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DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN Filmmaker in Person at the NoHo Opening Weekend

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Through the eyes, words and songs of its popular music stars of the 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s, DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN: CAMBODIA’S LOST ROCK & ROLL examines and unravels Cambodia’s tragic past. Combining interviews with surviving musicians and never-before-seen archival material and rare songs, the film tracks the winding course of Cambodian music as it morphs into a unique style of rock and roll. A vibrant musical culture that was nearly lost forever under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime is revived and celebrated.

DON’T THINK I’VE FORGOTTEN filmmaker John Pirozzi will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 screenings at the NoHo on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ooaHJCMWpk

KNOW HOW Filmmaker and Cast in Person at the Music Hall Opening Weekend

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KNOW HOW is a film written and acted by foster care youth, ripped from the stories of their lives. Five youths’ worlds interweave as they confront loss, heartbreak, and growing up in this tale about transience and perseverance. Addie struggles to graduate from high school while her best friend Marie loses her grandmother. Megan copes with being taken from her abusive family and faces the harsh reality of living in a residential treatment center. All the while Eva works to be mother to her sister while their father falls deeper into a crack addiction. Austin is living on the street with his brother, barely able to feed himself. All of them must decide to survive or else fall victim to a broken system.

We open KNOW HOW May 15 at the Music Hall and the filmmaker and cast will be in attendance for several screenings that weekend:

Friday, May 15: Intro & Q&A 9:45 show w/ filmmaker Juan Carlos & Cast

Saturday, May 16: Intro & Q&A 9:45 show w/ filmmaker Juan Carlos & Cast

Sunday, May 17: Intro & Q&A 2:30 show w/ filmmaker Juan Carlos & Cast

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OizNbCyDf2o

ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70° SOUTH Q&A Opening Weekend at the Music Hall

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The new documentary ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70° SOUTH is a thrilling journey to the bottom of the Earth alongside a team of dedicated scientists. In the wake of devastating climate events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Katrina, oceanographer Oscar Schofield teams up with a group of world-class researchers in a race to understand climate change in the fastest winter-warming place on earth: the West Antarctic Peninsula. For more than 20 years, these scientists have dedicated their lives to studying the Peninsula’s rapid change.

We open ANTARCTIC EDGE: 70° SOUTH May 15 at the Music Hall. Filmmaker Dena Seidel & co-producer Xenia Morin will introduce and participate in Q&A’s after the 7:20 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. The Q&A will be moderated by Los Angeles World Affairs Council president Terry McCarthy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwBOijodAo4

FELIX AND MEIRA Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the Royal and Town Center 5

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FELIX AND MEIRA is a calling card for its young director, Maxime Giroux; a story of an unconventional romance between two people living vastly different realities mere blocks away from one another. Each lost in their everyday lives, Meira (Hadas Yaron), a Hasidic Jewish wife and mother and Félix (Martin Dubreuil), a secular loner mourning the recent death of his estranged father, unexpectedly meet in a local bakery in Montreal’s Mile End district. What starts as an innocent friendship becomes more serious as the two wayward strangers find comfort in one another. As Felix opens Meira’s eyes to the world outside of her tight-knit Orthodox community, her desire for change becomes harder for her to ignore, ultimately forcing her to choose: remain in the life that she knows or give it all up to be with Félix. Giroux’s film is a poignant and touching tale of self-discovery set against the backdrops of Montreal, Brooklyn, and Venice, Italy.

FELIX AND MEIRA co-star Luzer Twersky will participate in Q&A’s after the 7:10 PM screenings at the Royal on Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25 and at the Town Center after the 4:30 PM shows on Saturday and Sunday, April 25 and 26.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HFbAjkmeYQ

THE ROAD WITHIN Q&A’s at the NoHo and Music Hall this Weekend

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After the passing of his mother, Vincent (Robert Sheehan), a young man with Tourette syndrome, begins treatment at a center for those dealing with similar psychological disorders. Soon he finds company in Marie (Zoë Kravitz), a young woman at the center for her anorexia, and Alex (Dev Patel), his OCD-stricken roommate. These unlikely companions, with clashing personalities, find themselves on an eventful three-day journey that cements their friendship. With Dr. Rose (Kyra Sedgwick), the head of the center, and Vincent’s father (Robert Patrick) in pursuit, Vincent, Marie and Alex learn they’re perfectly capable of living their lives according to their own rules, while breaking some others in the meantime, in this coming-of-age road comedy.

The ROAD WITHIN filmmakers will be participating in Q&A’s all weekend at the NoHo 7 and Music Hall on the following schedule:

Friday April 17th

  • 7:30 PM Q&A with actor Robert Sheehan & Producer Brent Emery at Music Hall

Saturday April 18th

  • 2:30 PM Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells at Music Hall
  • 7:30 PM Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells and producer Michael Helfant at Music Hall
  • 7 PM with actress Ali Hillis and producer Brent Emery at the NoHo

Sunday April 19th

  • 1:40pm Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells at the NoHo
  • 4:20pm Q&A with filmmaker Gren Wells, actor Robert Sheehan and producer Michael Helfant at the Noho
    2:30pm Q&A with with actress Ali Hillis and producer Brent Emery at the Music Hall

ALEX OF VENICE Actor-Director Chris Messina this Friday at the Royal

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ALEX OF VENICE follows workaholic attorney Alex (Elizabeth Winstead) is forced to reinvent her life after her husband (Chris Messina, who also directed th film) suddenly leaves. Now faced with the humdrum and sometimes catastrophic events that permeate the fabric of our lives, Alex discovers both a vulnerability and inner strength she had not yet tapped all while trying to hold together her broken family.

We open ALEX OF VENICE this Friday at the Royal.  Actor-director Chris Messina will participate in a Q&A after the 7:45 PM screening on Friday, April 17.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0_JydvJ9-I

5 TO 7 Writer-Director at the Playhouse Friday Night

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A chance encounter on the streets of Manhattan draws twenty-something aspiring writer Brian (Anton Yelchin) into a passionate love affair with a glamorous French woman (Skyfall Bond girl Bérénice Marlohe). The catch? She’s married, and can only meet him for hotel room trysts between the hours of 5 and 7. As Brian yearns for more than just two hours a day with the woman of his dreams, he learns hard-won lessons about life and love. Co-starring Frank Langella, Glenn Close, and Olivia Thirlby, this sexy romance captures the giddy thrill, the pain and the comedy of being young and falling in love.

5 TO 7 writer-director Victor Levin will participate in a Q&A after the 7 PM screening at the Playhouse on Friday, April 17.

 

THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT Executive Producer Sean Penn and Director Don Hardy at the Music Hall Friday Night

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THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT lifts the veil on the shocking reality that thousands of untested chemicals are in our everyday products, homes and bodies. Simultaneously, the prevalence of many diseases continues to rise. From Oscar® winner Sean Penn and Emmy® winning journalists Dana Nachman and Don Hardy, THE HUMAN EXPERIMENT tells the personal stories of people who believe their lives have been affected by chemicals and takes viewers to the front lines as activists go head-to-head with the powerful and well-funded chemical industry. These activists bring to light a corrupt system that’s been hidden from consumers… until now.

Mr. Penn will introduce the 7:30 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, April 17. Mr. Hardy and special guests will participate in a Q&A afterward.

http://www.vimeo.com/31683038