PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE
A film about the most influential man you’ve never heard of



OPENS DECEMBER 9 - THE ROYAL, TORONTO
OPENS DECEMBER 30, 31, JANUARY 1 and 2 - MAYFAIR THEATRE, OTTAWA

“One has the persistent thought that if ten thousand people in all walks of life will stand up on their two feet and talk out and insist, we shall get back our country.”-- Paul Goodman, “Growing Up Absurd”

Following its Canadian Premiere at Doc Soup, and New York Premiere at Film Forum, Jonathan Lee’s highly praised feature documentary PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE will open Friday, December 9 at The Royal Theater, Toronto.

Author of the visionary bestseller GROWING UP ABSURD (1960), Paul Goodman was a poet, writer, pacifist, gay activist and a moral compass for many in the burgeoning counterculture of the 1960s.

PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFE immerses you in an era when New York was peaking culturally and artistically; when ideas, and the people who propounded them, seemed to punch in at a higher weight class than they do now.

Unearthing unseen footage of Paul Goodman and his times, director/producer Jonathan Lee and producer/editor Kimberly Reed (Prodigal Sons) have woven together a rich portrait of an intellectual heavyweight whose ideas are long overdue for rediscovery.


Official Website: paulgoodmanfilm.com
High Rez Images
Press Notes

Interviews available with filmmaker Jonathan Lee

Media contact:
V Kelly + Associates
416-466-9799, info@vkpr.ca

Tags: The Royal, Press Release, Mayfair Theatre

FilmsWeLike, the independent distribution company headed by filmmaker Ron Mann is pleased to announce that Le Havre, Aki Kaurismäki’s acclaimed Cannes 2011 favourite and winner of that festival’s FIPRESCI Prize will premiere at TIFF on Thursday, September 8, 2011, 9:30pm at the VISA Screening Room (Elgin). A political fairy tale that takes inspiration from the French cinema of the 1930s, Le Havre finds Kaurismäki working in France for the first time since his 1992 art house hit La Vie de Boheme.

In this warm-hearted portrait of the harbor city that gives the film its name, fate throws young African refugee Idrissa (newcomer Blondin Miguel) into the path of Marcel Marx (André Wilms, Europa Europa), a well-spoken bohemian who works as a shoe-shiner. With innate optimism and the unwavering solidarity of his community, Marcel stands up to officials doggedly pursuing the boy for deportation. In addition to Wilms and Miguel, Le Havre stars Kati Outinen (The Man Without a Past) and Jean-Pierre Darroussin (A Very Long Engagement). Le Havre was co-produced by Fabienne Vonier (The Barbarian Invasions) and Reinhard Brundig (Winged Migration).

Kaurismäki has cast André Wilms in four of his films; La Vie de Boheme, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses, Juha and now Le Havre.

FilmsWeLike is Canadian distributor for Le Havre. Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann, (Grass, Comic Book Confidential) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent and international films in Canada. Recent releases include: Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Bill Cunningham New York, and the Cannes Palme D'or winner Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Upcoming releases include Pearl Jam Twenty, Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, A Matter of Taste, and Le Havre.

After TIFF, Le Havre will play at VIFF and festivals in Edmonton, Calgary, Halifax and Montreal. It will begin its Canadian release in Toronto on Friday, November 4 at TIFF Bell Lightbox.

Running Time: 93 minutes
French with English subtitles

Press Screenings:
Thursday, August 25, 10:30am, Varsity
Monday, August 29, 11am, TIFF BLB (TBC, restricted to accredited TIFF media)

Press + Industry Screenings:
Friday, September 9, 9:15am, Scotiabank 3

TIFF Screenings:
Thursday, September 8, 9:30pm, Visa Screening Room (Elgin)
Friday, September 9, 1:00pm, Jackman Hall, AGO


To Book Interviews with Andre Wilms on September 8, 9, 10
Media Contact: V Kelly & Assoc, 416-466-9799, info@vkpr.ca

LE HAVRE (Trailer) from filmswelike on Vimeo.

Tags: TIFF, Press Release

“A MATTER OF TASTE” Serving Up Paul Liebrandt
A film by Sally Rowe

Opens at TIFF Bell Lightbox on Thursday, September 29, 2011
Sally Rowe & Paul Liebrandt in attendance

A Matter Of Taste - Trailer from Sally Rowe on Vimeo.

A MATTER OF TASTE takes an intimate look inside the world of an immensely talented and driven young chef, Paul Liebrandt. At 24, he was awarded three stars by the New York Times for unforgettable and hyper modern dishes such as "eel, violets and chocolate," "espuma of calf brains and foie gras," and "beer and truffle soup."

Critic William Grimes likened Paul to "a pianist who seems to have found a couple of dozen extra keys." Conversely, Gourmet critic Jonathan Gold called Paul's food "the result of a failed science experiment." He soon became a chef critics loved or loved to hate.

The film follows Paul over a decade and reveals his creative process in the kitchen, as well as the extreme hard work, long hours, and dedication it takes to be a culinary artist and have success in the cutthroat world of haute cuisine in New York City. Exploring the complicated relationships between food critics, chefs and restaurant owners, the film delves into the life of an uncompromising, thought provoking, young chef ahead of his time.

A MATTER OF TASTE features Paul Liebrandt, Chef, Croton; Frank Bruni, New York Times food critic 2004 – 2009; Thomas Keller, Chef Per Se; Eric Ripert, Chef Le Bernardin; Heston Blumenthal, Chef, The Fat Duck; Grant Achatz, Chef, Alinea; Drew Nieporent, Restauranteur; William Grimes, New York Times food critic 1998 – 2003.

