Coming Soon to Theaters

  • Title: The Day the Earth Stood Still
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We told you about this remake of the classic 1951 film back in January.  Well, now is your chance to check out the first trailer for the ill-conceived new The Day the Earth Stood Still starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, John Cleese and Jaden Smith.  Check out the official site.  The film is still scheduled to land in theaters everywhere on December 12th.

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This Week in Foreign Film

  • Title: The Girl Cut in Two (Fille coupée en deux, La)
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From writer/director Claude Chabrol comes this tale of a beautiful local weather girl (Ludivine Sagnier) pursued by two men (Benoit Magimel, Francois Berleand).  Mathilda May, Caroline Sihol, Marie Bunel and Valeria Cavalli alo star.  Check out the official site.  The film, presented in French with English subtitles, opens exclusively in New York and Los Angeles on Friday.

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American Teen

  • Title: American Teen
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“You see us as you want to see us, in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions.  But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princesss, and a criminal.”
The Breakfast Club

A familiar pose
The documentary by Nanette Burstein follows a small group of diverse high school students from Warsaw, Indiana, over their final year through graduation.  Burstein’s chosen subjects run the gamut from the high school basketball stud trying to land a scholarship and the most popular (and nastiest) girl in school, to your typical band geek and the lonely art student who wants nothing more than to get as far from Indiana as possible.

Events over this year include each of the subjects dealing with relationships, both romantic and platonic, fears about the future, the awkwardness of adolescence, bad choices, and a cruelty that can only be found in American high schools and Turkish prisons.

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