Wild Life, The (2016)*

Title: The Wild Life
Rating: PG
Directed by: Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen
Written by: Lee Christopher, Domonic Paris and Graham Welldon
Starring: Matthias Schweighöfer, Kaya Yanar and Ilka Bessin
Release Date: 9/9/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes

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From the over-exuberant parrot Mak to the snack-obsessed tapir Rosie, from the persnickety echidna Epi to the acrobatic pangolin Pango, from the ditzy goat Scrubby to the commonsensical kingfisher Kiki and the always-cool chameleon Carmello, things are larger-than-life on a tropical isle that is pure wild animal paradise. Then Robinson Crusoe, a marooned human, arrives in the midst of a furious storm, and their lives are forever changed by this bewildering new “creature.” No matter their differences, castaway human and quirky animals embark on an hilarious new adventure, building the island’s first tree-house and surviving together. But when two conniving members of the animal kingdom — the savage cats Mal & May – pounce into a battle for control of the island, Crusoe and his animal posse must uncover the true power of friendship against all odds (even savage cats).

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Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

Title: Author: The JT LeRoy Story
Rating: R
Directed by: Jeff Feuerzeig
Written by: Jeff Feuerzeig
Starring: Laura Albert, Bruce Benderson, Dennis Cooper, Panio Gianopoulos, Ira Silverberg and Winona Ryder
Release Date: 9/9/2016
Running Time: 110 minutes

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On January 9, 2006 The New York Times sent shockwaves through the literary world when it unmasked “it boy” wunderkind JT LeRoy, whose tough prose about a sordid childhood had captivated icons and luminaries internationally. It turned out LeRoy didn’t actually exist. He was the creative expression of 40-year-old San Francisco former phone-sex operator turned housewife, Laura Albert. Author: The JT LeRoy Story takes us down the infinitely fascinating rabbit hole of how Laura Albert—like a Cyrano de Bergerac on steroids—breathed not only words, but life, into her avatar for a decade. Albert’s epic and entertaining account plunges us into a glittery world of rock shows, fashion events, and the Cannes red carpet where LeRoy becomes a mysterious sensation. As she recounts this astonishing odyssey, Albert also reveals the intricate web spun by irrepressible creative forces within her. Her extended and layered JT LeRoy performance still infuriates many; but according to Albert, channeling her brilliant fiction through another identity was the only possible path to self-expression.

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Other People (2016)

Title: Other People
Rating: NR
Directed by: Chris Kelly
Written by: Chris Kelly
Starring: Jesse Plemons, Zach Woods, Bradley Whitford and Molly Shannon
Release Date: 9/9/2016
Running Time: 97 minutes

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A struggling comedy writer, fresh off a breakup and in the midst of the worst year of his life, returns to Sacramento to care for his dying mother.

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Kicks (2016)?

Title: Kicks
Rating: R
Directed by: Justin Tipping
Written by: Joshua Beirne-Golden and Justin Tipping
Starring: Jahking Guillory, Christopher Meyer, CJ Wallace, Kofi Siriboe and Mahershala Ali
Release Date: 9/9/2016
Running Time: 80 minutes

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In director Justin Tipping’s feature debut KICKS, nothing is as simple as it seems. 15-year-old Brandon longs for a pair of the freshest sneakers that money can buy, assuming that merely having them on his feet will help him escape the reality of being poor, neglected by the opposite sex and picked on by everyone — even his best friends. Working hard to get them, he soon finds that the titular shoes have instead made him a target after they are promptly snatched by local hood, Flaco. Seemingly the embodiment of menace, Flaco harbors complexities of his own that will be revealed when Brandon goes on a mission to retrieve his stolen sneakers with his two best friends in tow. Boasting a strong ensemble cast, and featuring a memorable lead performance by newcomer Jahking Guillory, the film transcends a deceptively traditional hero’s journey to deliver an entertaining and sobering look at the realities of inner-city life, the concept of manhood and the fetishization of sneaker culture. Visually and thematically rich, with an amazing soundtrack of both hip-hop classics and Bay Area favorites, KICKS creates an authentic and original portrait of a young man drowning in the expectations of machismo.

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Cameraperson (2016)

Title: Cameraperson
Rating: NR
Directed by: Kirsten Johnson
Starring: Kirsten Johnson
Release Date: 1/26/2016
Running Time: 102 minutes

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What does it mean to film another person? How does it affect that person – and what does it do to the one who films?

