuine , good quality ones , ” says karthik .
the third tale , kanneer anjali , by guru smaran gets mixed responses . though not the tastiest ingredient that makes up the aviyal , it contributes to the simplicity and originality of the film . this story is about the incidents that follow after two friends set out on a journey to rameswaram to perform the final rituals with their friend ' s ashes . the roles of dosa and bra have been believably executed by the actors but the film could have been more engaging .
even though these are short films , the experience will be similar to that of watching a full length film , assures karthik . “you can expect comedy , social message , thrills , fiction and entertainment . each film is different . you get to enjoy a variety of genres . ”
sri thenandal films is a leading tamil film production & distribution house headed by mr . murali ramaswamy , son of veteran dir mr . ramanarayan .
the six films in bench talkies have been chosen from 2000 short film entries . “we received the entries on benchflix . com , an online platform where short film makers can upload their works . a panel judged the films . we filtered out 30 to 35 films and selected the six best out of them . ”
baradwaj rangan of the hindu said that aviyal , the second anthology of tamil shorts , was a huge improvement from the first instalment
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and it was a lip - smacking mix .
“we chose coimbatore because it is a hub of independent film makers . we know there will be a crowd here that will appreciate this venture , ” says karthik .
karthik first directed a short film titled kaatchipizhai for kalainagar tv ' s television show , naalaya iyakunar . he made his commercial directorial debut with the 2012 thriller movie , pizza , starring
karthik subbaraj is one of the most promising directors in kollywood and his films like pizza , jigarthanda etc had won great critical and commercial acclaim . his upcoming movie is iraivi and the trailer of the film already out and going viral all over social media as well . the news about this anthology film named avial is said by karthik subbaraj himself through his official twitter account .
aviyal ( aka ) avial is a tamil movie with production by stone bench creations , direction by alphonse putharen , guru smaran , lokesh kanagaraj , mohit mehra , shammeer sultan , cinematography by anend c chandran , kugan s palani , mathan gunadeva , selva kumar , suriya rajarajan , editing by alphonse putharen , anil krishnan , boopathi raj , mathan gunadev , philomin raj , prasanna gk , rohit . the cast of aviyal ( aka ) avial includes bobby simha , deepak paramesh , nivin pauly , rohit nandakumar .
karthik subbaraj is an indian film director who is popularly known for his debut movie , pizza ( 2012 ) , which was a box office hit . he has also directed the critically acclaimed movie
the movie starts off with an intro scene directed by shammeer sultan , before going into the shorts and it makes no mistake in conveying to the audience that this movie is all about the directors and their story’s worth . after a very impressive prelude , aviyal unfold its first tale .
it is siddiqui , the underdog hero , who holds the film together , with his sharp tongue and ready retorts . the simmering anger and a hunger to succeed that are so embedded in his edgy personality work well for his character .
alphonse putharen adds the spice to the recipe with his story titled eli . the plot features bobby simha in a gangster role narrating a story on screen which slowly carries one’s curiosity level to great heights . eli with its comical and off beat revelation makes a great seasoning for the movie aviyal and concludes it on a satisfactory note . nivin pauly and bobby simha perfect their appearances evidently . overall aviyal does a smooth job of entertaining the viewers and most certainly does not disappoint . though after the movie one might feel the pang of the absence of a usual movie pattern , the satisfaction of having watched something new and offbeat will make up for it .
stone bench creations’ bench flix is an integrated aggregation and distribution platform for short films and is uniquely positioned in the space with over 1400 short films being curated under their banner . besides , bench flix has played an integral role in bringing a mainstream credibility to this segment . their most recent wins being the ‘bench talkies’ the successful theatrical release of short film as a feature and soon to be followed by ‘aviyal’ in december this year . culture machine , the only digital entertainment company that brings together great content with great technology giving it an undisputed edge , reaches out to 4 million subscribers through its expansive network .
“with respect to content quality and viewership , short film segment is surely main stream material and ‘making short films big’ is our core vision . bench culture , the collaboration between bench flix and culture machine is powerful and complementing in building a brand for quality short films across the world” says karthik subbaraj .
mumbai : a digital video entertainment company culture machine and karthik subbaraj founded bench flix , announced the launch of bench culture , which will curate short films and documentaries across the world . bench culture will open up the world to short film - makers while making it easier for the viewers to access content from domestic and international markets .
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freaky ali is predictable to the core replete with every cliché of a typical sports film that you can possibly think of and , is marked by old fashioned story - telling and over the top , slapstick humour . the added layer is also a done and dusted one , that of a poor man taking to a rich man’s game — golf — and succeeding at it at that .
it will be a treat for us for sure as it joins together the finest young film makers of kollywood anmd alphonse puthren from mollywood . premam and neram had given great reach for alphonse puthren there in tamil nadu as well . karthik subbaraj started with making short films and he had made many short films in his career and the last one released last year named bombay talkies ( neer ) .
also appreciated the movie . deemed as one of the most technically sound films of tamil cinema , the movie grossed inr 35 crore against the budget of an inr 10 crore . it was later revealed that karthik had written the story for jigarthanda before he came up with pizza . however , due to budget constraints , jigarthanda could not be made earlier and karthik came up with the story of pizza . karthik later directed one of the stories in an anthology tamil film ,
second in the lineup is kalam by lokesh kanagaraj . the plot revolves around a filmmaker , played by deepak paramesh , whose dream film does not reach submission because of a pickpocket named michael . what follows is a battle between the two of them , each one trying to get from the other , something that belongs to them . the plot starts out with a firm hold on the audience but slowly loses grip . performance by the cast is excellent and complementing to the unique characterization the director has to offer .
