December 25, 2010
PINK XMAS: The Holiday Cheer of Japanese Sexploitation, in NYC
Two Weeks Only, FREE SCREENINGS!Pink Eiga and GreenCine are excited to present a softcore sex-travaganza for the holidays with 6 of the wildest Japanese "pink films" in history. Pink films ("pinku eiga") are hour-long erotic indies—shot on 35mm, with high production values and artistry—which run the genre gamut from comedy to romantic drama, exploitation and horror. Rarely seen outside of Japan, these strange, shocking and sometimes touching stories push creative and cultural boundaries... while fulfilling the requisite number of sex scenes! Two of the films are by the Academy Award winning director of Departures. "PINK XMAS: The Holiday Cheer of Japanese Sexploitation" runs December 24 – January 6.
"They're usually the training ground for some great directors. Jazzy, snazzy and often totally, outrageously avant-garde, they ain't your garden variety pornos. In fact, they're some of the most head-spinningly wild movies you'll ever see, where making your brain bubble is the first priority and showing sex in a salacious manner is a distant second." - Grady Hendrix, VARIETY ASIA
More, uh, explicit details are to be found here.
Posted by cphillips at 9:28 AM
September 17, 2010
Lord of the Rings Blu-ray DVD Giveaway!
There may be one ring, to rule them all, but there have been many editions of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on DVD. Now that Peter Jackson's award-winning saga is out on Blu-ray the exitement can begin all over again. The new discs are loaded with extras and most importantly, are in high-def! And now, thanks to the generosity of GreenCine and Warner Brothers Home Video, you have the chance to win this excellent prize package in our LOTR Blu-ray giveaway:
- The Fellowship Of The Ring" Blu-ray disc
- "The Two Towers" Blu-ray disc
- "The Return Of The King" Blu-ray disc
- Two Bookmarks
- One Navy Blue Ornament
- One deck of LOTR Playing Cards
- One Travel Candle
- One Poster
To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address, mailing address, and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, and "LOTR-BD" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). One winner will be selected at random from all valid entries. You must be a US resident to enter. The deadline to enter is September 28. Winner will be notified by e-mail and announced in future editions of the GreenCine Dispatch newsletter.
Go here for the official LOTR Blu-ray site.
Posted by cphillips at 11:03 AM
July 23, 2010
The Kids Are All Right contest!
The Kids Are All Right is the heartfelt new comedy from acclaimed director Lisa Cholodenko [interview], starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo. Two teenaged children (Alice in Wonderland's Mia Wasikowska and Journey to the Center of the Earth's Josh Hutcherson) get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Bening and Moore) have built for them. Once the donor (Ruffalo) is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re-defined, and re-re-defined. The New York Times raves that it's "a generous, nearly note-perfect portrait of a modern family," and Entertainment Weekly calls the movie "funny, smart and sexy!" And now GreenCine and Focus Features have teamed up teaming up for a new contest with prizes that are more than all right.
One (1) lucky Grand Prize Winner will receive:
- $50 American Express Gift Card
- T-Shirt
- Eco Tote Bag
- Herb Growing Kit
Three (3) Additional Winners will receive:
- Eco Tote Bag
- Herb Growing Kit
To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address, mailing address, and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, and "Kids Are All Right" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). One winner will be selected at random from all valid entries. You must be a US resident to enter. The deadline to enter is August 17. Winner will be notified by e-mail and announced in future editions of the GreenCine Dispatch newsletter.
For trailer click below:Trailer:
Posted by cphillips at 11:43 AM
April 1, 2010
PHOTO CONTEST: Win the Henri-Cartier Bresson DVD + Prizes from Photojojo!
"As far as I'm concerned, taking photographs is a means of understanding which canonot be separated from other means of visual expression. It is a way of shouting, of freeing oneself, not of proving or asserting one's own originality. It is a way of life." - Henri Cartier-Bresson
This week, New Video Group releases the Collector's Edition of the Henri Cartier-Bresson DVD set, which includes a series of documentaries on the artist, five of his original works, and a booklet containing photographs, quotes, and essays on his life. In the spirit of this amalgamation of photography and cinema, we've teamed up with Photojojo to bring you our first photo contest! Photojojo is a candy store for photographers of sorts, with a really great newsletter devoted to sharing just about anything rad that's related to photography (photo tips, DIY projects, inspiration and more).
The contest is simple: take a photo inspired by a film. Send it to us at contest(at)greencine(dot)com and let us know what film you're referencing. We'll post our favorite photos here (along with your credit) and allow submissions to our Flickr pool once the contest has closed. 1 grand prize winner will receive, compliments of PhotoJojo, our favorite little gadget of late, the Digital Harinezumi 2.0, which captures dreamy photos and Super-8 style video (check out stills and video), plus a copy of the Henri Cartier-Bresson DVD set.
