SUMMER MOVIES 2012

PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING

Directed by Bruce Beresford

Starring: Jane Fonda, Catherine Keener, Elizabeth Olsen, Kyle McLachlan, Chace Crawford, Nat Wolff, Rosanna Arquette, and Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Running Time: 90 minutes

IFC will release Peace, Love & Misunderstanding on June 8, 2012

Bruce Beresford’s dramatic comedy PEACE, LOVE & MISUNDERSTANDING features a screenplay by Christina Mengert and Joseph Muszynski, and boasts an all-star cast headlined by two- time Academy Award® and Emmy Award winner Jane Fonda, two-time Academy Award® nominee Catherine Keener, Kyle MacLachlan, Elizabeth Olsen, Chace Crawford, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rosanna Arquette and Nat Wolff.

Fonda makes a triumphant return to the screen working with Australian film veteran Beresford (DRIVING MISS DAISY, TENDER MERCIES, MAO’S LAST DANCER). Together with a wonderful cast, they deliver a heartfelt and funny comedy about reunion and second chances. Diane is a conservative lawyer (Keener) who, after splitting with her husband, takes her two teenage children, Zoe (Olsen) and Jake (Wolff) to meet their estranged, eccentric grandmother Grace (Fonda), the epitome of the term “free spirit” who lives in Woodstock, NY. Her personality was always so immense Diane felt there was rarely any room for anyone else. The film playfully depicts a string of new beginnings founded in letting go of the past. Diane isn’t sure what she came to Woodstock for, but what she finds is an open offer of motherly solace, the chance to bond with her children and perhaps the opportunity to open her heart to someone new. She meets a carpenter/singer/songwriter named Jude (Morgan). He’s handsome, generous, impulsive, and really corny. He also clearly adores her. But is Diane ready for romance? Meanwhile her daughter also meets a local (Crawford) who she connects with.    

TO ROME with LOVE

 

Directed by Woody Allen

Starring: Woody Allen, Alec Baldwin, Roberto Begnini, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Jesse Eisenberg, Greta Gerwig, Ellen Page.

Sony Pictures Classics will release To Rome with Love on June 22, 2012

To Rome with Love is a story about a number of people in Italy, some American, some Italian, some residents, some visitors, and the romances and adventures and predicaments they get into.

To Rome with Love is a Gravier Productions film produced by Letty Aronson and Stephen Tenenbaum, and financed by the Italian production and distribution company, Medusa Film.

THE QUEEN of VERSAILLES  

Directed by Lauren Greefield

Magnolia Films will release The Queen of Versailles in July 6, 2012

Directed by lauded filmmaker and photographer Lauren Greenfield, who won the U.S. Directing Award for Documentary Film at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival for this film, The Queen of Versailles is a character-driven documentary about a billionaire family and their financial challenges in the wake of the economic crisis.

With epic proportions of Shakespearean tragedy, the film follows two unique characters, whose rags-to-riches success stories reveal the innate virtues and flaws of the American Dream. The film begins with the family triumphantly constructing the biggest house in America, a 90,000 sq. ft. palace. Over the next two years, their sprawling empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis. Major changes in lifestyle and character ensue within the cross-cultural household of family members and domestic staff.

360

Directed by Fernando Meirelles

Starring: Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Anthony Hopkins and Ben Foster.

Magnolia Films will release 360 on August 3, 2012

A sexy dramatic thriller about interconnected romantic life in the 21st century. 360

 

starts in Vienna, weaving stories set in Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver and Phoenix into a

 single, mesmerizing narrative. A businessman faced tempted to be unfaithful to his wife sets into

 motion a series of events which ripple around the globe with dramatic consequences, set against

 the backdrop of international banking crisis, the domino-effect of the Arab Spring, the threat

 of global flu pandemics and Euro-Zone instability. From the director of City of God and The

 Constant Gardener, and featuring a terrific ensemble cast, let by Anthony Hopkins, Jude Law,

 Rachel Weisz and Ben Foster.