rajesh made his debut as a music director in neram a tamil - malayalam bilingual film which was directed by alphonse putharen and released in 2013 . the music won him immediate attention . the promo song pistah : the run anthem , had gone viral in 2013 . the song pistah also featured as ipl promo song for the year 2016 . [ 4 ] in 2015 , he worked on another movie by alphonse putharen , premam . all the songs in the movie received excellent critical response and the song , ' malare ' broke the record for the fastest song in malayalam to reach 5 lakh hits in youtube .
b ench talkies – the first bench , the first anthology of tamil shorts to receive a theatrical release , was something you sat through with caveats . okay , it’s not great , but these are amateur filmmakers . . . okay , they didn’t have a big - enough budget . . . even so , it was hard to get past some of the shorts that strained to be lyrical , profound – even in this abbreviated screen time , they wanted to leave us with a message . aviyal , the second anthology , is a huge improvement—not just in terms of craft and performances , but also because the filmmakers don’t expect us to watch with caveats . they’re saying : “we’re not amateurs , cutting our teeth on short films . we’re pros , making shorts because we want to make shorts . ” and this is the only message , delivered right at the beginning , in shammeer sultan’s story of a man who , while waiting for his order of bread omelette in a hotel , begins to talk . who is he talking to ? it’s a wicked twist , and mercifully , one that’s not hammered home . we’re not meant to slap our heads . we’re meant to smile and move on .
, he smiles , and then he remembers what she is to him—the smile vanishes . this utterly delightful short takes more risks with the romance than i’ve seen in a while . apart from the incest angle , there’s a noir element too , with shades of blackmail and even a femme fatale who strings a patsy along . i laughed loud on seeing a literal visualisation of that wonderfully indian phrase , “nose cut . ”
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commenting on the launch of the platform culture machine ceo and co - founder sameer pitalwalla said , “ bench culture is a great platform that will provide the best of short films that are still unrecognised and create great entertainment for the internet generation . ”
the collaboration sees the coming together of the two powerhouses bringing their strengths to bench culture and build a platform that provides unprecedented opportunities for both the films and their makers .
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shruthi bedham is director mohit mehra’s tale of raj , a regular guy living with his parents . all seems to be normal in his life until shruti enters . what happens next is an unfolding of a complete laugh riot revolving around the complexity behind the love he develops for her . shruthi bedham is filled with unexpected plot turns that are smooth and convincingly comical .
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this friday , bollywood spans the class divide : from the uber rich of baar baar dekho to the underprivileged of freaky ali . but there’s very little to choose between the two when it comes to compelling viewing .
nawazuddin siddiqui plays ali , an undergarment seller and an extortionist who purely by chance becomes “golf ka sachin” . as he grows in the game , his attire — the trousers and t - shirts — progress from the cheap and loud to the chic . other than the rich golfing rival ( jas arora ) , all the people that surround ali are essentially good at heart . that is , even the bumbling , harmless goons , who seem to be leftovers from the sets of munnabhai . add to it a sweater - knitting maa ( seema biswas ) and a friend - cum - sidekick ( arbaaz khan ) and the picture is complete .
there is some kader khan like dialoguebaazi written by raaj shaandilyaa – “gareeb log jeette hain ya seekhte hain , haarte nahin” ( the poor people live or learn , but never lose ) . however , most times it lapses into crude jokes and some cringe - worthy inanities like “garments aur undergarments mein bahut farak hota hai” ( there’s a lot of difference between garments and undergarments ) . who doesn’t know that ? to top it all , women ( aurat ) are spoken of as a trophy / achievement in life for the man , in the same vein as izzat , shohrat aur daulat ( respect , fame and wealth ) . not cool at all .
karthik completed his schooling from the sboa matriculation and higher secondary school , which is in madurai , and later studied mechatronics at the thiagarajar college of engineering . karthik ' s father gararaj is an actor and has appeared in supporting characters in movies such as onaayum aattukuttiyum and mundasupati . while karthik was in college he performed at many stage shows .
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homecoming is a 2009 american independent horror-thriller film , directed by morgan j. freeman and written by katie l. fetting , jake goldberger and frank hannah .

the film follows a student couple , mike ( matt long ) and elizabeth ( jessica stroup ) , on their homecoming .

elizabeth is taken home by mike 's ex-girlfriend shelby ( mischa barton ) after a road accident .

shelby is soon revealed to be fixated on mike and subsequently treats elizabeth in a cruel and deranged manner .

homecoming ( 2009 film )

animated short film , 14 : 00 min . , 2009 a national film board of canada production watch
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by 1 : 30 on homecoming saturday , over 60 film alumni had arrived in kingston .
titled drake’s homecoming : the lost footage , the flick captures the ovo rapper’s sold out show at toronto sound academy in 2009 before he signed with lil wayne’s young money imprint .
homecoming is a 2009 horror , thriller starring mischa barton ( the o . c , the bunker ) jessica stroup ( the hills have eyes 2 , 90210 ) and matt long .
horror | usa , 2009 | 15 | dir . morgan j . freeman | mischa barton , matt long , jessica stroup
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homecoming is coldly efficient for what it is . but what it is is trash .