One runner-up will receive the awesome magnetic photo rope, and the DVD. Please read below for rules and terms. We look forward to seeing your cinematic-inspired creations!
Rule and Terms: Deadline to enter is April 20, 2010. One photo submission allowed per entry. Please keep digital manipulation to a minimum. Photos must be at least 600 pixels on the longest size, and no larger than 6MB. Accepted file formats are JPG, GIF, TIF and PNG. By entering this competition, you grant GreenCine and its affiliates a non-exclusive licence to display your photograph in connection with this contest. Photographers will always be credited alongside their image (send us a link to your blog, website, or just your name for credit). This contest is open to submissions world-wide. Please include your name and shipping address with your entry. Winners will be announced April 27, 2010 in future editions of the GreenCine Dispatch, and by email notification.
Posted by cphillips at 6:21 PM
February 17, 2010
GreenCine's Oscar Live Blog: March 7, 2010.
It's the wonderful time of year again, when people of all ages gather together to watch 
the Academy Award ceremony, alternating between wishing they were there on the red carpet, and feeling aggravated by the show and the awards themselves. But it's a favorite tradition and we wouldn't miss it for the world.
On March 7, 2010, during the Oscar ceremony, GreenCine will be hosting a live chat featuring some of our favorite film bloggers from around the US, and the world, chiming in with live commentary on the proceedings. Using the terrific Cover It Live interface, our panelists will chat throughout the evening and take your questions on the awards. Join host Craig Phillips, editor at GreenCine, as well as Aaron Hillis, editor of GreenCine Daily, as they keep the conversation flowing with our esteemed guests and you, the moviegoing public. We hope you'll join us and bring your friends, for a party on the virtual red carpet.
When: Sunday, March 7, 2010. 5pm PST/8pm EST.
Where: Here on Greencine.com/central and on Daily.greencine.com
Who: Our confirmed list of panelists include:
- Andrew Grant (Like Anna Karina's Sweater)
- Matt Singer (IFC)
- Sam Adams: LA Times, Philadelphia Inquirer/City Paper, Onion AV Club, eMusic, IFC
- James Rocchi (MSN Movies, American Movie Classics, and Rocchi Report)
- Lisa Rosman (IndieWire: New Deal Sally)
- Eric Kohn (IndieWire: Screen Rush)
- Josh Ralske (AllMovie.com)
- Steve Dollar (24XPS.com and contributing editor at
Paste magazine) - Amy Monaghan a.k.a. Cinetrix (Pullquote; professor of Film at Clemson U.)
- Aaron Dobbs (Out of Focus)
Plus special guests and, we hope, you.
This year's Academy Award nominations certainly provoke their own unique set of questions and discussions. For example, for the first time ever, there are ten films nominated for Best Picture. And with quite a few of the actors first-time nominees, you might find yourself having trouble making keeping track of them all. We'll be there to help you make sense of it all with perspective both historical and hysterical.
Television coverage on ABC. Go to Oscar.com for more information about the ceremony and to GreenCine for the nominees.
Posted by cphillips at 12:44 PM
August 24, 2009
Taking Woodstock Contest!
Taking Woodstock is the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. Based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, the comedy stars Demetri Martin as Elliot, who inadvertently played a role in making 1969’s Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Featuring a standout ensemble cast, and songs from a score of ‘60s musical icons including The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe and the Fish – plus a new recording of “Freedom” from Richie Havens – Taking Woodstock is a joyous voyage to a moment in time when everything seemed possible. And now, thanks to GreenCine and Focus Features, you can win our new Woodstock contest.
Five (5) winners will receive the official movie soundtrack CD, which is not surprisingly excellent, a t-shirt, and air freshener! Read on for details on how to enter and win.
To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address, mailing address, and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, and "Taking Woodstock" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). 5 winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. The deadline to enter is Monday, September 14. Winners will be notified by e-mail and announced in future editions of the GreenCine Dispatch newsletter.
See the official trailer here.
Posted by cphillips at 1:24 PM
June 1, 2009
Away We Go Contest
The Office's John Krasinski and Saturday Night Live's Maya Rudolph star as Burt and Verona in the funny and heartfelt Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. It opens in theaters June 5th (limited).
And away we go, GreenCine and Focus Features are teaming up for a new contest where you can win a bagful of Away We Go goodies. Five (5) Winners will receive the official movie soundtrack, plus an Away We Go T-shirt and postcard!
Click below for details on how you can enter and win!
To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address, mailing address and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, and "Away We Go" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). 3 winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. The deadline to enter is Monday, June 22. Winners will be notified by e-mail and announced in future editions of the GreenCine Dispatch newsletter.
The trailer is below:
Posted by cphillips at 1:02 PM
March 5, 2009
TOKYO! Tickets giveaway.
