Films We Like alongside Drafthouse Films is pleased to announce its acquisition of Ben Wheatley’s horror pic A FIELD IN ENGLAND.

A FIELD IN ENGLAND is a psychedelic trip into magic and madness from Ben Wheatley, award-winning director of DOWN TERRACE, KILL LIST and SIGHTSEERS.

In the war-torn England countryside in 1648, a small group of deserters flee the raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured and forced to help one of their captors in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field.

The group defends into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they gradually become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.

Publicity inquires, please contact Jasmine Pauk (Publicist)

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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

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A fast-moving, no-holds-barred exploration of the blood-drenched and action-packed world of Filipino genre filmmaking.

Karate-kickin’ midgets! Paper-mâché monsters! Busty babes with blades! Filipino genre films of the '70s and '80s had it all.

Boasting cheap labour, exotic scenery and non-existent health and safety regulations, the Philippines was a dreamland for exploitation filmmakers whose renegade productions were soon engulfing drive-in screens around the globe like a tidal schlock-wave!

At last, the all-too-often overlooked world of drive-in filler from Manila gets the Mark Hartley (NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD) treatment in Machete Maidens Unleashed!. This is the ultimate insiders' account of a faraway backlot where stunt men came cheap, plot was obsolete and the make-up guy was packin’ heat!

Machete Maidens Unleashed! features interviews with cult movie icons Roger Corman, Joe Dante, John Landis, Sid Haig, Eddie Romero and a large assembly of cast, crew and critics, each with a jaw-dropping story to tell about filmmaking with no budget, no scruples, no boundaries and - more often than not - no clothes.

Strap yourselves in - and join us for a non-stop Filipino femme-fest, all the way from the jungles of the Pacific via the trash cans of the critics!

Opening March 2010 Across Canada.


Official Website

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VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC GOD?
a film by Jack Christie, Michael Hirsh
1972 / 69 min/ New high-definition transfer from original 16mm elements

Canadian-made experimental flick featuring a groundbreaking potpourri of live action and animation, backed by a rollicking soundtrack of 1960s hits. As portrayed by Kupferberg, there’s no messing with this Yahweh who’d just as soon enjoy a blow job from an inflatable schmoo as mastermind a presidential election from the cozy confines of his bathtub in Hashish Seventh Heaven, where a cast of pipe-dreaming souls journeys to be reborn. All hell breaks loose when the angel of the Lord attempts to cover up his failure to avert the sacrifice of young Isaac by his father, Abraham.

Watch the trailer!

Screening at Anthology Film Archives Nov 14th!

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LENNONNYC a film by Michael Epstein

As the world remembers John Lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday, and the 30th anniversary of his death, LENNONYC takes an intimate look at the time Lennon, Yoko Ono and their son, Sean, spent living in New York City during the 1970s. LENNONYC features never-before heard studio recordings from the Double Fantasy sessions, never-before-seen outtakes from Lennon in concert, and home movies that have only recently been transferred to video. Featuring exclusive interviews with Ono - who cooperated extensively with the production and offers an unprecedented level of access - and with artists who worked closely with Lennon during this period (including Elton John and photographer Bob Gruen), LENNONYC paints a revealing portrait of the legend’s momentous years in Manhattan, the final years of a remarkable life cut remarkably short.



Hot Docs Screenings
Wednesday, 11/3/10 6:30PM & 9:15PM
Purchase Tix!

LennonNYC is available for benefit screenings only.
Also available for television sales and will be coming to DVD in January 2011.

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ATTENBERG a film by Athina Rachel Tsangari
2010 / 95 min
Original language: Greek (with English Subtitles)

Marina, 23, is growing up with her architect father in a prototype factory town by the sea. Finding the human species strange and repellent, she keeps her distance. Instead she chooses to observe it through the songs of Suicide, the mammal documentaries of Sir David Attenborough, and the sexual- education lessons she receives from her only friend, Bella. A stranger comes to town and challenges her to a foosball duel, on her own table. Her father meanwhile ritualistically prepares for his exit from the 20th century, which he considers to be “overrated.” Caught between the two men and her collaborator, Bella, Marina investigates the wondrous mystery of the human fauna.

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