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horror has the capacity to be a truly subversive genre , and no film makes this point quite as blow to the head bluntly , as joe dante ' s homecoming , the first film to be screamed in the series on friday , january 13th .
drake ' s homecoming : the lost footage , a concert film comprised of footage featuring a 23 - year - old drake performing at toronto ' s sound academy in 2009 , screens for one night only on thursday ( march 19 ) in nearly 350 movie theaters at 7 : 30 est . but drake is distancing himself from the project . on monday ( march 16 ) morning , the rapper tweeted ,
the drake homecoming film is not something ovo or drake have any part in . i feel it is my responsibility to inform and protect my fans .
as massive as peter parker sophomore year is in homecoming , it seems like his junior year is going to be even bigger .
the series is produced by katia nizic for generator pictures , whose short film violent florence premiered at sxsw film festival , and aacta award - nominated director corrie chen will be at the helm , having recently directed episodes of abc me’s mustangs fc . homecoming queens was borne out of a previous collaboration between chen and law on their short film bloomers .
thanks to jackie li and erin prysiaszny for photos , and to everybody who attended film homecoming 2014 . and to all our alumni : feel free to drop in on us anytime at our new home .
rating note : the film contains gory violence , underage drinking and sexual situations .
clarke spoke about queen ' s film studies founder , the late peter harcourt .
oh well . at least the film did something new with may ' s character .
souvenirs of film house were up for auction . ( bricks are still available . )
phoenix film festival : joseph palomino was an administrative intern for this festival in phoenix .
phoenix film festival : allison miller is an administrative intern for this festival in phoenix .
spider - man homecoming is out july 7 . avengers : infinity war is out may 4 , 2018 . the untitled fourth avengers films is out may 3 , 2019 and phase four of the mcu kicks off with spider - man homecoming 2 ( for lack of a better title ) on july 5 , 2019 .
homecoming queens joins the growing list of online series screen australia and sbs have partnered on , including top knot detective , wizards of aus and starting from now .
3 . in some ways , it ' s too much like every other mcu film .
documentary film for unicef and c . b . r . guyana , south america , 1994
scottsdale international film festival : ryan kaupe is a technology intern for this festival in scottsdale .
scottsdale international film festival : amber wojcek was an administrative intern for this festival in scottsdale .
phoenix art museum : ernest quiroz is a film curating intern for this museum in phoenix .
scottsdale international film festival : vanessa maxwell assisted this festival as a video technology projection intern .
zucker productions : jillian nusbaum is a production intern for this film production company in los angeles .
zucker productions : xavier stiles was a production intern for this film production company in los angeles .
phoenix film festival : humberto alcantar and eric forthun were administrative interns for this festival in phoenix .
zucker productions : della anderson was a production intern for this film production company in los angeles .
zucker productions : john haynes was a production intern for this film production company in los angeles .
focus features : tesha crawford is a development intern for this film production company in los angeles .
zucker productions : patrick carroll is a script intern for this film production company in los angeles .
australia – bazmark films / twentieth century fox film corp . – physical / vfx / post - production
indian paintbrush productions : adam galen was a development intern at this film production company in los angeles .
cannes film festival : cassie hall and kelsey norten were festival interns for the american pavilion in france .
mdr entertainment : christopher lewis is a marketing intern for this film and television production company in scottsdale .
the film , shot mostly around pittsburgh , casts barton as shelby , a perky , blonde small - town girl - - and owner of a conveniently remote house - - who ' s a bit put out by her ex bringing his new girlfriend back for the big homecoming weekend .
like i said , i still think this is a great movie . but even great movies have flaws , and these are the problems i had with spider - man : homecoming .
essentially , the movie states quite clearly that it takes place eight years after the events of the avengers . but captain america : civil war takes place eight years after the events in iron man ( which takes place in 2009 , making civil war 2017 . ) and homecoming is supposed to take place six months after civil war , so late 2017 / early 2018 . but the avengers takes place in 2011 or 2012 , which would mean homecoming would take place in 2019 or 2020 , which means that . . . oh you get the picture . the timeline is broken at this point , and it ' s all spider - man ' s fault .
pilgrimage any new fans tom holland wins from “spider - man : homecoming” can catch him here as a 13th - century monk on a dangerous mission to transport a holy relic to rome .
alumnus and former film studies technician marc griffin ( centre ) met current students jon vamos and charlotte orzel .
peach plum pear . colby crites assisted this company as a production intern for the film peach plum pear .
brittany farrell ( with megaphone ) in “whose streets ? ” the film is due out aug . 11 .
the only film that currently has a release date after 2019 ' s mysterious fourth avengers movie is the sequel to spider - man : homecoming . and , according to producer kevin feige , it was planned that way so spider - man could kick off the new incarnation of the marvel cinematic universe .
homecoming is a movie starring mischa barton , matt long , and jessica stroup . a jilted ex - girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover .
speaking of the mcu , it relies on a sometimes confusing timeline of events that spreads across all the films beginning with 2008 ' s iron man . homecoming throws this timeline out of whack .
this film is sort of a re telling of the misery story and again i think that was a real draw factor for me when going into this film . i think weather these actors were in it or not i still would have watched this film ( as it was on uk netflix for a while ) at some point .
allied integrated advertising : holly vandevoorde is a public relations and publicity intern for this film marketing company in phoenix .
allied integrated advertising : rachel murray was a public relations and publicity intern for this film marketing company in phoenix .
indian paintbrush productions : devin berko and andy jeffreys were development interns at this film production company in los angeles .
institute for humanities research : devin berko is directing a film on humanities and sustainability for this institute at asu .
phoenix film festival : andrew buckholz , freddy piñon and marquis simmons are administrative interns for this festival in phoenix .
nettwerk music group : donny hudson served as a film and tv intern in los angeles for this worldwide organization .
really stand out film across the board , really nothing bad to say about ti . it was short and sweet as well running at about 91 minutes long , which i felt was the perfect length for this kind of film .