SALLY ROWE – DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
New Zealand born Sally Rowe began working in film in 1992 as an apprentice
editor, assistant and editor in Thailand, Los Angeles and New York, respectively. In
2001, she returned to set as a script supervisor on numerous independent features,
commercials and the entire run of Comedy Central’s Emmy nominated “CHAPPELLE’S
SHOW.” A MATTER OF TASTE marks her directorial debut.

Running time: 68 minutes Official site: www.amatteroftastethefilm.com

For press notes and images: www.filmswelike.com

For further information, to book interviews w Sally Rowe, Paul Liebrandt
V Kelly & Associates
416-466-9799, info@vkpr.ca

Tags: TIFF Bell Lightbox, Press Release

RESURRECT DEAD THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES
A film by Jon Foy

Winner – Sundance 2011 Directing award: Documentary

Opens in Toronto on Friday, September 23, 2011 at The Royal



It’s gratifying to know that in the information age there are still shadowy crevices of the world where mystery and perplexity can still live. These dark corners of the world are diminishing in number, but it’s where magic and imagination can still exist. – Jon Foy

“Toynbee Idea in Movie 2001. Resurrect Dead on Planet Jupiter.” Beginning in the mid-1980s, hundreds of tiles carrying this cryptic message started appearing embedded in the asphalt of city streets throughout North and South America. A young artist named Justin Duerr was living in Philadelphia when he stumbled across one, then many, of these strange creations. What began as an ordinary attempt to discover their elusive creator became an obsessive quest as Duerr discovered an increasingly bizarre set of clues. Duerr spent more than a decade searching for the tiles’ creator, eventually teaming up with other Toynbee tile enthusiasts to gather clues. Crafting an enticing journey from Duerr’s experience, filmmaker Jon Foy invites you to get lost in this incredible real life mystery, a tribute to the fantastic things you can discover if you’re looking. – Sarafina DiFelice, Hot Docs

Filmmaker Jon Foy and Philadelphia-based artist and musician Justin Duerr began planning a documentary film about the Toynbee Tiles in 2000. Five years later, they began filming their investigation of these strange street plaques embedded in the asphalt of major U.S. and South American urban intersections that had held Duerr's fascination for over a decade. Having appeared on hundreds of reported examples from the mid-1980s to present, the cryptic four-line message of the Toynbee Tiles read: "Toynbee Idea / In Kubrick's 2001 / Resurrect Dead / On Planet Jupiter". While the text on the plaques was clear enough, neither Duerr nor the numerous media outlets that had documented the phenomenon knew what these tiles meant, how or why they were installed, or who was responsible for them.

Teaming up with local Toynbee Tile fanatics Steve Weinik and Colin Smith, Duerr began his quest with few clues towards the tiler's identity. The investigation led the team through a series of strange and unexpected turns from the discovery of a Jupiter colonization organization to the David Mamet play “4a.m.” and a TV news hijacker with a cryptic message. Along the way, the team met with the eccentric residents in the deepest reaches of South Philadelphia and dedicated shortwave radio buffs for clues and guidance. As the picture of the Toynbee Tiles' narrative slowly entered into focus, Duerr was shocked by the answers he was uncovering and his unexpected emotional connection to the elusive tiler.

Running time: 85 minutes Official Website: www.resurrectdead.com


For images, production notes and trailer: http://filmswelike.com/films/resurectdead/

For more information contact: V Kelly & Assoc.

Tags: The Royal, Press Release

Pearl Jam: Twenty .

TORONTO, ON – July 26, 2011: In celebration of their 20th Anniversary, Pearl Jam will debut Pearl Jam Twenty, a definitive portrait of the band as told by the Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and music journalist Cameron Crowe, at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival (“TIFF”).

On Tuesday, September 20th following the TIFF premiere, FilmsWeLike and Cineplex Entertainment’s (“Cineplex”) Front Row Centre Events will present this highly anticipated documentary at participating Cineplex theatres across Canada for one night only.

Beginning July 29th, tickets can be purchased at participating theatre box offices, through the Cineplex Mobile Apps and online at www.cineplex.com or the Cineplex mobile site m.cineplex.com. A list of participating Cineplex theatres can be found at: http://www.filmswelike.com/films/pearljam20/screenings/cineplex/.

Starting July 26th, advance tickets for Pearl Jam fans are available via http://www.cineplex.com/Movies/MovieDetails/Pearl-Jam-Twenty.aspx

Told in big themes and bold colours with blistering sound, Pearl Jam Twenty chronicles the years leading up to the band’s formation, the chaos that ensued soon-after being catapulted into superstardom, their step back from the spotlight with the instinct of self-preservation, and the creation of a trusted circle that would surround them—giving way to a work culture that would sustain them. The film celebrates the freedom that allows the band to make music without losing themselves, their fans, or the music lovers they’d always been.

“We put so much into the film – moments, pieces of footage shot by band members, audio snippets, visual bursts, new and old interviews – many different formats, all meant to show the emotional scrapbook of what it felt like to be a member of the band on this twenty-year journey,” said Cameron Crowe. “The richness of the footage made our path very clear – just tell the story of the band and let the music guide us. It was a joy to make this film, and we’re thrilled to share it with the fans.”

The captivating documentary gives fans and audiences an intimate first glimpse into Pearl Jam’s journey culled from more than 1,200 hours of rarely and never-before-seen footage, over 24 hours of recent interviews with the band, as well as live footage of their spellbinding concert performances.

To coincide with this unique theatrical release, The Pearl Jam Twenty soundtrack, released by Columbia Records/Sony Music Entertainment, is currently available for pre-order at www.PJ20.com for its release date of September 20, 2011. Comprised of a selected track listing by Cameron Crowe—the album is a true companion piece to the film.

