Archive for March, 2012

  • Spotlight: The Trouble With Bliss

    Spotlight: The Trouble With Bliss

    March 23rd, 2012 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Premiering today in theaters and On Demand, The Trouble with Bliss stars Michael C. Hall as Morris Bliss, a 30-something New Yorker who starts to see his life quickly unravel after starting a relationship with a sexually precocious 18-year-old. Watch Michael C. Hall talk about finding his character in The Trouble with Bliss. The Trouble [...]

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  • The Trouble With Bliss

    The Trouble With Bliss

    March 23rd, 2012 | Available Now, Comedy, Drama, Films | jwilka

    The Trouble With Bliss tells the story of 35-year-old Morris Bliss (Michael C. Hall), who is clamped firmly in the jaws of New York City inertia. He wants to travel but has no money; he needs a job but has no prospects; and he still shares an apartment with his widowed father (Peter Fonda), who [...]

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  • Jon Reiss.com: 5 Do’s and Don’t’s on a Successful Video On Demand Release

    Jon Reiss.com: 5 Do’s and Don’t’s on a Successful Video On Demand Release

    March 22nd, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    5 Do’s and Don’t’s on a Successful Video On Demand Release Posted on March 22, 2012, by Jon Reiss I met with Nolan from Gravitas, who I feel is one of the companies that really gets VOD for independents, and he started saying – “filmmakers should watch out for this . . . , it [...]

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  • Spotlight: Looking for Lenny

    Spotlight: Looking for Lenny

    March 19th, 2012 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Lisa Lampanelli – Looking for Lenny: Uncut 01 Christopher Titus – Looking for Lenny: Uncut 01 Q&A with Director Elan Gale 1. How did you get involved with the project? I first was approached to do this film by producing partners Carla Polkinhorn and Matt Amar after a screening of a short film I directed. [...]

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  • Spotlight: Apart

    Spotlight: Apart

    March 15th, 2012 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Apart Clip: How Do I Look? Apart Clip: Emily with her Therapist Apart Clip: Trying to Remember Q&A with Director Aaron Rottinghaus 1. How did you get into filmmaking? I think I was introduced to filmmaking through some type of cultural osmosis that didn’t really click as “filmmaking” until I went off to college and [...]

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    IndieWire: You Want VOD Numbers? We Got VOD Numbers!

    March 13th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    You Want VOD Numbers? We’ve Got VOD Numbers. MARCH 12, 2012 | BY DANA HARRIS   All hail Gravitas Ventures, which has dared to do what no one else will: They’ve delivered real numbers around VOD releases. Nolan Gallagher, founder and CEO of Gravitas, will be discussing them this afternoon as part of a case study [...]

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  • Spotlight: 3 Magic Words

    Spotlight: 3 Magic Words

    March 10th, 2012 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Q&A with Michael Perlin 1. Introduce yourself and your film. My name is Michael Perlin. I call myself a metaphysical filmmaker. I wrote, produced and directed the film, “3 Magic Words”. 2. How did you become interested in filmmaking? I became interested in filmmaking at a young age when I received a fortune cookie that [...]

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  • Looking For Lenny

    Looking For Lenny

    March 9th, 2012 | Available Now, Comedy, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Looking for Lenny is an in-depth documentary that uses controversial comic, Lenny Bruce’s legacy to explore the present condition of the fear of words and expression. Because of his provocative subject matter, Bruce was arrested and charged with obscenity in multiple cities.  He spent much of his life struggling through court battles and public harassment, [...]

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  • Apart

    Apart

    March 9th, 2012 | Available Now, Drama, Films, Thriller | jwilka

    Lovestruck Emily and Noah realize that not only do they share the same nightmarish delusions; but when they are together, their visions seem to become a reality only the two of them can see.  Trying to keep their children safe, their families forbid them from seeing each other, but this modern-day Romeo and Juliet are [...]

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    Deadline: Gravitas And Variance Team To Acquire 7-8 Films

    March 8th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas And Variance Team To Acquire 7-8 Films For Theatrical/VOD: SXSW By BRIAN BROOKS | Thursday March 8, 2012 @ 11:59am PSTTags: Gravitas Ventures, Variance Films Gravitas Ventures and Variance Films will jointly release seven to eight specialty titles per year theatrically in the U.S. and Canada as well as on VOD via cable, satellite, telco and online [...]

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    Multichannel News: Gravitas, Variance To Offer VOD Movies Day & Date

    March 8th, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    Gravitas, Variance Films To Offer VOD Movies Day And Date With Theatrical Release Companies To Distribute Seven To Eight Independent Films A Year by R. Thomas Umstead — Multichannel News, 3/8/2012 3:12:04 PM Video On Demand distributor Gravitas Ventures and film distributor Variance Films will team to acquire and co-release a number of independent films [...]

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  • Spotlight: Holy Rollers

    Spotlight: Holy Rollers

    March 6th, 2012 | Spotlight | jwilka

    Holy Rollers – Clip 01 Q&A with director Bryan Storkel 1. Introduce yourself and your film I was born and raised in Seattle, WA and I now live in Los Angeles, CA with my wife and two baby girls. When we started this project we had no children and we now we have 2 baby [...]

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  • Holy Rollers: The True Story Of Card Counting Christians

    Holy Rollers: The True Story Of Card Counting Christians

    March 6th, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    Holy Rollers follows the rise of the Church Team, arguably the largest and most well funded blackjack team in America. No one expected a group of Christians to be in the business of card-counting. In their short existence, they take millions from casinos. In spite of the team’s phenomenal success, many team members deal with [...]

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  • 3 Magic Words

    3 Magic Words

    March 6th, 2012 | Available Now, Documentary, Films | jwilka

    What if you woke up with amnesia? What if you had no recollection of who you were in the past? What if you had to look deep within to find the answer to life’s biggest question, “Who am I”? Using science, geometry, nature and spirituality, 3 Magic Words examines this question as it is explored [...]

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    Variety: ‘Perfect Family’ set for spring release

    March 2nd, 2012 | Gravitas News, News | jwilka

    ‘Perfect Family’ set for spring release Variance Films’ family comedy stars Kathleen Turner By DAVE MCNARY Variance Films has set a spring theatrical release for Anne Renton’s dysfunctional family comedy “The Perfect Family.” Starring Kathleen Turner in her first lead onscreen role in nearly two decades, the film centers on a devout Catholic and suburban mom [...]

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