“much like , as we went into homecoming , we knew all the general pillars , you then need the magic of the writers and directors to bring it all to life , ” feige said . “so we’re in that same position and we’ll actually start putting pen to paper on the next spider - man film in the coming weeks once this film is finally released . but we do know the specifics and the time line . ”
a last photo was taken on the steps of film house , due to be demolished in november for parking space .
zucker productions : allison miller and trent petroff were development and production interns for this film production company in los angeles .
center for film , media , and popular culture : cameron lincoln was an office intern for this center at asu .
center for film , media , and popular culture : tedd roundy is an office intern for this center at asu .
mdr entertainment : christopher coco and christopher lewis served as marketing interns for this film and television production company in scottsdale .
international horror and sci - fi film festival : ernie quiroz served as a programming intern at this festival in phoenix .
ascent experience mount fuji — through a selection of 4 , 000 photographs snapped over 150 years . the dutch artist fiona tan has built this experimental film out of those stills . screenings at film forum in new york will be free .
so with a title like homecoming , it usually paints memories of old 80’s slasher flicks featuring some form of axe wielding maniac and high school location . in this case while homecoming will quickly drum up some similarities to a certain “misery” it still is a great film on it’s own terms . what do we have ? an old girlfriend gone psycho , an intense thriller about lost love , a small town and opportunities on a silver platter . it also asks the question “how well do you really know some one – factor ? ” .
your friendly neighborhood spider - man is back at amc in spider - man : homecoming . we sat down with the cast to discuss the new narrative , diverse characters and amazing action sequences . watch now .
screen queensland’s ceo tracey vieira said : “screen queensland is committed to investing in local production and supporting queensland practitioners . it’s especially exciting to note that the talented team for homecoming queens is female - driven . ”
all eyez on me the contours and contradictions of the life of the rapper tupac shakur ( demetrius shipp jr . , in his first movie ) are recounted in a biopic scheduled to be released on his birthday . danai gurira plays tupac’s mother , a black panther , and jamal woolard is biggie smalls , a . k . a . the notorious b . i . g . , whom he played in the 2009 film “notorious . ” benny boom directed .
there wasn’t really a moment that i felt bored or like the pace was slow . i actually found myself unable to stop watching it . its just an overall great horror film for the halloween season and i can not recommend this film enough .
allied integrated advertising : jessica lavine and hilary eastman were public relations and publicity interns for this film marketing company in phoenix .
allied integrated advertising : whitney holtzman and jessica lavine were public relations and publicity interns for this film marketing company in phoenix .
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i wrote about why it ' s my favorite spider - man film so far already , and i still think that . while the first tobey maguire film was great fun , i have to admit i like holland better in the role , and i enjoyed how the new film let us skip all the uncle ben origin story stuff we ' ve seen so many times before .
scottsdale international film festival : robert cohen was a research intern and ryan kaupe is a technology intern for this festival in scottsdale .
gaia productions . nicholas rogers and whitney glenn served as a production assistant on the feature film gaia that shot in north phoenix .
phoenix film festival . michael grill , todd monchilov , and ellen eichelberger were administrative interns and ernest quiroz was a programming intern .
“notting hill” remains one of the classic romantic comedies of all time . as its star performer hugh grant turns 55 on sept . 9 , 2015 , we take a look at what the actors of the film have been up to since the film’s release in 1999 .
everything must go : ryan thill , emily hammerslag , and freddy piñon are art department interns for this feature film shot in phoenix .
asu center for film , media and popular culture : tedd roundy and michael grill assisted as office interns at this center in tempe .
center for film , media , and popular culture : tedd roundy and michael grill served as office interns for this center at asu .
jenni tosi , film victoria’s ceo said : “a heartfelt congratulations to katia , michelle and chloë for creating the delightful online series homecoming queens , which will utilise melbourne’s state of the art post production facilities and specialists . as a fresh story driven by women , the production will also continue the terrific career trajectory of victorian corrie chen who will direct this entertaining new series . ”
i found myself enjoying this film way to much and i think the main reason was that i didn’t expect much at all so when i seen that the film was actually very good i was really pleased and in fact even shared it with friends who also really enjoyed it .
allied integrated advertising : jessica lavine , holly vandevoorde , and hilary eastman were public relations and publicity interns for this film marketing company in phoenix .
score : a film music documentary going behind the scenes of how film scores are composed , this portrait of the craft features some of the most familiar “music by” credits in the business , including hans zimmer , john williams , danny elfman , quincy jones , rachel portman and thomas newman .
update : drake issued a new statement via twitter on tuesday ( march 17 ) , writing ,
james prince and i stand together on not supporting the drake homecoming footage in theatres . # protectingthefans .
spokespeople for prince and fathom events were not readily available for comment and could not confirm whether prince ' s newly unified stance with drake would impact his role as the film ' s executive producer .
that , at least , could be the pitch - - or zagat ' s description - - of
homecoming ,
a new spooky - girl - with - an - axe flick that is briefly darkening theaters before staggering inevitably to late - night cable .
derek did a slide show of 45 years of film house and some of the people who passed through it . ( online version coming soon . )
homecoming
movie review - -
whatever happened to
the high - school ' s head cheerleader ? she got
obsessed
with her football star ex - boyfriend - - and now she ' s determined to cause all kinds of
misery .
