A new player has entered on the indie film distribution — the two year old initiative Tribeca Film officially revealed yesterday an intriguing schedule of films adding to the already includes the formerly announced relationship drama Last Night.
These upcoming releases covers many genres and introduce stars such as Zach Braff, Vincent Gallo and Zoe Kravitz, as well as filmmakers such as Peter Mullan, Jerzy Skolimowski and Vincent D’Onofrio.
Searching for the films that are sure to take some attention is Deborah Chow‘s The High Cost of Living; dark romantic drama about intertwined fates centers on the burgeoning relationship between an unlikely pair. Nathalie (Isabelle Blais) is expecting her first child, and Henry (Zach Braff) is on his way to his next drug deal. Their paths fatefully collide one night in an event that will forever change their lives. What comes out is the unlikely affiliation between the two and their equal confrontation of loss, and whether the cost of living is worth the price.
Neds UK Trailer:
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Scottish actor and occasionally director Peter Mullan returns with his first effort behind the camera since The Magdalene Sisters with NEDS. Mullan’s third feature as a writer and director, after Orphans and The Magdalene Sisters, is a violent 1970s coming-of-age drama set in a rough section of Glasgow. “NEDS” won Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival and was chosen Best Film at the 2011 London Evening Standard Awards.
Brother’s Justice Trailer:
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Brother’s Justice, Hollywood satire points Dax Shepard’s directorial debut and is co-directed by David Palmer. The film follows Shepard as he makes the rash decision to leave comedy in pursuit of his true dream: to become an internationally-renowned MMA star. Winner of the audience award at the Austin Film Festival and an official selection of the Hollywood Film Festival, the film features performances by Tom Arnold, Bradley Cooper, David Koechner, Michael Rosenbaum and Nate Tuck.
Other films that are slated for a theatrical release this year could be checked here.
One significant film not getting a theatrical release going straight to DVD is Jerzy Skolimowski‘s Essential Killing. An adventure thriller directed by praised Polish auteur about captured Taliban fighter (Vincent Gallo), cross-examined, tortured and moved to an unnamed jail campus in Europe. Following an accident relating his transport convoy, he becomes an escaped prisoner on a continent he does not know. “Essential Killing” premiered at the Venice International Film Festival, and won the Special Jury Prize and Best Actor for Vincent Gallo’s performance.
No release dates have yet been assigned.