In Tokyo!, three visionary directors (Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho) come together for an omnibus triptych examining the nature of one unforgettable city as it’s shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and run amok) inside an enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated Japanese megalopolis — the enchanting and inimitable Tokyo. To celebrate the premiere of Tokyo!, GreenCine is pleased to give away 2 pairs of tickets for the opening week screenings at the Landmark Theaters in San Francisco (exact location TBD) and Los Angeles (Nuart Theater in Santa Monica), March 20th - March 26th.
To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, whether you wish to attend the SF or LA screening, and "Tokyo!" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). 2 winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. The deadline to enter is Monday, March 16th, 2009. Winners will be able to attend the screening of their choice from March 20th - March 26th.
Posted by cphillips at 10:26 AM
February 20, 2009
GreenCine's Oscar Live Blog! February 22, 4:30pm PST.
Come join us for an evening full of punditry, commentary, jokes, trivia, predictions, and general head-shaking as we host a live blog during Sunday's Oscar ceremony. The chat will be moderated by host GreenCine editor/writer Craig Phillips who will be joined throughout the evening by GreenCine Daily editor, film distributor and writer Aaron Hillis, plus a bounty of other film bloggers from around the country. Guest panelists jumping in will include Erin Donovan, Kathy Fennessy (SIFF blog), film blogger and US magazine and Flavorpill contributor Lisa Rosman, film blogger and US magazine and Flavorpill contributor Lisa Rosman, Edward Copeland (Eddie on Film) and Eric Dienstfrey (Filmbo) -- with quite a few more dropping by. We hope you'll join us, too. Alone, surviving this year's Oscars might be a rather difficult chore, but together we can do it.
Posted by cphillips at 1:17 PM
July 30, 2008
Contest! Hamlet 2 Giveaway
Hamlet 2, which premiered at - and was the comedy smash of - the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, stars Steve Coogan as a failed actor-turned worse-high-school-drama teacher who rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages a politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet. The irreverent film's fine cast also includes Catherine Keener, Amy Poehler, David Arquette and Elisabeth Shue as herself. The director is Andrew Fleming ("Dick," "Threesome"), who wrote the original screenplay with Pam Brady ("South Park," "Team America"). It opens theatrically August 22 [view trailer] and while we wait for that, why not join in a fab new contest thanks to Focus Features and Greencine.
One (1) Grand Prize Winner will receive: a Sexy Jesus Doll and a Sexy Jesus Surfer Shirt; Five (5) First Prize Winners receive a Hamlet 2 Movie Poster and Bumper Stickers ("Rock Me Sexy Jesus" or "Honk if You Love Sexy Jesus"). 
To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, and "Hamlet 2" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). 5 winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. The deadline is August 22. Winners will be notified by e-mail and announced in future editions of the GreenCine Dispatch newsletter
Posted by cphillips at 3:03 PM
March 10, 2008
Oscar-nominated films on DVD: A handy list
GreenCine's got a handy list of all of this year's Academy Award-nominated films, with links to GreenCine for each one that is available on DVD or will be coming out soon. Read on for the full list!
2008 Oscars! The Nominees on DVD.
Posted by cphillips at 1:41 PM
February 19, 2008
GreenCine Live Blogs the Oscars (Updated!)
Greetings and salutations,
With the writer's strike now officially over, as we all breathed a big sigh of relief and joy, we
also celebrated the fact that the 80th Academy Awards® ceremony will go on in its usual splashy fashion.
And GreenCine will be there (virtually) next Sunday, February 24th, to cover it in a cheeky Live Blogging event. Thanks to the folks at Cover It Live, GreenCine will host an online commentary throughout the Academy Awards ceremony, moderated by GC editor Craig Phillips, and an army of film bloggers including Erin Donovan (Steady Diet of Film), Agnes Varnum (Doc It Out), Stacie Ponder (Final Girl), Vince Keenan, and numerous other witty cinephiles. Special guests include... you! And a host of other goofballs from all over the world along for the ride.
Update! We are pleased to announce that Karie Bible, of Los Angeles' Film Radar (which covers revival, repertory, and special film events and the venues which house them), will also be joining us for the live chat.
Where: Online at http://www.greencine.com/static/oscarliveblog.jsp (you can register there for an e-mail reminder)
When: Sunday, February 24. Virtual seating begins at 4:45pm PST/7:45pm EST
We take film seriously so we'll be taking the awards seriously - but only up to a point; if you
can't make snarky comments at the Oscars, when can you?
GreenCine's editors and writers have years of experience writing about film online, via our award-
winning, ever-popular film blog GreenCine Daily, with our oft-quoted primers and interviews, and in our numerous DVD reviews. Together, we've helped put together one of the premier sites for film lovers everywhere, and with our highly-regarded DVD rent-by-mail service, GreenCine.com has become a place for cinephiles to get their hands on an incredible array of films, new and old, international and American, all the while being part of a fabulous film community.