In addition, as part of their year-long celebration, Pearl Jam is also releasing a Pearl Jam Twenty book on September 13th. Published by Simon & Schuster in Canada and the U.S. and Atlantic Books in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, the Pearl Jam Twenty book is an aesthetically stunning chronicle of the band’s past two decades. Compiled and written by veteran music writer Jonathan Cohen with Mark Wilkerson, the book includes a foreword by Cameron Crowe (and material from all his own band interviews) as well as original interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, and Dave Grohl. The book is also available for pre-order now on Amazon.com and Pearl Jam’s Ten Club at www.PJ20.com.

Pearl Jam Twenty is being distributed in Canada by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential), through his company FilmsWeLike, a boutique distributor of documentary, independent and international films in Canada. Recent releases include: “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop”, “Bill Cunningham New York”, and the Cannes Palm D’or winner “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.”

Pearl Jam Twenty is a Vinyl Films production in association with MonkeyWrench Inc. and Tremolo Productions. The film was produced by Cameron Crowe, Kelly Curtis, Morgan Neville, and Andy Fischer and executive produced by Michele Anthony.

Click here for trailers, clips, photos and additional artwork


Official Film site: www.PJ20.com

FilmsWeLike PEARL JAM 20 PAGE


ABOUT PJ20

2011 is a yearlong celebration of Pearl Jam’s twenty-year history. The band started off the year with the release of a new live compilation album, Live on Ten Legs, followed by the expanded reissues of Vs. and Vitalogy in March. Things kick into high gear in September with the Alpine Valley Labor Day anniversary weekend concert, a ten-date Canadian tour, followed by the theatrical release of Cameron Crowe’s film, Pearl Jam Twenty in September with accompanying book and soundtrack album and subsequent PBS airdate of October, ending the year with the DVD of the film available in October. For the latest Pearl Jam happenings, visit www.pearljam.com.

About Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,351 screens serving approximately 70 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the exclusive provider of UltraAVX™ and the largest exhibitor of digital 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. Cineplex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "CGX". For more information, visit www.cineplex.com.

About Front Row Centre Events (FRC)
Brought to you by Cineplex Entertainment, Front Row Centre Events bring world class entertainment to your local Cineplex Entertainment theatre and other participating locations! Presented in high-definition with digital surround sound, guests can experience the best in original one-night only and series-based programming. With the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series, Broadway productions, live broadcasts direct from the stage of London’s National Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet performances, classic films, concerts, live sporting events and documentaries, Front Row Centre Events put you in the centre of the action on the big screen!

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Media Contact:

Virginia Kelly, V Kelly & Assoc, 416-466-9799, info@vkpr.ca

Pat Marshall, Vice President, Communications and Investor Relations, Cineplex Entertainment,
416-323-6648, pat.marshall@cineplex.com

Kyle Moffatt, Director, Communications, Cineplex Entertainment,
416-323-6728, kyle.moffatt@cineplex.com

Tags: Cineplex, Front Row, Empire Cinemas, Landmark Cinemas, Press Release, Toronto International Film Festival

A MATTER OF TASTE takes an intimate look inside the world of an immensely talented and driven young chef, Paul Liebrandt. At 24, he was awarded three stars by the New York Times for unforgettable and hyper modern dishes such as "eel, violets and chocolate," "espuma of calf brains and foie gras," and "beer and truffle soup."
Critic William Grimes likened Paul to "a pianist who seems to have found a couple of dozen extra keys." Conversely, Gourmet critic Jonathan Gold called Paul's food "the result of a failed science experiment." He soon became a chef critics loved or loved to hate.

The film follows Paul over a decade and reveals his creative process in the kitchen, as well as the extreme hard work, long hours, and dedication it takes to be a culinary artist and have success in the cutthroat world of haute cuisine in New York City. Exploring the complicated relationships between food critics, chefs and restaurant owners, the film delves into the life of an uncompromising, thought provoking, young chef ahead of his time.

Featuring: Paul Liebrandt (Chef, Croton), FrankBruni (The New York Times, Food Critic 2004 - 2009), Thomas Keller (Chef, Per Se), Eric Ripert (Chef, Le Bernardin), Heston Blumenthal (Chef, The Fat Duck), Grant Achatz (Chef, Alinea), Drew Nieporent (Restaurateur), William Grimes (The New York Times, Food Critic 1998 - 2003), Mike Colameco (PBS Culinary Host).

A Matter Of Taste - Trailer from Sally Rowe on Vimeo.

Tags: Acquistion

Michael HIrsh and Jack Christie's lost 1960s underground movie VOULEZ VOUS COUCHES AVEC GOD? to debut TIFF Lightbox on Canada Day.

Michael Hirsh co-founder of the animation studio Nelvana began his career at Toronto's notorious Rochdale College where along with fellow filmmaker Jack Christie, they direct a drug infused experimental film starring counter cultural icon
(and FUGS member) Tuli Kupferberg .

After a few showings at the Roxy Cinema in Toronto, the film disappeared like smoke rings on a windy day... until last year when it was unearthed at the National Archives of Canada by filmmaker / preservationist Ron Mann ( Grass, Comic Book Confidential) who arranged for its restoration on HD at Deluxe Labs.

J. Hoberman, critic for New York's Village Voice wrote the lost 1960s film could have shared status with such cult classics as El Topo had the film actually been distributed.

Now circulating at international film festivals such as Rotterdam and Buenos Aires, VOULEZ VOUS COUCHES AVEC GOD? has its Canadian Premiere on Canada Day at the TIFF BELL Lightbox where it will be introduced by co-director Michael Hirsh.

For more information!

