“The best way to respond to bad advertising is to make good advertising.” That’s how director Doug Pray introduced his most recent movie, “Art & Copy” at the IFFB. The movie is a study of the history of advertising over the last 50 years, starting in the 1960s and moving into today.
‘Birdwatchers’ tells the story of a group of natives called the Guarani-Kaiowà from Brazil who decide they no longer want to live on the reservation, and want to take back the land that is rightfully theirs.
‘The Escapist,’ is a film directed and co-written by Rupert Wyatt, and starring Brian Cox in a role specifically written for him. The film is about Frank Perry, a man serving a life sentence. Frank receives his first letter in 14 years thats inspired him to hatch a plan to escape from the prison. Frank …
‘Invisible Girlfriend’ is a fascinating documentary about bi-polar paranoid schizophrenic Charles, and his journey via biciycle from Monroe, LA to New Orleans to meet up with his girlfriend. Sound’s pretty straight forward right? It gets complicated once you realize Charlie’s girlfriend is invisible, and she happens to be Joan of Arc.
The narrator states right at the beginning of ‘500 Days of Summer’ that this film is not a love story. You think, “Yeah right. It has a boy, a girl, and its about their relationship, how is that not a love story.” Well, I’ll further afirm the fact, that ‘500 Days of Summer’ is not …
‘Trimpin: the sound of invention’ is a feature length documentary from Peter Esmonde about musician/composer/inventor Trimpin. The timeline follows Trimpin as he is working on a performance with the Kronos Quartet, in which they will use many of Trimpin’s curious instruments.
‘Children of Invention’ is Tze Chun’s debut feature film, which was based on his short “Windowbreaker,” a short that played at the Sundance Film Festival.
Assuming the mantle of dictatorship and oppression from his father in 1994, Kim Jong Il, the current “Dear Leader,” of North Korea has picked up where Dad left off: torturing, starving and murdering his own people in an effort to keep control. “Kimjongilia,” is a testimonial of those lucky enough to escape, and the harrowing …
If one is to learn anything from the writing of Raymond Chandler or Dashiell Hammett, it’s that detecting is a lonely business. For John Rosow, the main character in Noah Buschel’s “The Missing Person,” he knows that fact all too well.
Opening with a poem recited by con artist historian Ricky Jay, Rian Johnson’s follow-up to his first movie, “Brick,” takes off in the first few moments and heads on a whimsical, and entertaining flight. The movie tells the story of brothers Stephen and Bloom, two life-long con artists. Stephen is the mastermind, working every angle …