Our Live Blogging of the Oscars continues that tradition while adding the excitement and immediacy of a live event.
Our commentary. Your comments. Trivia questions. Polls, pictures and punditry. All this and it's
free. Jump in, jump out, jump back in again when you just can't believe Daniel Day Lewis actually
said *that.*
The Oscars are fun, but let's face it, they need friends around to add running commentary.
Consider us your virtual friends for the evening, tux and gown optional. We'll also be giving away an Oscar-nominated film on DVD as well as a free one month GreenCine membership, so tell your friends!
Where: Online at http://www.greencine.com/static/oscarliveblog.jsp
When: Sunday, February 24. Virtual seating begins at 4:45pm PST/7:45pm EST
More on Oscar Night: http://oscars.com/
Posted by cphillips at 11:17 AM
December 10, 2007
Warren Report's Act Now Screening Series Concludes With "China Blue" (GreenCine a Co-Sponsor)
GreenCine has proudly been a co-sponsor of this fine screening series taking place this fall via the Warren Report, and now the series concludes with an excellent program, this coming Friday, December 14th. Details below. If you're in the Seattle area, don't miss it! Here's the scoop, straight from TWR:
[Click HERE to reserve]
ACT NOW: CHINA BLUE - Free
The Seattle Art Museum,
100 University St, SEATTLE
Friday, December 14, 2007 - 7:00 PM
Many thanks to the hot-to-trot Heather D!
**The cotton-candy-esque Jess W will be The Warren Report ambassador with whom you must check in.**
Join Warren Etheredge of The Warren Report for an exclusive, post-show panel discussion explaining why there is more to consider about Christmastime other than the number of shopping days left.
CHINA BLUE takes us inside a blue-jeans factory, where Jasmine and her friends are trying to survive a harsh working environment. But when the factory owner agrees to a deal with his Western client that forces his teenage workers to work around the clock, a confrontation becomes inevitable.
Shot clandestinely in China, under difficult conditions, this is a deep-access account of what both China and the international retail companies don't want us to see -- how the clothes we buy are actually made. CHINA BLUE won the Amnesty International Human Rights Award at IDFA (Amsterdam).
Posted by cphillips at 5:02 PM
September 19, 2007
GreenCine donates memberships for Eviction Defense Collaborative auction
GreenCine is proud to have donated GC memberships to the San Francisco Eviction Defense Collaborative's auction. Proceeds from this event will help the EDC continue to provide eviction defense services to San Francisco tenants. The EDC assists thousands of tenants each year by preparing court papers, offering limited representation at settlement conferences, and providing financial assistance for rent payments. The auction is this Thursday at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 50 Fremont Street, 6th Floor, San Francisco, 5:30-8pm. Admission is $20. The
presentation begins at 6:30 p.m.
Besides GreenCine memberships, many other fine items will be auctioned off, too, so swing on by if you can.
Posted by cphillips at 2:16 PM
August 16, 2007
GreenCine a co-sponsor of Warren Report Screenings in Seattle/GC members get on the guest list
GreenCine is proud to be a sponsor of an excellent film event in Seattle put together by our friends at The Warren Report: The Act Now series of monthly screenings of stellar, progressive documentaries.
Their first screening was this past Tuesday - the stirring eco-doc The 11th Hour, narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio - at the Seattle Art Museum, but there will be a bunch more throughout the fall. If you're a GreenCine member and would like to get on the guest list to see these screenings for free, email us at pr@greencine.com to let us know. Then we can tell The Warren Report who is coming and how many.
The screening schedule:
Let us know which of these you'd like to attend, your name and GreenCine member name, and an email address, and we'll put you on the list!
Posted by cphillips at 11:35 AM
March 8, 2007
GreenCine Represented at SXSW Panels
GreenCine's David Hudson and Jonathan Marlow will both be speaking at Austin's SXSW next week. Or to put it more accurately, they'll both be moderating panel discussions. All panels are at the Austin Convention Center. Here are the details:
Lonelygirl15: A Case Study
Sunday, March 11th
Room 12AB
11:30 am - 12:30 pm
For months, thousands of people around the world were captivated by the daily video diary from an unknown teen-age girl. There was drama, romance, and comedy. But, in the early Fall of 2006, it was revealed that these video diaries were all a fabrication from the imagination of three artists. From obscurity to popularity on YouTube, the people behind LonelyGirl15 talk publicly for the first time, about their experiences with online filmmaking and the swirling questions of what's real and what's staged.
