STONES THROW

Posted on 2015-04-27

Two American musicians’ chance meeting on the Vietnam battlegrounds led to the formation of one of Detroit’s most prolific jamming bands during the evolutionary musical era that was developing and flourishing towards the end of the Vietnam War. Detroit’s historical and utopian Garwood mansion (built by industrialist and speedboat king Garfield A. Wood) was their home and creative haven. Both became national and front page news in the early 1970s when the band was embroiled in a string of turbulent events fueled by local prejudice, political dogma, drug raids/busts, a shelved movie deal, and the loss of their master tapes with the bulk of Stonefront’s professionally recorded music on them; these events eventually and ultimately led to the collapse of the band.

Forty plus years on with the dogged persistence of a band member turned producer (sax player Robin E. Welch), a body of rescued and re-developed demo tapes, and hundreds of stunning and magnificent photographs taken by Pulitzer Prize nominated photojournalist John Collier we have a compelling set of factors that have developed into the creation of an authentic visual and musical record of how one of the most tumultuous and important periods in American history affected the journey of a group of extremely talented musicians, artists, performers, and friends during their struggle to live out their dream lifestyle during the Johnson/Nixon era of the Vietnam war.

In theatres May 14th, 2015

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THE FALLING

Posted on 2015-04-20

Carol Morley writes and directs her follow up to her acclaimed DREAMS OF A LIFE. A mesmerising psychological drama, THE FALLING explores a mysterious fainting and twitching outbreak in 1969 at an all-girls school. At the centre of the epidemic are the intense and clever Lydia (MAISIE WILLIAMS), and the admired but rebellious Abbie (FLORENCE PUGH).

Within the volatile, eerie atmosphere of the school and her troubled home life, Lydia is driven to discover the truth behind the mystery whilst holding onto her fragile friendship with Abbie. As the fainting escalates Lydia confronts the authority figures around her: her self-absorbed mother (MAXINE PEAKE), the indomitable deputy head Miss Mantel (GRETA SCACCHI), and the enigmatic headmistress Miss Alvaro (MONICA DOLAN). Eventually, Lydia’s actions force old secrets into the light as she finds truths that she never expected

In theatres April 24th, 2015

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EXIT

Posted on 2015-04-20

Exit unfolds around a diagnosis of early-onset menopause. Ling (Chen), 45, a garment worker, finds herself struggling with middle age when dealing with a rebellious teenage daughter, a hospitalised mother-in-law, and an absent husband.

Desperate to escape her mundane life, she becomes aware of an injured man with bandaged eyes in the hospital bed opposite her mother-in-law. Her increasingly intimate interactions with this stranger promise to rekindle Ling’s dormant desire, leading to a series of out-of-character

In theatres April 24th, 2015

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