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IN THEATERS: ‘Inherent Vice’, ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’

Inherent Vice

Based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon, this crime-filled comedy is about Larry “Doc” Sportello, a private investigator researching the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend. Joaquin Phoenix stars for director Paul Thomas Anderson. 148 min. Rated R.

Exodus: Gods and Kings

Ridley Scott directs this biblical epic. Moses rises against the Pharaoh to lead his people out of bondage and out of Egypt. Christian Bale stars as Moses alongside Joel Edgerton as Pharaoh Ramses. 142 min. Rated PG-13.

From over 8,000 submissions, there were sixty short films released in the 2015 Sundance lineup. Categories include U.S. narrative, international narrative short films, documentary short films and animated short films.

Here’s the full list of shorts:

U.S. NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS

Actresses / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jeremy Hersh) — The film follows the relationship between a young, aspiring actress and an established off-Broadway star.

A.D. 1363, The End of Chivalry / U.S.A., New Zealand (Director and screenwriter: Jake Mahaffy) — A little-known historical catastrophe leads to the definitive end of the era of chivalry and questing.

Color Neutral / U.S.A. (Director: Jennifer Reeves) — A color explosion sparkles, bubbles, and fractures in this handcrafted 16mm film. Jennifer Reeves utilizes an array of mediums and direct-on-film techniques to create this exuberant, psychedelic morsel of cinema as material.

Dog Bowl / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Gordy Hoffman) — A heartbroken girl spiraling through life stumbles upon the true nature of her existence after stealing the vest off of a service dog.

Hugh the Hunter / U.S.A. (Director: Zachary Heinzerling, Screenwriters: Zachary Heinzerling, Jesse Soursourian) — This fable, inspired by the artwork of Hugh Hayden, follows a fictitious hunter of the Scottish Highlands on a daylong quest to capture the elusive red grouse.

A Million Miles Away / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jennifer Reeder) — Melancholy as survival strategy: A woman on the edge of failing and a pack of teenage girls simultaneously experience a supernatural coming-of-age. The transformation unravels to the infectious beat of a heavy metal anthem rearranged as a lamentation.

Mulignans / U.S.A. (Director: Shaka King, Screenwriters: Shaka King, Kristan Sprague) — mulignan(s) /moo.lin.yan(s)/ n. 1. Italian-American slang for a Black man. Derived from Italian dialect word for “eggplant.” See also: moolie. Source: Urban Dictionary and pretty much every mob movie ever.

Myrna the Monster / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ian Samuels) — A heartbroken alien dreamer from the moon transitions into young adult life in Los Angeles just like any other 20-something.

Oh Lucy! / Japan, Singapore, U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Atsuko Hirayanagi) — Setsuko, a 55-year-old single so-called office lady in Tokyo, is given a blonde wig and a new identity, “Lucy,” by her young unconventional English-language teacher. “Lucy” awakens desires in Setsuko she never knew existed.

Pink Grapefruit / U.S.A. (Director: Michael Mohan, Screenwriters: Michael Mohan, Chris Levitus) — A young married couple bring two of their single friends to Palm Springs for a long weekend. It does not go as planned.

Rabbit / France, U.S.A. (Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Screenwriters: Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre, Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold) — A therapist working in tandem with a correctional facility’s Pet Partnership Program entrusts a small rabbit to a female prisoner. In the confinement of her cell, will the inmate be able to transcend her circumstances and connect with the animal?

SMILF / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Frankie Shaw) — A young single mother struggles to balance her old life of freedom with her new one as mom. It all comes to a head during one particular nap-time when Bridgette invites an old friend over for a visit.

Stop / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Reinaldo Marcus Green) — A young man’s livelihood is put to the test when he is stopped by the police on his way home.

Superior / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Erin Vassilopoulos) — A stranger passing through town sparks a teenage girl’s desire to distinguish herself from her identical twin sister. As one sister struggles to break free, the other insists on preserving their distinctive bond.

INTERNATIONAL NARRATIVE SHORT FILMS

Back Alley / France (Director and screenwriter: Cécile Ducrocq) — Suzanne, a prostitute for 15 years, has her turf, her regular johns, and her freedom. One day, however, young African prostitutes settle nearby, and she is threatened.

The Chicken / Germany, Croatia (Director and screenwriter: Una Gunjak) — The day-to-day life of a six-year-old girl growing up during unstable times in Sarajevo is shaken up when a chicken joins her family.

Daytimer / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Riz Ahmed) — London, 1999: A young boy gives school and home the slip to attend his first daytime rave.

Followers / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Tim Marshall) — Lynn, an elderly woman stricken with grief after her husband’s death, finds solace in an apparition of Jesus on the swimming trunks of a young gay man at her adult swimming class.

Great Northern Mountain / Sweden (Director and screenwriter: Amanda Kernell) — Elle, 78, doesn’t like Sámi (Laplander) people — even though she is Sámi. Pressured by her son, she returns north for her sister’s funeral. When she realizes he’s planned for them to stay with their relatives, Elle checks into a hotel.

Greenland / Israel (Director and screenwriter: Oren Gerner) — Oren packs his belongings at his parents’ house before moving in with his girlfriend. Through seemingly simple interactions, family dynamics are revealed. The house constitutes the space in which past, present, and future mix into a chronicle of separation.

Hole / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Martin Edralin) — A daring portrait of a disabled man yearning for intimacy in a world that would rather ignore him.

I am Hong Kong / China (Director and screenwriter: Flora Lau) — The recent Umbrella Movement, ignited by the youth of Hong Kong, shows how citizens’ passion and desire for a more fair and just future can bring about a peaceful but powerful social movement, despite criticism, defamation and attacks.

The Little Deputy / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Trevor Anderson) — Trevor tries to have his photo taken with his father.

Out of Sight / United Kingdom (Director: Nick Rowland, Screenwriter: Joe Murtagh) — To clear a debt with a loan shark, Martin, a recoverimg drug addict, agrees to lock a stranger in his spare room while they go cold turkey. As the days pass, Martin suspects something far worse is at play.

Russian Roulette / United Kingdom (Director: Ben Aston, Screenwriter: Oli Fenton) — London becomes a little less lonely when Lucy meets a libidinous cosmonaut on Chatroulette.

Saturday / United Kingdom (Director: Mike Forshaw, Screenwriters: Mike Forshaw, Greg Forshaw) — April 15, 1989: A soccer match changes Liam’s life and the city of Liverpool forever… This fictional account relates how the Hillsborough Stadium disaster — which claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool supporters — unfolded for a family in Merseyside, England.

Spring / Mexico (Director and screenwriter: Tania Claudia Castillo) — Elba, an introverted, lonely 14-year-old, wants to bond with her sister Fernanda before she leaves home.

Take Me / Canada (Directors and screenwriters: Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, André Turpin) — A nurse working at a center for the disabled is confronted by his principles when he’s asked to accomplish a particular task.

VOLTA / Greece (Director and screenwriter: Stella Kyriakopoulos) — As a mother and daughter start out from downtown Athens, Greece, and head to the northern suburbs, little Nina thinks they’re simply going for a walk.

DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILMS

The 414s: The Original Teenage Hackers / U.S.A. (Director: Michael T. Vollmann) — In 1983, a group of Milwaukee teenagers gained notoriety when they broke into dozens of high-profile computer systems. The ensuing media frenzy terrified a nation previously ignorant of the capabilities of computer interconnectivity.

Abandoned Goods / United Kingdom (Directors: Pia Borg, Edward Lawrenson) — Patients committed to Netherne psychiatric hospital between 1946 and 1981 created an extraordinary collection of artworks in a pioneering studio under artist Edward Adamson. Abandoned Goods is a moving portrait of the little-known history of UK postwar asylum life.

The Collectors: Beekeeping / U.S.A. (Director: Steven Cantor) — Dennis van Engelsdorp, former state apiarist for Pennsylvania and current entomology professor at the University of Maryland, is worried that bees — a crucial part of humanity’s ecosystem — are dying.

Every Day / U.S.A. (Director: Gabe Spitzer) — At 86, Joy Johnson was the oldest woman to run the 2013 New York City Marathon. The story of an inspiring athlete with an uncommon passion for her sport, and for life.

The Face of Ukraine: Casting Oksana Baiul / Australia (Director: Kitty Green) — Adorned in pink sequins, little girls from across a divided, war-torn Ukraine audition to play the role of Olympic champion figure skater Oksana Baiul, whose tears of joy once united their troubled country.

Hotel 22 / U.S.A. (Director: Elizabeth Lo) — Each night in Silicon Valley, the Line 22 public bus transforms into an unofficial shelter for the homeless. This film captures one dramatic night on the “Hotel 22″ bus.

It’s Me, Hilary: The Man Who Drew Eloise / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Wolf) — This portrait of Hilary Knight, the artist behind the iconic Eloise books, sees him reflecting on his life as an illustrator and his relationship to his most successful work. (see Knight with big fan Lena Dunham to the left)

Making it in America / U.S.A. (Director: Joris Debeij) — A Salvadoran immigrant who fled to the United States as a teenager is now a single mother striving to build a future for her family in Los Angeles.

{THE AND} Marcela & Rock / U.S.A. (Director: Topaz Adizes) — Exploring the intimate spaces of modern-day relationships, THE AND is the best couples therapy session you’ll ever witness.

Midnight Three & Six / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Callander) — A mother awakens at midnight, 3:00 a.m., and 6:00 a.m. every day so her daughter will wake up in the morning.

Object / Poland (Director: Paulina Skibińska) — A creative image of an underwater search in the dimensions of two worlds — ice desert and under water — told from the point of view of the rescue team, of the diver, and of the ordinary people waiting on the shore.

One Year Lease / U.S.A. (Director: Brian Bolster) — In a story told almost entirely through voicemail messages, Brian, Thomas, and Casper endure a year with Rita, their cat-loving landlady.

Papa Machete / U.S.A. (Director: Jonathan David Kane) — Two hundred years ago, Haitian slaves defeated Napoleon’s armies with the same tool used to work the land: the machete. Papa Machete explores a martial art evolved from this victory through the practice of one of its few remaining masters.

Pop-Up Porno: f4m / Canada (Director: Stephen Dunn) — Pop-up Porno: f4mtells the story of a breast cancer survivor trying to reclaim her sexuality.

Pop-Up Porno: m4f / Canada (Director: Stephen Dunn) — A painfully illl Dutch Montrealer has to use the bathroom while his date is in the shower.

Pop-Up Porno: m4m / Canada (Director: Stephen Dunn) — A lonely traveler on a business trip to New York finds himself in a heated Grindr chat with his worst nightmare.

Serenity / U.S.A. (Director: Jack Dunphy) — An animated memoir recounting first love, addiction, losing one’s virginity, and turning to pizza in times of crisis.

Starting Point / Poland (Director: Michał Szcześniak) — Aneta rebelled at age 19 and wound up in prison for murder. Nine years later, her daily routine takes her from behind prison walls to a nursing home.