Moderator: David Hudson Editor, GreenCine
Greg Goodfried Producer, Lonelygirl15
Miles Beckett Producer, Lonelygirl15
Mesh Flinders Producer, Lonelygirl15
The Future of DVDs
Monday, March 12th
Room 12AB
10:00 am - 11:00 am
With direct-to-DVD releases and unrated copies of the latest Hollywood blockbusters, DVDs are a stable presence and an ever-growing means for studios to get their films to the public. Extra footage, commentary tracks and other bonus materials entice fans to spend their money on owning copies of their favorite movies. Where is it all headed for the big studios and the indie filmmaker? Plus, how is the DVD medium evolving to better suit the needs of both the industry and the audience?
Moderator: Jonathan Marlow VP Content: Dev & Acquisitions, GreenCine
Joseph Amodei Pres, Hart Sharp Video
Brent Hoff Editor, Wholphin
Scott Shooman Exec Dir of Acquisitions and Production, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Kevin Collins Dir HD DVD Evangelism, Microsoft
Posted by cphillips at 2:47 PM
March 1, 2007
GreenCine Presents: SF Premiere! Guatemalan Handshake at the YBCA
GreenCine presents
The Guatemalan Handshake
by Todd Rohal (2006, 96 min , 35mm )
Wed, Mar 7, 7:30 pm
$8 regular, $6 GreenCine members, seniors, students & teachers, $6 YBCA Members
This award-winning debut is an exceptional exploration of unusual human behavior. The film opens with the mysterious disappearance of Donald Turnupseed (Will Oldham) but this odd occurrence merely serves as a catalyst for a number of delightful digressions and reflections (including an appearance from Billy Nayer Show's Cory McAbee). This is the San Francisco premiere and currently the only SF screening slated, so don't miss it!
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Posted by cphillips at 1:03 PM
November 2, 2006
Gary McFarland Screening Pictures!
Thanks to everyone who caught our special screening of the excellent jazz doc This is Gary McFarland. Filmmaker Kristian St. Clair was on hand with singer Wendy Flower for some Q&A after the screening, and the film made everyone want to run out and buy McFarland's underrated recordings.
Wendy Harris, director Kristian St. Clair and singer Wendy Flower
St. Clair with GreenCine's Jonathan Marlow
St. Clair and Flowers answering questions about the jazz industry
Posted by cphillips at 4:21 PM
October 25, 2006
GreenCine at Miranda July's Thing We Don't Understand...
From SF360:
Miranda July picked Tiffany Harker and GreenCine's Calvin Souther from the audience to play her "Donny" and "Fiona" on the first night of her two-night benefit performance of "Things We Don't Understand and Definitely Are Not Going to Talk About" for SF Cinematheque, at Project Artaud. Here, back as their real selves, they kiss and make up. -- Thanks to SF360 for this and the photo!
We enjoyed being a co-sponsor of this event, which was quite memorable indeed.
Posted by cphillips at 10:32 AM
October 19, 2006
GreenCine Presents: This is Gary McFarland at the YBCA Nov. 1
Q&A with director Kristian St. Clair and Wendy Flower of Wendy & Bonnie!
Wednesday, November 1, 7:30pm
Cabinetic & GreenCine present
This is Gary McFarland by Kristian St. Clair (2006, 75 min., Beta SP)
$8/$6 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors
Seattle director Kristian St. Clair's fascinating documentary explores the extraordinary life and times of self-taught jazz musician, composer and arranger Gary McFarland, who, before his mysterious death in 1971 at the age of 38, collaborated with such notables as Gerry Mulligan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Stan Getz, Bill Evans, Clark Terry, Gabor Szabo and Cal Tjader. San Francisco premiere!
Posted by cphillips at 12:37 PM
October 3, 2006
GreenCine Presents: The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Baron Prasil) at the YBCA!
This week!Cabinetic & GreenCine present
The Fabulous Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Baron Prasil) by Karel Zeman (1961, 83 min., 16mm, in Czech with English subtitles)
$8/$6 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors
This Wednesday, October 4, 7:30pm
At the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco.
Baron Karl Friedrich von Münchhausen served in the Russian military and was involved in several battles, most notably against the Ottoman Empire, until he retired in 1750. On his return to his hometown of Bodenwerder, he told tales of visits to the Moon and flights across the battlefield atop a cannonball. While there have been many stories and illustrations about his legendary life, Czech filmmaker Karel Zeman mixed animation and live-action to create this exceptional little-seen film version of these fantastic tales. Not available on home video here in the U.S., this is your only chance to catch this most delightful film.
Posted by cphillips at 12:58 PM
August 2, 2006
GreenCine Presents: Interkosmos at the YBCA, 8/2
Tonight!
The next GreenCine-sponsored screening at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be on Wednesday, August 2, as we proudly present the San Francisco premiere of Interkosmos (2006, 71 min., 16mm, in English and German with English subtitles). In the 1970s, the East Germans had a secret plan to establish Communist colonies on the moons of Saturn and Jupiter. These fabricated details are the grist for writer/director Jim Finn's first feature, an exceptional pseudo-documentary that chronicles the cosmonaut era from an alternate universe replete with musical numbers and faithful reconstructions of the rigors of space travel.