For interviews with Michael HIrsh, please contact Michael Boyuk

Tags: Michael Hirsh, Jack Christie, Bell Lightbox

15th edition of the Just For Laughs Film Festival brings BEAUTY DAY to Montreal on Tuesday, July 26, 7pm at Cinéma du Parc.

Tickets are on sale now at hahaha.com/film or by calling 1-888-244-3155.

Before there was Jackass... before there was Tom Green... there was Ralph Zavadil. His cable access television show in the early 90’s in southern Ontario, The Cap’n Video Show, showcased Ralph performing a series of idiotic and occasionally dangerous stunts. The advent of the Internet and reality television still years away, his unique brand of gross-out stunt comedy was truly ahead of its time. All it took was a broken neck for him to get noticed.

Beauty Day Trailer from Jay Cheel on Vimeo.

Tags: Just for Laughs Film Festival, Montreal, Cinéma du Parc

Theatrical engagement at select Cineplex theatres follows in Toronto and Vancouver from Friday, July 8, 2011

FilmsWeLike and Cineplex Entertainment’s (“Cineplex”) Front Row Centre Events will present the highly anticipated Rodman Flender documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” at participating Cineplex theatres across Canada on Thursday, July 7. In Toronto and Vancouver, the documentary will begin a limited engagement at select Cineplex theatres on Friday, July 8, 2011.

In 2010, after a much-publicized departure from hosting NBC’s Tonight Show, ex-late night host Conan O’Brien hit the road on a 32-city tour with a music and comedy show, ending his 22-year relationship with the network. The “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television” tour was O’Brien’s answer to a contractual stipulation that banned his appearance on television, radio and the Internet for six months following his last show.

Filmmaker Rodman Flender’s resulting documentary, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, is an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career. It offers a window into the private writers room and rehearsal halls as O’Brien’s “half-assed show” (the star’s own words) is almost instantly assembled and mounted to an adoring fan base.

At times angry but mostly hilarious, O’Brien works out his feelings about the very-public separation. Throughout the documentary, O’Brien uses comedy and rockabilly music, engaging in bits with on-stage guests such as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jim Carrey. He also, performs a duet with Jack White and sweats out manic Elvis Presley covers with his band and back-up singers. The audience will see a comic who does not stop performing, singing, pushing his staff and himself.

Did Conan O’Brien hit the road to give something back to his loyal fans, or did he travel across the continent, stopping at cities large (New York, Las Vegas) and remote (Enoch, Alberta) to fill a void within himself? Find out July 7th as Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop will be presented at select Cineplex theatres.

Beginning June 17th tickets can be purchased at participating theatre box offices, through the Cineplex Mobile Apps and online at www.cineplex.com or the Cineplex mobile site m.cineplex.com. Cineplex Entertainment presents Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop on Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the following theatres:

BRITISH COLUMBIA
Langley
Colossus Langley Cinemas, 20090 91A Avenue
Nanaimo
Galaxy Cinemas Nanaimo, 213-4750 Rutherford Road
Richmond
SilverCity Riverport Cinemas, 14211 Entertainment Way
Vancouver
Scotiabank Theatre Vancouver, 900 Burrard Street
Vernon
Galaxy Cinemas Vernon, 2306 Highway 6
Victoria
SilverCity Victoria Cinemas, 3130 Tillicum Road

ALBERTA
Calgary
Cineplex Odeon Crowfoot Crossing Cinemas, 91 Crowfoot Terrace NW
Scotiabank Theatre Chinook, 6455 Macleod Trail SW
Edmonton
Cineplex Odeon South Edmonton Cinemas, 1525-99th Street NW
Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton, 8882-170 Street

MANITOBA
Winnipeg
SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas, 817 St. James Street

SASKATCHEWAN
Moose Jaw
Galaxy Cinemas Moose Jaw, 1235 Main Street N
Regina
Galaxy Cinemas Regina, 420 McCarthy Boulevard N
Saskatoon
Galaxy Cinemas Saskatoon, 347 2nd Avenue

ONTARIO
Barrie
Galaxy Cinemas Barrie, 72 Commerce Park Drive
Brantford
Galaxy Cinemas Brantford, 300 King George Road
Burlington
SilverCity Burlington Cinemas, 1250 Brant Street
Cambridge
Galaxy Cinemas Cambridge, 355 Hespeler Road
Guelph
Galaxy Cinemas Guelph, 485 Woodlawn Road W
Hamilton
SilverCity Hamilton Mountain Cinemas, 795 Paramount Drive
Kingston
Cineplex Odeon Gardiners Road Cinemas, 626 Gardiners Road
London
SilverCity London Cinemas, 1680 Richmond Street
Mississauga
SilverCity Mississauga Cinemas, 3055 Vega Boulevard
Newmarket
SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas and XSCAPE Entertainment Centre, 18151 Yonge Street
Niagara Falls
Cineplex Odeon Niagara Square Cinemas, 7555 Montrose Road
Oshawa
Cineplex Odeon Oshawa Cinemas, 1351 Grandview Street N
Ottawa
Coliseum Ottawa Cinemas, 3090 Carling Avenue
SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas, 2385 City Park Drive
Owen Sound
Galaxy Cinemas Owen Sound, 1020 10th Street
Peterborough
Galaxy Cinemas Peterborough, 320 Water Street
Richmond Hill
SilverCity Richmond Hill Cinemas, 8725 Yonge Street
Sault Ste. Marie
Galaxy Cinemas Sault Ste. Marie, 293 Bay Street
Sudbury
SilverCity Sudbury Cinemas, 355 Barrydowne Road
Thunder Bay
SilverCity Thunder Bay Cinemas, 850 North May Street
Toronto
Cineplex Odeon Queensway Cinemas, 1025 The Queensway
Coliseum Scarborough Cinemas, 300 Borough Drive
Scotiabank Theatre Toronto, 259 Richmond Street W
SilverCity Fairview Mall Cinemas, 1800 Sheppard Avenue E
Waterloo
Galaxy Cinemas Waterloo, 550 King Street N
Windsor
Cineplex Odeon Devonshire Mall Cinemas, 3100 Howard Avenue

