Adam Hart, Director of Photography for the moving new documentary KEEP ON KEEPIN’ ON, will participate in Q&A’s after the 8 PM screenings at the Playhouse on Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11 and after the 3:20 screening on Sunday, October 12.
Sundance Documentary WEB JUNKIE at the Music Hall this Weekend
- “Rich and emotionally rewarding” – IndieWire
- “Full of remarkably candid moments” – Filmmaker Magazine
- “Spellbinding” – The Daily Beast
- “Bizarre and entertaining” – Variety
WEB JUNKIE screenings are sponsored by Unplug — limited number of free two-week passes given away at the Saturday-Monday evening screenings. Also, we will do a Web Junkie Movie poster giveaway Sunday night.
Dr. Elisha Goldstein will host a Q&A after Sunday night’s 7:30pm screening – psychologist, speaker and author whose work includes the bestselling books The Now Effect: How This Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life and A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook, foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn. Dr. Goldstein will discuss ways to harness our relationship with technology (see his recent blog http://blogs.
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Sundance documentary Web Junkie screens in LA ONE WEEK ONLY
Oct. 3-9 Laemmle Music Hall Theater Watch the trailer: http://webjunkiedoc.com/
“Electronic heroin” and “web addiction”: that’s how Chinese authorities refer to internet activity of more than six hours a day, not related to work or studying. WEB JUNKIE takes audiences inside a Beijing treatment center and follows three teenagers as they endure boot-camp style rehab over three months.
Many of the boys were tricked, drugged or physically coerced by their desperate parents, and deny they overuse the internet — although one claims to have gamed for 300 hours straight, and we hear that some wear diapers, to prevent bathroom breaks that would lower gaming scores. China was a world leader in classifying internet addiction as a clinical disorder, and there are over 400 intensive treatment centers for web & gaming addiction.
Is internet addiction real? Professor Rao, the center head, claims a 70% ‘cure rate.’ In following these teens, Web Junkie explores the loneliness, social disconnection, depression, and family pressure to achieve that drive these kids to use the ‘net more than 10 hours a day. While the film takes place in China, it explores the universal 24/7 lure of the internet, technology, and our devices.
We’ll be posting updates on the boys through the theatrical run, Oct. 3-9.
New Yorker Article:
Daily Beast: The film China Doesn’t Want You to See:
Opening Next Week: ONE CHANCE, the Winning New British Bio-Pic
Next week we’ll be opening the winning new British bio-pic ONE CHANCE. From the director of The Devil Wears Prada, the movie’s the marvelous true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night. Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for ‘Britain’s Got Talent.’ Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win the show and the hearts of millions. Writing in the L.A. Times, Annlee Ellingson called it “a sweet, funny, heartfelt film, and while we may know all along how it all turns out, Paul’s signature performance still gives us chills.” It was a Golden Globe nominee for Best Original Song and we are very pleased to show the film at our Music Hall, Playhouse and Town Center 5 theaters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wtq5hN2eOE
WAITING FOR AUGUST Filmmaker Teodora Ana Mihai at the Royal Opening Weekend
Teodora Ana Mihai, the filmmaker of the wonderful new documentary WAITING FOR AUGUST, will participate in Q&A’s at the Royal after the 7:50 PM screening on Friday, October 3 and after the 5:30 PM screening on Saturday, October 4.
Friday Night Q&A at the Music Hall with A LEADING MAN Director Steven J. Kung
A LEADING MAN director Steven J. Kung will participate in a Q&A after the 10 PM screening at the Music Hall on Friday, September 26.
BORN TO FLY Q&A’s at the NoHo with Elizabeth Streb in Person
BORN TO FLY: ELIZABETH STREB VS. GRAVITY filmmaker Catherine Gund and acclaimed choreographer/aerialist Elizabeth Streb will participate in Q&A’s at the NoHo after the 7:30 PM screening on Friday, September 26 and after the 1 PM screening on Saturday, September 27.
Interview: “Viggo Mortensen on THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY, LOTR and What His Movies Teach Him”
On Sunday the Newark Star-Ledger published a very good piece by film critic Stephen Whitty about actor Viggo Mortensen and his excellent new thriller THE TWO FACES OF JANUARY. It provides a glimpse into his unusual history and thoughts on acting, including what he likes about his latest role: “What’s great about this kind of story, it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. It provokes conjectures about meaning and motivation. It’s always great as an actor to play someone with a secret, but here you have secrets inside secrets… all the characters are lying to some degree, at least to themselves, and that makes for some very interesting roles.”
SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE Q&A’s Opening Weekend at the Music Hall
Tom Hayes, filmmaker of the fascinating new documentary SMILING THROUGH THE APOCALYPSE: ESQUIRE IN THE SIXTIES, will participate in Q&A’s at the Music Hall after the 7:30 PM screenings on Friday and Saturday, September 26 and 27, and after the 4:50 PM screening on Sunday, September 28.
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