Coming Attractions - August 14, 15 and 16

Coming Attractions is posted every Friday and serves to remind you of the events taking place during the weekend. From new releases to Q&As and introductions, there's a lot going on and you've got some time off from work - so why not go see a movie?

RELEASES:

Wide:
Bandslam
District 9
The Good: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Ponyo
The Time Traveler's Wife

Limited:
Flame & Citron - LA
The Way We Get By - LA
Grace - LA, NY
It Might Get Loud - LA, NY
Taxidermia - LA, NY
I'm Gonna Explode - NY
Captain Abu Raed - NY
Earth Days - NY
Yasukuni - NY
My Fuhrer - NY

LOS ANGELES:

FRIDAY
IT MIGHT GET LOUD - Director, Editor & Producer Q&A & Director Introduction
The Landmark
Friday, August 14 following 7:40pm show (Q&A) and at 10:30pm (Introduction).

MOON - Director Q&A & Introduction
The Arclight Hollywood
Friday, August 14 following 7:00pm show (Q&A) and at 9:30pm (Introduction).

GRACE - Director, Producer & Actor Q&A
Sunset 5
Friday, August 14 following 7:40pm and 9:55pm shows.

SATURDAY
PAPER HEART - Director & Actor Q&A
The Arclight Sherman Oaks
Saturday, August 15 following 5:20pm show.

IT MIGHT GET LOUD - Filmmaker Q&A & Introduction
The Arclight Hollywood
Saturday, August 15 following 5:35pm show (Q&A) and at 8:15pm (Introduction).

NEW YORK:

FRIDAY
I'M GONNA EXPLODE - Director Appearance
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Friday, August 14 following 9:00pm show.

CAPTAIN ABU RAED - Director Appearance
The Angelika Film Center
Friday, August 14 following 7:15pm and 9:55pm shows.

EARTH DAYS - Director Q&A
Quad Cinema
Friday, August 14 following 7:30pm show.

SATURDAY
CAPTAIN ABU RAED - Director Appearance
The Angelika Film Center
Saturday, August 15 following 7:15pm and 9:55pm shows.

SUNDAY
EARTH DAYS - Director Q&A
Quad Cinema
Sunday, August 16 following 3:00pm show.

Los Angeles - GRACE - Director, Producer & Actor Q&A

Following the 7:40pm and 9:55pm showings of GRACE at the Sunset 5 on August 14 writer/director Paul Solet, producer Adam Green and actor Jordan Ladd will hold a Q&A session.

Tickets are available here.

For Your Consideration - Nothing To Get Excited About Edition

For Your Consideration is a weekly round-up of upcoming indie limited releases. The idea is to either expose you to or remind you of films that can't afford to plaster their posters on the sides of buildings or accompany your Happy Meal in toy form.

This week's FYC will hopefully be looked back upon by future generations as something of a rarity. 10 limited releases arrive in either LA, NY, or both this weekend, but none of them are interesting enough to warrant a full entry. Narrowly missing recommendation this week are It Might Get Loud and Yasukuni. Helmed by Davis Guggenheim, It Might Get Loud will no doubt be a competent little love letter to the electric guitar, but it is only receiving a lukewarm response from non-enthusiasts. Yasukuni, the story of a controversial war shrine in Japan, would've easily earned a recommendation for its nuanced approach towards a symbol of the complicated nature of separating heroes from criminals in something as fuzzy as war if not for its heavily biased third act that sits in stark contrast to the evenhanded approach of the rest of the film. As for everything else, there isn't much of note. Voy A Explotar is just another film unabashedly imitating scenes from the French New Wave without bring anything new to the table. Whenever I've seen Grace's trailer in theatres, it's been greeted with rounds of snickering, and Taxidermia, well, it's something you'll know if you're interested in or not once you see the trailer.