QUEBEC
Kirkland
Coliseum Kirkland Cinemas, 3200 rue Jean Yves
Montreal
Cineplex Odeon Cavendish Mall Cinemas, 5800 boul. Cavendish
Scotiabank Theatre Montreal, 977 rue Ste-Catherine O
Ste.Foy
Cineplex Odeon Ste. Foy Cinemas, 1200 boul. Duplessis


PRESS SCREENINGS
TORONTO (Tues, June 21 & Wed, June 29, 10am, Cineplex Odeon Varsity and VIP Cinemas)
VANCOUVER (Wed, June 15, 10:30am, Vancity Theatre)
CALGARY (Tues, June 28, 10am, Scotiabank Theatre Chinook)
EDMONTON (Tues, June 28, 10am, Scotiabank Theatre Edmonton)
WPG (Wed, June 29, 10am, SilverCity Polo Park Cinemas)

Running time: 89 minutes
Download hi-res images, press notes, view the trailer

Official Film site: www.conanobriencantstop.com


About Cineplex Entertainment
Cineplex Inc. ("Cineplex") is the largest motion picture exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 129 theatres with 1,343 screens serving approximately 70 million guests annually. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec and is the exclusive provider of UltraAVX™ and the largest exhibitor of digital, 3D and IMAX projection technologies in the country. Proudly Canadian and with a workforce of approximately 10,000 employees, the company operates the following top tier brands: Cineplex Odeon, Galaxy, Famous Players, Colossus, Coliseum, SilverCity, Cinema City and Scotiabank Theatres. Cineplex shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) under the symbol "CGX". For more information, visit www.cineplex.com.

About Front Row Centre Events (FRC)
Brought to you by Cineplex Entertainment, Front Row Centre Events bring world class entertainment to your local Cineplex Entertainment theatre and other participating locations! Presented in high-definition with digital surround sound, guests can experience the best in original one-night only and series-based programming. With the Metropolitan Opera’s Live in HD series, Broadway productions, live broadcasts direct from the stage of London’s National Theatre, Bolshoi Ballet performances, classic films, concerts, live sporting events and documentaries, Front Row Centre Events put you in the centre of the action on the big screen!

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Media Contact: Virginia Kelly, V Kelly & Assoc
416-466-9799, info@vkpr.ca

Kyle Moffatt, Director, Communications, Cineplex Entertainment
416-323-6728, kyle.moffatt@cineplex.com

Tags: Press Release, Cineplex, Front Row

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FILMS WE LIKE ACQUIRES

MARIE LOSIER'S "THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE"

Deal Happens Preceding Premiere at Hot Docs on Wednesday

Toronto, Ontario (MAY 3, 2011) – Films We Like proudly announced it has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Marie Losier's touching documentary THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE, which premieres Wednesday evening at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. Films We LIke will handle distribution of the film which is slated to open in October across Canada.

The festival favourite and award-winning documentary has screened at top international festivals including Berlin (winning Teddy and Caligari Awards) SXSW, Tribeca and BAFICI (winning the audience award ) will make its Canadian premiere at Hot Docs on Wednesday.

THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE is an intimate, affecting portrait of the life and work of ground-breaking performance artist and music pioneer Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV) and his other half and collaborator, Lady Jaye, centred around the daring sexual transformations the pair underwent for their “Pandrogyne” project.

Filmmaker, artist and curator, Marie Losier, was born in France in 1972, and has been living and working in New York City for the past seventeen years. She creates singular portraits of vanguard filmmakers, musicians, composers and artists including Guy Maddin, Tony Conrad and the Kuchar Brothers.

“More then a portrait of an artist”, said Ron Mann, doc vet and distributor, “it is an epic love story that is emotionally arresting. I'm thrilled Films We Like will be able to bring THE BALLAD OF GENESIS AND LADY JAYE to Canadian audiences.

Films We Like is handling five films at Hot Docs including : Jay Cheels BEAUTY DAY, Jon Foy's RESURRECT DEAD THE MYSTERY OF THE TOYNBEE TILES, David Weissman's WE WERE HERE and recently announced CONAN O’BRIEN CAN'T STOP.

For more information please contact : mann@sphinxproductions.com

The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye // Trailer.

Tags: Acquistion

Deal Happens Preceding CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP’S Premiere at Hot Docs on Saturday

Today, Films We Like proudly announces it has acquired Canadian distribution rights to Rodman Flender’s comic documentary CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP, which premieres Saturday evening at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto. Films We LIke will handle theatrical distribution of the film which is slated to open this July across Canada.

In 2010, after a much-publicized departure from hosting NBC’s Tonight Show – and the severing of a 22-year relationship with the network – O’Brien hit the road with a 32-city music-and-comedy show to exercise his performing chops and exorcise a few demons. The “Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour” was O’Brien’s answer to a contractual stipulation that banned his appearance on television, radio and the Internet for six months following his last show. Flender’s resulting documentary, CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP, is an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career. It offers a window into the private writers room and rehearsal halls as O’Brien’s “half-assed show” (his words) is almost instantly assembled and mounted to an adoring fan base. At times angry, mostly hilarious, O’Brien works out his feelings about the very-public separation with comedy and rockabilly music, engaging in bits with on-stage guests such as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jim Carrey, duetting with Jack White and sweating out manic Elvis Presley covers with his band and back-up singers. We see a comic who does not stop—performing, singing, pushing his staff and himself.


