Film Fan Fridays for Friday June 15, 2012

Hello Film Fans and Fanatics!

Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday June 15, 2012!

In limited release this week we have have a whopping three Canadian releases with the voyeur crime thriller 388 Arletta Avenue, indie awesomeness of i am a good person i am a bad person which has beautiful naturalism and quiet emotional intensity. Our third Canadian release is the road film Foreverland which just the trailer of the film got me teary. One film that certainly has my eye this week is Safety Not Guaranteed that's based on the idea of a journalist going undercover to respond to an ad for a time-travel companion, and I think we officially have enough films in the past few years to call scifi-drama a legit subgenre. Going for more straight drama we have The Woman in the Fifth / La femme du Vème with Ethan Hawke and Kristen Scott Thomas and in the land of comedy we have Lola Versus with Greta Gerwig. If documentaries are your thing you have three to choose from including Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present centred on the Serbian performances artist, The Island President and Kivalina vs Exxon and for the Friday, June 15, 9:15 PM screening producer David Miller will be in attendance for a post-screening Q & A.

In wide release this week we have it's a bit more quiet with just three film including the Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy, retro nostalgia look at hair metal with Rock of Ages starring Tom Cruise and the cricket-centric Bollywood film Ferrari Ki Sawaari.

Have a great weekend!

Shannon

Festival Watch

The Female Eye Film Festival
10th Anniversary Year!
June 20 - 24, 2012 at the Carlton Cinema locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NXNE
See film program at NXNE here
Continues until June 17, 2012 in various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto Japanese Film Festival
Continues until June 21, 2012 at various locations in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Friday June 15, 2012 Releases

388 Arletta Avenue
Dir: Randall Cole (Real Time)
Cast: Nick Stahl, Mia Kirshner, Devon Sawa
Canada
Limited Release
No Official Film Site Found, IMDb Page, Trailer

Ferrari Ki Sawaari
Dir: Rajesh Mapuskar - feature film directorial debut
Cast: Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Ritwik Sahore
India
Official Film Site & Trailer, IMDb Page

Foreverland
Dir: Max McGuire (Crossing the Wake)
Cast: Max Thieriot, Laurence Lebeouf, Sarah Wayne Callies, Thomas Dekker, Matt Frewer, Juliette Lewis
Canada
Limited Release
Film Facebook Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

i am a good person i am a bad person
Writer/Dir: Ingrid Veninger (Only, MODRA)
Cast: Ingrid Veninger, Hallie Switzer
Canada
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Island President
Dir: Jon Shenk (Lost Boys of Sudan)
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Kivalina vs Exxon
Dir: Ben Addelman (Hollywood Babylon, Bombay Calling)
Documentary
Canada/USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, No Trailer Found

Lola Versus
Dir: Daryl Wein (Breaking Upwards )
Cast: Greta Gerwig, Zoe Lister-Jones, Joel Kinnaman, Hamish Linklater, Debra Winger, Bill Pullma
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present
Dir: Matthew Akers - feature film directorial debut
Documentary
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Rock of Ages
Dir: Adam Shankman (Hairspray, The Pacifier)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Malin Ackerman, Mary J. Blige, Bryan Cranston, Alec Baldwin
USA
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

Safety Not Guaranteed
Dir: Colin Trevorrow (Reality Show )
Cast: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni
USA
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

That's My Boy
Dir: Sean Anders (Sex Drive)
Cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester, James Caan, Milo Ventimiglia
USA
Facebook Film Page, IMDb Page, Trailer

The Woman in the Fifth / La femme du Vème
Dir: Pawel Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love, Last Resort)
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi
France/Poland/UK
Limited Release
Official Film Site, IMDb Page, Trailer

**please note this list of releases reflects first run film released in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as of June 15, 2012**