[Editors Note: Project of the Day is presented in partnership with Blackmagic Design, one of the world's leading innovators and manufacturers of creative video technology.] Here's your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress -- at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. Hunky Dory Logline: A comedy-drama about a drag queen and his son. Elevator Pitch: After his ex-girlfriend disappears, Sidney, a grifting glam rock dilettante, is forced to look after his 11-year-old son full-time. His "cool dad" facade crumbles and his life goes into full tailspin as he struggles to let go of his rock-and-roll lifestyle. Production Team: Director: Michael Curtis Johnson Writers: Michael Curtis Johnson, Tomas Pais Producers: Bernie Stern, Tomas Pais, Michael Curtis Johnson Cinematographer: Magela Crosignani ("The...
- 12/28/2015
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Glenn here winding down with the Melbourne Film Festival coverage. For whatever reason, Miff’s selection of queer films is never particularly large. I wasn’t able to attend the AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague, although I’ve heard it’s a powerful experience, but I did get along to Ira Sachs’ Keep the Lights On that follows a nine-year relationship between a Danish documentary filmmaker (Thure Lindhardt, Into the Wild) and a lawyer (Zachary Booth, Damages, Dark Horse) in New York City. I know Nathaniel’s not a fan (and I can certainly see why as there are problematic areas), but it’s rare for a “gay film” to find a positive foothold in the critical community so that made it a veritable must see.
There’s a moment when Lindhardt’s Erik passes a graffiti sign that reads “Fake Your Beauty”, which is actually a good...
There’s a moment when Lindhardt’s Erik passes a graffiti sign that reads “Fake Your Beauty”, which is actually a good...
- 8/22/2012
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Zeina Durra
Starring: Élodie Bouchez, José Maria de Tavira, Karim Saleh, Karolina Müller and Marianna Klulkundis
New York City has always been populated by an interesting mix of immigrants both wealthy and poor who navigate the city at the same time but in very different ways. Take Asya (Élodie Bouchez), the French-born (but Jordanian-Lebanese-Bosnian-Palestinian by heritage) focus of Zeina Durra’s new indie flick, “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!” She’s a conceptual artist living in a true artist’s loft in Chinatown who is close friends with a supermodel, dates a wealthy son of somebody-or-other from Mexico City and gets from trendy club to underground venue by taxi.
Meanwhile, Asya has a cleaning lady, Sandra (Laura Patalano), another immigrant, whose life in New York is dominated by working-class concerns. Sandra’s son has just passed the exam to become a policeman,...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Zeina Durra
Starring: Élodie Bouchez, José Maria de Tavira, Karim Saleh, Karolina Müller and Marianna Klulkundis
New York City has always been populated by an interesting mix of immigrants both wealthy and poor who navigate the city at the same time but in very different ways. Take Asya (Élodie Bouchez), the French-born (but Jordanian-Lebanese-Bosnian-Palestinian by heritage) focus of Zeina Durra’s new indie flick, “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!” She’s a conceptual artist living in a true artist’s loft in Chinatown who is close friends with a supermodel, dates a wealthy son of somebody-or-other from Mexico City and gets from trendy club to underground venue by taxi.
Meanwhile, Asya has a cleaning lady, Sandra (Laura Patalano), another immigrant, whose life in New York is dominated by working-class concerns. Sandra’s son has just passed the exam to become a policeman,...
- 4/15/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Reviewed by Lila Nordstrom
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Zeina Durra
Starring: Élodie Bouchez, José Maria de Tavira, Karim Saleh, Karolina Müller and Marianna Klulkundis
New York City has always been populated by an interesting mix of immigrants both wealthy and poor who navigate the city at the same time but in very different ways. Take Asya (Élodie Bouchez), the French-born (but Jordanian-Lebanese-Bosnian-Palestinian by heritage) focus of Zeina Durra’s new indie flick, “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!” She’s a conceptual artist living in a true artist’s loft in Chinatown who is close friends with a supermodel, dates a wealthy son of somebody-or-other from Mexico City and gets from trendy club to underground venue by taxi.
Meanwhile, Asya has a cleaning lady, Sandra (Laura Patalano), another immigrant, whose life in New York is dominated by working-class concerns. Sandra’s son has just passed the exam to become a policeman,...
(April 2011)
Directed/Written by: Zeina Durra
Starring: Élodie Bouchez, José Maria de Tavira, Karim Saleh, Karolina Müller and Marianna Klulkundis
New York City has always been populated by an interesting mix of immigrants both wealthy and poor who navigate the city at the same time but in very different ways. Take Asya (Élodie Bouchez), the French-born (but Jordanian-Lebanese-Bosnian-Palestinian by heritage) focus of Zeina Durra’s new indie flick, “The Imperialists Are Still Alive!” She’s a conceptual artist living in a true artist’s loft in Chinatown who is close friends with a supermodel, dates a wealthy son of somebody-or-other from Mexico City and gets from trendy club to underground venue by taxi.
Meanwhile, Asya has a cleaning lady, Sandra (Laura Patalano), another immigrant, whose life in New York is dominated by working-class concerns. Sandra’s son has just passed the exam to become a policeman,...
- 4/15/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
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