“Ron and Films We Like have shown tremendous passion for our film and we’re really happy they have come on board. We love that they share our vision and we fully support their future plans for the film” said the film’s two producers Gavin Polone and Rachel Griffin.

Films We Like, headed by doc vet Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential) said “CONAN O'BRIEN CAN'T STOP is hands down the most entertaining and funniest film at this year’s Hot Docs, and I’m thrilled that my company will be able to release it theatrically across the country.

The deal was negotiated by Liesl Copland at WME Global on behalf of the filmmakers, with Ron Mann of Films We Like.

Films We Like is currently releasing in theatres the box office sensation "Bill Cunningham New York" by Richard Press.

For more information contact filmswelike : mann@sphinxproductions.com

Tags: Aquisition, HotDocs

Distribution Label acquires 4 Feature Documentary Films

Submarine Entertainment announced today that it has sold a suite of films to Ron Mann's filmswelike distribution label in Canada. The deals were negotiated by David Koh, Josh Braun, and Dan Braun on behalf of Submarine Entertainment along with Ron Mann of filmswelike. The deals include all rights in Canada for Bill Cunningham New York by Richard Press, Blank City by Celine Dahnier, The Last Mountain by Bill Haney, and Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles by Jon Foy. filmswelike plans to release all of the films Theatrically in Canada followed by a DVD & Digital Release on the filmswelike label.

Bill Cunningham New York is about the 80+ year old New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soirées for the Times Style section in his columns “On the Street” and “Evening Hours.” Documenting uptown fixtures (Anna Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefeller—who all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunningham’s enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. The film is being currently released theatrically in the USA by Zeitgeist Films.

Blank City is an Insurgent Pictures & Pure Fragment Release in association with Submarine Entertainment and was Directed by Celine Danhier, Produced by Aviva Wishnow and Vanessa Roworth; Executive Produced by Dan Braun, Josh Braun, Andrew Karsch, and Fisher Stevens. Blank City chronicles New York's underground and experimental filmmaking scene circa 1977-1987. The film features Jim Jarmusch, Steve Buscemi, Lydia Lunch, Richard Kern, Nick Zedd, John Waters, Jonas Mekas, John Lurie, Amos Poe, Lizzie Borden, Eric Mitchell, Thurston Moore, Debbie Harry, Bette Gordon, Glenn O'Brien, among many others. Cinematography by Ryo Murakami, Peter Szollosi. Edited by Vanessa Roworth. The film is being released by distributor Insurgent Pictures and opens next week at the IFC Center in NY.

The Last Mountain by Bill Haney (The Price of Sugar) was written by Haney and Peter Rhodes. Produced by Clara Bingham, Eric Grunebaum, Bill Haney, and Executive Produced by Tim Disney and Tim Rockwood. Cinematography by Jerry Risius, Stephen McCarthy, Tim Hotchner. Edited by Peter Rhodes and Co-Produced by Laura Longsworth. The Last Mountain is the uplifting story of the power of ordinary citizens to remake the future when they have the determination and courage to do so. Bill Haney's film focuses on the devastating ecological effects of the Mountaintop Top Removal in West Virginia's Coal River Valley. With strong support from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and grassroots organizations, awareness is rising in the battle over the last great mountain in Appalachia. Superb storytelling and exquisite photography combine to remind us that this environmental calamity impacts us all. Dada Films is releasing the film Theatrically in the USA followed by a DVD and Digital Release by New Video.

Resurrect Dead: the Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles by Jon Foy recently won the Directors Award for US Documentary Competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival. Beginning in the early 1980s, hundreds of tiles carrying this cryptic message "Resurrect Dead" were found embedded in the asphalt of city streets as far apart as New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Santiago, and Buenos Aires. Street art? A prank? A message from space? Filmmaker Jon Foy recounts how young artist Justin Duerr became fascinated with the strange plaques and, with two other "Toynbee tile" enthusiasts, Steve Weinik and Colin Smith, spent years trying to discover what they meant and who made them. The unlikely investigators uncovered increasingly bizarre clues: a newspaper article, a David Mamet play, a Jupiter colonization organization, and a Toynbee message that "hijacked" local news broadcasts. That the origins of a street tile can be so captivating is testament to both Duerr’s passion and Foy’s filmmaking. A domestic deal will be announced shortly by Submarine.

Ron Mann of filmswelike stated, "One often hears at film festivals that documentaries played better than the fiction films. Case in point: these documentaries, which all played major film festivals struck us as really the best in contemporary cinema. And we're honored to be able to present them to audiences in Canada."

David Koh, Josh Braun & Dan Braun of Submarine stated, "filmswelike is a perfect home for our films and our filmmakers & producers and we are excited to work with Ron Mann and his team on the successful release of these great films."

Tags: Submarine Entertainment, Acquistion

The best conspiracy is one that is actually true. Such is the case of the fascinating Toynee Tile phenomenon. Director John Foy creates a magnificently suspenseful and engrossing investigative Sherlock Holmes-worthy mystery following three young men, equally obsessed, as they go about solving the urban mystery and surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that, since the early 1980s, have been appearing enbedded in the asphalt of seemingly random city streets. Primarily in Philadelphia, but as far apart as New York, St. Louis, Santiago, and Buenos Aires, each tile has a similar wording:

Toynbee Idea
In Kubrick's 2001
Resurrect Dead
On Planet Jupiter

For over 20 years a cult has developed around these messages, which still remains unsolved.

Street art? A prank? A message from space?