ANIMATED SHORT FILMS

Bath House / Sweden (Director: Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Screenwriter: Jerker Virdborg) — Six characters meet in a public bathhouse: the pedant bathhouse manager, a couple with a strange way of communicating and a gang with shady intentions. Something goes wrong.

Beach Flags / France (Director and screenwriter: Sarah Saidan) — Vida, a young Iranian lifeguard, is determined to be the one to participate in an international competition in Australia. However, when Sareh, who is as fast and talented as her, joins the team, Vida faces an unexpected situation.

The Horse Raised By Spheres / U.S.A., Ireland (Director and screenwriter: David OReilly) — Horse ponders his loneliness.

Mynarski Death Plummet / Canada (Director and screenwriter: Matthew Rankin) — A completely handmade historical micro-epic combining wartime aviation melodrama with classical and avant-garde animation techniques,Mynarski Death Plummet is a psychedelic photo-chemical war picture on the themes of self-sacrifice, immortality, and jellyfish.

OM Rider / U.S.A.(Director and screenwriter: Takeshi Murata) — In a vast desert bathed in neon hues, a misfit werewolf tears full speed ahead over forbidding terrain while his hoary counterpart awaits.

Palm Rot / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Ryan Gillis) — An old Florida fumigator discovers a mysterious crate in the Everglades that ruins his day.

Storm hits jacket / France (Director and screenwriter: Paul Cabon) — A storm reaches the shores of Brittany. Nature goes crazy, two young scientists get caught up in the chaos. Espionage, romantic tension and mysterious events clash with enthusiasm and randomness.

The Sun Like a Big Dark Animal / U.S.A. (Directors: Christina Felisgrau, Ronnie Rivera, Screenwriters: Ronnie Rivera, Bernardo Britto) — A computer and a woman fall in love, only to be torn apart because of their inappropriate feelings for each other.

Symphony no. 42 / Hungary (Director and screenwriter: Réka Bucsi) — The film applies an unconventional narrative. It presents a subjective world through 47 scenes. Small events, interlaced by associations, express the irrational coherence of our surroundings. The surreal situations are based on the interactions of humans and nature.

teeth / United Kingdom, U.S.A., Hungary (Directors and screenwriters: Daniel Gray, Tom Brown) — Things of worth are often neglected in favor of that which is more immediately gratifying. Unfortunately, things that are neglected are often lost forever. In teeth a misguided and intensely focused man’s life is chronicled through his oral obsessions.

Tupilaq / Denmark (Director and screenwriter: Jakob Maqe) — The Tupilaq is both a symbol of the spirit of a forefather and a curse. This personal and moving short film revolves around the themes of cultural alienation, abuse and the contrast between mythological greenlandic nature and western urban culture.

Two Films About Loneliness / United Kingdom (Directors and screenwriters: William Bishop-Stephens, Christopher Eales) — A split screen separates the worlds of Jonathan Smallman, who is recording his online dating profile, and Philip Button, Internet chef and hamster, who is noisily recording his new cooking video.

World of Tomorrow / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Don Hertzfeldt) — A little girl is taken on a mind-bending tour of the distant future.

The nominations for the 2015 Golden Globe Awards were announced this morning. Although the Globes are not considered an accurate predictor of the Academy Awards, they are a popular celebration of film and television culture that help determine some of the buzz around possible Oscar contenders.

Among the nominations announced today of note to our readers in Louisiana are Quvenzhane Wallis’ nod for her starring role in Annie. A native of Houma, Louisiana, Wallis’ breakout film was Beasts of the Southern Wild, for which she earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress.

Also of note are Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey’s Best Actor nominations for True Detective, which was shot in Louisiana. Their costar on the HBO psychological thriller, Michelle Monaghan, was also nominated. And the show itself True Detective, received a nomination for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. Kathy Bates received a Supporting Actress nomination for her role in American Horror Story: Freak Show, which was shot in New Orleans. Her co-star Jessica Lange received a Best Actress nom.

Tune in when the 2015 Golden Globe Awards air on January 11, 2015.

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

BOYHOOD
IFC Productions and Detour Filmproduction; IFC Films

FOXCATCHER
Annapurna Pictures; Sony Pictures Classic

THE IMITATION GAME
Black Bear Pictures; The Weinstein Company

SELMA
Paramount Pictures and Pathé; Paramount Pictures

THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Working Title Films; Focus Features

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

JENNIFER ANISTON
CAKE

FELICITY JONES
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

JULIANNE MOORE
STILL ALICE

ROSAMUND PIKE
GONE GIRL

REESE WITHERSPOON
WILD

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

STEVE CARELL
FOXCATCHER

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
THE IMITATION GAME

JAKE GYLLENHAAL
NIGHTCRAWLER

DAVID OYELOWO
SELMA

EDDIE REDMAYNE
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

BEST MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

BIRDMAN

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

INTO THE WOODS

PRIDE

ST. VINCENT

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

AMY ADAMS
BIG EYES

EMILY BLUNT
INTO THE WOODS

HELEN MIRREN
THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY

JULIANNE MOORE
MAPS TO THE STARS

QUVENZHANÉ WALLIS – Native of Houma, Louisiana
ANNIE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

RALPH FIENNES
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

MICHAEL KEATON
BIRDMAN

BILL MURRAY
ST. VINCENT

JOAQUIN PHOENIX
INHERENT VICE

CHRISTOPH WALTZ
BIG EYES

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

BIG HERO 6

THE BOOK OF LIFE

THE BOXTROLLS

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2

THE LEGO MOVIE

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

FORCE MAJEURE TURIST (SWEDEN)

GETT: THE TRIAL OF VIVIANE (ISRAEL) AMSALEM GETT

IDA (POLAND/DENMARK)

LEVIATHAN (RUSSIA)

TANGERINES MANDARIINID (ESTONIA)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

PATRICIA ARQUETTE
BOYHOOD

JESSICA CHASTAIN
A MOST VIOLENT YEAR

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY
THE IMITATION GAME

EMMA STONE
BIRDMAN

MERYL STREEP
INTO THE WOODS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

ROBERT DUVALL
THE JUDGE

ETHAN HAWKE
BOYHOOD

EDWARD NORTON
BIRDMAN

MARK RUFFALO
FOXCATCHER

J.K. SIMMONS
WHIPLASH

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

WES ANDERSON
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

AVA DUVERNAY
SELMA

DAVID FINCHER
GONE GIRL

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU
BIRDMAN

RICHARD LINKLATER
BOYHOOD

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

WES ANDERSON
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

GILLIAN FLYNN
GONE GIRL

ALEJANDRO GONZÁLEZ IÑÁRRITU, NICOLÁS GIACOBONE, ALEXANDER DINELARIS, ARMANDO BO
BIRDMAN

RICHARD LINKLATER
BOYHOOD

GRAHAM MOORE
THE IMITATION GAME

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
THE IMITATION GAME

JÓHANN JÓHANNSSON
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING

TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS
GONE GIRL

ANTONIO SANCHEZ
BIRDMAN

HANS ZIMMER
INTERSTELLAR

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“BIG EYES” — BIG EYES
Lana Del Rey

“GLORY” — SELMA
John Legend, Common

“MERCY IS” — NOAH
Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye

“OPPORTUNITY” — ANNIE
Greg Kurstin, Sia Furler, Will Gluck

“YELLOW FLICKER BEAT” — THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1
Lorde

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

THE AFFAIR
SHOWTIME

DOWNTON ABBEY
PBS

GAME OF THRONES
HBO

THE GOOD WIFE
CBS

HOUSE OF CARDS
NETFLIX

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

CLAIRE DANES
HOMELAND

VIOLA DAVIS
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

JULIANNA MARGULIES
THE GOOD WIFE

RUTH WILSON
THE AFFAIR

ROBIN WRIGHT
HOUSE OF CARDS

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

CLIVE OWEN
THE KNICK

LIEV SCHREIBER
RAY DONOVAN

KEVIN SPACEY
HOUSE OF CARDS

JAMES SPADER
THE BLACKLIST

DOMINIC WEST
THE AFFAIR

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

GIRLS
HBO

JANE THE VIRGIN

THE CW

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
NETFLIX

SILICON VALLEY
HBO

TRANSPARENT
AMAZON

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

LENA DUNHAM
GIRLS

EDIE FALCO
NURSE JACKIE

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS
VEEP

GINA RODRIGUEZ
JANE THE VIRGIN

TAYLOR SCHILLING
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – COMEDY OR MUSICAL

LOUIS C. K.
LOUIE

DON CHEADLE
HOUSE OF LIES

RICKY GERVAIS
DEREK

WILLIAM H. MACY
SHAMELESS

JEFFREY TAMBOR
TRANSPARENT

BEST MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

FARGO
FX

THE MISSING
STARZ

THE NORMAL HEART
HBO

OLIVE KITTERIDGE
HBO

TRUE DETECTIVE – Shot in South Louisiana
HBO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL
THE HONORABLE WOMAN

JESSICA LANGE
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW

FRANCES MCDORMAND
OLIVE KITTERIDGE

FRANCES O’CONNOR
THE MISSING

ALLISON TOLMAN
FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MARTIN FREEMAN
FARGO

WOODY HARRELSON – Shot in Louisiana
TRUE DETECTIVE

MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY – Shot in Louisiana
TRUE DETECTIVE

MARK RUFFALO
THE NORMAL HEART

BILLY BOB THORNTON
FARGO

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

UZO ADUBA
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

KATHY BATES – Shot in Louisiana
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: FREAK SHOW

JOANNE FROGGATT
DOWNTON ABBEY

ALLISON JANNEY
MOM

MICHELLE MONAGHAN – Shot in Louisiana
TRUE DETECTIVE

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINI-SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

MATT BOMER
THE NORMAL HEART

ALAN CUMMING
THE GOOD WIFE

COLIN HANKS
FARGO

BILL MURRAY
OLIVE KITTERIDGE

JON VOIGHT
RAY DONOVAN

Julianne Moore is one of those actresses who seems to never pick a bad movie. Whether it’s because she is leading the way, the script, the director or all of the above, I tend to gravitate towards her projects.

Julianne Moore stars as Maude in my favorite movie of all time, The Big Lebowski, a parody of the modern feminist artist. She also starred in the cult classic Boogie Nights, playing Amber Waves, surrogate mother to Mark Wahlberg’s character Dirk Diggler.

In her new film Still Alice, we will see a very different side of Moore. She is coupled with actor Alec Baldwin and plays mother to Kristen Stewart. In the Still Alice trailer, we see that she is struggling with the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, although not yet suffering from the full blown physical effects of the illness.

This film is written and directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. Opens in select cities starting January 16, 2015. Read more at the film’s official website sonyclassics.com/stillalice/.

After announcing its 2015 competition lineup a few days ago, the Sundance Film Festival has revealed more of the films set to screen, including films premiering out of competition and some highly anticipated documentaries. Among them are two films shot in Louisiana, Zipper and Mississippi Grind.