the talented team behind homecoming queens includes writer / creators michelle law , who received acclaim for her sold - out stage play single asian female at la boite theatre company , and chloë reeson , who was shortlisted for the john marsden & hachette prize for young writers .
writer / composer / director daniel janke ; producers martin rose and svend - erik eriksen ; head animators chris auchter and jay white . winner – mity award - dcisff 2009 ; best animation - dreamspeakers ; teueikan award - landinsights festival , montreal ; best short doc - imaginative ; best animated short - aiff , san francisco . finalist - wgc screenwriting award ; nominee - golden sheaf award ; official selection - annecy , france .
nothing in the film is truly , laughably bad , but then - - unlike this year ' s obsessed - - nothing is campily entertaining , either .
liv hewson said , “i ' m thrilled to be a part of homecoming queens . this project is witty , exciting , important and meaningful and i can ' t wait to be back working with michelle , corrie , chloe and the whole wonderful team . strap in ! ”
spider - man : homecoming no , tobey maguire isn’t in this one , and neither is andrew garfield . “spider - man : homecoming” is a reboot of the series , starring tom holland — who played the role in “captain america : civil war” — as a young peter parker . marisa tomei plays aunt may , and robert downey jr . is iron man . sony caught flak for its hiring of a relative rookie , jon watts ( “cop car” ) , to direct , with critics saying that such opportunities are rarely accorded to women with comparable résumés .
stroup done fantasticly well and i thought they had great on screen presence . i honestly can not believe how great mischa was in this compared to some for her other work . i do think this si a film she should be proud of as it show cases exactly how good an actress she is . granted i am not saying any one in this film was oscar worthy at all , i am just saying for the type of film this was everyone done a great job .
after a dismal display of acting in this short film , a special moment in drake’s career will be the focal point of a special one - night concert event .
camera obscura suffering from post - traumatic stress disorder , a war photographer begins to see real premonitions of deaths in his pictures . it’s a horror film , naturally .
i first saw homecoming probably in 2011 . i wanted to see the film because , and i will admit this openly , i was and still am ( to an extent ) a mischa barton fan . i was a fan of her work in the o . c and loved that show even after she left . so when i kept seeing her pop up in odd horror films such as into the dark ( aka i will follow you into the dark ) and walled in i made it a point to seek them out . with this one i was so pleasantly surprised with how genuinely good this film was . lets face it mischa barton does not have a good track record with films in general , however her recent achievement in the bunker ( the hoarder ) totally made me remember why i loved this film so much .
lucky lucky , played by the film’s writer and director , bari king , is an undocumented immigrant who gets enmeshed in a crime web and has to fight his way out .
now lets not forget about matt long – brother of actor justin long , who stared in the cult classic jeepers creepers . he was again very good for this type of film .
scottsdale international film festival : abby vester and bianca tuma are advertising interns , and ernest quiroz is a programming intern , and brian torwelle is an office assistant for this festival in scottsdale .
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spider - man homecoming is out july 7 . a little less than a year later , we’ll see peter parker again in avengers : infinity war . a year after that , we’ll see him again in a still untitled fourth avengers movie . then , two months after the release of avengers 4 , the second spider - man movie comes out .
mike cowap , screen australia’s investment manager online production said , “ homecoming queens began as a strong proof - of - concept pilot , made with support from our development team , which convinced everyone this was a series that needed to be made . we’re thrilled to be working with sbs on demand who are providing a platform to showcase new voices . ”
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sundance film festival : della anderson , amber wojcek , adriana dimatteo , michael bennett , clayton porter , andrew jeffreys , patrick carroll , and john haynes were theater management interns at this festival in utah .
jesús after committing an assault , a teenager ( nicolás durán ) in santiago is forced to confront his father ( alejandro goic ) in a film inspired by a real - life hate crime in chile in 2012 .
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dean demetri martin , a former fixture of “the daily show , ” directed , wrote and stars in this film , playing an illustrator who , after his mother’s death , works through a complicated relationship with his father ( kevin kline ) . from last year’s tribeca film festival , mike hale wrote in the new york times that mr . martin “delivers a winning combination of winsomeness and rue . ” gillian jacobs and mary steenburgen also star .
writer / creator michelle law said , “homecoming queens is a project so close to my heart and the longer i spend with it , the more it continues to challenge me and have me on the floor laughing — we hope it does the same for audiences . i love this team of incredible women and am excited to be collaborating with my longtime co - conspirator , corrie chen . ”
hearing is believing the star of this documentary is rachel flowers , who was born prematurely and went blind , but learned to play music and grew into a vibrant performer . the film follows two years in her family’s life .
short film , 7 : 40 , february 2012 an experimental documentary about the yukon river as flowing from the future into the past . writer / director daniel janke featuring the bozzini string quartet . winner – mity award , dcisff 2012
dawson city : frozen time in the silent era , the gold rush town of dawson city in the yukon was the last stop on the film - shipping circuit . the creative solutions used to dispose of flammable nitrate stock resulted in the inadvertent preservation of 500 films — forgotten reels were excavated in the 1970s . bill morrison ( the found - footage collage “decasia” ) uses those clips to tell a story that interweaves film history and a sociological history of dawson .
a live remix performance of nel shipman’s 1923 classic the grub - stake . composed and directed by daniel janke . feature film released february , 2016 . a production of northern town films . visit the website for screening dates near you .