Wednesday, August 2, 7:30pm
$8/$6 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors
San Francisco premiere with the director in attendance!
Posted by cphillips at 10:51 AM
June 30, 2006
GreenCine Presents: Such a Pretty Little Beach at the Yerba Buena Center, 7/5
Our next screening at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be on July 5, as we proudly present the exceptional noir-ish rarity Une si jolie petite plage (Such a Pretty Little Beach/Riptide). Yves Allégret's work is unjustifiably little-known in America, yet the director can be seen as a clear bridge between the pre-war Gallic filmmakers and the celebrated nouvelle vague. Such a Pretty Little Beach is a masterpiece of crime cinema, full of atmospheric tension, terror and tribulation.
Wednesday, July 5, 7:30pm
Une si jolie petite plage by Yves Allégret (1949, 105 min., 16mm, in French with English subtitles)
$7/$5 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors
Posted by cphillips at 11:20 AM
June 6, 2006
GreenCine Presents And Hope to Die at the Yerba Buena Center
GreenCine's next screening at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be on Wednesday, June 7 as we proudly present René Clément's And Hope to Die. In one of his final roles, Robert Ryan stars as an aging criminal trying to collect on a kidnapping plot in Montreal. Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Ray and an uncredited Emmanuelle Béart (in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it role) round out a remarkable cast, photographed by Edmond Richard (Welles' The Trial; Bunuel's Le Fantôme de la liberté). Legendary French auteur René Clément crafts David Goodis' "Black Friday" into a gritty, witty, unjustly little-seen neo-noir. The program includes the exceptionally rare short film The Reason Why, also starring Ryan as a conflicted man with a gun in his hand.
Wednesday, June 7, 7:30pm. YBCA, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco. $7/$5 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors.
Posted by cphillips at 11:17 AM
April 3, 2006
Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf 4/5 at the Yerba Buena Center
GreenCine Proudly unleashes Blind Beast vs. Killer Dwarf, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, this Wednesday, April 5. The film is by notorious Japanese director
Teruo
Ishii, known in some circles as the "King of Cult Movies," who single-handedly crafted some of the strangest motion pictures ever released. Blind Beast is based loosely on the writings of Edogawa Rampo.
Wednesday April 5, 7:30 pm. 701 Mission Street, San Francisco. $8, $5 GreenCine members, students, seniors & teachers, $5 YBCA Members.
Posted by cphillips at 12:28 PM
March 31, 2006
GreenCine Sponsors Opening Night Film at Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival
Iraq in Fragments, winner of three Sundance awards, makes its West Coast premiere at seventh annual festival; GreenCine strengthens its commitment to promoting the best films and filmmakers
San Francisco, CA – March 31, 2006 – GreenCine (www.greencine.com), where film addicts get their fix, has announced that it is sponsoring Iraq in Fragments, the opening night film at the seventh annual Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival (SAIFF). The sponsorship is GreenCine’s latest endeavor in a year of involvement with the documentary.
"GreenCine has shown tremendous support for the foreign and documentary film communities and an unmatched ability to connect independent films with larger audiences," said James Longley, acclaimed director of Iraq in Fragments and Gaza Strip (2002). "Iraq in Fragments has been perceived as a war documentary and a controversial film but neither of those assertions is true. The film showcases the depth and complexity of one of the most unique countries in the world and is a reminder of the human stories that are often overshadowed by other elements. I’m happy to have partners like GreenCine and the Seattle Arab and Iranian Film Festival to spread these important messages to as many people as possible."
GreenCine’s year-long involvement with Iraq in Fragments exemplifies its position as the only movie vendor capable of following the entire life-cycle of a film. After seeing a rough cut of Iraq in Fragments in May of 2005, GreenCine began touting the importance of the film on its blog, GreenCine Daily. Two feature length interviews followed: an interview with the film’s co-producer and CEO of Arab Film Distribution, John Sinno in December of 2005, and an interview with director James Longley at Sundance in January. By building relationships with filmmakers, covering film festivals and writing about films from their fundraising stages to their release on DVD or Video-on-Demand (VOD), GreenCine is able to strengthen the bonds that people form with their favorite movies.
GreenCine’s relationship with Longley predates Iraq in Fragments, as GreenCine’s VOD service became the first and only vendor to offer Longley’s first film, Gaza Strip, in November of 2004.
"It’s our belief that the more you know about a particular film, the more complete your overall viewing experience," said Jonathan Marlow, director of content acquisitions at GreenCine. "Connecting with films from their nascent stages onward allows GreenCine the ability to constantly promote movies that we believe in and enables our customers to make more informed choices."
