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NEW YORK, NY:
06.24 - Visionfest Film Festival
07.28-08.02 - New York International Latino Film Fest (presented by HBO) (10th Annual)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
05.18 - Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.21 - Leave Her to Heaven (John M Stahl) // Heights Theater: 7:30pm

LOS ANGELES, CA
06.05-11 - Dances with Films Film Festival

HOLLYWOOD, CA
08.06-09 - Hollyshorts Film Festival (5th Annual)
08.25-09.01 - Action/Cut - Short Film Competition
10.21-26 - Hollywood Film Fest (13th Annual)

WASHINGTON D.C.
05.07-09 - Politics on Film Film Festival
09.10-17 - DC Shorts Film Festival (6th Annual)

TURKU, FINLAND
05.21-25 - Polar Film Festival

TORONTO, ON
05.27 - Student Film Showcase ‘09 // AMC (Yonge): 7pm

BIRMINGHAM, AL
05.29-30 - Birmingham Shout! Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (4th Annual)

NEWPORT, RI
06.03-07 - Newport International Film Festival

LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ
06.04-07 - Lighthouse International Film Festival

CULVER CITY, CA
06.05-07 - Producers Challenge!

SAVANNAH, GA
06.10-14 - Blue Ocean Film Festival

NANTUCKET, MA
06.19-21 - Nantucket Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (14th Annual)

PALM SPRINGS, CA
06.23-29 - Palm Springs International Shortfest

PHILADELPHIA, PA
06.25-28 - Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (2nd Annual)
10.15-18 - Firstglance Film Fest (12th annual)

DEAL PARK, NJ
07.08-18 - Jersey Shore Film Festival (4th Annual)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA
07.24-26 - SSG Summer Shorts Fest

SACRAMENTO, CA
07.24-08.02 - Sacramento Film and Music Fest (10th Annual)

WOODS HOLE, MA
07.25-08.01 - Woods Hole Film Fest (18th Annual)

STRASBOURG, ALSACE (FRANCE)
08.28-09.06 - Strasbourg International Film Festival

SUN VALLEY, ID
09.18-20 - Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival (5th Annual)

KANSAS CITY, KA
09.18-24 - Kansas International Film Festival (9th Annual)

PORT TOWNSEND, WA
09.24-27 - Port Townsend Film Festival (10th Annual)

HONOLULU, HI
10.15-25 - Honolulu International Film Festival (29th Annual)

CHICAGO, IL
10.22-11.01 - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (26th Annual)

BIRMINGHAM, AL
10.25-27 - Sidewalk Moving Picture Fest

TV:
05.15 - Nada+ (Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.16 - Nada+ (Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV

DVD Releases
05.12 - Wise Blood (John Huston) [CRITERION]
05.12 - Eclipse Series 16: Alexander Korda’s Private Lives [CRITERION]
05.19 - Pigs, Pimps, and Prostitutes: 3 films by Shohei Imamura [CRITERION]
05.19 - The Friends of Eddie Loyle (Peter Yates) [CRITERION]

THEATRICAL RELEASES
05.21 - Terminator: Salvation (McG)
05.22 - The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderberg) [limited]
05.29 - Departures (Yojiro Takita) [Limited]

TV times are EST. Times subject to change. Screenings with no time listed have multiple screenings throughout the day. Bolded screenings are recommended picks.

To find out more about these screenings visit the venue websites:
Film Forum (NYC)
(Le) Poisson Rouge (NYC)
IFC (NYC)
Bryant Lake Bowl (Minneapolis)
Heights Theater (Minneapolis)
Film Society of Lincoln Center (NYC)
Museum of the Moving Image (NYC)
Stranger Than Fiction Series (NYC)
Cinema Revolution (Minneapolis)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
Cinema Paradiso (Fort Lauderdale)
Apple Store SoHo - Tribeca Film Fest (NYC)
The Criterion Collection

As always, if you’d like to see your venue’s screenings, your film’s or your film society’s upcoming screenings listed here send an e-mail to us at celluloidnotes [at] gmail [dot] com. We’d love to hear from you.

Here is last weeks top ten films at the box office, followed by the top ten on the year.