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the film in short , provides a fully packed thrill ride that escalates into a game with purpose . mischa is at her best playing the role of a psychotic old girlfriend that mirrors many other “girl gone wild” thriller films . for viewers , this film provides all your looking for in a perfect edge of your seat movie that rides out the thrills to the end . whether you looking for a great date movie or just want to be kept glued to the storyline , you wont be disappointed in this intelligent production .
law will also star in the series as michelle , alongside liv hewson as chloë . hewson returns to australia to film the series following international success with roles in netflix’s santa clarita diet , before i fall and the upcoming top of the lake : china girl .
harmonium a prizewinner at cannes , koji fukada’s film captures the ripple effects on one family after the father ( kanji furutachi ) invites an acquaintance ( tadanobu asano ) , a recent ex - convict , to work with him in the garage next to his home .
its predictable . for
b
rate movies this one is better than most . that is why i am giving 4 stars . it has some budget so the film quality , sound and acting in not bad at all . not a bad option if your looking for a sleeper .
lemon this year’s designated sundance squirm comedy stars brett gelman ( who wrote the script with his wife , the film’s director , janicza bravo ) as a 40 - year - old drama teacher who alienates everyone around him . judy greer , michael cera and gillian jacobs endure his disagreeable behavior .
wild ill at ease with civilized life , ania ( lilith stangenberg ) forges what becomes an increasingly close and physical bond with a wolf . if festival reviews are any indication , the film is poised somewhere between a tall tale and a provocative social commentary . nicolette krebitz wrote and directed .
moscow never sleeps an irish filmmaker , johnny o’reilly , pays tribute to his adopted city of moscow with this ensemble film . the trailer at least paints a much sunnier view of the city than russian imports usually do . aleksey serebryakov ( the protagonist of “leviathan” ) is in the large cast .
the woman who left ten years ago , the filipino director lav diaz was a forbidding figure , even among extreme cinephiles . at film festivals they would ask one another in hushed tones whether they really planned to see his nine - hour “death in the land of encantos . ” lately , mr . diaz seems to have widened his appeal , earning acclaim for his dostoyevsky - inspired “norte , the end of history” and for this new drama , which won the golden lion at the venice film festival in 2016 . at nearly four hours , it is also one of mr . diaz’s shortest films .
awakening the zodiac shane west and leslie bibb play a couple who find a 40 - year - old film reel that they believe was shot by the zodiac killer in california . they try to sleuth him out . this displeases the zodiac killer , who is probably a member of aarp by now .
to set the tone . mike and elizabeth set off to his home town of mt . bliss township to attend a “jersey retirement” celebration on homecoming weekend in his honor . apparently mike had quite a impact on the town especially in football until he moved away and went off to college . small towns like to honor great achievements , so mike is the focus of the attention . shelby , his former girlfriend still hammers through life running the local restaurant / tavern hangout while battling an outpouring of debts , responsibilities and past dreams .
in some ways , this lack of risk - taking , this emphasis on creating some consistency in tone and style , creates something very enjoyable and ensures that , more often than not , you ' re going to see a very good movie . but at the same time , you rarely get anything truly unexpected , and while i loved homecoming , in some ways simply because it had such a small - stakes conflict , i do wonder if the mcu may be strangling some of the creativity out of marvel ' s movies .
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the survivalist a standout at the 2015 tribeca film festival , stephen fingleton’s debut feature is a terse portrait of life in a postapocalyptic wood . martin mccann is the title character , who lives alone and fends off all comers until two women ( mia goth and olwen fouéré ) turn up at his doorstep .
reps for fathom events and prince declined comment , but both provided statements in a press release announcing the film on february 25 .
when i first listened to drake i had no idea he was on a hit show , i just fell in love with his sound and talent ,
prince said in the release , referencing drake ' s early - career fame on canada ' s degrassi : the next generation .
it was unique and like nothing i had ever heard before . i told him during our first conversation i would make him a star . this film documents the beginning of that journey .
afterimage the polish director andrzej wajda , who died at 90 in october , grappled one last time with his country’s history in his final film , a portrait of the painter wladyslaw strzeminski ( boguslaw linda ) , who pushed back against the postwar communist regime’s mandates for art and sacrificed his career as a result .
what spider - man did have was
spidey sense
which gave him sensory powers far outstripping normal humans . but in homecoming , this is replaced by iron man ' s special suit and its super advanced hud and ai . i don ' t like this change . it allows parker to say stuff like
i ' m nothing without my suit
which is unfortunately at least partly true in this version of the story . tony stark wouldn ' t have been able to offer such a stinging retort if parker actually did have spidey sense .
unlocked in an espionage thriller from michael apted , noomi rapace plays a c . i . a . agent who is on the run and working to stop a terrorist attack in london . orlando bloom , michael douglas , toni collette and john malkovich are also in the film , but who knows whose side they’re on ?
manifesto those who can’t get enough of cate blanchett will find her here playing 13 roles . the words the characters recite are drawn from more than 50 manifestoes — most of them artistic declarations from the 20th century . the film was shown in installation form at the park avenue armory in december and january before heading to sundance .
in transit a founding figure of the direct - cinema movement , albert maysles died in 2015 , shortly before this film’s premiere . his last feature observes the passengers on amtrak’s empire builder route , which connects chicago and the pacific northwest . mr . maysles directed with lynn true , nelson walker , ben wu and david usui .
a family man a cutthroat headhunter ( gerard butler ) who’s competing with a colleague ( alison brie ) for a promotion finds his ambitions threatened when his son receives a cancer diagnosis . not to be confused with the brett ratner film “the family man , ” this drama also stars gretchen mol , willem dafoe and alfred molina .