About Iraq in Fragments
Iraq in Fragments illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by the forces of foreign occupation, religion and ethnicity. Filmed in cinema verité style, the film powerfully explores the lives of ordinary Iraqis: people whose thoughts, beliefs, aspirations, and concerns are at once personal and illustrative of larger issues in Iraq today.
Iraq in Fragments premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for the Grand Jury prize and won three awards: Best Documentary Directing, Best Documentary Cinematography, and Best Documentary Editing -- the first time the documentary editing award was presented at Sundance. Iraq in Fragments has also been awarded the prize for best documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI International Critics award at the 8th annual Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece.
To learn more about the film please visit: www.iraqinfragments.com
About GreenCine
GreenCine LLC (www.greencine.com), the #1 shop and stop for film addicts, featuring one of the largest libraries of independent, international and documentary films in the world and exclusive interviews with the world’s most influential filmmakers. GreenCine offers more than 80,000 films for rent, purchase or download through its award winning Rent-by-Mail and new DVD sales services, and from its extensive VOD library accessible from its site and through its technology partners Akimbo, Google Video and others. Supporting one of the largest film communities on the Internet, GreenCine enables members to review and debate their favorite films and connect with other members with similar interests. For further details on GreenCine and its services, please visit: www.greencine.com.
Posted by clewis at 11:42 AM
March 1, 2006
GreenCine Presents at the Yerba Buena Center: Marlow's Cabinet of Curiosities
Tonight, March 1! GreenCine presents: Marlow's Cabinet of Curiosities (1903-1968, approx. 90 min, 16mm & digital video).
The beguiling and the surreal, the forbidden and profane - these are the treasures hidden in the Cabinetic archives. Join curator Jonathan Marlow as he leads a one-time-only display of rare, fantastical works by
Yuri
Norstein, Ladislas
Starewicz, Georges Méliès,
Jirí Trnka and other legendary filmmakers, including
Jan
Svankmajer's early short Rakvickarna (1966) and Karel Zeman's stunning Inspiration (1949).
Wednesday, March 1, 7:30 pm.
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco.
$7 regular/$6 GreenCine members, students, seniors & YBCA members.
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February 1, 2006
GreenCine Presents Le Clan des Siciliens (The Sicilian Clan) at the Yerba Buena Center
Tonight! GreenCine proudly presents the criminally under-seen caper classic, Le Clan des Siciliens ( The Sicilian Clan; 1969). The film is the only motion picture to feature all three heavyweights from French tough-guy cinema -- Jean Gabin, Alain Delon and Lino Ventura.
The Sicilian Clan, by Henri Verneuil (118 min., 16mm, French with English subtitles)
At San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Wednesday, February 1, 7:30pm.
$7/$5 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors.
Posted by cphillips at 9:53 AM
December 7, 2005
GreenCine Presents Mau Mau Sex Sex at the Yerba Buena Center
Tonight! GreenCine presents Mau Mau Sex Sex at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, introduced by director Ted Bonnitt and writer Eddie Muller. When GreenCine launched its Video-on-Demand service two years ago, our very first title was this wonderful, unconventional documentary on legendary exploitation film producers Dan Sonney and David F. Friedman. Unlike most bio-pics overwhelmed by clips, the film expertly intermingles their earlier work with candid footage of the gentlemen in their twilight years. Join us for the fifth anniversary of Mau Mau Sex Sex's release, followed by an extensive Q&A with the filmmakers. Tonight, Wednesday, December 7, 7:30pm. $7/$5 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors.
Posted by cphillips at 10:17 AM
October 27, 2005
Such a Pretty Little Beach at the Yerba Buena Center
Wednesday, November 2, 7:30pm
at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Such a Pretty Little Beach by Yves Allégret
With sincere thanks to Telluride Film Festival co-director Tom Luddy, GreenCine gladly presents this exceptional noir-ish rarity from France. Yves Allégret's work is unjustifiably little-known in America, yet the director can be seen as a clear bridge between the pre-war Gallic filmmakers and the celebrated nouvelle vague. Une si Jolie Petite Plage (aka Riptide) is a masterpiece of crime cinema, full of atmospheric tension, terror and tribulation.
11/2/05: 7:30pm.