1. Obsession ($28.6 M)
2. 17 Again ($11.5 M)
3. Fighting ($11 M)
4. The Soloist ($9.72 M)
5. Earth ($8.83 M)
6. Monsters vs. Aliens ($8.52 M)
7. State of Play ($6.85 M)
8. Hannah Montana: The Movie ($6.44 M)
9. Fast & Furious ($6.02 M)
10. Crank: High Voltage ($2.62 M)

Top Ten of 2009:
1. Monsters vs. Aliens ($174.8 M)
2. Fast & Furious ($145.4 M)
3. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($145.1 M)
4. Taken ($142.6 M)
5. Watchmen ($107 M)
6. He’s Just Not That Into You ($93.6 M)
7. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail ($90.5 M)
8. Knowing ($76.7 M)
9. Coraline ($74.9 M)
10. Hotel For Dogs ($72.6 M)

FILM OF THE WEEK:
The Limits of Control
dir. Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Isaach De Bankolé

All that really needs to be said is new Jim Jarmusch. But since that would be the short way out I’ll continue with that Jarmusch never misses. This film looks mysterious and fantastic - the buzz is positive. I see no way this can go too wrong.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine
dir. Gavin Hood
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Ryan Reynolds

Despite the early leak of a rough cut of this film there has continued to be a lot of positive buzz about the fourth live action X-Men film. The other three were essentially about Wolverine, but this Wolverine focused film comes on the heels of Wolverine month at Marvel (how coincidental) and appears to be a success. This film will definitely be at the top of box office charts to be sure.

Battle for Terra
dir. Aristomenis Tsirbas
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Justin Long

Despite the absurd looks of this debut animation endeavor from Snoot Entertainment there has been nothing but positive buzz about this film. IMDB is predicting a big success here, I wouldn’t be surprised. Kid’s movies have done very well at the box office so far this year, and we’re waiting for something to displace the mediocre Monsters vs. Aliens as this year’s reigning kid’s champion.

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
dir. Mark Waters
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Emma Stone

Dear lord, make it end. It’s sure to be a disaster.

NEW YORK, NY:
04.25 - A Discussion with So-Yong Kim & Bradley Rust Grey // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 4pm
04.25 - Er Dong (Yang Jin) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 1:30pm
04.25 - Ma Wu Jia (Zhao Ye) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 4:30pm
04.25 - Little Moth (Peng Tao) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:45pm
04.25 - A Discussion with Ti West // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6:30pm
04.25 - SAGIndie presents: What’s Next - Indie Film Today [forum] // IFC: 1pm
04.26 - Good Cats (Ying Liang) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:20pm
04.26 - Iri (Zhang Lu) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:45pm
04.26 - A Discussion with Conor McPherson // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 5pm
04.26 - The Adventures of Goopy & Bagha (Satyajit Ray) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 1:30pm
04.26 - Days & Nights in the Forest (Satyajit Ray) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 4pm
04.27 - Nashville (Robert Altman) [FREE] // (Le) Poisson Rouge: 8:30pm
04.27 - Days & Nights in the Forest (Satyajit Ray) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:30pm
04.27 - A Discussion with Gabriel Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Carlos Cuaron // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Festival: 5pm
04.27 - A Discussion with Gabriel Noble // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6:30pm
04.27 - A Discussion with Atom Egoyan // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 8pm
04.28 - Treeless Mountain (So-Yong Kim - Director Present) // Film Forum
04.28 - Adoration (Atom Egoyan) [preview screening] // IFC Center
04.28 - A Discussion with Eric Bana // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6:30pm
04.28 - Youth Knows No Pain (Mitch McCabe) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:30pm
04.28 - The Way We Get By (Leo Hurwitz & Paul Strand) // Stranger Than Fiction Series: IFC: 8pm
04.29 - Class: Gorilla Filmmaking on a Mac // Apple Store SOHO: 5pm
04.29-05.06 - Scene Brooklyn Film Festival
04.30 - A Discussion with Kirby Dick // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 5pm
05.01 - A Discussion with Nia Vardalos & Donald Petrie // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 7pm
05.02 - Student Film Panel // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 5pm
06.24 - Visionfest Film Festival
07.28-08.02 - New York International Latino Film Fest (presented by HBO) (10th Annual)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
04.25 - Hunger (Steve McQueen) // Walker Art Center
04.26 - Hunger (Steve McQueen) // Walker Art Center
04.27 - Rope (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.04 - Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.07 - Annie Get Your Gun (George Sidney) // Heights Theater
05.11 - To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.18 - Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.21 - Leave Her to Heaven (John M Stahl) // Heights Theater: 7:30pm

