The year is 1984, and on the rural East Coast of New Zealand “Thriller” is changing kids’ lives. Inspired by the Oscar nominated TWO CARS, ONE NIGHT, BOY is the hilarious and heartfelt coming-of-age tale about heroes, magic and Michael Jackson.

Trailer: http://boythefilm.com/videos

Nanni Moretti (THE SON’S ROOM, CARO DIARIO) joins forces with the great French actor Michel Piccoli (CONTEMPT, I’M GOING HOME) to tell the story of Melville, a cardinal who suddenly finds himself elected as the next Pope. Never the front runner and completely caught off guard, he panics as he’s presented to the faithful in St. Peter’s Square. To prevent a world wide crisis, the Vatican’s spokesman calls in an unlikely psychiatrist who is neither religious or all that committed, played by Moretti, to find out what is wrong with the new Pope. As the world nervously waits outside, inside the therapist tries to find a solution. But Cardinal Melville is adamant: he does not want the job, or at least needs time to think it over. What follows is a marvelous insight into the concept of a human being existing behind the title of God’s representative on Earth.

Trailer: http://www.ifcfilms.com/uncategorized/we-have-a-pope

HEADHUNTERS stars the talented Aksel Hennie (Max Manus) as Roger, a charming scoundrel and Norway’s most accomplished headhunter. Roger is living a life of luxury well beyond his means, and stealing art to subsidize his expensive lifestyle. When his beautiful gallery owner wife introduces him to a former mercenary in the possession of an extremely valuable painting, he decides to risk it all to get his hands on it, and in doing so discovers something which makes him a hunted man.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4bA3gbZxDM

Dino is a pet cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little mute girl whose mother, Jeanne, is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night he sneaks out the window to work with Nico – a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion – as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7e07c52VWg

JIRO DREAMS OF SUSHI is the story of 85 year-old Jiro Ono, considered by many to be the world’s greatest sushi chef. He is the proprietor of Sukiyabashi Jiro, a 10-seat, sushi-only restaurant inauspiciously located in a Tokyo subway station. Despite its humble appearances, it is the first restaurant of its kind to be awarded a prestigious 3 star Michelin review, and sushi lovers from around the globe make repeated pilgrimage, calling months in advance and shelling out top dollar for a coveted seat at Jiro’s sushi bar.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VB_DrsHDQ0

THE HUNTER is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe by a mysterious biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on the hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger.

Trailer: http://www.magpictures.com/thehunter/

Police officer Amadeus Warnebring was born into a musical family with a long history of famous musicians. Ironically, he hates music. His life is thrown into chaos when a band of crazy musicians decides to perform a musical apocalypse using the city as their orchestra. Reluctantly, Warnebring embarks on his first musical investigation…

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSYQ0IbNsBw

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/33371521

The newest documentary from acclaimed filmmaker Frederick Wiseman will be screened at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 18 at The Englert Theatre. Presented by FilmScene and the Englert, the screening will be the Iowa premiere of CRAZY HORSE. Before the film, Iowa City’s own Les Dames du Burlesque will perform an opening-act routine inspired by the film.

Admission is 18-plus only, and seating for the film is general admission. Tickets are $8 in advance or $11 day of show.

The event is sponsored by Deluxe Cakes and Pastries, which will provide treats for a special pre-show reception from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Douglas and Linda Paul Gallery at the Englert. A limited number of reception tickets are available for $15, which includes admission to the film. Reception guests will enjoy sweets from Deluxe, as well as a complimentary beer or wine. A cash bar will also be available, and reception guests will have a photo opportunity with ladies from Les Dames for a small fee.

In CRAZY HORSE, director Wiseman takes audiences inside one of the most famous nude dance shows in the world — Paris’s legendary Crazy Horse cabaret, founded in 1951 by Alain Bernardin. Over the years it has become a “must” of Parisian nightlife, ranking in stature alongside the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre. Wiseman’s impeccable eye finds the Crazy Horse to be a uniquely French showcase, with an emphasis on elegance, perfectionism and a grueling schedule (two shows a night and three on Saturdays, seven days a week). The film shows us the rehearsals and unveiling of the cabaret’s brand new show — Désir — created by renowned French choreographer Phillippe Decoufle.
Film critic A.O. Scott of The New York Times writes, “CRAZY HORSE is a study of artistic process that is itself a work of art, and, as such, a reminder of what a documentary can be. Mr. Wiseman has planted his camera at the intersection of the cerebral and the sensual… Some of the dances, at least as captured on film, are both pretentious and beautiful. Others are silly (occasionally on purpose), and a few do seem to touch the lofty and mysterious realms of the sexual imagination.”

For additional information, contact the Englert at 319-688-2653 or info@englert.org; or FilmScene co-founder Andy Brodie at 319-541-5443 or andy@icfilmscene.org.

Free for UI students w/ID and $7 for community

Titles include:
Anima Mundi
Holland, MI
The Bees
Plot
We Are Not What They Say We Are
Tractor Chicken Scene from Our Footloose Remake
We’re Leaving
From the Ashes
Fireline
AWOL
Driftless – Directed by former UI Professor Danny Wilcox Frazier!

For more information go to: http://ruralroutefilms.com/tour/  and http://mediastorm.com/contributor/danny-wilcox-frazier/127