Directed by Mora Stephens from a script she co-wrote with Joel Viertel, Zipper stars Patrick Wilson as a federal prosecutor with a bright future in politics just on the horizon. Among the films producers are The Butler producer R. Bryan Wright and Amy Mitchell-Smith. Mississippi Grind was shot partially in New Orleans and follows an aging professional poker player (Ben Mendelsohn) who takes an up-and-comer played by Ryan Reynolds under his wing on a road trip. That film is directed by the writer/direct team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.

Here’s the full list of additions to Sundance 2015:

PREMIERES
A showcase of world premieres of some of the most highly anticipated narrative films of the coming year.

Zipper / U.S.A. (Director: Mora Stephens, Screenwriters: Mora Stephens, Joel Viertel) — Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career. Cast: Patrick Wilson, Lena Headey, Richard Dreyfuss, Ray Winstone, John Cho, Dianna Agron.

Mississippi Grind / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden) — Gerry is a talented poker player whose habit is getting the best of him. He convinces younger player Curtis to join him on a road trip, and they begin gambling their way towards a high-stakes game in New Orleans. During their journey, true motivations are revealed, and the two bond. Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Ben Mendelsohn, Sienna Miller, Analeigh Tipton, Alfre Woodard, Robin Weigert.

Brooklyn / United Kingdom (Director: John Crowley, Screenwriter: Nick Hornby, based on the book by Colm Tóibín) — 1950s Ireland: Eilis must confront a terrible dilemma — a heartbreaking choice between two men and two countries, between duty and true love. Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent.

Digging for Fire / U.S.A. (Director: Joe Swanberg, Screenwriters: Jake Johnson, Joe Swanberg) — The discovery of a bone and a gun sends a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend. Cast: Jake Johnson, Rosemarie Dewitt, Orlando Bloom, Brie Larson, Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick.

Don Verdean / U.S.A. (Director: Jared Hess, Screenwriters: Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess) — Biblical archaeologist Don Verdean is hired by a local church pastor to find faith-promoting relics in the Holy Land. But after a fruitless expedition he is forced to get creative in this comedy of faith and fraud. Cast: Sam Rockwell, Jemaine Clement, Amy Ryan, Danny McBride, Leslie Bibb, Will Forte.

End of the Tour / U.S.A. (Director: James Ponsoldt, Screenwriter: Donald Margulies) — This story of the five-day 1996 interview betweenRolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace explores the tenuous yet intense relationship that develops between journalist and subject. The two men bob and weave, sharing laughs and also concealing and revealing their hidden vulnerabilities.Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Segel, Anna Chlumsky, Joan Cusack, Mamie Gummer, Ron Livingston.

Experimenter / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Michael Almereyda) — Experimenter is based on the true story of famed social psychologist Stanley Milgram, who in 1961 conducted a series of radical behavior experiments that tested ordinary humans’ willingness to obey authority by using electric shock. We follow Milgram from meeting his wife through his controversial experiments that sparked public outcry. Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Winona Ryder, Jim Gaffigan, Kellan Lutz, Taryn Manning, John Leguizamo.

Grandma / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Paul Weitz) — Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future. Cast: Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Marcia Gay Harden, Judy Greer, Laverne Cox, Sam Elliott.

I Am Michael / U.S.A. (Director: Justin Kelly, Screenwriters: Justin Kelly, Stacey Miller) — The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor. Cast: James Franco, Zachary Quinto, Emma Roberts.

I’ll See You in My Dreams / U.S.A. (Director: Brett Haley, Screenwriters: Brett Haley, Marc Basch) — A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old. Cast: Blythe Danner, Martin Starr, Sam Elliott, Malin Akerman, June Squibb, Rhea Perlman.

Last Days in the Desert / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Rodrigo Garcia) — Ewan McGregor is Jesus — and the Devil — in an imagined chapter from his 40 days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus struggles with the Devil over the fate of a family in crisis, setting himself up for a dramatic test. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ciarán Hinds, Ayelet Zurer, Tye Sheridan.

Lila & Eve / U.S.A. (Director: Charles Stone III, Screenwriter: Patrick Gilfillan) — Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers. They soon embark on a journey of revenge, but also recovery. Cast: Viola Davis, Jennifer Lopez, Shea Whigham, Julius Tennon, Ron Caldwell, Aml Ameen.

Mistress America / U.S.A. (Director: Noah Baumbach, Screenwriters: Noah Baumbach, Greta Gerwig) — Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. Mistress America is a comedy about dream-chasing, score-settling, makeshift families, and cat-stealing. Cast: Greta Gerwig, Lola Kirke.

Seoul Searching / U.S.A., Korea (Director and screenwriter: Benson Lee) — Seoul Searching is a comedy set in the ’80s about a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world. Cast: Justin Chon, Jessika Van, In-pyo Cha, Teo Yoo, Esteban Ahn, Byul Kang.

Sleeping With Other People / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Leslye Headland) — Jake and Lainey impulsively lose their virginity to each other in college. When their paths cross twelve years later in NYC, they realize they both have become serial cheaters. Bonding over their chronic infidelity, they form a platonic friendship to support each other in their quests for healthy romantic relationships. Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Adam Scott, Amanda Peet, Jason Mantzoukas, Natasha Lyonne.

Ten Thousand Saints / U.S.A. (Directors: Robert Pulcini, Shari Springer Berman, Screenwriters: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini) — Based on the acclaimed novel, Ten Thousand Saints follows three lost kids and their equally lost parents as they come of age in New York’s East Village in the era of CBGB, yuppies, and the tinderbox of gentrification that exploded into the Tompkins Square Park Riot of 1988. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Asa Butterfield, Emily Mortimer, Julianne Nicholson, Hailee Steinfeld, Emile Hirsch.

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Renowned filmmakers and films about far-reaching subjects comprise this section highlighting our ongoing commitment to documentaries. Each is a world premiere.

Beaver Trilogy Part IV / U.S.A. (Director: Brad Besser) — A chance meeting in a parking lot in 1979 between filmmaker Trent Harris and a young man from Beaver, Utah, inspired the creation of an underground film that is now known as Beaver Trilogy. But the film itself is only part of the story.

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution / U.S.A. (Director: Stanley Nelson) — This feature-length documentary tells of the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century’s most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world’s attention for nearly 50 years.

DRUNK STONED BRILLIANT DEAD: The Story of the National Lampoon / U.S.A. (Director: Douglas Tirola) — Three Harvard graduates start the first national humor magazine for adults, launching the careers of some of Hollywood’s most legendary talent. But success and excess among its brilliant and subversive contributors begins to challenge its existence.

Fresh Dressed / U.S.A. (Director: Sacha Jenkins) — The history of hip-hop fashion from its birth in the South Bronx to its rise as a billion-dollar global industry, Fresh Dressed is supported by rich archival materials, in-depth interviews with individuals crucial to the evolution, and the outsiders who study and admire them.

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief / U.S.A. (Director: Alex Gibney) — Going Clear intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

In Football We Trust / U.S.A. (Directors: Tony Vainuku, Erika Cohn) — Four young Polynesian football players struggle to overcome gang violence and poverty as they enter the high-stakes world of recruiting, competitive athletics and family pressures.

The Hunting Ground / U.S.A. (Director: Kirby Dick) — From the makers of The Invisible War comes a startling exposé of rape crimes on U.S. campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and brutal social toll. Weaving together verite footage and first-person testimonies, the film follows survivors as they pursue their education and justice — despite harsh retaliation, harassment, and pushback.

Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Brett Morgen) — Kurt Cobain, lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of Nirvana, remains an icon 20 years after his death. Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck is a raw and visceral journey through Cobain’s life and his career with Nirvana through the lens of his home movies, recordings, artwork, photography, and journals.

The Mask You Live In / U.S.A. (Director: Jennifer Siebel Newsom) — Is there a “boy crisis” in America? Is our male population suffering due to our emphasis on power, dominance, and aggression? The Mask You Live In explores how our narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men, and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.

Most Likely to Succeed / U.S.A. (Director: Greg Whiteley) — Our current education system is attempting to teach and test skills, that even when mastered, leaves graduates woefully unprepared for the 21st century. This feature-length documentary examines what sort of educational environment is most likely to prepare students for a world changing exponentially.

Prophet’s Prey / U.S.A. (Director: Amy Berg) — When Warren Jeffs rose to prophet of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, he bridged the gap between sister wives and ecclesiastically justified rape, befuddling the moral compass of his entire congregation.

Tig / U.S.A. (Directors: Kristina Goolsby, Ashley York, Screenwriter: Jennifer Arnold) — This documentary explores comedian Tig Notaro’s extraordinary journey as her life unfolds in grand and unexpected ways, all while she is battling a life-threatening illness and falling in love.

What Happened, Miss Simone? / U.S.A. (Director: Liz Garbus) — Classically trained pianist, dive-bar chanteuse, black power icon, and legendary recording artist Nina Simone lived a life of brutal honesty, musical genius, and tortured melancholy. This astonishing epic interweaves never-before-heard recordings and rare footage, creating an unforgettable portrait of one of our least understood, most beloved artists. DAY ONE FILM

SPECIAL EVENTS
One-of-a-kind moments highlighting new independent works that add to the unique Festival experience. An evolving section, this year includes episodic work, short films and live performance.

Animals. / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano) — Animals. is an independently produced animated series that focuses on the downtrodden creatures native to Earth’s least habitable environment: New York City. Whether it’s lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons, or aging bed bugs in the midst of a mid-life crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity, and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own. Cast: Phil Matarese, Mike Luciano, Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton, Nick Kroll, Rob Corddry. World Premiere. FOLLOWED BY A CONVERSATION with the creative team of Animals.: Mark Duplass, Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano. They will discuss how their unique project came to light as well as the changing landscape of episodic storytelling in the digital era.

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst / U.S.A. (Director: Andrew Jarecki, Screenwriters: Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, Zac Stuart-Pontier) — Robert Durst, scion of New York’s billionaire real estate family, has been accused of three murders but never convicted. Brilliant, reclusive, and the subject of relentless media scrutiny, he’s never spoken publicly–until now. During interviews with Andrew Jarecki, Durst reveals secrets that have baffled authorities for 30 years. Cast: Robert Durst, Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling, Zac Stuart-Pontier, Dick DeGuerin, Cody Cazalas. World Premiere

Misery Loves Comedy / U.S.A. (Director: Kevin Pollak, Screenwriters: Kevin Pollak, John Varhous) — Do you have to be miserable to be funny? Children cry, “Hey, look at me,” but who turns that into a profession? Over 50 funny people, like Tom Hanks, Larry David, Jimmy Fallon, Judd Apatow, and Amy Schumer share pain-filled insights from a life in pursuit of laughter. Cast: Tom Hanks, Larry David, Amy Schumer, Jimmy Fallon, Judd Apatow, Jim Gaffigan. World Premiere

The Sundance Institute Short Film Challenge — An international shorts program designed to spark global conversation highlighting human ingenuity and imaginative solutions real people are creating to overcome challenges like extreme hunger and poverty. Filmmakers include Sundance Institute alumni Gael Garcia Bernal, Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Diego Luna, Marialy Rivas, and six storytellers from around the world. Presented with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Way of the Rain / U.S.A. (Creative Director: Sibylle Szaggars Redford, Collaborators: Will Calhoun, Dave Eggar, Chuck Palmer, Desmond Richardson, Ron Saint Germain, Steve Cohen, Floyd Thomas McBee III) — A live multidisciplinary performance art inspired by the annual monsoon rains that sustain life on the fragile high desert plateaus of the southwest. Conceived by environmental artist Sibylle Szaggars Redford and world-renowned artistic collaborators, this unique work comes to life through paintings, music, dance, film, light and spoken word. Special Guest Appearances: Sussan Deyhim, Marc Roberge, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Robert Redford. LIVE PERFORMANCE

“POWER OF STORY” PANELS
The Festival’s “Power of Story” panel series deepens public engagement with storytelling, explores cinema culture and celebrates artists whose work pushes the form. These events will be live streamed on sundance.org.

