I love finding out about new films and as I was looking at upcoming March releases I came across 5 interesting ones you may not know about.
Friends With Kids is about a pair of singles whose friends have all become married parents & who decide to have a kid together. But apparently not be together. Thats some serious peer pressure. The cast has echos of last years Bridesmaids with Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jon Hamm and Chris O'Dowd.
It's a directorial debut for actress Jennifer Westfedlt who also wrote and stars in Friends with real life beau Jon Hamm.
Being Flynn stars Paul Dano and Robert De Niro as father and son struggling with ideas of identity and the father/son relationship. It's based on the personal memoir of Director Paul Weitz who also directed About A Boy and lest I forget...American Pie. Really a surprising mix of films from this guy.
Jeff, Who Lives at Home looks like a existential comedy but it's being talked about as a variety of genres. The words 'tonal strangeness' were used to describe it. Brothers Mark and Jay Duplass are unfamiliar to me but it seems like none of their previous work fits well into conventional 'types'.
Jeff is played by Jason Segel co-starring with Ed Helms, Judy Greer and Susan Sarandon. I don't really know what to make of this one. I'm going to have to see it.
The Deep Blue Sea is a period piece with a small cast about a love affair and its players. It stars Rachel Weisz, Simon Russell Beale and Tom Hiddleston respectively as the wife, the husband and the other man. Deep Blue is written and directed by Terence Davies who has a background in theatre and apparently sought Weisz out for the part. I'm a big fan of Rachel Weisz and hopefully she gets to flex her acting muscles.
Based on the trailer it's also going to be visually stunning.
Turn Me On, Dammit! is a Norwegian film starring unknown actors with inconceivable yet beautiful names. It's billed as a coming-of-age story and looks like it has a lot of angst, attempted rebellion, social exile, as well as, hormone fueled fantasizing. It's like it's about sex without actually having any.
Turn Me On is by a female filmmaker named Jannicke Systad Jacobsen. Frankly, the rather spoilery review I read mead it sound pretty great.
Also Mentionable: Detachment with Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks, James Cann & Lucy Liu. Indiewire.com describes it as, “a unique and stylized portrait of the American Education system seen through the eyes of substitute teacher Henry Barthes (Adrien Brody).” Thats a great pitch coming from people who gave it a terrible review. Probably will not be eager for Detachment.
While these may not be coming out in your area they may be worth tracking down. If you're curious about one of these...which was the point...there are some reviews and summaries on imdb.com and The Hollywood Reporter you can check out for more info.
All of these sound intriguing . . . with the exception of "Jeff, Who Lives at Home," at least in my opinion. I saw a premiere of one of the Duplass brothers' films in Austin a few years ago and unless they have greatly improved, I don't care to see anymore of their work. Kudos for taking the time to find these little known films - I'm sure there will be a few jewels!
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