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
04.30 - The Great Gatsby (Jack Clayton) // Cinema Paradiso (FREE)
05.05 - Solo Con Tu Pareja (Alfonso Cuaron) // Cinema Paradiso

KANSAS CITY, MO
04.22-26 - Kansas City Film Festival

BOSTON, MA
04.22-26 - Independent Film Festival Boston

MEMPHIS, NA
04.23-26 - On Location: Memphis

LOS ANGELES, CA
04.30-05.07 - Los Angeles United Film Festival
05.03-08 - British Film Festival Los Angeles
06.05-11 - Dances with Films Film Festival

TAMPA BAY, FL
05.01-02 - Motion Film Festival

INTERLOCHEN, MI
05.01-03 Future of Cinema International Film Festival

HOLLYWOOD, CA
05.01-08 - First Glance Hollywood Film Festival
08.06-09 - Hollyshorts Film Festival (5th Annual)
08.25-09.01 - Action/Cut - Short Film Competition
10.21-26 - Hollywood Film Fest (13th Annual)

WASHINGTON D.C.
05.07-09 - Politics on Film Film Festival
09.10-17 - DC Shorts Film Festival (6th Annual)

TURKU, FINLAND
05.21-25 - Polar Film Festival

TORONTO, ON
05.27 - Student Film Showcase ‘09 // AMC (Yonge): 7pm

BIRMINGHAM, AL
05.29-30 - Birmingham Shout! Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (4th Annual)

NEWPORT, RI
06.03-07 - Newport International Film Festival

LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ
06.04-07 - Lighthouse International Film Festival

CULVER CITY, CA
06.05-07 - Producers Challenge!

SAVANNAH, GA
06.10-14 - Blue Ocean Film Festival

NANTUCKET, MA
06.19-21 - Nantucket Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (14th Annual)

PALM SPRINGS, CA
06.23-29 - Palm Springs International Shortfest

PHILADELPHIA, PA
06.25-28 - Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (2nd Annual)
10.15-18 - Firstglance Film Fest (12th annual)

DEAL PARK, NJ
07.08-18 - Jersey Shore Film Festival (4th Annual)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA
07.24-26 - SSG Summer Shorts Fest

SACRAMENTO, CA
07.24-08.02 - Sacramento Film and Music Fest (10th Annual)

WOODS HOLE, MA
07.25-08.01 - Woods Hole Film Fest (18th Annual)

STRASBOURG, ALSACE (FRANCE)
08.28-09.06 - Strasbourg International Film Festival

SUN VALLEY, ID
09.18-20 - Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival (5th Annual)

KANSAS CITY, KA
09.18-24 - Kansas International Film Festival (9th Annual)

PORT TOWNSEND, WA
09.24-27 - Port Townsend Film Festival (10th Annual)

HONOLULU, HI
10.15-25 - Honolulu International Film Festival (29th Annual)

CHICAGO, IL
10.22-11.01 - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (26th Annual)

BIRMINGHAM, AL
10.25-27 - Sidewalk Moving Picture Fest

TV:
04.25 - The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett) // IFC: 9:45pm
04.26 - The Fish Fall in Love (Ali Raffi) [Global Film Initiative 2008] // Link TV
04.27 - Renaissance (Christian Volkman) // IFC: 8pm
04.29 - The Fish Fall in Love (Ali Raffi) [Global Film Initiative 2008] // Link TV
05.01 - Palookaville (Alan Taylor) // IFC: 9:55pm
05.02 - Bunny Chow (John Barber) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.02 - Mother Night (Keith Gordon) // IFC: 11:30pm
05.05 - Bunny Chow (John Barber) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.06 - A Fistful of Dynamite (Sergio Leone) // IFC: 8pm
05.06 - Bunny Chow (John Barber) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.07 - Wide Sargasso Sea (John Duigan) // IFC: 10pm
05.08 - Kilometre Zero (Hiner Saleem) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.09 - Kilometre Zero (Hiner Saleem) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.15 - Nada+ (Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV
05.16 - Nada+ (Juan Carlos Cremata Malberti) [Global Film Initiative] // Link TV