Power of Story: Serious Ladies — The range of three-dimensional female characters on film and television suggest a sea change in the cultural zeitgeist. Lena Dunham, Mindy Kaling, Jenji Kohan, Kristen Wiig and New Yorker critic Emily Nussbaum discuss anti-heroes and archetypes, using humor to push boundaries and how far art can go in exploring truths.

Power of Story: Visions of Independence — Kicking off “Art of Film,” a new program celebrating the craft of filmmaking, join Robert Redford and George Lucas — two iconic filmmakers who epitomize the spirit of independence in American cinema — in conversation with critic Leonard Maltin.

Judging by this international trailer for It Follows this film is terrifying. The film stars It’s Kind of a Funny Story‘s Keir Gilchrist, Maika Monroe, Daniel Zovatto and Jake Weary.

The creepy film is written and directed by David Robert Mitchell and has been praised at various film festivals worldwide. This is Mitchell’s second feature following his 2011 horror film The Myth of the American Sleepover. Much like his first horror feature, It Follows revolves around the terrorized teenagers.

Visit the film’s official website www.facebook.com/ItFollows.

The story of Whitney Houston includes the highest of peaks and the lowest of valleys. The woman who owned the greatest vocal chords of all time had the impossible feat of preserving it. Whitney, the Lifetime biopic of Houston, highlights the tumultuous relationship between Whitney and Bobby Brown.

It’s been almost two years since her tragic death on February 11, 2012. I for one have been waiting patiently to see her heartbreaking life story be told on screen. The trailer shows the pop diva’s rise to fame along with her downfall from stardom.

Yaya DaCosta will play the beloved music sensation Whitney Houston. Arlen Escarpeta will play the aggressive Bobby Brown and Mark Rolston will play music executive Clive Davis. Whitney is also the directorial debut of Angela Bassett.

Whitney airs January 17 at 8pm on Lifetime. Until then, check out the film’s official webpage www.mylifetime.com/movies/whitney.

Yesterday we finally got our first glimpse of Terminator: Genisys. The New Orleans-shot film began production in April of 2014. Arnold Schwarzenegger is back, and we finally get some idea of how the sixty-seven year old actor will reprise a role he created when he was only thirty-six. As an audience, we also get an understanding of the love story at the center of the time-traversing plot.

The film stars Jai Courtney, who is currently in New Orleans filming Man Down. In this trailer, we also get a quick look at actress Teri Wyble’s character. Check out Scene‘s exclusive interview with her here.

Scene Magazine‘s own Aaron Williamson is cast to play a T-800 in the upcoming film. You can read more about the work Aaron does as a celebrity fitness trainer in his column, Health Scene.

The War Against The Machines ensues as Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) volunteers to travel back in time to save Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke). As Judgement Day approaches, the terminator himself (Arnold Schwarzenegger) returns.

Terminator: Genisys opens July 2015. Until then, check out the film’s official website at www.terminatormovie.com.

Wild

Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) finds herself at rock bottom after her mother passes away and her marriage fails. In an attempt to rebuild, she sets out on a thousand mile solo hike on the Pacific Crest Trail as she searches to find herself again. 115 min. Rated R.

Horrible Bosses 2

You hate your boss. So do Kurt Buckman, Nick Hendricks and Dale Arbus, played by Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman and Charlie Day. The hilarious trio has found a way to get rich quick without having to work for anybody ever again – by becoming kidnappers. 108 min. Rated R.

The Pyramid

Fitzie (James Buckley), Sunni (Christa-Marie Nicola), Nora (Ashley Hinshaw) and Holden (Denis O’Hare) make a shocking discovery inside a lost pyramid unlike any other in the Egyptian desert. As they unlock the horrific secrets buried within, they realize they aren´t just trapped; they are being hunted. 129 min. Rated R.

Sundance is the centerpiece of the year-round public programs for the Institute, which also hosts twenty-four residency labs and grants more than $2.5 million to independent artists each year. The Festival will begin January 22 and will come to an end February 1. It will play host to Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

Major success story, Louisiana-shot Beasts of the Southern Wild starring Houma native Quvenzhané Wallis, burst onto the scene after a tremendous showing at Sundance in 2012.

Below are the nominations:

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Presenting the world premieres of 16 narrative feature films, the Dramatic Competition offers Festivalgoers a first look at groundbreaking new voices in American independent film.

Advantageous / U.S.A. (Director: Jennifer Phang, Screenwriters: Jacqueline Kim, Jennifer Phang) — In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world. Cast: Jacqueline Kim, James Urbaniak, Freya Adams, Ken Jeong, Jennifer Ehle, Samantha Kim.

The Bronze / U.S.A. (Director: Bryan Buckley, Screenwriters: Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch) — In 2004, Hope Ann Greggory became an American hero after winning the bronze medal for the women’s gymnastics team. Today, she’s still living in her small hometown, washed-up and embittered. Stuck in the past, Hope must reassess her life when a promising young gymnast threatens her local celebrity status. Cast: Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Haley Lu Richardson, Cecily Strong. DAY ONE FILM

The D Train / U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel) — With his 20th reunion looming, Dan can’t shake his high school insecurities. In a misguided mission to prove he’s changed, Dan rekindles a friendship with the popular guy from his class and is left scrambling to protect more than just his reputation when a wild night takes an unexpected turn. Cast: Jack Black, James Marsden, Kathryn Hahn, Jeffrey Tambor, Mike White, Kyle Bornheimer.

The Diary of a Teenage Girl / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Marielle Heller) — Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend. Cast: Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgård, Christopher Meloni, Kristen Wiig.

Dope / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Rick Famuyiwa) — Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself. Cast: Shameik Moore, Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Blake Anderson, Zoë Kravitz, A$AP Rocky.

I Smile Back / U.S.A. (Director: Adam Salky, Screenwriters: Amy Koppelman, Paige Dylan) — All is not right in suburbia. Laney Brooks, a wife and mother on the edge, has stopped taking her meds, substituting recreational drugs and the wrong men. With the destruction of her family looming, Laney makes a last, desperate attempt at redemption. Cast: Sarah Silverman, Josh Charles, Thomas Sadoski, Mia Barron, Terry Kinney, Chris Sarandon.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl / U.S.A. (Director: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Screenwriter: Jesse Andrews) — Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia. Cast: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Nick Offerman, Connie Britton, Molly Shannon.

The Overnight / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Patrick Brice) — Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on. Cast: Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling, Jason Schwartzman, Judith Godrèche.

People, Places, Things / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: James C. Strouse) — Will Henry is a newly single graphic novelist balancing being a parent to his young twin daughters and teaching a classroom full of college students, all the while trying to navigate the rich complexities of new love and letting go of the woman who left him. Cast: Jemaine Clement, Regina Hall, Stephanie Allynne, Jessica Williams, Gia Gadsby, Aundrea Gadsby.

Results / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Bujalski) — Two mismatched personal trainers’ lives are upended by the actions of a new, wealthy client. Cast: Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders, Kevin Corrigan, Giovanni Ribisi, Anthony Michael Hall, Brooklyn Decker.

Songs My Brothers Taught Me / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chloé Zhao) — This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home. Cast: John Reddy, Jashaun St. John, Irene Bedard, Taysha Fuller, Travis Lone Hill, Eléonore Hendricks.

The Stanford Prison Experiment / U.S.A. (Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Screenwriter: Tim Talbott) — This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time. Cast: Billy Crudup, Ezra Miller, Michael Angarano, Tye Sheridan, Johnny Simmons, Olivia Thirlby.

Stockholm, Pennsylvania / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Nikole Beckwith) — A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years. Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Cynthia Nixon, Jason Isaacs, David Warshofsky.

Unexpected / U.S.A. (Director: Kris Swanberg, Screenwriters: Kris Swanberg, Megan Mercier) — When Samantha Abbott begins her final semester teaching science at a Chicago high school, she faces some unexpected news: she’s pregnant. Soon after, Samantha learns that one of her favorite students, Jasmine, has landed in a similar situation. Unexpected follows the two women as they embark on an unlikely friendship. Cast: Cobie Smulders, Anders Holm, Gail Bean, Elizabeth McGovern.

The Witch / U.S.A., Canada (Director and screenwriter: Robert Eggers) — New England in the 1630s: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, the family turns on one another. Beyond their worst fears, a supernatural evil lurks in the nearby wood. Cast: Anya Taylor Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Lucas Dawson, Ellie Grainger.

Z for Zachariah / U.S.A. (Director: Craig Zobel, Screenwriter: Nissar Modi) — In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman who believes she is the last human on Earth meets a dying scientist searching for survivors. Their relationship becomes tenuous when another survivor appears. As the two men compete for the woman’s affection, their primal urges begin to reveal their true nature. Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Chris Pine.

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Sixteen world-premiere American documentaries that illuminate the ideas, people, and events that shape the present day.

3½ MINUTES / U.S.A. (Director: Marc Silver) — On November 23, 2012, unarmed 17-year-old Jordan Russell Davis was shot at a Jacksonville gas station by Michael David Dunn. 3½ MINUTES explores the aftermath of Jordan’s tragic death, the latent and often unseen effects of racism, and the contradictions of the American criminal justice system.

Being Evel / U.S.A. (Director: Daniel Junge) — An unprecedented, candid portrait of American icon Robert “Evel” Knievel and his legacy.

Best of Enemies / U.S.A. (Directors: Morgan Neville, Robert Gordon) — Best of Enemies is a behind-the-scenes account of the explosive 1968 televised debates between the liberal Gore Vidal and the conservative William F. Buckley Jr., and their rancorous disagreements about politics, God, and sex.

Call Me Lucky / U.S.A. (Director: Bobcat Goldthwait) — Barry Crimmins was a volatile but brilliant bar comic who became an honored peace activist and influential political satirist. Famous comedians and others build a picture of a man who underwent an incredible transformation.

Cartel Land / U.S.A., Mexico (Director: Matthew Heineman) — In this classic Western set in the 21st century, vigilantes on both sides of the border fight the vicious Mexican drug cartels. With unprecedented access, this character-driven film provokes deep questions about lawlessness, the breakdown of order, and whether citizens should fight violence with violence.

City of Gold / U.S.A. (Director: Laura Gabbert) — Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Jonathan Gold casts his light upon a vibrant and growing cultural movement in which he plays the dual roles of high-low priest and culinary geographer of his beloved Los Angeles.