Everything Else

YASUKUNI


IT MIGHT GET LOUD


I'M GONNA EXPLODE


GRACE


TAXIDERMIA


EARTH DAYS


CAPTAIN ABU RAED

New York - THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE - Advance Screening & Filmmaker, Cinemaographer & Special Guest Appearance

There will be an advance screening of THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE at the Paley Center for Media in New York on August 20 at 6:30pm. Filmmaker R.J. Cutler, cinematographer Bob Richman and Vogue Editor-at-Large Andre Leon Talley will attend.

Tickets are available here.

Los Angeles - ART & COPY - Advance Screening & Director Appearance

There will be an advance screening of ART & COPY at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills on August 31 at 7:00pm. Director Doug Pray will be in attendance, along with other panelists who have yet to be announced.

Tickets are available here.

Los Angeles - IT MIGHT GET LOUD - Filmmaker Q&A & Introduction

Following the 5:35pm show of IT MIGHT GET LOUD at the Arclight Hollywood on August 15, director Davis Guggenheim will hold a Q&A session. He will then introduce the 8:15pm show.

Tickets are available here.

Los Angeles - MOON - Director Q&A & Introduction

Following the 7:00pm show of MOON at the Arclight Hollywood on August 14, director Duncan Jones will hold a Q&A session. He will then introduce the 9:30pm show.

Tickets are available here.

New York - CAPTAIN ABU RAED - Director Q&A

Following the 7:15pm and 9:55pm shows of CAPTAIN ABU RAED on August 14 and 15, director Amin Matalqa will hold a Q&A session. At the Angelika Film Center.

Tickets are available here.

Los Angeles - IT MIGHT GET LOUD - Filmmaker, Editor & Producer Q&A & Director Introduction

Following the 7:40pm show of IT MIGHT GET LOUD on August 14, director David Guggenheim, producer Lesley Chilcott and editor Greg Finton will hold a Q&A session. Guggenheim will then introduce the 10:30pm show. At the Landmark.

Tickets are available here.

Los Angeles - YOUTH KNOWS NO PAIN - Filmmaker Q&A

Part of the AFI series at the Arclight:

Following the 8:00pm special screening of YOUTH KNOWS NO PAIN on August 19, filmmaker Mitch McCabe will hold a Q&A session.

Tickets are available here.

Los Angeles - PAPER HEART - Director & Actor Q&A

Following the 5:20pm showing of PAPER HEART at the Arclight Sherman Oaks, director Nicholas Jasenovec and actor Jake Johnson will hold a Q&A session. On August 15.

Tickets are available here.

The Week in Preview - 8/10

The Week in Preview is posted every Monday and serves to give you a heads up to events taking place during the week. Be sure to check back on Friday morning for Coming Attractions, a rundown of all the events occurring over the weekend.

LOS ANGELES:

FRIDAY
IT MIGHT GET LOUD - Director, Editor & Producer Q&A & Director Introduction
The Landmark
Friday, August 14 following 7:40pm show (Q&A) and at 10:30pm (Introduction).

MOON - Director Q&A & Introduction
The Arclight Hollywood
Friday, August 14 following 7:00pm show (Q&A) and at 9:30pm (Introduction).

SATURDAY
PAPER HEART - Director & Actor Q&A
The Arclight Sherman Oaks
Saturday, August 15 following 5:20pm show.

IT MIGHT GET LOUD - Filmmaker Q&A & Introduction
The Arclight Hollywood
Saturday, August 15 following 5:35pm show (Q&A) and at 8:15pm (Introduction).


NEW YORK:

TUESDAY
TAKING WOODSTOCK - Director & Writer Booksigning & Discussion
Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00pm.

THE TIME TRAVELER'S WIFE - Advance Screening & Director Discussion
The Time Warner Center
Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00pm.

EMPIRES OF TIN - Director & Jim Jarmusch Discussion
IFC Center
Tuesday, August 11 at 7:00pm.

WEDNESDAY
I'M GONNA EXPLODE - Director Appearance
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Wednesday, August 12 following 9:00pm show.

FRIDAY
I'M GONNA EXPLODE - Director Appearance
The Film Society of Lincoln Center
Friday, August 14 following 9:00pm show.