DVD Releases
05.05 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher) [CRITERION]
05.12 - Wise Blood (John Huston) [CRITERION]
05.12 - Eclipse Series 16: Alexander Korda’s Private Lives [CRITERION]
05.19 - Pigs, Pimps, and Prostitutes: 3 films by Shohei Imamura [CRITERION]
05.19 - The Friends of Eddie Coyle (Peter Yates) [CRITERION]

THEATRICAL RELEASES
05.01 - X-Men: Wolverine - Origins (Gavin Hood)
05.01 - The Limits of Control (Jim Jarmusch) [limited]
05.08 - Star Trek (J.J. Abrams)
05.21 - Terminator: Salvation (McG)
05.22 - The Girlfriend Experience (Steven Soderberg) [limited]
05.29 - Departures (Yojiro Takita) [Limited]

TV times are EST. Times subject to change. Screenings with no time listed have multiple screenings throughout the day. Bolded screenings are recommended picks.

To find out more about these screenings visit the venue websites:
Film Forum (NYC)
(Le) Poisson Rouge (NYC)
IFC (NYC)
Bryant Lake Bowl (Minneapolis)
Heights Theater (Minneapolis)
Film Society of Lincoln Center (NYC)
Museum of the Moving Image (NYC)
Stranger Than Fiction Series (NYC)
Cinema Revolution (Minneapolis)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
Cinema Paradiso (Fort Lauderdale)
Apple Store SoHo - Tribeca Film Fest (NYC)
The Criterion Collection

As always, if you’d like to see your venue’s screenings, your film’s or your film society’s upcoming screenings listed here send an e-mail to us at celluloidnotes [at] gmail [dot] com. We’d love to hear from you.

Here is last week’s top ten films at the box office. We’re also starting something new here - we’re going to include the top ten films of the year to date following last week’s top ten.
Please leave some comments about the state of decay.

Last Week:
1. 17 Again ($24.1 M // $24.1 M)
2. State of Play ($14.1 M // $14.1 M)
3. Monsters vs. Aliens ($12.9 M // $163 M)
4. Hannah Montana: The Movie ($12.7 M // $56.1 M)
5. Fast & Furious ($12.3 M // $137 M)
6. Crank: High Voltage ($5.61 M // $5.61 M)
7. Observe & Report ($4.05 M // $18.7 M)
8. Knowing ($3.48 M // $73.7 M)
9. I Love You, Man ($3.37 M // $64.7 M)
10. The Haunting in Connecticut ($3.15 M // $51.9 M)

Year to Date:
1. Monsters vs. Aliens ($162.7 M)
2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop ($143.95 M)
3. Taken ($142.1 M)
4. Fast & Furious ($136.7 M)
5. Watchmen ($106.65 M)
6. He’s Just Not That Into You ($93.2 M)
7. Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail ($90.5 M)
8. Coraline ($74.8 M)
9. Knowing ($73.9)
10. Hotel for Dogs ($72.3)

All totals are taken from Box Office Mojo.

PICK OF THE WEEK:
The Informers [limited]
dir. Gregor Jordan
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Kim Basinger, Mickey Rourke, Winona Ryder, Brad Renfro

There has been some nasty buzz on this one. From IMDB: “he rage for all things 1980s ends here, since Gregor Jordan’s adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s novel was all but disowned by the Sundance set after its premiere back in January. The idea of a nearly always nude Amber Heard should not conjure up notions of it’s-so-bad-it’s-Showgirls-good here. Seriously, just move away and move on from this one.” And Brett Easton Ellis (who wrote the novel) seems to be very displeased with the outcome, even though he wrote the script. Nonetheless, Ellis’ writing is generally fantastic and - despite his relentless focus on the disillusionment of the 80s - we can’t help but have a little bit of excitement over the potential behind another Ellis driven film.

