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In this unique cinematic experiment from acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh, an unlikely love triangle is born at a doll factory in a small midwestern town that has fallen on hard times. Lonely and isolated, longtime employees Martha and Kyle have become friends by default in spite of their drastic age difference, but their dynamic is upset by the arrival of a new worker: young, attractive, single mother Rose. As Martha grows increasingly wary about Rose's dubious character, she discovers Kyle and Rose developing a relationship of their own. A murder is committed, an investigation begins, one that will call into question our established assumptions about these characters and life in their small town. Featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors from the Ohio location, Soderbergh brings this tragic story of characters striving to establish and maintain meaningful connections to life with startling realism. "Bubble" is the first of six films Steven Soderbergh is directing for HDNet Films that will be shot in high-definition and released simultaneously in theaters, on DVD, and on cable television. Executive producers Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban are experimenting with this day-and-date model utilizing various media properties they own, with a goal of giving consumers a choice of how, when, and where they wish to see a movie.
SF IndieFest trailer: "Subject Two"
Bay Area writer and director Philip Chidel's "Subject Two" received its World Premiere at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. SF IndieFest screenings are at the Roxie Cinema on February 5, 2006 at 9:30 p.m. and at the Women's Building on February 11, 2006 at 7:00 p.m.
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Teaser clip of "Sacred Spears," a film shot in HD that is due for cinema release in August 2006. The film is based on a local legend that took place 250 years ago, about a man who had to travel to Macassar to fulfill a tradition before marrying his love. He returns three years later on the wedding day of that girl with another man. Mayhem ensues and 99 lives are lost on that day. The film is filled with traditional costumes, dances and love scenes.
As a New York playwright, Nicky Rogan made his name in boulevard comedy, and now has ventured closer to home and written something he really cares about. Though he won?t admit it, he is desperate for another success. From the outset, things begin to go wrong. His daughter informs him that his wife wants a divorce. His mistress notifies him that his lead actor has a parasite in his brain and can?t remember his lines, and an old acquaintance regales him with tales of Steven Schwimmer, a new and powerful critic who is so poisonous, so destructive, that the New York theater community lives in terror. Although Nicky has grown up and lived his entire life in New York, he is a die-hard Red Sox fan and the film is set on October 25, 1986, the day of the most Shakespearian of sporting events, "Game 6" of the 1986 World Series. The Red Sox are poised to win. At the last minute, Nicky decides to skip his opening night in order to watch his beloved team. This could be it. If his "cursed" Red Sox can finally win the World Series, maybe Nicky can break his own downward spiral. Scripted by acclaimed writer Don DeLillo, "Game 6" is an intelligent, witty, unsettling tale of one man's encounter with his demons, his passions and his infatuation with failure. Michael Keaton stars, along with Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, and Catherine O'Hara.
SF IndieFest trailer: "Gambling"
"Gambling," an independent film, had its World Festival Premiere as a Feature Film Winner at the Telluride IndieFest. The cast includes JP Allen, Chopper Bernet (from "Terminator 3"), Mara Luthane, Janis DeLucia Allen, Kristen Vaughan, Lewis Sims, Kasey Howe, Stephanie Finch, Darren Bridgett, Louis Landman and Clancy Brown (from "Shawshank Redemption," "Carnivale"). The film is written and directed by JP Allen and it is based on his novel.
San Francisco Independent Film Festival Screening dates and locations:
Sunday, February 5, 7 p.m. at the Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th Street (near Valencia)
Friday, February 10, 4:30 p.m. at the Women's Building Theatre, 3543 18th Street (near Guerrero, two blocks from Roxie)
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During Halloween in West Hollywood, two guys making out in a park are interrupted by a serial killer. Later that night, a group of gay kids decides to visit the site of the murders.
Feast your optics on this! It's a new gadget show set aboard a little bubble ship floating in space starring CNET UK's Chris Stevens.
The film is about a young student who gets murdered in school. Many years later, she returns as a violent spirit.
"War of the Worlds" trailer: Internet exclusive
On June 29th, 2005, Earth goes to war. From Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures comes ?War of the Worlds,? directed by Steven Spielberg and starring international superstar Tom Cruise. A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells?s seminal classic, the sci-fi adventure thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it. The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, and Tim Robbins. Cruise stars as Ray Ferrier, a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife (Miranda Otto) and her new husband drop off his teenage son Robbie (Justin Chatwin) and young daughter Rachel (Dakota Fanning) for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down. Moments later, at an intersection near his house, Ray witnesses an extraordinary event that will change all their lives forever. A towering three-legged war machine emerges from deep beneath the earth and, before anyone can react, incinerates everything in sight. An ordinary day has suddenly become the most extraordinary event of their lifetimes ? the first strike in a catastrophic alien attack on Earth. Ray scrambles to get his children away from this merciless new enemy, embarking on a journey that will take them across the ravaged countryside, where they become caught in the desperate tide of refugees fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of Tripods. But no matter where they run, there is no safety, no refuge ? only Ray?s unconquerable will to protect the ones he loves. Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures present an Amblin Entertainment/Cruise|Wagner Production, a Steven Spielberg film, ?War of the Worlds.? Directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Josh Friedman and David Koepp, based on the novel by H. G. Wells, the film is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Colin Wilson. The executive producer is Paula Wagner. The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin and Tim Robbins. This film has been rated PG-13 for Frightening Sequences of Sci-Fi Violence and Disturbing Images. Spielberg?s core filmmaking team, which has collaborated with the director on numerous projects, is led by director of photography Janusz Kaminski, ASC, production designer Rick Carter, editor Michael Kahn, A.C.E., and costume designer Joanna Johnston. Music is composed by John Williams. Visual effects and animation is by Industrial Light & Magic, led by senior visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. ?War of the Worlds? opens worldwide on June 29, 2005.
Steven Spielberg directs an international cast in "Munich", a gripping suspense thriller set in the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. This dramatic exploration, inspired by true events, follows a secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and kill the 11 Paletinians suspected to have planned the Munich attack - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. The script is the first feature film written by Tony Kushner, winner of the Pulitzer prize, the Tony award, and many other awards for his epochal Broadway drama "Angels in America" as well as its Emmy award-winning adaptation of HBO. Starring Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Hiam Abbass, Ziad Adwan, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, and Ciaran Hinds.
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