If you're wondering where you've heard about "Diamond Tongues" before, you might've forgotten that last month we debuted the first trailer for the film. And now with more snow on the ground, and the Slamdance Film Festival premiere of the picture right around the corner, we've got an exclusive clip and a first look look at the poster (designed by Casey Irvin, from a photo by Brooke Wedlock) below. From co-directors Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson (who also co-founded the film site The Seventh Art with Christopher Heron), and starring Leah Goldstein, comedian/musician Nick Flanagan, Leah Wildman, Adam Gurfinkel, and Noah R. Taylor, "Diamond Tongues" follows Edith Welland, a struggling actress who gets a surprise when she learns her ex-boyfriend has not only taken up the trade but has booked a leading role. And in the clip below, a little hit of acid has some interesting, and very funny,...
- 1/12/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Sometimes, the right chemistry of material comes together to make for a ripe trailer mashup, and recently those ingredients were found in the most unlikely place: the first trailer for "Knight Of Cups." Featuring more frenzied editing and electronically pulsating music than we're used to from Malick, and with a voiceover that could be ripped out of the diaries of Bruce Wayne, it wasn't long until someone took at shot at marrying the worlds of Terrence Malick and Christopher Nolan. And it was...okay. But two more have landed that raise the bar. First up is an effort from video cutting maestro Nelson Carvajal, who takes the right path of keeping the voiceover and weaving into footage strictly from the The Dark Knight trilogy. And it's an approach Noah R. Taylor utilizes too, with both mashups getting the mix just right. "Knight Of Cups" doesn't have a distributor yet or a release date,...
- 12/18/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
It's only just December, but we're already looking at the year ahead, and in January a plethora of new films will be screened at the Sundance Film Festival. But if you're looking to find some truly under the radar gems, you might be better off exploring the Slamdance Film Festival, where the names might not be as big, but the movies are just as ambitious. And one such film to keep an eye on is "Diamond Tongues." The dramedy is co-directed by Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson (who also co-founded the film site The Seventh Art with Christopher Heron) and tells the story of Edith Welland (Leah Goldstein), a struggling actress who gets a surprise when she learns her ex-boyfriend has not only taken up the trade but has booked a leading role. Boasting a supporting cast including comedian/musician Nick Flanagan, Leah Wildman, Adam Gurfinkel, and Noah R. Taylor,...
- 12/4/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
While the Sundance Film Festival is the better known film festival located in Utah that runs in January, it is not the only one, as the Slamdance Film Festival has been running in the same place during the same month for over 20 years. The unique aspect of the Slamdance Film Festival, however, is its Narrative Features and Documentary Features program, which restricts its selection to films that are directorial debuts, made for under $1 million, and don’t have Us distribution. The 2015 incarnation of the festival is set to run from January 23rd to the 29th, and ahead of the festival’s premiere next month, organisers have unveiled the lineup for the aforementioned categories. The lineup is as follows.
Narrative Features Program:
Across The Sea (Turkey/USA), making its North American Premiere
Written and Directed by Nisan Dağ and Esra Saydam
Starring Damla Sönmez, Jacob Fishel, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Hakan Karsak,...
Narrative Features Program:
Across The Sea (Turkey/USA), making its North American Premiere
Written and Directed by Nisan Dağ and Esra Saydam
Starring Damla Sönmez, Jacob Fishel, Ahmet Rıfat Şungar, Hakan Karsak,...
- 12/2/2014
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
The Sundance Film Festival dominates Park City in late January, but there is also the upstart Slamdance Film Festival. We’ve not really highlighted that fest or its program, but I always stay at Treasure Mountain Inn where Slamdance is headquartered and they’ve kind of grown on me. Last year they brought Christopher Nolan to speak (the fest had the good sense to program his first film) and Joe Mangianello came to vamp his male stripper docu. This year, there’s every chance of seeing Dennis Rodman, the flamboyant former rebounding machine and Bff of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, for the docu Dennis Rodman’s Big Bang In Pyongyang. So let’s all root for an international incident! Here are the films they’ll be playing from January 23-29:
Narrative Features Program
Across the Sea – Directors & Screenwriters: Nisan Dağ, Esra Saydam. (Turkey/USA) North American Premiere.
Narrative Features Program
Across the Sea – Directors & Screenwriters: Nisan Dağ, Esra Saydam. (Turkey/USA) North American Premiere.
- 12/1/2014
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline
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