Finders Keepers / U.S.A. (Directors: Bryan Carberry, Clay Tweel) — Recovering addict and amputee John Wood finds himself in a stranger-than-fiction battle to reclaim his mummified leg from Southern entrepreneur Shannon Whisnant, who found it in a grill he bought at an auction and believes it to therefore be his rightful property.

Hot Girls Wanted / U.S.A. (Directors: Jill Bauer, Ronna Gradus) — Hot Girls Wanted is a first-ever look at the realities inside the world of the amateur porn industry and the steady stream of 18- and 19-year-old girls entering into it.

How to Dance in Ohio / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandra Shiva) — In Columbus, Ohio, a group of teenagers and young adults on the autism spectrum prepare for an iconic American rite of passage — a spring formal. They spend 12 weeks practicing their social skills at a local nightclub in preparation for the dance.

Larry Kramer in Love and Anger / U.S.A. (Director: Jean Carlomusto) — Author, activist, and playwright Larry Kramer is one of the most important and controversial figures in contemporary gay America, a political firebrand who gave voice to the outrage and grief that inspired gay men and lesbians to fight for their lives. At 78, this complicated man still commands our attention.

Meru / U.S.A. (Directors: Jimmy Chin, E. Chai Vasarhelyi) — Three elite mountain climbers sacrifice everything but their friendship as they struggle through heartbreaking loss and nature’s harshest elements to attempt the never-before-completed Shark’s Fin on Mount Meru, the most coveted first ascent in the dangerous game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

Racing Extinction / U.S.A. (Director: Louie Psihoyos) — Academy Award-winner Louie Psihoyos (The Cove) assembles a unique team to show the world never-before-seen images that expose issues surrounding endangered species and mass extinction. Whether infiltrating notorious black markets or exploring humans’ effect on the environment, Racing Extinction will change the way you see the world.

(T)ERROR / U.S.A. (Directors: Lyric R. Cabral, David Felix Sutcliffe) — (T)ERROR is the first film to document on camera a covert counterterrorism sting as it unfolds. Through the perspective of *******, a 63-year-old Black revolutionary turned FBI informant, viewers are given an unprecedented glimpse of the government’s counterterrorism tactics, and the murky justifications behind them.

Welcome to Leith / U.S.A. (Directors: Michael Beach Nichols, Christopher K. Walker) — A white supremacist attempts to take over a small town in North Dakota.

Western / U.S.A., Mexico (Directors: Bill Ross, Turner Ross) — For generations, all that distinguished Eagle Pass, Texas, from Piedras Negras, Mexico, was the Rio Grande. But when darkness descends upon these harmonious border towns, a cowboy and lawman face a new reality that threatens their way of life. Western portrays timeless American figures in the grip of unforgiving change.

The Wolfpack / U.S.A. (Director: Crystal Moselle) — Six bright teenage brothers have spent their entire lives locked away from society in a Manhattan housing project. All they know of the outside is gleaned from the movies they watch obsessively (and recreate meticulously). Yet as adolescence looms, they dream of escape, ever more urgently, into the beckoning world.

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Twelve films from emerging filmmaking talents around the world offer fresh perspectives and inventive styles.

Chlorine / Italy (Director: Lamberto Sanfelice, Screenwriters: Lamberto Sanfelice, Elisa Amoruso) — Jenny, 17, dreams of becoming a synchronized swimmer. Family events turn her life upside down and she is forced move to a remote area to look after her ill father and younger brother. It won’t be long before Jenny starts pursuing her dreams again. Cast: Sara Serraiocco, Ivan Franek, Giorgio Colangeli, Anatol Sassi, Piera Degli Esposti, Andrea Vergoni. World Premiere

Chorus / Canada (Director and screenwriter: François Delisle) — A separated couple meet again after 10 years when the body of their missing son is found. Amid the guilt of losing a loved one, they hesitantly move toward affirmation of life, acceptance of death, and even the possibility of reconciliation. Cast: Sébastien Ricard, Fanny Mallette, Pierre Curzi, Genevieve Bujold. World Premiere

Glassland / Ireland (Director and screenwriter: Gerard Barrett) — In a desperate attempt to reunite his broken family, a young taxi driver becomes entangled in the criminal underworld. Cast: Jack Reynor, Toni Collette, Will Poulter, Michael Smiley. International Premiere

Homesick / Norway (Director: Anne Sewitsky, Screenwriters: Ragnhild Tronvoll, Anne Sewitsky) — When Charlotte, 27, meets her brother Henrik, 35, for the first time, two people who don’t know what a normal family is begin an encounter without boundaries. How does sibling love manifest itself if you have never experienced it before? Cast: Ine Marie Wilmann, Simon J. Berger, Anneke von der Lippe, Silje Storstein, Oddgeir Thune, Kari Onstad. World Premiere

Ivy / Turkey (Director and screenwriter: Tolga Karaçelik) — Sarmasik is sailing to Egypt when the ship’s owner goes bankrupt. The crew learns there is a lien on the ship, and key crew members must stay on board. Ivy is the story of these six men trapped on the ship for days.Cast: Nadir Sarıbacak, Özgür Emre Yıldırım, Hakan Karsak, Kadir Çermik, Osman Alkaş, Seyithan Özdemiroğlu. World Premiere

Partisan / Australia (Director: Ariel Kleiman, Screenwriters: Ariel Kleiman, Sarah Cyngler) — Alexander is like any other kid: playful, curious and naive. He is also a trained assassin. Raised in a hidden paradise, Alexander has grown up seeing the world filtered through his father, Gregori. As Alexander begins to think for himself, creeping fears take shape, and Gregori’s idyllic world unravels. Cast: Vincent Cassel, Jeremy Chabriel, Florence Mezzara. World Premiere

PRINCESS / Israel (Director and screenwriter: Tali Shalom Ezer) — While her mother is away from home, 12-year-old Adar’s role-playing games with her stepfather move into dangerous territory. Seeking an escape, Adar finds Alan, an ethereal boy that accompanies her on a dark journey between reality and fantasy. Cast: Keren Mor, Shira Haas, Ori Pfeffer, Adar Zohar Hanetz. International Premiere

The Second Mother / Brazil (Director and screenwriter: Anna Muylaert) — Having left her daughter, Jessica, to be raised by relatives in the north of Brazil, Val works as a loving nanny in São Paulo. When Jessica arrives for a visit 13 years later, she confronts her mother’s slave-like attitude and everyone in the house is affected by her unexpected behavior. Cast: Regina Casé, Michel Joelsas, Camila Márdila, Karine Teles, Lourenço Mutarelli. World Premiere

Slow West / New Zealand (Director: John Maclean, Screenwriters: John Maclean, Michael Lesslie) — Set at the end of the nineteenth century, 16-year-old Jay Cavendish journeys across the American frontier in search of the woman he loves. He is joined by Silas, a mysterious traveler, and hotly pursued by an outlaw along the way. Cast: Michael Fassbender, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Rory McCann, Ben Mendelsohn, Brooke Williams, Caren Pistorius. World Premiere

Strangerland / Australia, Ireland (Director: Kim Farrant, Screenwriters: Fiona Seres, Michael Kinirons) — When Catherine and Matthew Parker’s two teenage kids disappear into the remote Australian desert, the couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink as they confront the mystery of their children’s fate. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Meyne Wyatt, Maddison Brown. World Premiere

The Summer of Sangaile / Lithuania, France, Holland (Director and screenwriter: Alanté Kavaïté) — Seventeen-year-old Sangaile is fascinated by stunt planes. She meets a girl her age at the summer aeronautical show, nearby her parents’ lakeside villa. Sangaile allows Auste to discover her most intimate secret and in the process finds in her teenage love, the only person that truly encourages her to fly. Cast: Julija Steponaitytė, Aistė Diržiūtė. World Premiere. DAY ONE FILM

Umrika / India (Director and screenwriter: Prashant Nair) — When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from heartbreak, all the while searching for him. Cast: Suraj Sharma, Tony Revolori, Smita Tambe, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang, Prateik Babbar. World Premiere

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Twelve documentaries by some of the most courageous and extraordinary international filmmakers working today.

The Amina Profile / Canada (Director: Sophie Deraspe) — During the Arab revolution, a love story between two women — a Canadian and a Syrian American — turns into an international sociopolitical thriller spotlighting media excesses and the thin line between truth and falsehood on the Internet. World Premiere

Censored Voices / Israel, Germany (Director: Mor Loushy) — One week after the 1967 Six-Day War, renowned author Amos Oz and editor Avraham Shapira recorded intimate conversations with soldiers returning from the battlefield. The Israeli army censored the recordings, allowing only a fragment of the conversations to be published. Censored Voices reveals these recordings for the first time. World Premiere

The Chinese Mayor / China (Director: Hao Zhou) — Mayor Geng Yanbo is determined to transform the coal-mining center of Datong, in China’s Shanxi province, into a tourism haven showcasing clean energy. In order to achieve that, however, he has to relocate 500,000 residences to make way for the restoration of the ancient city. World Premiere

Chuck Norris vs Communism / United Kingdom, Romania, Germany (Director: Ilinca Calugareanu) — In 1980s Romania, thousands of Western films smashed through the Iron Curtain, opening a window to the free world for those who dared to look. A black market VHS racketeer and courageous female translator brought the magic of film to the masses and sowed the seeds of a revolution. World Premiere

Dark Horse / United Kingdom (Director: Louise Osmond) — Dark Horse is the inspirational true story of a group of friends from a workingman’s club who decide to take on the elite “sport of kings” and breed themselves a racehorse. World Premiere

Dreamcatcher / United Kingdom (Director: Kim Longinotto) — Dreamcatcher takes us into a hidden world seen through the eyes of one of its survivors, Brenda Myers-Powell. A former teenage prostitute, Brenda defied the odds to become a powerful advocate for change in her community. With warmth and humor, Brenda gives hope to those who have none. World Premiere

How to Change the World / United Kingdom, Canada (Director: Jerry Rothwell) — In 1971, a group of friends sails into a nuclear test zone, and their protest captures the world’s imagination. Using rare, archival footage that brings their extraordinary world to life, How to Change the World is the story of the pioneers who founded Greenpeace and defined the modern green movement. World Premiere. DAY ONE FILM

Listen to Me Marlon / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Stevan Riley, Co-writer: Peter Ettedgui) — With exclusive access to previously unheard audio archives, this is the definitive Marlon Brando cinema documentary. Charting his exceptional career and extraordinary life away from the stage and screen, the film fully explores the complexities of the man by telling the story uniquely in Marlon’s own voice. World Premiere

Pervert Park / Sweden, Denmark (Directors: Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors) — Pervert Park follows the everyday lives of sex offenders in a Florida trailer park as they struggle to reintegrate into society, and try to understand who they are and how to break the cycle of sex crimes being committed. International Premiere

The Russian Woodpecker / United Kingdom (Director: Chad Gracia) — A Ukrainian victim of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster discovers a dark secret and must decide whether to risk his life by revealing it, amid growing clouds of revolution and war. World Premiere

