Palace 9 Cinema Select Films
The Messenger
Studio: Oscilloscope Laboratories
Director: Oren Moverman
Screenwriter: Oren Moverman, Alessandro Camon
Starring: Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone,Eamonn Walker
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R (for language and some sexual content/nudity)
Official Website: TheMessengermovie.com
Plot Summary: In his most powerful performance to date, Ben Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Woody Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. When he finds himself drawn to Olivia (Samantha Morton), to whom he has just delivered the news of her husband's death, Will's emotional detachment begins to dissolve and the film reveals itself as a surprising, humorous, moving and very human portrait of grief, friendship and survival.
Featuring tour-de-force performances from Foster, Harrelson and Morton, and a brilliant directorial debut by Oren Moverman, "The Messenger" brings us into the inner lives of these outwardly steely heroes to reveal their fragility with compassion and dignity.
Everybody's Fine
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Kirk Jones
Screenwriter: Kirk Jones
Starring: Robert De Niro, Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for thematic elements and brief strong language)
Official Website: Not Available
Plot Summary: De Niro will play a widower who realizes that his deceased wife was his only connection to his children. He decides on a whim to take a road trip to reconnect with each of his grown kids, discovering that their lives are far from perfect.
The Maid
Release Date: TBA
Studio: Elephant Eye Films
Director: Sebastián Silva
Screenwriter: Sebastián Silva
Starring: Catalina Saavedra, Claudia Celedón, Alejandro Goic, Andrea Garcia-Huidobro, Mariana Loyola, Agustin Silva, Darok Orellana, Sebastián La Rivera
Genre: Comedy, Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: TheMaidmovie.com
Plot Summary: Set in Santiago, Chile, "The Maid" is the story of Raquel (Catalina Saavedra) who has served as the live-in maid for the Valdes family for 23 years. Neither truly a member of the family nor simply a servant, she inhabits an undefined space somewhere in between. Threatened when the family decides to bring on extra help, she engages in a series of increasingly frantic acts to hold on to her position in this sharp comedic drama about family, class and self-discovery.
Yes Men Fix the World
Release Date: TBA
Studio: Not Available
Director: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno
Screenwriter: Not Available
Starring: Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: TheYesMenfixtheworld.com
Plot Summary: Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