That the origins of a street tile can be so captivating is testament to both the men's passion and Foy’s filmmaking. Resurrect Dead thrusts us into the black hole of this fantastic mystery, a collection of leads, false leads and red herrings. Believe it or not, weaving into the evidence is an old David Mamet one act play from 1983, Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, the literature of American philosopher Arnold Toynbee, shortwave radio fanatics as well as a group of fascinating neighbourhood Philly folk who help the threesome uncover the mystery.

There is no public or private agency dedicated to conserving Toynbee tiles. Many tiles now exist only as photographs taken before their destruction. Despite this, the tiles have enjoyed attention from major American and European media outlets.
Resurrect Dead won the Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Festival / U.S. Documentary category.

Hot Docs: Tues May 3 (9pm) @ TIFF Bell Lightbox
Hot Docs: Wed May 4 (11:45pm) @ Bloor
Hot Docs: Sat May 7 (9:15pm) @ Cumberland

Theatrical release coming Summer 2011

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WE WERE HERE instantly leaps to the front rank of films about the AIDS epidemic. In the early 1970s, in the shadow of the Stonewall riots and the free-love movement, gay men and lesbians flocked to San Francisco to find acceptance.

They formed a thriving, tight-knit community until the arrival of AIDS in the early 1980s drove them under siege. David Weissman and Bill Weber (who co-directed the 2001 documentary, The Cockettes, chronicling San Francisco’s legendary theater troupe of hippies and drag queens, 1969 – 1972) revisits San Francisco a decade later, as its flourishing gay community is hit with an unimaginable disaster. It takes a reflective look back at the arrival and impact of AIDS through the stories of five individuals who lived through the best and the worst of the era. The film speaks to our capacity as individuals to rise to the occasion, and to the incredible power of a community coming together with love, compassion, and determination.

It has the force of a great war documentary. There are moments that are almost unbearable. These are followed by still other moments, equally unbearable, until the emotional strain of hearing of other people's sorrow and tribulation becomes simply too much - certainly too much for words. And always, there's this thought: If just hearing this is so devastating, what must it have been like to live through it. Or not live through it.

Hot Docs: Tues May 3 (9:30pm) @ TIFF Bell Lightbox
Hot Docs: Thurs May 5 (1:45pm) @ ROM Theatre

Theatrical release coming Summer 2011

WE WERE HERE (trailer) from David Weissman on Vimeo.

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Before JACKASS, TOM GREEN, TRAILER PARK BOYS and YOUTUBE, and before wrecking stuff, performing insane stunts and brutalizing your body were high art (and profitable), THERE WAS RALPH ZAVADIL...



CANADIAN PREMIERE: HOT DOCS
Fri April 29 (6:45pm) & Sat May 7 (4:15pm) @ Isabel Bader Theatre
Wed May 4 (7:30pm) @ London Tap House Rooftop (250 Adelaide West @ Duncan)

SEE THE TRAILER

His St. Catherines cable-access television show, The Cap'n Video Show, ran from 1990 to 1995, spawning a small but loyal cult following. Each week Ralph performed a series of idiotic and occasionally dangerous stunts, challenging the sensibilities of his small Southern Ontario audience.

With the advent of the internet and reality television still years away, his unique brand of gross-out stunt comedy was truly ahead of its time. All it took was a broken neck for him to get noticed.

OPENS ACROSS CANADA: MAY 27

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2 FILMS @ THE ROYAL, STARTS FRI APRIL 8



LiTTLEROCK a film by mike ott
Watch the Trailer!

WINNER "BEST-FILM-NOT-PLAYING-AT-A-THEATRE-NEAR-YOU" -Gotham Independent Film Awards

"Littlerock, which seems like nowhere you'd want to be from, or end up in, and yet people are from there and people end up there." - Anisse Gross/THE RUMPUS

A couple of Japanese students on a pilgrimage become stranded in Small-Town USA. Only, Atsuko doesn't feel stranded. Littlerock absorbs her into its bleak landscape and beautiful, dead-end kids. When her brother takes off, frustrated, she's left to figure out that America can be a bit of a shit-hole.


BEESWAX a film by Andrew Bujalski

A tale of two sisters, one in a wheelchair, one not, both mid-30s, both in and out of beds
and jobs in Austin, Texas... it's weirdly gripping, an authentically banal slice of life." -THE GUARDIAN

"ONE OF THE TOP FILMS OF THE YEAR" - NEW YORK TIMES

“Perhaps the most refreshing element of Beeswax is that Jeannie's paraplegic condition is never a focus in the script; she ably moves around in her wheelchair, disassembles and reassembles the chair to drive, and gets leg massages at the end of a tiring day…Disabled advocacy groups around the world will welcome Beeswax as a ground-breaker. – Mike Goodrich

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WHEN SHE WAS 9, SHE ATTEMPTED TO FLEE HER FIRST COMMUNION IN A PRECOCIOUS EFFORT TO REJECT THE CATHOLIC OPIATE OF THE PEOPLE...

NOW IT'S 1963, AND 15 YEAR-OLD LUCIANA IS ON HER OWN SORT OF SPACE RACE.

As capitalist America and communist Russia compete for ideological pre-eminence through conquest of the heavens, Luciana grows up an Italian female communist, struggling to affirm her identity amidst a bourgeois family, chauvinism, and... oh god.... teenage lust.

The Soviet Union's technological victory with Sputnik 1 launched an incredible propaganda victory, whereupon the Italian daily L'Unita ran the headline "Socialist technology defies the force of gravity".

Director Susanna Nicciarelli creates an ironic short circuit by juxtaposing this public phenomenon on the amplified, convoluted teenage experience.

Comedic, but with grounding drama, Nicchiarelli calls it "the story of an adolescence set against the backdrop of a cultural war between two alternative societies, made up of myths that have disappeared today."