Sembene! / U.S.A., Senegal (Directors: Samba Gadjigo, Jason Silverman) — In 1952, Ousmane Sembene, a Senegalese dockworker and fifth-grade dropout, began dreaming an impossible dream: to become the storyteller for a new Africa. This true story celebrates how the “father of African cinema,” against enormous odds, fought a monumental, 50-year-long battle to give Africans a voice. World Premiere

The Visit / Denmark, Austria, Ireland, Finland, Norway (Director: Michael Madsen) — “This film documents an event that has never taken place…” With unprecedented access to the United Nations’ Office for Outer Space Affairs, leading space scientists and space agencies, The Visit explores humans’ first encounter with alien intelligent life and thereby humanity itself. “Our scenario begins with the arrival. Your arrival.”World Premiere

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Bob and the Trees / U.S.A., France (Director: Diego Ongaro, Screenwriters: Diego Ongaro, Courtney Maum, Sasha Statman-Weil) — Bob, a 50-year-old logger in rural Massachusetts with a soft spot for golf and gangsta rap, is struggling to make ends meet in a changed economy. When his beloved cow is wounded and a job goes awry, Bob begins to heed the instincts of his ever-darkening self. Cast: Bob Tarasuk, Matt Gallagher, Polly MacIntyre, Winthrop Barrett, Nathaniel Gregory. World Premiere

Christmas, Again / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Charles Poekel) — A heartbroken Christmas tree salesman returns to New York, hoping to put the past year behind him. He spends the season living in a trailer and working the night shift, until a mysterious woman and some colorful customers rescue him from self-destruction. Cast: Kentucker Audley, Hannah Gross, Jason Shelton, Oona Roche. North American Premiere

Cronies / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Michael Larnell) — Twenty-two-year-old Louis doesn’t know whether his childhood friendship with Jack will last beyond today. Cast: George Sample III, Zurich Buckner, Brian Kowalski. World Premiere

Entertainment / U.S.A. (Director: Rick Alverson, Screenwriters: Rick Alverson, Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker) — En route to meeting with his estranged daughter, in an attempt to revive his dwindling career, a broken, aging comedian plays a string of dead-end shows in the Mojave Desert. Cast: Gregg Turkington, John C. Reilly, Tye Sheridan, Michael Cera, Amy Seimetz, Lotte Verbeek. World Premiere

H. / U.S.A., Argentina (Directors and screenwriters: Rania Attieh, Daniel Garcia) — Two women, each named Helen, find their lives spinning out of control after a meteor allegedly explodes over their city of Troy, New York. Cast: Robin Bartlett, Rebecca Dayan, Will Janowitz, Julian Gamble, Roger Robinson. World Premiere

James White / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Josh Mond) — A young New Yorker struggles to take control of his reckless, self-destructive behavior in the face of momentous family challenges. Cast: Chris Abbott, Cynthia Nixon, Scott Mescudi, Makenzie Leigh, David Call. World Premiere

Nasty Baby / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sebastian Silva) — A gay couple try to have a baby with the help of their best friend, Polly. The trio navigates the idea of creating life while confronted by unexpected harassment from a neighborhood man called The Bishop. As their clashes grow increasingly aggressive, odds are someone is getting hurt. Cast: Sebastian Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristin Wiig, Reg E. Cathey, Mark Margolis, Denis O’Hare. World Premiere

The Strongest Man / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kenny Riches) — An anxiety-ridden Cuban man who fancies himself the strongest man in the world attempts to recover his most prized possession, a stolen bicycle. On his quest, he finds and loses much more. Cast: Robert Lorie, Paul Chamberlain, Ashly Burch, Patrick Fugit, Lisa Banes. World Premiere

Take Me to the River / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Matt Sobel) — A naive California teen plans to remain above the fray at his Nebraskan family reunion, but a strange encounter places him at the center of a long-buried family secret. Cast: Logan Miller, Robin Weigert, Josh Hamilton, Richard Schiff, Ursula Parker, Azura Skye. World Premiere

Tangerine / U.S.A. (Director: Sean Baker, Screenwriters: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch) — A working girl tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart. Cast: Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Mya Taylor, Karren Karagulian, Mickey O’Hagan, Alla Tumanyan, James Ransone. World Premiere

The Baton Rouge-shot comedy Search Party has released its first trailer. The film is a Silicon Valley reunion of sorts. Silicon Valley’s T.J. Miller and Thomas Middleditch star, along with Community’s Allison Brie, Breaking Bad’s Krysten Ritter, the always funny JB Smoove of Curb Your Enthusiasm’s. Jason Manzoukas also stars.

The film was originally slated for a September 2014 release date but pushed. The new release date is unknown.

Scot Armstrong directed the film. Armstrong also produced, along with Paul Brooks, Neal Moritz and Ravi Nandan.

On May 5th, 2014 Shreveport-shot Salem was granted a thirteen episode season two. Today, WGN released the first glimpse of season two. The seventeenth century witch trial phenomenon stars Brit Janet Montgomery and Louisiana native Shane West.

Ironically this was the first project that sent West back to his home state of Louisiana. In our interview with the Baton Rouge native, West admits a running joke within his family saying that he would never shoot in Louisiana. Following his nine months in Toronto filming Nikita he was offered his lionhearted role to play John Alden.

No word yet on when the show will return.

Check out La Maison’s installation that will be shown twice nightly through Saturday, Dec. 6 in New Orleans. The nine-minute shows are free to the public and may be viewed from Lafayette Square.

New Orleans – The 18th century met the 21st century when 169-year-old Gallier Hall was lit up in an artistic projection mapping installation, wowing an enthusiastic crowd. The installation, which depicts the life, sights, sounds, history, spirit, architecture and cultural appeal of New Orleans, was created by award-winning La Maison Production, considered one of the top projection mapping teams in the world.

Commissioned by Arts Council New Orleans to assess the feasibility of generating an annual festival of large-scale, awe-inspiring outdoor light installations across the city, leading up to the New Orleans 2018 Tri-Centennial, LUNA Fête 2014 is an unprecedented week of illuminating the art and culture of New Orleans.

Sebastien Salvagnac, founder of La Maison Production, and Damien Fontaine, creative imagery director, said they were deeply inspired by the music of New Orleans as they were creating the storyboards and graphic designs. “This installation is very different from the other projection mapping installations we have created in the past, where we used more classical music with the graphic images,” said Salvagnac. “The music of New Orleans inspired us to go in directions we had never tried before.”

The installation indicates the relationship in culture and architectural elements and uses symbolism to depict the regenerative spirit of the people and culture of New Orleans. Motion graphic images are projected onto the façade of Gallier Hall by four separate, large-scale projectors, and many times, the building itself, seems to come alive, moving, burning, flooding and regenerating. The show features an original soundtrack composed by Cyril Salvagnac.

“This initial LUNA Fête installation is a gift of love to New Orleans from the Arts Council and La Maison Production,” said Kim Cook, Arts Council president and chief executive officer. “We are on the forefront of a national emergence of this 21st century art medium, and it is a testament to their love for our city that La Maison Production brings their award-winning talent to help us launch this movement.”

Arts Council New Orleans is a private, non-profit organization designated as the City’s official arts agency since its inception 39 years ago. As a multidisciplinary arts agency, the Arts Council operates in three conceptual areas: People- Community Engagement and the Creative Citizen, Place- Civic Design and the Urban Aesthetic, and Artists- Artistic Excellence and Creative Services. Each area works to advance the Arts Council’s overall mission to nurture creativity and enrich lives through inspiration, connection, transformation, and investment in the New Orleans arts and cultural community. For more information on the Arts Council or to join as a member of the organization call:(504) 523-1465 or visit: www.artsneworleans.org

Although Tim Burton is best known for big budget fare based on existing intellectual property (think Batman, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland), some of his best movies have been smaller fare like Big Fish. The first trailer for the director’s new project, Big Eyes, definitely feels more like a smaller art film than a summer tentpole.

Big Eyes stars Amy Adams as a frustrated artist with a signature style. Christoph Waltz also stars, along with Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston and Terence Stamp. Producing are Burton, Scott Alexander, Lynette Howell and Larry Karaszewski. Burton is reuniting with frequent collaborator Danny Elfman as well.

Big Eyes opens on Christmas Day, December 25, 2014.

A long anticipated first look at the new Star Wars film is finally here. Directed by JJ Abrams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a sequel to Return of the Jedi that will feature the return of many actors from the original Star Wars trilogy, including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.

But this trailer features only the new, younger cast members: Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and – possibly – Adam Driver. We also get a peak at the return of the Millennium Falcon and a new droid.

The internet is already ablaze with excitement about the film, but audiences will have to wait a full year until December 2015 to see the film in theaters. It will be the first Star Wars film since LucasArts was purchased by Disney, who is hoping to create a Star Wars equivalent of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with multiple films released in theaters every year set in the same world.

Directed by JJ Abrams, Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is produced by Abrams, Bryan Burk and Kathleen Kennedy. Andy Serkis, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o will also star, along with returning castmembers Warwick Davis, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels and Kenny Baker.

Here’s a few screengrabs from the trailer in case you aren’t able to watch it right away:

Although San Diego Comic Con gets all of the press (after being adopted by the film industry a few years ago as a necessary platform for launching comic book movies and other genre properties), Wizard Entertainment hosts twenty-five comic cons each year nationwide. Wizard World Chicago is the biggest, but each offers great opportunities for fans of comics and genre film & tv to connect with their heroes.

New Orleans Comic Con is one of Wizard’s best, and not just because it’s in New Orleans. There’s forty-four days until Comic Con returns to the Crescent City, which has become a major convention city in general. Filled with costumes, characters and celebrities, New Orleans Comic Con is a great experience with some of the biggest stars on television and in film.

Celebrities already set to come to this year’s Con include many stars from the Georgia-shot ratings juggernaut The Walking Dead. That includes fan favorite Norman Reedus, who plays Daryl, Sarah Wayne Callies (“Where’s Carl?”), Scott Wilson (“This is my farm.”), meat-eater Andrew J. West, Michael Rooker (who also starred in Guardians of the Galaxy) and the militant Michael Cudlitz, who spoke with Scene before the start of this season.

Also appearing in person at the Con include The Vampire Diaries stars Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, Harry Potter favorite Tom Felton, Charmed stars Holly Marie Combs and Shannen Doherty, and Homeland and Firefly star Morena Baccarin.

The original Incredible Hulk, Lou Ferrigno, who also voices the newest CGI incarnation in The Avengers, will be on hand. Kevin Conroy, who has been the voice of Batman in numerous cartoon and video game properties, will attend. Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath will be there for some inexplicable reason, as well as some of the most influential comic book artists and authors of the last thirty years.

Location:

New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
900 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70130

Show Hours:

Friday, January 9, 2015 – 3pm – 8pm
Saturday, January 10, 2015 – 10am – 7pm
Sunday, January 11, 2015 – 11am – 5pm

Many celebs will stop by this year including:

Star Trek‘s Captain Kirk, the one and only William Shatner, Harry Potter star Tom Felton and The Walking Dead badass, Norman Reedus and many more.