Mutant Chronicles [limited]
dir. Simon Hunter
Starring: Thomas Jane, Ron Perlman, Devon Aoki

This film was initially panned hard at Comic-Con last year, but Magnolia passed along some more control to director Hunter to retool the film. This has series written all over it. It’s a sort of post-apocalyptic version of Pitch Black meets X-Men (kind of). Four corporations battle to save Earth from a mutant menace that was unleashed by an explosion at a prison - in the future.

Earth [on 04/22]
dir. Alastair Fothergill Mark Linfield
Starring: Patrick Stewart

Earth is a sort of Blue Planet revamp that follows four families of animals through their migration cycle.

The Soloist
dir. Joe Wright
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener

An odd release date for a film that looked, initially, like it was surely Oscar bait. B=Maybe it’s part of a new plan to get in the mind of the Adacemy early on, or maybe Dreamworks has completely lost faith in the film.

Obsessed
dir. Steve Shill
Starring: Beyoncé Knowles, Idris Elba, Ali Larter

Obsessed can be counted in for next week’s top ten biggest grossers, but there are real questions about it’s ability to stay there for more than one week. Lots of negative buzz already. We have little faith here.

Fighting
dir. Dito Montiel
Starring: Channing Tatum, Terrence Howard, Luis Guzmán

A kid gets caught up in an underground world of fighting and finds Terrence Howard and Terrence Howard acts like Terrence Howard.

Tyson [limited]
dir. James Toback
Starring: Mike Tyson

Tyson, a documentary about the life of legendary boxer Mike Tyson, was a smash at Sundance this year. This is the doc to see this year, so far. Don’t miss it (it’s pretty fantastic).

NEW YORK, NY:
04.18 - Pather Panchali (Satyajit Ray) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 1:45pm
04.18 - Aparajito (Satyajit Ray) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 4:10pm
04.18 - The World of Apu (Satyajit Ray) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:30pm
04.21 - Native Land (Paul Strand & Leo Hurwitz) // IFC Center
04.22-05.03 - Tribeca International Film Festival
04.22 - A Discussion with Spike Lee // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 7pm
04.23 - An Evening with Jim Jarmusch // Museum of the Moving Image: 8pm
04.24 - Chongqing (Zhang Lu) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:45pm
04.24 - The Other Half (Ying Liang) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 9pm
04.24 - A Discussion with Natalie Portman // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 3:30pm
04.24 - A Discussion with Dan Fogler // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6pm
04.24 - A Discussion with Lee Daniels // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 7:30pm
04.25 - A Discussion with So-Yong Kim & Bradley Rust Grey // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 4pm
04.25 - Er Dong (Yang Jin) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 1:30pm
04.25 - Ma Wu Jia (Zhao Ye) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 4:30pm
04.25 - Little Moth (Peng Tao) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:45pm
04.25 - A Discussion with Ti West // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6:30pm
04.26 - Good Cats (Ying Liang) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:20pm
04.26 - Iri (Zhang Lu) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:45pm
04.26 - A Discussion with Conor McPherson // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 5pm
04.27 - A Discussion with Gabriel Garcia Bernal, Diego Luna and Carlos Cuaron // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Festival: 5pm
04.27 - A Discussion with Gabriel Noble // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6:30pm
04.27 - A Discussion with Atom Egoyan // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 8pm
04.28 - Treeless Mountain (So-Yong Kim - Director Present) // Film Forum
04.28 - Adoration (Atom Egoyan) [preview screening] // IFC Center
04.28 - A Discussion with Eric Bana // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 6:30pm
04.28 - Youth Knows No Pain (Mitch McCabe) // Film Society of Lincoln Center: 6:30pm
04.29 - Class: Gorilla Filmmaking on a Mac // Apple Store SOHO: 5pm
04.30 - A Discussion with Kirby Dick // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 5pm
05.01 - A Discussion with Nia Vardalos & Donald Petrie // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 7pm
05.02 - Student Film Panel // Apple Store SOHO ~ Tribeca Film Fest: 5pm
06.24 - Visionfest Film Festival
07.28-08.02 - New York International Latino Film Fest (presented by HBO) (10th Annual)