mike was the star quarterback in a blue - collar small town where football is everything . after receiving a scholarship to northwestern university , he returns home over christmas break and everyone is surprised to see him with a new girlfriend , elizabeth , a pretty rich girl from chicago . no one is more shocked than mike ' s homecoming queen ex - girlfriend , shelby , who desperately wants elizabeth out of the picture . after a freak car accident leaves an injured elizabeth at the mercy of shelby , all hell breaks loose as shelby does everything it takes to get mike back .
vincent - n - roxxy in an update of old noir themes , “vincent - n - roxxy” casts emile hirsch and zoë kravitz as a couple whom circumstances bring together and send on the lam . romance follows to some degree , but word from last year’s tribeca film festival suggests that violence dominates . zoey deutch co - stars .
this is almost a curse and a blessing . spider - man : homecoming feels very much like a part of the wider marvel cinematic universe . these films all have a certain style and the new spidey flick fits right in . of course , that ' s the way it needs to be as part of a cinematic universe , but it ' s also a little disappointing . it makes me glad that x - men remain outside the fold , because that way we get movies like deadpool and logan , two films that would never ever in a million years be part of the mcu .
king arthur : legend of the sword after two revisionist takes on sherlock holmes , the director guy ritchie aims to show off the hipper side of king arthur , a character whose last major reboot was in a 2004 antoine fuqua film . an irreverent charlie hunnam plays the title role ; jude law is the pretender to arthur’s rightful throne .
realive the spanish director mateo gil ( who has collaborated with alejandro amenábar on scripts for films like “open your eyes” ) wrote and directed this science - fiction film about a man ( tom hughes ) with a terminal disease who is cryogenically frozen and then awakened in 2084 after 60 years of limbo . charlotte le bon and oona chaplin co - star .
set in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election ,
the girlfriend experience
is five days in the life of chelsea ( adult film star sasha grey in her mainstream film debut ) , an ultra high - end manhattan call girl who offers more than sex to her clients , but companionship and conversation – “the girlfriend experience . ” chelsea thinks she has her life totally under control—she feels her future is secure because she runs her own business her own way , makes $ 2000 an hour , and has a devoted boyfriend ( chris santos ) who accepts her lifestyle . but when you ' re in the business of meeting people , you never know who you ' re going to meet . . .
nothing in the film is truly , laughably bad , but then - - unlike this year ' s
obsessed
- - nothing is campily entertaining , either . the plot twists aren ' t even twists ; even the final shocking
surprise
is a cliche . it ' s a cat - and - mouse game , played with stuffed animals .
mike ( matt long ) was the star quarterback in a blue - collar small town where football is everything . after receiving a scholarship to northwestern university , he returns home over christmas break and everyone is surprised to see him with a new girlfriend , elizabeth ( jessica stroup ) , a pretty rich girl from chicago . no one is more shocked than mike ' s homecoming queen ex - girlfriend , shelby ( mischa barton ) , who desperately wants elizabeth out of the picture . after a freak car accident leaves an injured elizabeth at the mercy of shelby , all hell breaks loose as shelby does everything it takes to get mike back .
the layover stranded at the st . louis airport after a flight diversion , two friends ( alexandra daddario and kate upton ) vie for the affections of the same man ( matt barr ) . william h . macy , who is also in the film , directs this comedy from a script by david hornsby ( “it’s always sunny in philadelphia” ) and lance krall .
the commune you wouldn’t know it from the high - society recriminations in his dogma 95 landmark , “the celebration , ” but the danish director thomas vinterberg was raised in a commune . although this 1970s - set film isn’t a memoir , it draws on that experience . trine dyrholm and ulrich thomsen play a couple who decide to start their own group - living arrangement .
diary of a wimpy kid : the long haul the wimpy kid grew up , so hollywood found a new one . in the fourth film based on jeff kinney’s popular books , greg ( now jason ian drucker ) goes on a family road trip . alicia silverstone and tom everett scott , also on their first outings in the wimpy - verse , play his parents .
the exception a nazi soldier ( jai courtney ) assigned to look after the exiled kaiser wilhelm ii ( christopher plummer ) has an affair with a maid ( lily james ) who is both jewish and a spy . eddie marsan ( as himmler ) and janet mcteer add to the intrigue . the director is david leveaux , a multiple tony nominee making his first film .
dunkirk christopher nolan trades the cerebral for the visceral with this epic - scale restaging of the 1940 military actions in dunkirk , france , which ended with the evacuation of more than 300 , 000 allied troops from the french port town but endured as a kind of rallying cry for the british . the cast includes kenneth branagh , cillian murphy , mark rylance , tom hardy , fionn whitehead and , in his film acting debut , harry styles , formerly of one direction . mr . nolan , perhaps hollywood’s most outspoken advocate for the continued use of celluloid , shot the movie in a mixture of 70 - millimeter imax and 65 - millimeter , the gold standards for movies designed to be seen big . it will show in select theaters on film .
a clever action packed thriller comes in the form of the new film directed by morgan j . freeman starring the lovely mischa barton as shelby and alluring actress jessica stroup as elizabeth mitchum . taking the role of the love interest caught in the middle comes actor matt long playing the role of mike . if your trying to guess where you may have seen mike before you might remember him as the young johnny blaze from the film ghost rider . jessica you might remember as cady , ( sam’s love interest ) from the show reaper ( season 1 ) and mischa has been making her rounds as a dynamic actress we’ll be seeing more of . in fact with her recent “walled in” we hope to see alot more of her in the horror genre scene .