• **Children 10 and under get in FREE when accompanied by a paid adult (Limit 2 Per Paid Adult Admission)**
• 3-Day Weekend Admissions are: $79.95
• 1-Day Friday Admissions are: $39.95
• 1-Day Saturday Admissions are: $49.95
• 1-Day Sunday Admissions are: $44.95

Tickets and VIP Tickets are available for purchase on the official website here.

The Wizard Comic Con will play host to various cities around the United States. Make sure to purchase your tickets and dress up in your best fanboy/fangirl gear and enter into the belly of the geeks.

It’s time to be thankful. Ahead of the big holiday, Universal has released our first real look at Jurassic World, the fourth film in the Jurassic Park series. The full trailer shows the return of the series to Isla Nublar, the island where John Hammond’s dinosaur theme park was built (and then SPOILERS overrun by terrifying dinosaurs) in the first film.

In Jurassic World, Isla Nublar is now home to a fully functional theme park reminiscent of Sea World, complete with the scaly submerged dino-leviathans you’d expect. We get our first sense of Bryce Dallas Howard’s character Claire, who has been hard at work synthesizing dinosaur genes and creating new dinosaurs. No way that could possibly go wrong. We also get a look at new A-lister Chris Pratt as Owen, who seems to be a sort of “big game hunter” turned park ranger in the vein of Muldoon, portrayed by Bob Peck in the first film.

The blockbuster sequel’s marketing engine is gearing up in advance of the trailer’s debut. Scene was on board early, announcing exclusively that Louisiana native Courtney James Clark had joined the cast. While the movie was still filming in New Orleans, Louisiana, director Colin Trevorrow released a few sneak peeks into the wild, including this shot of Chris Pratt. When the film wrapped in New Orleans in early August, another shot of Pratt was released. In October, the first poster for the film made its way online. And a few days ago, a viral marketing website for the fictitious conglomerate Masrani Global revealed the return of BD Wong to the franchise.

Jurassic World‘s summer release on June 12, 2015. Until then, read Scene‘s exclusive interview with Jurassic World star Courtney James Clark here.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

The third film picks up after the events of Quarter Quell. Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) is in District 13 leading a rebellion against the Capitol, while Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) is trapped with President Snow (Donald Sutherland). 125 min. Rated PG-13.

V/H/S: Viral

Everyone wants to be the next internet sensation. A group of teens set out to accomplish this, but soon find themselves stars of the next video that puts them face to face with their own death. 97 min. Rated R.

The Mule

A first-time drug mule is caught by law enforcement. Stars Hugo Weaving and Angus Sampson, who attempt to get the drug mule to “release” what’s inside of him. It’s What’s On The Inside That Counts. 103 min. NR.

Before we get to the game, let’s talk about this: Will Ferrell dressed in his finest Anthony Davis outfit with Pelicans’ GM Dell Demps. The Anchorman star is currently in New Orleans filming Daddy’s Home, which reunites him with his The Other Guys co-star Mark Wahlberg. The funny man is obviously now a Pelicans’ fan, while also channelling his inner Jackie Moon.

On Tuesday, the Pelicans erased a nine-point halftime deficit and outscored the Kings thirty-one to fifteen in the third quarter. The Pelicans scored sixty-one points in the second half alone to outlast the Kings in Sacramento 106-100. A solid team win for the Pelicans squad that only committed six turnovers throughout the entire game.

Next, the Pelicans will travel to Denver to face an athletic Nuggets unit fresh off a victory against the fiercely depleted Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nugget’s starters combined to score a total of seventy-four out of their 107 points, 69% of their final offensive output.

Ty Lawson had himself a game with fifteen points to go along with fifteen assists. Anthony Davis’ Team USA teammate, Kenneth Faried, was held to only eight points and brought in ten rebounds. A good sign for the Pelicans is the performance by the Thunder’s Serge Ibaka. The Spaniard logged thirty-seven minutes and scored twenty-two points while grabbing thirteen rebounds.

This will be the third of four road games for the irrepressible Pelicans. Hopefully they can get substantial minutes from Omer Asik who has missed the past two games with an ailing back injury. Asik valuably contributes on both ends of the court as his season averages are near double-double worthy with nine points per game and ten rebounds per game. The Turkish-born big man also adds a little over a block a game which will help defend interior players, Faried and Timofey Mozgov.

Another question that desperately needs to be answered is the play of Pelican Eric Gordon. He ended with season-high seventeen points in the win against the Kings and shot 50% from beyond the arc, going three of six. He was a bright spot for the Pels on Tuesday night and will hopefully remain consistent as the year progresses.

Once again, Ryan Anderson downed four three pointers en route to his twenty-two points. His energy, IQ and his ability to find open areas on the court is much appreciated for a recently unselfish Pelicans squad. He provides floor spacing and dead-eye accuracy from distance. Anderson has all the capability of winning his second 6th Man of the Year award.

We will see a possible Faried matchup with Anderson when the Pelicans play with their small lineup. This could be a major factor if AD is able to isolate Mozgov in the mid post. AD’s quick first step is almost unstoppable and Brian Shaw may have to go to Shaqtin’ A Fool’s frontman JaVale McGee instead of Mozgov.

If Asik can shell out costly minutes, the Pelicans can win the interior game both offensively and defensively. Can the perimeter defense of Tyreke, Jrue and Eric Gordon contain the quick Lawson, along with perimeter scorers Wilson Chandler and Aaron Afflalo? Can the Pelicans hold on to a lead on the road in the fourth quarter for the second straight game? Will the Mile High City’s thin air effect the Pelicans’ fatigue? We will see come 8:00pm CST on Friday, November 21.

My Prediction: Pelicans 103 – Nuggets 99

Foo Fighters are back! After a pleasantly ear shattering performance at The Voodoo Experience, the smiling rockers return to New Orleans. Dave Grohl will reappear at the House of Blues this Friday, November 21. Tickets were available for purchase at noon today, but were sold out within seconds.

This will be the Foo Fighters’ third performance in New Orleans in the past seven months. While filming the HBO documentary series, Sonic Highways, the WWII UFOs played a surprise concert at Preservation Hall that featured New Orleans’ own Trombone Shorty. Troy “Trombone Shorty” Andrews and Dave Grohl continued their collective jam when they played “This is A Call” at the 2014 Voodoo Experience on November 2. The duet ended with a ‘bromantic’ bear hug between the two.

This Friday will be yet another stop on the band’s promotional tour for their new album/new documentary series Sonic Highways. They have played everywhere from large venues to small clubs returning to several locations where their documentary series was shot.

Doors will open at 7:00pm, New Orleans episode of Sonic Highways will be screened at 9:00pm and face-melting rock-n-roll will commence at 10:00p. The New Orleans episode of Sonic Highways includes the performance at Preservation Hall and a cameo by Trombone Shorty. Hopefully the third time’s also charming with Shorty returning Friday night to play alongside the Foo Fighters.

The twenty-year veterans of rock will tour around the country to various spots they visited for the filming of Sonic Highways. For their massive North American 2015 tour, the band will play at RFK Stadium, Wrigley Field, Fenway Park, Citi Field and many more.

A little over nine days and twelve hours to go until the highly anticipated trailer of Jurassic World is released into the wild. With budding superstars Chris Pratt and Jake Johnson leading the way, Jurassic World has seemingly been sixty-five million years in the making. Now, after seeing only a few stills while the movie was filming in New Orleans, the publicity team is loose. Someone should have put locking mechanisms on the vehicle doors!

The launch of Jurassic World’s new viral marketing site masraniglobal.com reveals photos of the park, corporate branding images, notes on new park innovations and our first look at Dr. Henry Wu, played by the returning, and apparently ageless, BD Wong. There’s also lots of other signs of prehistoric life.

The movie has also launched its official website at jurassicworld.com. With one click of a button, you can add the trailer launch date and much more to your personal calendar. The ‘Latest News’ updates in the top right corner of the webpage, revealing new features of the park, including dinosaur facts and a new golf course. It reads, “Fore! Tee off on eighteen beautiful holes lined with lush Jurassic flora.”

With the launch of this interactive website, readers can catch a glimpse of Isla Nublar and dive into the depths of it’s history and the creative process of how it was conceived. Masrani chief executive officer Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) will guide you on a tour of The Greatest Theme Park in the World.

Website creators have even gone to great lengths ‘Protecting Nublar.’ This is seen at the bottom of the ‘About’ section in the header of the webpage. ‘Protecting Nublar’ includes columns about the origins of the park, wildlife preservation and the sustainability of the environment.

Add Jurassic World’s trailer launch to your calendar and check it out with us on Thanksgiving Day!

Travis Aaron Wade is an actor from Los Angeles. A veteran of the United States Marine Corps, Wade’s career as an actor was taking off when he was cast in Steven Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, but he broke his nose on the set of The Fix with Robert Patrick the same year. Now after rebuilding his career from the ground up, Wade can next be seen in the CW’s long-running hit show Supernatural, The Forger with John Travolta and Christopher Plummer, and in Criminal Activities with John Travolta, Dan Stevens and Jackie Earle Haley.

What made you want to become an actor?

I was twenty-two and I had gotten out of the Marine Corps. I didn’t really know how to get back into the civilian world. I have the utmost respect for the Marine Corps, but what they have you training to do is inhumane and you have to react a certain way. They have to strip you of all of your emotions. When I got into the military, I didn’t expect those things to happen to me, and when they did, I kinda came out lost. I was in college studying and I was working. I was going through the motions. I was doing everything I was supposed to do, but I just felt null and void. My sister passed away giving birth to her second child. The funeral was very hard on a lot of us, but I was very cold and I didn’t have any emotion. I remember going to my mom and I said “I don’t feel, I don’t know what’s wrong with me.” And she said, ‘What is it that makes you feel?” And the only time I can remember feeling was watching movies. She said, “Why don’t you work in the movie business?”

A friend who was an actress said, “Take an acting class and network. Meet some people in the business and maybe you can do some grip work.” Walking into acting class, the first people I saw were Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Jessica Biel, Claire Danes, Danny and Chris Masterson. These kids were not famous: they were just TV stars at the time. They were putting up this work on stage that was mind blowing. I was just in awe of what they did. At some point, the teacher said, “Stop auditing and get up there and do it.”

I finally tried to put up a scene with people watching. The minute I tried to perform, I had a nervous breakdown. I started crying. I just went blank. The next thing I know, I got a phone call from the teacher. She said, “You just left! You need to come back to class.” I said, “I don’t know what happened. I wasn’t suppose to cry in the scene. I just lost it and I had a nervous breakdown.” It was the first time I had cried and let all these emotions out that were suppressed for many years. She said, “The class was being audited by Judy Savage. She’s an agent. She wants to sign you.”

What was your biggest fear?

Being thirty-nine years old, not married, no children and wondering how I’m paying rent. The fear was where I’m at today. I’m kinda living it! With the success I had early on doing films like War of the Worlds and being closely connected to Jarhead, I didn’t think that I’d be where I’m at today: hoping that my next job comes. When acting does take over, you are in Vancouver shooting a television series, and it’s very difficult to do anything else. Then, that job is over. The fear is not living it. It’s where I’m at today. It’s not so scary now, because there is light at the end of the tunnel. That was the unknown. But, I’m here at this age and it’s not that bad. If you get into acting thinking it’s a five year or ten year gig, you’re gonna be sorely disappointed. It’s a lifelong journey.

