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Indie films this summer offer something new to the very dry atmosphere of modern theatre. Here are a versatile pick of films coming soon to the DFW area.
Please Give
Where: Dallas Angelika, Plano Angelika
When: June 4th
What: Catherine Keener is Kate, a woman who always tries to do the right thing but it sometimes comes out with a dramatic difference in final result. Her business involves buying furniture from the children of recently deceased parents, making her seem cunning when she asks how certain elderly people in her apartment building are doing. She feels an immense amount of guilt for her privilege and tries to give back what she can while her husband and daughter resist.
Why: Catherine Keener is a two time Academy Award nominee.
Holy Rollers
Where: Dallas Angelika
When: June 11th
What: crime drama
Holy Rollers is inspired by true events of the early 1990s when Hasidic Jews were recruited to smuggle ecstasy from Europe to the United States. Jesse Eisenberg is Sam, a man about to get married to a woman he does not know. He is recruited by his friend Yosef (Justin Bartha) with big promises of money and success. Passed off as “medicine”, Sam and Yosef get pulled into a dark underworld as they transport packages to Amsterdam and back.
Why: Kevin Asch's examination of blind faith and choosing one’s own path is a message that is bound to reach many different people.
Princess Ka’lulani
Where: Dallas Angelika, Plano Angelika
When: June 11th
What: drama, biographical, period piece
Princess Ka’lulani is sent to England after a threat to a monarchy where she falls in love while being treated as a barbarian. But events back home in Hawaii force her to choose between her life with the man she loves and going back to her people.
Why: This film opened to a sold-out audience at the Hawaiian Film Festival and tied with Precious for its 2009 Audience Award. It’s bound to be a warm look at a period and place that does not get much attention. When’s the last time a film about the history of Hawaii has come out? … Exactly.
Casino Jack and the United States of Money
Where: Dallas Angelika
When: June 11th
What: Documentary
This documentary is about the life of the now imprisoned former lobbyist Jack Abramoff. Casino Jack and the United States of Money showed at this year’s Dallas International Film Festival back in April.
Why: Alex Gibney was the brilliant documentarian that brought us Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. His hidden deeper messages and attention to detail are likely to resurface here.
I am Love
Where: Dallas Angelika, Plano Angelika
When: June 25th
What: drama, romance
Tilda Swinton is Emma Rechi, the matriarch of a wealthy Milanese family. Her decision to have an affair forever changes the course of her family.
Why: This film astounded people at Sundance. The reviews do nothing but extol it. Tilda Swinton won best female performance at the Dublin International Film Festival for her performance.
Micmacs
Where: Plano Angelika
When: June 25th
What: comedy
Dany Boon is Bazil, a man who survives a bullet to the head after a drive by shooting. After his release from the hospital, an ex-con and a group of misfits seek revenge upon the weapons company that produced the bullet.
Why: The creative genius behind Ameile also directed this film.
The Girl Who Played With Fire
Where: Dallas Angelika, Plano Angelika
When: July 2nd
What: thriller
The sequel to The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire is the second story of Swedish author Steig Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is about to break a story about sex-trafficking that will reach the highest levels of the Swedish government. His partner Lisbeth Salander is implicated in the murder of two journalists and Blomkvist must find her before the authorities do. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is now playing at Magnolia theater and the Plano Angelika.
Why: This is one of those films that everyone has been buzzing about.
Ondine
Where: Plano Angelika
When: July 2nd
What: romance, drama
Collin Farrell is Syracuse, an Irish fisherman who catches a dead woman in his net one day. She mysteriously comes back to life and the two fall passionately in love while myths and legends surround who she is.
Why: Ondine mopped the floor at the Irish Film and Television Awards, notably with a best male lead from Farrell.
The Killer Inside Me
Where: Dallas Angelika
When: July 16th
What: drama, thriller
Oscar nominated actor Casey Affleck is Lou Ford, a West Texas sheriff who has a darker, murderous double side. Kate Hudson costars as his fiance and Jessica Alba is a prostitute that gets him into trouble.
Why: People are raving about this film, in particularly Affleck’s performance.
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