YBCA
701 Mission Street at Third
San Francisco
Box office: 415.978.ARTS (2787)
$7 regular
$5 GreenCine members, seniors, students & teachers
$5 YBCA Members
Posted by cphillips at 11:14 AM
October 26, 2005
GreenCine co-presents Film Arts Festival/Mother Jones Agitators and Instigators Screenings
GreenCine is proudly co-presenting two screenings in the Film Arts Foundation's 21st Annual Film Arts Festival, at the Roxie Cinema (3117 16th Street, San Francisco):
Wellstone!, the inspiring story of the remarkable Senator from Minnesota, Paul Wellstone, who defied tradition to return political power to the people, will screen on Satuday, November 5, at 8:20 pm, with an introduction by GreenCine's Jonathan Marlow. Romantico, Mark Becker's superb documentary chronicling the struggles of an illegal immigrant who works as a Mariachi in San Francisco's Mission district until family matters bring him back to his Mexican village, screens on Sunday, November 6 at 2:00 pm. Both are part of the Mother Jones Agitators and Instigators series, and the screening of the latter will conclude with a live music performance by Trio Los Románticos.
Posted by cphillips at 10:55 AM
October 12, 2005
GreenCine Represented on Panel at Mill Valley Film Fest
GreenCine's Jonathan Marlow will be among the panelists leading the following discussion at the Mill Valley Film Festival this coming Sunday, October 16:
GOING OUT TO THE MOVIES: IS THE ROMANCE OVER?
10/16
1:30–3pm
142 Throckmorton, Mill Valley
$15
While newspapers, Entertainment Weekly and CNN predict the doom of the theatrical movie industry, audiences are flocking to films like March of the Penguins. Are on-demand and plasma TV and DVDs destroying America’s greatest pastime? Is the industry simply not paying attention or is it turning fear into reality? Join industry veterans, directors and others on the frontlines—sales agents and distributors—in a discussion about the future of cinema.
Joining Marlow on the panel will be Sid Ganis, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Melanie Cornwell, Wired Magazine's Editorial Projects Director, and Gary Meyer, owner of the Balboa Theater in San Francisco.
Posted by cphillips at 10:16 PM
September 20, 2005
GreenCine's Jonathan Marlow at RESFEST and archival.tv
Jonathan Marlow, GreenCine's Content Acquisitions Director, will be making appearances at two very worthy media conferences in the Bay Area in the days ahead:
First, this Sunday, September 24, at 4:15 pm, Jonathan will be speaking at the RESFEST panel "Copy Fight," at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco (3301 Lyon Street at Bay Street).
Then, on Friday, September 30, at 2:15 pm, Jonathan will co-present "New Models & Technology For Sharing, Access & Delivery," for Archival.tv's "Getting Ready For Prime Time: Online Video & The Future Of Television" conference. The presentation will be at The Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street in Berkeley.
A detailed program for the conference is available here.
Jonathan's interview with Thumbsucker director Mike Mills is now up on the GreenCine site. Mills, too, will be at RESFEST in San Francisco, making the keynote speech on Thursday and screening his work throughout the weekend.
Posted by cphillips at 4:17 PM
August 11, 2005
Pictures from GreenCine on KGO
Here are a few thumbnails of pictures taken during our recent foray into nighttime AM talk radio, when GreenCine's Jonathan Marlow was a guest on KGO.
"Do you know if [blank] is on/coming to DVD?"
Posted by cphillips at 12:36 PM
August 2, 2005
GreenCine Presents Hideout in the Sun at the Yerba Buena Center, 8/3
GreenCine proudly presents Doris Wishman's naturist classic, Hideout in the Sun, at the Yerba Buena Center. The exploitation queen's first film was shot at a Florida nudist colony and "had a strong influence on prolific exploitation producer Dave Friedman and the entire exploitation industry in general" (Senses of Cinema). The screening will be introduced by Grindhouse: The Forbidden World of "Adults Only" Cinema author (and creator of our film noir primer) Eddie Muller.
The YBCA is at 701 Mission Street near Third in downtown San Francisco.
Ticket prices are $8, or $5 for seniors/students/YBCA and GreenCine members.
Wednesday, August 3, at 7:30PM.
Posted by cphillips at 3:35 PM
GreenCine Talk on KGO-AM 810 Tonight
GreenCine on the radio tonight! For those of you in the Bay Area, tune into KGO 810 AM, at 10PM, as GreenCine's Jonathan Marlow chats with host Edie Sellers about movie distribution. If you're not in the area, you can listen on the Web. Tell your friends!
Posted by dwoo at 12:25 PM
June 2, 2005
GreenCine Presents Animated Exposure at the Yerba Buena Center
June 1st! GreenCine presents Animated Exposure, introduced by Microcinema International curator/founder Joel S. Bachar. Microcinema International began its ongoing short film and video series, Independent Exposure, in 1996. Since then, it has presented over 1,300 shorts by filmmakers from around the world and has screened work to audiences in forty-three countries. This program will be a special animated anniversary tour through ten years of Independent Exposure, a retrospective featuring a diverse collection of films utilizing a variety of animation styles. Tonight, Wednesday, June 1, 7:30pm at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco. $8/$5 GreenCine and YBCA Members, Students, Seniors.
Posted by cphillips at 12:16 AM