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Newhard Productions - Going Hard in 2011

Hello all,

To those who missed last week's screening of Bummer Summer, Zach Weintraub's awesome feature film debut, you indeed missed out, not only because the film is great, but also because of the trailers shown before the film - 2 new Newhard Productions jams. (also, if you know anybody or are somebody that live in Seattle, go see the movie while its there this week!)

The first trailer was for Nandan Rao's feature "The Men of Dodge City". Dodge City? Like Dodge City, Kansas? Well, no. I don't think so anyways. The film, shot in Detroit, looks to be an interesting story about a group of people who do what many have talked about doing and few are actually doing: Going into places like Detroit (where the film was shot) and creating a community or work environment in the wreckage of former prosperous locations.

The second trailer was for Weintraub's follow-up feature, recently (as in wrapped less than 2 weeks ago) shot film in Buenos aires, called "The International Sign for Choking". One major thread in all 3 movies is Zach as a performer, which is a good thing. This also looked great!

Both trailers were little on revealing the overall stories of the films and big on atmosphere and showing small snippets of scenes that let you sort of piece together what you might think the movie is about. These filmmakers have a confidence that is strong beyond their years.

Both films feature Zach and actress Sophia Takal. Both films look to have the same interesting pace, humor and curiosity found in Bummer Summer. Here is my Popcorn Prophecy: Two New Hard-Hitting Jaaaaaaams

The International Sign for Choking

Zach Weintraub who made the film Bummer Summer, which is being released in Argentina very soon, is down in Buenos Aires now filming his follow up / sophomore feature "The International Sign for Choking." We can't wait to see what he comes up with!

Green - Set Visit

Hey ya'll quick update.

I'm having camera issues so I can't upload pics, but I recently got to be on set for a night of shooting on Larry Levine and Sophia Takal's new film "Green". I was only on set the one day, but I'm very much looking forward to seeing this film. A similar small crew/improvised but controlled form of filmmaking as their last film "Gabi on the Roof in July", which just opened up this weekend in Brooklyn.

If I can get my camera to stop giving me error messages I will post pics.

Keith's Year Watching Movies: A Son's Journey

Here is a quick rundown of my year watching new movies:

20 FAVORITE NARRATIVE FILMS I SAW THIS YEAR :

CARLOS (rest listed alphabetically)

A Prophet
Antichrist
Black Swan
Blue Valentine
Certified Copy
Dogtooth
Enter the Void
Everyone Else
Fish Tank
Greenberg
I'm Still Here
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Somewhere
The Ghost Writer
The Loved One
The Social Network
The White Ribbon
Tuesday, After Christmas
White Material


10 BEST DOCS:

RACING DREAMS & LAST TRAIN HOME (rest listed alphabetically)

And Everything is Going Fine
Exit Through the Gift Shop
Jean-Michel Basquiat - The Radiant Child
Jackass 3-d
Joan Rivers: piece of work
Restrepo
The Oath
Videocracy


20 RUNNERS UP (who if i put more time on this list may have ended up in the realm of the TOP FILMS, but i am throwing this together and they didn’t make it to the top of the heap for whatever reason.)

Amer
Animal Kingdom
Another Year
Cyrus
I Love You Phillip Morris
Mother
Never Let Me Go
Piranha 3-D
Please Give
Shutter Island
The American
The Fighter
The King’s Speech
The Robber
Toy Story 3
Trash Humpers
Unstoppable
Valhalla Rising
Wild Grass
You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger


20 FILMS I liked in varying degrees, but were not my “favorite films of the year”. This is probably the area where there is the greatest gap between how much I like these movies:

127 Hours
A town called Panic
Agony and Ecstasy of Phil Spector
Blue Beard
Buried
Catfish
Four Lions
Green Zone
Harry Brown
Inspector Bellamy
My Dog Tulip
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Rabbit Hole
Soul Kitchen
The Disappearance of Alice Creed
The Killer Inside Me
The Town
Thorn in the Heart
When You’re Strange
Winter’s Bone


20 MOVIES THAT I LIKED JUST FINE BUT I WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU SOMETHING LIKE “Yeah, i dunno, i thought it was okay. kinda fun. I dunno, if it’s on I would say you should watch it, but whatever, I dunno.”:

Alice in Wonderland
All Good Things
City Island
Easy A
Edge of Darkness
Get him to the Greek
Holy Rollers
Hot Tub Time Machine
Inception
Jack Goes Boating
Kick-Ass
Life during Wartime
Macgruber
Mic Macs
Nowhere Boy
Red
Salt
Solitary Man
The Crazies
The Runaways



20 MOVIES I DIDN’T LIKE VERY MUCH (or they are like 70 percent okay and 30 percent terrible)

Brooklyn's finest
Casino Jack
Cairo time
Death at a funeral
Girl with the dragon tattoo
It's kind of a Funny Story
Knight & Day
Morning Glory
Oki's Movie
Outrage (Japanese outrage, not the doc)
Saint John of Las Vegas
Smash his Camera
Splice
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
The Kids are all right
The Other guys
The Vicious Kind
Today's Special
Wall Street: Money never Sleeps
Youth In Revolt


10 LEAST FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2010:
(Note: 3 of these feature zach galifanakis, 2 feature paul dano, and 1 features paul dano’s girlfriend, Zoe Kazan. I find this interesting. I thought I liked these people):

THE BOOK OF ELI (my least fave movie, the rest listed alphabetically)

Chloe
Dinner for schmucks
Due Date
In My Sleep
Operation: Endgame
The Expendables
The Exploding Girl
The Extra Man
The Good Heart


6 Films Made by people I know that I would feel weird ranking but recommend highly:

Cummings Farm (All American Orgy)
Gabi on the Roof in July
Lovers of Hate
Tiny Furniture
Winnebago Man
You Won’t Miss Me

SEE YOU NEXT YEAR AT THE MOVIES! WELL NOT NEXT YEAR, SINCE ITS 2011. THIS YEAR NOW. SORRY TO CLINT EASTWOOD FOR NOT SEEING HEREAFTER. IT LOOKED BORING, DUDE!

Sorry, Our Site Wuz Down!

me: ahem ahem ahem
have you seen any good movies lately?
Sent at 7:23 PM on Wednesday
Sophia: no
i saw social network
i saw kentucker audleys movie open 5
at a festival
thats it
you?
there was a movie tonight i wanted to go to
me: which?
Sophia: i dont know
a pedro costa film
ne something rein
me: oh yeah i want to see that one
lately i've seen: carlos, wall street 2, piranha, catfish, jackass 3d, winnebago man and the loved one
Sent at 7:34 PM on Wednesday
Sophia: oh which was your fave?
me: carlos
Sophia: cool!
i wanna see jackass3d
me: i will order them for you:
carlos, jackass, piranha, the loved one, catfish, winnebago man, wall street 2
Sent at 7:41 PM on Wednesday
Sophia: oh that sounds like a good ranking
accurate
me: feels good
Sophia: solid ranking
just copy/paste it and put it on ppb

URGENT WARNING

"Dinner for Schmucks" isn't a sequel to "My Dinner with Andre" like the trailers would like you to believe. Hollywood, grow up.


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