MINNEAPOLIS, MN
04.18 - Hunger (Steve McQueen) // Walker Art Center
04.20 - Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
04.23 - Fados (Carlos Saura) // Walker Art Center: 7:30pm [FREE]
04.25 - Hunger (Steve McQueen) // Walker Art Center
04.26 - Hunger (Steve McQueen) // Walker Art Center
04.27 - Rope (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.04 - Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.07 - Annie Get Your Gun (George Sidney) // Heights Theater
05.11 - To Catch a Thief (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater
05.18 - Vertigo (Alfred Hitchcock) // Riverview Theater

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
04.21 - The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton) // Cinema Paradiso
04.30 - The Great Gatsby (Jack Clayton) // Cinema Paradiso (FREE)
05.05 - Solo Con Tu Pareja (Alfonso Cuaron) // Cinema Paradiso

TORONTO, ON
04.18-24 - Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children

TAMPA BAY, FL
05.01-02 - Motion Film Festival

INTERLOCHEN, MI
05.01-03 Future of Cinema International Film Festival

WASHINGTON D.C.
05.07-09 - Politics on Film Film Festival
09.10-17 - DC Shorts Film Festival (6th Annual)

TURKU, FINLAND
05.21-25 - Polar Film Festival

TORONTO, ON
05.27 - Student Film Showcase ‘09 // AMC (Yonge): 7pm

BIRMINGHAM, AL
05.29-30 - Birmingham Shout! Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (4th Annual)

NEWPORT, RI
06.03-07 - Newport International Film Festival

LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ
06.04-07 - Lighthouse International Film Festival

LOS ANGELES, CA
06.05-11 - Dances with Films Film Festival

SAVANNAH, GA
06.10-14 - Blue Ocean Film Festival

NANTUCKET, MA
06.19-21 - Nantucket Film Festival and Screenplay Competition (14th Annual)

PALM SPRINGS, CA
06.23-29 - Palm Springs International Shortfest

PHILADELPHIA, PA
06.25-28 - Philadelphia Independent Film Festival (2nd Annual)
10.15-18 - Firstglance Film Fest (12th annual)

DEAL PARK, NJ
07.08-18 - Jersey Shore Film Festival (4th Annual)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA
07.24-26 - SSG Summer Shorts Fest

SACRAMENTO, CA
07.24-08.02 - Sacramento Film and Music Fest (10th Annual)

WOODS HOLE, MA
07.25-08.01 - Woods Hole Film Fest (18th Annual)

HOLLYWOOD, CA
08.06-09 - Hollyshorts Film Festival (5th Annual)
08.25-09.01 - Action/Cut - Short Film Competition
10.21-26 - Hollywood Film Fest (13th Annual)

STRASBOURG, ALSACE (FRANCE)
08.28-09.06 - Strasbourg International Film Festival

SUN VALLEY, ID
09.18-20 - Sun Valley Spiritual Film Festival (5th Annual)

KANSAS CITY, KA
09.18-24 - Kansas International Film Festival (9th Annual)

PORT TOWNSEND, WA
09.24-27 - Port Townsend Film Festival (10th Annual)

HONOLULU, HI
10.15-25 - Honolulu International Film Festival (29th Annual)

CHICAGO, IL
10.22-11.01 - Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (26th Annual)

TV:
04.18 - Flying By (Jim Amatolli) [world premiere] // Lifetime Movie Network
04.20 - The Controller (Frank Michels) [world premiere] // STARZ: 3:50pm
04.24 - Paranoia 1.0 // IFC: 9:45pm
04.25 - The Glass Shield (Charles Burnett) // IFC: 9:45pm
04.27 - Renaissance (Christian Volkman) // IFC: 8pm
05.01 - Palookaville (Alan Taylor) // IFC: 9:55pm
05.02 - Mother Night (Keith Gordon) // IFC: 11:30pm
05.06 - A Fistful of Dynamite (Sergio Leone) // IFC: 8pm
05.07 - Wide Sargasso Sea (John Duigan) // IFC: 10pm

DVD Releases
05.05 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (David Fincher) [CRITERION]
05.12 - Wise Blood (John Huston) [CRITERION]
05.12 - Eclipse Series 16: Alexander Korda’s Private Lives [CRITERION]
05.19 - Pigs, Pimps, and Prostitutes: 3 films by Shohei Imamura [CRITERION]
05.19 - The Friends of Eddie Loyle (Peter Yates) [CRITERION]

TV times are EST. Times subject to change. Screenings with no time listed have multiple screenings throughout the day. Bolded screenings are recommended picks.

