Restrepo: New Docu Sundance Jury Winner

Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger are the co-directors of "Restrepo," the new doc which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Fest. The film, which deals with the Afghan war, is released by National Geographic July 2, 2010.

 

How did you come across this particular assignment – what brought you there? 

 

Sebastian: We were on assignment for Vanity Fair and ABC News. After an embed with Battle Company in 2005, I’d had the idea of following one platoon for an entire deployment and both writing a book and making a documentary about their experience.

 

 

Inception: Chris Nolan's Bond Picture

The gifted director Christopher Nolan has told the "Bellfast Telegraph" that his new, eagerly-awaited movie, "Inception," is his "James Bond" movie, with touches of his first success, the noir-thriller "Memento."

Trailer: https://emanuellevy.com/videos/view.cfm?id=220.

 

 

Splice: Horror Produced by Del Toro

In the new horror tale "Splice," superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly take their boldest experimentation underground–risking their careers by pushing the boundaries of science to serve their own curiosity and ambition.

 

 

 

Multiple Sarcasms: Interview with Brooks Branch

Brooks Branch is the writer/director of "Multiple Sarcasms," starring Timothy Hutton and Mira Sorvino. The film is being released on May 7 by Multiple Avenue Releasing.

“Life rarely exists as exclusively comedic or exclusively dramatic. Most of us struggle through a balancing act of the two. ‘Multiple Sarcasms’ became an ideal project for me to explore that balance, for as we all know the pursuit of finding what makes us feel complete comes with both pleasures and pitfalls.” 


 

Holy Rollers: How It All Began

Kevin Asch's "Holy Rollers" stars Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Bartha, and Ari Graynor. The film is being released May 21, 2010 by First Independent Pictures.

The idea for Holy Rollers emerged in 2005 when Danny Abeckaser saw a news piece about an Israeli drug dealer during the late-nineties who used Hasidic Jews as couriers to smuggle ecstasy from Europe into the United States.

 Holy Rollers Trailer: https://emanuellevy.com/videos/view.cfm?id=194