What was your lowest point?

I’ve had a few. I had been cast in a Steven Spielberg film and was on set for two weeks working for Spielberg. When you work with Spielberg, you think, “I made it.” Working with Steven Spielberg was one of my goals. I thought, “This is gonna lead to other things!” During that period of time, the industry was just starting to get to know me. But I decided to take my foot off of the gas and get engaged. Nothing wrong with that but I forgot the person I had already married: the entertainment business. You can’t cheat on her. All of my work ethic went into her. Everything went to her. I thought I was bigger than I was and thought I achieved more success that I had. I was doing the parties and the Sundances. I hadn’t fully earned that right. I thought I was somewhere I wasn’t. I didn’t think I had only a year timeline with my manager. When he was gone, all this trickle effect started happening. I did a movie called The Fix with Robert Patrick. It won a bunch of awards, and I got my nose taken off of my face in the movie. I broke my nose, broke my finger and was pretty much was knocked out of the acting business. I had reconstructive surgeries on my face. From 2005-07, I was just recovering. I was in a lot of physical pain. I partied pretty hard.

It took me going to a very special place where I have friends at to turn my life around. That was my lowest point. I was ready to quit acting. I would go into auditions saying that I was walking away from the business. Then I booked The Forger.

What kept you from walking away?

I did walk away. I left in 2007 to go teach in Vietnam. I got offered a job from a woman I met on War of the Worlds. She called and said my flight was booked and I have class on Monday. I got on a plane and started working with children from Vietnam. I’m not certified to be a teacher, but I knew what I had been taught, and I knew how to take the best of what I’d been taught and apply it. That’s what I did with these kids. They’ve become like family to me. I’ve been doing it over there going on my seventh year now. Whether I’m successful, famous or rich, it’s the one profession that I will always do.

Who was your closest ally?

John Travolta. AJ Buckley has been an ally. Sean Faris. My best friends are Keith and Richard. Richard is a high school teacher. Keith is a police detective. We’ve been friends since we were ten years old. My family. My mom, my dad, my sister, my step-dad, my brother. The one thing that has helped my career the most is my family and my friends. From the day I said I wanted to be an actor, or I wanted to be in the Marines, or I wanted to play football, no one ever threw doubt at me.

What were you doing before the audition that changed your life?

It was tough. I knew the audition was big. I believed it was already offered to some other actor. It starred Christopher Plummer, Abigail Spencer and they had this one little role. I thought, this is going to be offered to an AJ Buckley. A really good actor my age that will do it for nothing because it’s Chris [Plummer]. I was doing everything I could to just go in and put up an audition for something that I absolutely did not believe I was going to get. I had so many other things to do that day. I went to do the reading and there’s the producer Al Corley. I do this cold reading and I completely thought I bombed it. A couple of weeks later I got a call. On my 38th birthday I was in Nashville watching Zac Brown Band on stage having dinner when a call came in from my agent and manager saying that I booked the lead role in a John Travolta and Christopher Plummer film.

That was September 2013. Since then, I have done five films, two with John Travolta, and the CW’s Supernatural and I haven’t been home in a year.

What were the words that kept you going?

Strength to change. That’s the tattoo on my arm. The change I went through from high school to the marines. And the change I went through from the marines to the civilian world, and from the civilian world to the acting world. It’s not easy. It’s gut wrenching. But we have the ability to change. I’ve gone from not understanding certain people to being enriched and being welcomed to their culture. Think about Vietnam. We went to war there. Now I live there and have people I call my family.

What words do you have to inspire others?

Never give up. That was something that Adam Kane wrote to me on the cover of my script for The Fix. That’s when my face and finger were broken. I apply that to every single thing. Anybody who reaches out and needs help, I will be there to help out. Just never give up.

A partner in Scene Magazine and the president of Louisiana Entertainment Publishers, AJ Buckley has starred for the last eight years on the hit CBS show CSI:NY. Originally from Dublin and raised in Vancouver, he has spent the last twelve years in Los Angeles acting, writing and directing. He recently finished producing and starring in North of Hell, and currently stars in Justified’s fifth season on FX. Find out more on Twitter @AJohnBuckley and at www.ajbuckley.net.

The New Orleans-shot thriller The Lookalike premieres tonight at the Prytania Theatre. The independent film features an impressive cast that includes Justin Long, Gillian Jacobs, John Corbett, Jerry O’Connell, Scottie Thompson, Gina Gershon, Luis Guzman, Steven Bauer and John Savage. The Lookalike was directed by Richard Gray.

Although the premiere tonight is by invitation only, the film will screen for the public on Thursday, November 13 at Chalmette Movies. That screening, which begins at 7pm, will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, who will discuss the making of the movie and how it landed distribution. Tickets are still available at chalmettemovies.com.

Here’s My $2 Kickstarter: Watch the Video

Make your pledge at heresmytwobucks.com.

Louisiana is this amazing place that will fill your senses to the brim. We have some of the best music, the best food, the best people and the best stories in the world. Anyone who has ever visited knows this to be true. And as people who live here, we know it to be gospel! But for the majority of Louisiana’s history, there wasn’t an industry to support all of the singular storytellers here.

That changed about ten years ago when the State of Louisiana created a film tax incentive to bring jobs back to the United States from abroad. It was a landmark decision: no one else in the United States was doing it! And it has brought hundreds of film and television projects to Louisiana and billions of dollars in economic impact.

It has also changed the conversation about Louisiana. We were once only in the news for negatives. But now, the press refers to Louisiana as the “movie-making capital of the world.” Once a state only lampooned in comedies that didn’t shoot here like The Waterboy, Louisiana now hosts prestige projects like Best Picture winner 12 Years A Slave and homegrown Best Picture nominee Beasts of the Southern Wild, Emmy winners Treme, True Detective and American Horror Story and popular television series like NCIS: New Orleans, which will now be distributed to over two hundred markets worldwide.

These successes are redefining our economy. It’s reversing the “brain drain” of young minds to other states. And it’s also attracting people to Louisiana, both new residents and tourists eager to experience our state.

We need protect the Louisiana film industry to ensure its positive growth. The current film incentive, called the Motion Picture Investor Tax Credit, has created the best environment for long-term growth in the country. We need to protect it in order to protect the growth of Louisiana’s film industry and Louisiana’s economy. If there are changes made, we want them to only strengthen and streamline that growth, creating more jobs and more opportunity.

To do this, we need to fund a landmark economic impact study. Louisiana Legislators are asking us for concrete data, and we need to give it to them. We need to give them an honest, independent study from the noted research firm HR&A. But a good study costs a lot of money: around $150,000.

The Louisiana Film & Entertainment Association (LFEA) has already started raising money to cover the cost of the study. Now we need to raise the final $50,000 to get the facts. We considered many options for how to raise this money. And Kickstarter was the clear choice because it creates an opportunity to do two things:

1) It gives you an opportunity to tell your story. We know that film has a positive impact on a wide array of residents and businesses in Louisiana. And you should share your story. We want you to say “Here’s My $2,” which means “film has had an impact on me!”

2) It gives us an opportunity to connect with you. The prizes are the perfect opportunity to connect with each other. By supporting this Kickstarter, you can mingle with filmmakers at the New Orleans Film Festival. You can meet one-on-one with a casting director, a talent agent, a film composer or a producer. You can learn how to break in to the film industry. You can meet a great headshot photographer! And we get to meet you and see what you have to offer!

By backing this Kickstarter, you are doing more than signing a petition. You are putting your money where your mouth is. By saying “Here’s My $2,” you are supporting film.

We have SO many amazing prizes and more yet to be announced! We’ve already received such an outpouring of support even before the campaign has begun. You can see a full list of all the prizes offered at heresmytwobucks.com.

One prize we expect to be a big hit are the official “Here’s My $2” t-shirts. They are incredibly soft and durable. For $42, you get a shirt in your size, a magnet, a sticker, access to attend a “Breaking In” class, your name in Scene Magazine and on a petition, and membership in LFEA for a year!

We’ll be announcing all prizes on Twitter and Facebook, so make sure to follow us at @heresmytwobucks and facebook.com/heresmytwobucks. And of course, we’ll continue to update this Kickstarter page throughout the campaign.

And by backing the Kickstarter at any level, you’ll also get a one-year membership in LFEA. You’ll also be able to vote at member meetings, receive the latest information on the entertainment industry, along with invitations to the best networking events. Find out more at lfea.org/membership.

Fully funding this Kickstarter means we have also fully funded the new landmark economic impact study. And that’s the first phase of the “Here’s My $2” campaign. While the study is being conducted, we’ll be hard at work fulfilling your awesome prizes! We’ll be collecting your stories via video, email, Facebook and Twitter. We already have over 300 and need as many as we can get!

Once the study is complete, it will be released to the public, as well as given to the Louisiana Legislature and the Governor of Louisiana. It will be accompanied by your names: the people who believed in entertainment enough to put money on it and say, “Here’s My Two Bucks!”

In Spring of 2015, the fun starts. We’ll be publishing your stories in Scene Magazine in a special issue. We’ll also be telling your stories: in emails to the Louisiana Legislators and the Governor of Louisiana, on Youtube, on Facebook and Twitter and on Scene’s website at sceneent.com.

And our campaign will continue onto the steps of the Louisiana Capitol in May of 2015. There, we’ll be able to share our stories face-to-face with our friends in State government, telling them just how great film has been for Louisiana.

And what if we’re unsuccessful? We certainly have a lot at stake. If we’re unable to fully fund this Kickstarter, we won’t have that money to fund the economic impact study that we need. And unlike some other crowdfunding companies, Kickstarter is ALL-OR-NOTHING. So if we come up even a little short, we get nothing. But we really believe you are out there! And that you have friends and family that have been impacted! It’s important to get the word out early and often, and to keep telling your story.

Find out more at heresmytwobucks.com. And you can watch the video below:

What is LFEA?

The Louisiana Film & Entertainment Association is comprised of lifelong Louisianans and newcomers to the state who believe in the future of the Louisiana entertainment industry. Some of us make movies for a living, some of us created companies that do business with the entertainment industry, and some of us just want to support what entertainment is doing for Louisiana.

We live in Shreveport, St. Francisville, Lafayette, Covington, St. Rose, Monroe, Baton Rouge, Houma, New Orleans…all over the state! And that’s one of the great things about the entertainment industry: it impacts the entire state of Louisiana.

LFEA’s Mission:

We’re a professional trade association created to grow the entertainment industry in the state of Louisiana. LFEA plays a substantive role in the long-term prosperity of Louisiana’s entertainment industry; an industry define by various sectors including film, music, digital media and live performance. The association works to bring together the individual working in the entertainment industry with businesses invested in Louisiana. LFEA’s goal is to speak with one voice regarding the positive economic impact the entertainment industry provides to Louisiana. Find out more at lfea.org.

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