partly this is also because i don ' t want stark doing all the inventing for peter . peter ' s a smart kid , and he ' s supposed to be able to invent things for himself . stark may play an almost parental role in this film , and that ' s fine , but i don ' t want spider - man to become iron man jr .
churchill brian cox may sound like a more natural fit for winston churchill than john lithgow did in “the crown , ” but can you picture john slattery ( roger sterling from “mad men” ) as dwight d . eisenhower ? both mr . cox and mr . slattery , plus miranda richardson as clementine churchill , play the famous figures in a film about the road to d - day .
stefan zweig : farewell to europe the work of the austrian writer stefan zweig has inspired many movies ( including “letter from an unknown woman” and “the grand budapest hotel” ) . so maybe it was inevitable that he would get a biopic of his own . this film , by maria schrader , focuses on the years 1936 to 1942 , when zweig ( josef hader ) lived in exile overseas .
wind river taylor sheridan , the screenwriter of “sicario” and “hell or high water , ” directs this murder mystery set on a remote , mountainous reservation in wyoming . jeremy renner is a game tracker who teams up with an ill - prepared ( yet consistently underestimated ) f . b . i . agent ( elizabeth olsen , in her second film of the week ) to find out whodunit .
fallen there are no more “twilight” books to adapt , but hollywood’s hunger for supernatural young - adult romances is eternal . so here is the first film from lauren kate’s best - selling series about a girl at a reform school ( hermione corfield ) who is watched over by a hunky angel ( jeremy irvine ) . lola kirke also stars . scott hicks ( who once made “shine” ) directs .
bronx gothic andrew rossi ( “page one : inside the new york times” ) directs this film version of okwui okpokwasili’s one - woman show — a dance and performance piece inspired by her upbringing in the bronx and centered on the rivalry between two girls on the cusp of adolescence . reviewing a production in 2014 , rachel saltz , writing in the times , called ms . okpokwasili “a magnetic performer . ”
for the most part i can honestly say that mischa barton was great in this and i think she really needs to get her act together and do more films like this . jessica stroup whom i have not seen in much although know of her from such films as hills have eyes 2 . i did see her in the prom night remake with brittany snow – but we shall not talk about that film .
“i hope [ the news comes ] after that , ” feige said . “i think there will be certain elements that start to come about , not the least of which is the already announced release date of the next spider - man film . but other than that we’re going to keep it very close to the vest because this is really about focusing on the unprecedented conclusion to a 22 - movie overarching narrative . ”
a young peter parker / spider - man ( tom holland ) , who made his sensational debut in captain america : civil war , begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web - slinging super hero in spider - man : homecoming . thrilled by his experience with the avengers , peter returns home , where he lives with his aunt may ( marisa tomei ) , under the watchful eye of his new mentor tony stark ( robert downey , jr . ) . peter tries to fall back into his normal daily routine – distracted by thoughts of proving himself to be more than just your friendly neighborhood spider - man – but when the vulture ( michael keaton ) emerges as a new villain , everything that peter holds most important will be threatened .
a ghost story the director david lowery returns to indies after “pete’s dragon” with a film that’s more readily experienced than described ; perhaps it’s best just to say that critics were entranced at sundance . rooney mara and casey affleck ( both from his “ain’t them bodies saints” ) play a couple . there is a ghost ( a sheet with cutout eyes ) and a lengthy shot in which ms . mara eats almost a whole pie .
wonder woman after an appearance in “batman v superman : dawn of justice , ” in 2016 , that was effectively a trailer within a film , wonder woman ( gal gadot ) gets a long - teased movie of her own . patty jenkins ( “monster” ) directs this origin story , which finds the superheroine leaving her life as an amazon princess to fight in world war i . chris pine plays the pilot who rouses her to action .
the ornithologist the portuguese director joão pedro rodrigues ( “to die like a man” ) continues to defy classification with this story of a bird - watcher ( paul hamy ) who sets off downstream on an isolated river and , on his journey , encounters increasingly strange company . manohla dargis called the movie , inspired by the story of st . anthony , “the single most delightful and narratively adventurous movie i saw at toronto” during its film festival .
the last face sean penn directs this moony global wake - up call , which came in for a historic drubbing at the 2016 cannes film festival . ( even the opening title card — which needed a copy editor — was mocked . ) charlize theron and javier bardem star as the planet’s best - looking humanitarian aide workers , who have a steamy affair against a backdrop of war and strife in sierra leone , south sudan and liberia .
annabelle : creation a prequel to a spinoff : “annabelle” ( 2014 ) was an offshoot of “the conjuring” ( 2013 ) , and this film concerns events before “annabelle , ” with presumably no connection to “the conjuring 2” ( 2016 ) . got it ? “annabelle : creation” tells the story of how one evil doll came to haunt so many movies . talitha bateman , anthony lapaglia and miranda otto star . david f . sandberg ( “lights out” ) directs .
gotti john gotti , the crime boss and “first media don , ” was already the focus of a 1996 tv movie , in which he was played by armand assante . in this theatrical film , which covers 30 years in his life , john travolta assumes impersonation duties , as he did for robert shapiro . mr . travolta’s wife , kelly preston , plays gotti’s . the screenwriters are lem dobbs ( “the limey” ) and the character actor leo rossi .
“so much happens in [ the 3rd and 4th avengers movies ] , as you can imagine , and so much is affected by it that we felt what better person to hold your hand and lead you into the next incarnation of the mcu , in a grounded , realistic manner , than peter parker ? ” marvel studios president kevin feige told io9 . “so , coming out two months after untitled avengers , [ that’s what ] much of what the next spider - man film will be about . ”