Film : EXIT

THE HUNGER GAMES

Posted on 2012-02-27

The Hunger Games takes place after the destruction of North America, in a nation known as Panem. Panem consists of a wealthy Capitol and twelve surrounding, poorer districts. District 12, where the film begins.

As punishment for a previous rebellion against the Capitol in which a 13th district was destroyed, one boy and one girl between the ages of 12 and 18 from each district are selected by annual lottery to participate in the Hunger Games, a televised event in which the participants (or “tributes”) must fight to the death in a dangerous outdoor arena controlled by the Capitol, until only one remains.
Based on the novel of the same name by Suzanne Collins

In theaters March 23rd, 2012

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TINY FURNITURE

Posted on 2012-02-27

Aura returns home from her Midwest liberal arts college to her artist family’s Tribeca loft with nothing to show but a film studies degree, a failed relationship, and a lack of direction. She takes a job as a hostess at a restaurant and falls into relationships with two self-centered men while struggling to define herself.

In theaters March 30th, 2012

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COLUMBUS CIRCLE

Posted on 2012-02-27

When the death of her elderly neighbor prompts NYPD Homicide Detective Frank Giardello (Giovanni Ribisi) to launch an investigation, Abigail is distressed to find him outside her door, asking to question her. Having tried to acquire the dead woman’s now vacant apartment to ensure her privacy. Abigail is further upset when her requests go unanswered, and new tenants Lillian (Amy Smart) and Charlie (Jason Lee) move in.

Abigail anxiously monitors her new neighbors from the safety or her front door’s peephole, but her well-ordered world begin to unravel when she finally encounters Lillian and Charlie face-to-face and her sheltered exitence becomes threatened in unexpected and terrifying ways.

In theaters March 5th, 2012

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RAMPART

Posted on 2012-02-20

Los Angeles, 1999. Officer Dave Brown (Woody Harrelson) is a Vietnam vet and a Rampart Precinct cop, dedicated to doing “the people’s dirty work” and asserting his own code of justice, often blurring the lines between right and wrong to maintain his action-hero state of mind. When he gets caught on tape beating a suspect, he finds himself in a personal and emotional downward spiral as the consequences of his past sins and his refusal to change his ways in light of a department-wide corruption scandal seal his fate. Stars Ned Beatty, Ben Foster, Anne Heche, Ice Cube, Cynthia Nixon, Sigourney Weaver, Robin Wright and Steve Buscemi

In theaters February 24th, 2012

www.rampartmovie.com

SOUND OF MY VOICE

Posted on 2012-02-20

Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the secrets of Maggie’s underworld.

In theaters April 27th, 2012

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THIS IS NOT A FILM

Posted on 2012-02-20

This clandestine documentary, shot partially on an iPhone and smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes, depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside, The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment. While appealing his sentence – six years in prison and a 20 year ban from filmmaking – Panahi is seen talking to his family and lawyer on the phone, discussing his plight with Mirtahmasb and reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking.

In theaters February 29th, 2012