To find out more about these screenings visit the venue websites:
Film Forum (NYC)
(Le) Poisson Rouge (NYC)
IFC (NYC)
Bryant Lake Bowl (Minneapolis)
Heights Theater (Minneapolis)
Film Society of Lincoln Center (NYC)
Museum of the Moving Image (NYC)
Stranger Than Fiction Series (NYC)
Cinema Revolution (Minneapolis)
Walker Art Center (Minneapolis)
Cinema Paradiso (Fort Lauderdale)
Apple Store SoHo - Tribeca Film Fest (NYC)
The Criterion Collection

As always, if you’d like to see your venue’s screenings, your film’s upcoming screenings, or your film society’s upcoming screenings listed here send an e-mail to us at celluloidnotes [at] gmail [dot] com. We’d love to hear from you.

You can check out the entire article here. It’s a pretty great list could have maybe changed the Sinatra nod to his spectacular performance in The Man With the Golden Arm, and to their credit they don’t mention James Taylors’ wooden performance in Two Lane Blacktop.

The list includes:
David Bowie in The Man Who Fell To Earth
Lyle Lovett in The Player
Bobby Darin in Captain Newman, M.D.
Bjork in Dancer in the Dark
Will Oldham in Oldjoy
Justin Rice in Mutual Appreciation
Mos Def in Be Kind, Rewind
Ludacris in Hustle & Flow
Elvis Presley in King Creole

Go to the AV Club to check out the full list.

As is often the case around this time of year, the trailers are appearing everywhere you look. And, as is also typical this time of year, I want to see everything that looks even remotely interesting because I’ve got the thirst to see new films and know by the time these come out I’ll take any excuse to get out the heat. So, hear are some new trailers that are just hitting the InterWebs:

Trailer for Valhalla:

Edgar Wright gives the first glimpses of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (which The Playlist is following better than anyone else):

Blog One - Introduction - Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World from Scott Pilgrim The Movie on Vimeo.

A new trailer for Rian Johnson’s The Brothers Bloom:

The trailer for Moon, a new Sci-Fi film starring Sam Rockwell and directed by Duncan Jones (he’s David Bowie’s son):

Also there is a trailer for the sequel to Descent here (obviously called Descent 2).

PICK OF THE WEEK:
State of Play
dir. Kevin Macdonald
Starring: Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren

Only positive things seem to be coming about this political thriller. Macdonald is a rising director, and has been given a great cast for this film. Let’s hope it lives up to expectations.

Crank: High Voltage
dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Starring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Clifton Collins Jr.

This sequel seems ill advised from the get-go. I seem to be one of the few who thought the first Crank was an abysmal train-wreck. The commentary to that film only confirm the notion that this debut directorial team phoned this one in. At the end of the first film Chev Chelios (Statham) seems to be dead - as you might have guessed he is not. Now instead of adrenaline to keep himself alive he needs regular shocks of electricity to his heart to seek his revenge. The directorial team definitely has a stylized visual palate, but we hope that the script has a little more style than their last one.

17 Again
dir. Burr Steers
Starring: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann

Hillary Duff isn’t the only child star that is struggling to be taken seriously by adults…Only this probably isn’t the film that’s going to do it for Efron

Every Little Step [limited]
dir. Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern

This documentary follows a series of actress auditioning to be in the latest Broadway revival of Chorus Line. Looks interesting despite the less than interesting subject matter.

Is Anybody There? [limited]
dir. John Crowley
Stars: Michael Caine, Bill Milner

this drama focuses on a ten-year-old boy (Milner) who is growing up in a retirement home that his family owns and his relationship with a retired magician (Caine). Looks quirky, funny, sad, about everything you’re looking for if you aren’t excited about the oncoming Blockbuster season.

Last Week’s Top Ten
1. Hannah Montana: The Movie
2. Fast & Furious
3. Monsters vs. Aliens
4. Observe and Report
5. Knowing
6. I Love You, Man
7. The Haunting in Connecticut
8. Dragonball: Evolution
9. Adventureland
10. Duplicity