THE ROYAL - Showtimes
Friday March 18 @ 7:00 PM
Friday March 18 @ 9:00 PM
Saturday March 19 @ 4:30 PM
Saturday March 19 @ 7:00 PM
Saturday March 19 @9:00 PM
Sunday March 20 @ 3:30 PM
Sunday March 20 @9:15 PM
Wednesday March 23@ 7:00 PM
Thursday March 24 @ 7:00 PM

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Exploring filmmaking in the Philippines during the Marcos era, when miniature James Bonds, karatekicking soul sisters, snake-loving babes, anorexic Rambos and gun-toting nuns were the rage.

"MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED! might just be the funniest, fastest, most shocking film you'll see all year." -FANTASICFEST

MACHETE MAIDENS UNLEASHED!
MARCH 4-10 @ THE BLOOR

EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION,
courtesy of THE RIO, Toronto's late great home of 3-BIG-HITS, VINTAGE EXPLOITATION MOVIE POSTER EXHIBIT now on display inside SONIC BOOM, just w/ of The Bloor.


Interviews available with OZ DIRECTOR MARK HARTLEY and interviewees ALLAN ARKUSH, CELESTE YARNALL, MARRIE LEE, ROSANNE KATON (see below).

Contact Gary Topp for Interview Requests!


Director Mark Hartley, wowed audiences in 2008 with NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD: THE WILD, UNTOLD STORY OF OZPLOITATION!,

ALLAN ARKUSH is an Emmy-winning television director who began his career in the New World trailer department editing cheap and cheerful B-movies for an appreciative drive-in audience. Allan worked his way up through the New World ranks to co-direct HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD with Joe Dante and achieved cult immortality when he directed the Ramones in ROCK' N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL. He is currently producing the American cheerleading comedy-drama TV series, HELLCATS.

Boasting a CV full of ultra cool cult TV credits (including THE WILD, WILD WEST, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. and STAR TREK) as well as roles in BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE and LIVE A LITTLE, LOVE A LITTLE, CELESTE YARNALL went from being wooed by both Elvis Presley and Captain Kirk to being terrorised by a paper-mâché-faced monster in BEAST OF BLOOD (1971). Celeste didn't think of this as a career hiccup until she discovered her dressing room in the Philippines was a cave that also doubled as the men's latrine!

Marrie Lee's career began at age 17 when she answered an advert in the paper asking, "Are you smart, sexy and seductive?". She auditioned in a miniskirt and won the title role in Bobby A. Suarez's THEY CALL HER CLEOPATRA WONG. Marrie braved all manner of injuries as she reprised the role in two sequels of decreasing quality and safety conditions (DYNAMITE JOHNSON and THE DEVIL'S ANGELS) before hanging up her karate kicking Go-go boots for good.

Playboy playmate turned exploitation Queen, ROSANNE KATON journeyed to the Philippines to karate kick her way to freedom in a couple of Cirio Santiago adventures, EBONY, IVORY & JADE and THE MUTHERS. Her other genre credits include MOTEL HELL, THE SWINGING CHEERLEADERS, and ZAPPED!

From the early-'70s to the mid-'80s, The Philipines was in the grip of a brutal dictatorship and under martial law. Fighting back was forbidden. Chaos was contained. Indecency was punished. There was no sign of revolution. EXCEPT IN THEIR MOVIES!

And during the classic grindhouse era of that same period, independent producers began turning out more and more exploitation features for less and less money. As the cycle wore on, there was a demand from audiences for more variety in settings and situations, and a demand from producers for lower budgets. Since it already had an infrastructure conducive to the making of inexpensive films, the Philippines fit the bill to a T. Labor was cheap, there were skilled technicians and equipment and, possibly best of all, the military dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos looked upon the enterprise favorably, contributing everything from tactical assistance to military firepower. One interviewee refers to the Philippines at this time as the "wild east", and that assessment certainly seems apt as we hear story after story of gunfights in hotel lobbies, rats the size of poodles and the most insane, irresponsible stunts imaginable. As shocking and lurid as many of the women-in-prison, jungle action, mad scientist and martial arts movies made in the Philippines were, the back stories may actually surpass the films in their shocking details. But when the films being discussed and shown in Hartley’s trademark montage style are as wildly entertaining as FOR YOUR HEIGHT ONLY, MAD DOCTOR OF BLOOD ISLAND, THE TWILIGHT PEOPLE, THE BIG DOLL HOUSE and TNT JACKSON, it may be a tie.

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DOGTOOTH is the first Greek picture to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film since 1977. Don’t miss it at The Royal starting January 28.

“There's uncomfortable, there's cringe-worthy, there's assaultive, and then there's Dogtooth…” (Alex Navarro, screened.com)

A hyper-stylized mixture of physical violence and verbal comedy “…played with a tone and tenor that vaguely resembles what might happen if Michael Haneke directed Napoleon Dynamite.” (screened.com)

The father, the mother and their three kids live at the outskirts of a city. There is a tall fence surrounding the house. The kids have never been outside that fence. They are being educated, entertained, bored and exercised in the manner that their parents deem appropriate, without any influence from the outside world. They believe that the airplanes flying over are toys and that zombies are small yellow flowers. The only person allowed to enter the house is Christina. She works as a security guard at the father’s business. The father arranges her visits to the house in order to appease the sexual urges of the son. The whole family is fond of her, especially the eldest daughter. One day Christina gives her as a present a headband that has stones that glow in the dark and asks for something in return.

“DOGTOOTH is like a car crash. You cannot look away.” –Roger Ebert

John Waters calls it “by far the most original film I’ve seen in a long time.”

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