For the second year in a row, IFP has teamed up with Tishman Speyer Properties to present free Drive-In Movies at Rockefeller Center, June 14 - 18 at 9 pm.

Viewed outdoors on a 40-foot screen above the ice rink, the summer Drive-In series will feature five independent titles prior to their theatrical release.

June 14: Rize
The opening night film, Rize, directed by famed fashion photographer David Lachapelle, reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon exploding on the streets of South Central Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. The aggressive and visually stunning dance modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. Rize tracks the fascinating evolution of the dance: we meet Tommy Johnson (Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and named it "Clowning," as well as the kids who developed the movement into what they now call "Krumping." The film will be released on June 24 by Lions Gate Films.

June 15: The Baxter
The Baxter, a romantic comedy starring Michael Showalter, Justin Theroux, Paul Rudd, and Michelle Williams, tells the story of Elliot Sherman (Showalter), a conservative, risk-averse guy who is the quintessential "Baxter" -- a guy who never actually gets the girl. He is more anxious than ever on the eve of his wedding to Caroline (Elizabeth Banks), and expends an extraordinary amount of energy warding off rival suitors. His anxiety skyrockets with the arrival of Bradley (Theroux), Caroline's long-lost boyfriend. But this time Elliot meets someone who can help. Cecil (Williams), an eccentric temp at Elliot's accounting firm, is wild at heart and full of romantic advice. The film is slated to be released August 26 by IFC Films.

June 16: All We Are Saying
Rosanna Arquette's All We Are Saying is a compelling, personal look at what makes musicians tick. Arquette follows up her critically acclaimed documentary directorial debut, Searching for Debra Winger, with a look into the psyches of some of the top musical artists of the day. Through a series of intimate conversations, more than50 musical legends, hot new artists and music industry insiders reveal what inspires them, their personal struggles of balancing relationships and family while working on the road and the state of the music business in the 21st century. Presented as an ongoing, casual conversation, the film offers a unique insight into the artists' most candid and personal thoughts. The film is produced by DeMann Entertainment.

June 17: Show Business
Show Business is the story of aspiration, of heartbreak, of ecstasy. It is a landmark close-up of the passion, sweat, glory and insanely high creative and financial risk swirling around four of last season's biggest Broadway musicals ("Wicked," "Avenue Q," "Taboo" and "Caroline, or Change") as they rev up for Opening Night -- and the triumph or tragedy that awaits them at the hands of critics and those ultimate arbiters of success or failure, audiences. The film takes us to the front lines of the battle between the forces of the artful, impassioned "show" and the harsh, unforgiving "business." As directed by Broadway producer Dori Berinstein, Show Business is a triumph of access. The film is produced by Dramatic Forces.

June 18: Alchemy
Evan Oppenheimer's Alchemy is the definitive look at the competition between man and machine. The film poses the question: "What is love -- and how much hard drive space does it take up?" Tom Cavanagh, of TV's Ed, stars as Mal Downey, a low-level academic and the creator of the world's first fully functioning "emotive computer," known as Jerry. Endowed with all of Mal's personality traits (to the point of rooting for the New York Mets and internalizing Mal's sexual resume), Jerry is, his maker contends, man's complete emotional equal. Not everyone sees it that way, however. So, under pressure from college administrators to document his findings or risk losing his cushy assistant professorship, Mal conducts the ultimate research study: pit Jerry against a real human in a contest to win the affections of an unwitting female subject, then publish the results in a Cosmo-esque women's magazine. It all adds up to a disarmingly breezy exploration of the nature of love in a technological time.
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# posted by Steve Gallagher @ 6/10/2005 12:59:00 PM

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Hi,
Drive-Ins Make A Comeback

Drive-in theaters, those beloved pop culture icons of yesteryear were
nearly extinct, but are now making something of a comeback.

i remember , children playing on the grass in front of the big screen
just like the old days . It's a good place to bring the kids . The young
come for the adventure. They seem to like that you can talk during the
movie . The older folks simply come to remember .

No one predicted this resurgence . Drive-ins were almost close to
extinction .

Eating snacks, sitting together as a family or with your partner
wrapped in blankets on a slightly cool spring evening under a crescent moon
afloat on the starry sky, it is easy to see why drive-ins are making a
comeback.

The better question seemed to be : how could this have ever gone out of
style ?

enjoy mobbing .


www.mobmov.org
# posted by  Anonymous @ 5/18/2006 4:26 AM  

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