A boxing match in Brooklyn; life in postwar Bosnia and Herzegovina; the daily routine of a Nigerian midwife; an intimate family moment at home: these scenes and others are woven into Cameraperson, a tapestry of footage captured over the twenty-five-year career of documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson. Through a series of episodic juxtapositions, Johnson explores the relationships between image makers and their subjects, the tension between the objectivity and intervention of the camera, and the complex interaction of unfiltered reality and crafted narrative. A work that combines documentary, autobiography, and ethical inquiry, Cameraperson is both a moving glimpse into one filmmaker’s personal journey and a thoughtful examination of what it means to train a camera on the world.

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Memoriam: In Honor of
CATHERINE JOY JOHNSON 1929-2007
DAVID KEATON 1952-2015
MAMIE TILL MOBLEY 1921-2003

Dancer (2016)?

Title: Dancer
Rating: NR
Directed by: Steven Cantor
Starring: Sergei Polunin
Release Date: 9/16/2016
Running Time: 85 minutes

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Blessed with astonishing power and poise, Sergei Polunin took the dance world by storm and became the Royal ballet’s youngest ever principal.
At the peak of his success, aged 25, he walked away, driven to the brink of self-destruction by stardom – his talent more a burden than a gift.
Here is an unprecedented look into the life of a complex young man who has made ballet go viral. Urban rebel, iconoclast, airborne angel, Sergei is transforming the shape of ballet as we know it.
But virtuosity comes with a high price.
How can you be free to be yourself when you are ballet’s ‘hottest property’?

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Come What May (2015)?

Title: Come What May (aka. En mai, fais ce qu’il te plaît)
Rating: R
Directed by: Christian Carion
Written by: Andrew Bampfield, Christian Carion and Laure Irrmann
Starring: August Diehl, Olivier Gourmet and Mathilde Seigner
Release Date: 9/9/2016
Running Time: 114 minutes

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May 1940. To escape the German invasion, the inhabitants of a small village in northern France to the roads, like millions of French. They take with them in this exodus a German child, whose father opposing the Nazi regime imprisoned in Arras for lying about his nationality. Released in chaos, it starts looking for her son, accompanied by a Scottish soldier seeking to return to England …

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Demon (2015)?

Title: Demon
Rating: R
Directed by: Marcin Wrona
Written by: Pawel Maslona and Marcin Wrona
Starring: Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Zulewska and Andrzej Grabowski
Release Date: 9/9/2016
Running Time: 94 minutes

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Python is a stranger in the home town of his future wife Janet. As a wedding gift from the bride’s grandfather, he receives a piece of land where the two can build a house and raise a happy family. While preparing the land for house construction, Python finds hidden bones of human bodies in the ground beneath his new property. He decides to keep this discovery to himself so that all the wedding arrangements can go on as planned. However the deeper he tries to keep his secret the more he seems to be under control of something or rather someone and from then on very strange things begin to happen…

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Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)*

Title: Kickboxer: Vengeance
Rating: NR
Directed by: John Stockwell
Written by: Dimitri Logothetis and Jim McGrath
Starring: Dave Bautista, Alain Moussi, Gina Carano, Georges St-Pierre and Jean-Claude Van Damme
Release Date: 9/2/2016
Running Time: 90 minutes

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Eric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a well-known Venice, California-based family of martial artists. Kurt has always been in older brother, Eric’s shadow, as he lacks the instincts needed to become a champion. Against Kurt’s concerns, Eric accepts a paid offer and travels to Thailand to challenge the Muay Thai champion Tong Po and fails with dire consequences. Kurt sets out for revenge. He trains with his brother’s mentor, Master Durand, for a Muay Thai fight against the merciless champion, Tong Po. Durand first thinks Kurt is impossible to train, but through a series of spiritual exercises and tests, Durand discovers that Kurt has a deeper strength that will carry him through his final showdown with Tong Po.

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Memoriam: The producers wish to acknowledge the passing of Darren Shahlavi whose talent and hard work will be missed.

Special thanks to Frank for this submission

Zoom (2015)

Title: Zoom
Rating: NR
Directed by: Pedro Morelli
Written by: Matt Hansen
Starring: Gael García Bernal, Alison Pill and Mariana Ximenes
Release Date: 9/2/2016
Running Time: 96 minutes

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A multi-dimensional interface between a comic book artist, a novelist, and a film director. Each lives in a separate reality but authors a story about one of the others.

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Special thanks to Frank for this submission

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Wild Life, The (2016)*

Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

Other People (2016)

Kicks (2016)?

Cameraperson (2016)

Dancer (2016)?

Come What May (2015)?

Demon (2015)?

Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016)*

Zoom (2015)

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