I know that small-fry little indie The Break-Up opened today, but there’s some other stuff that’s out now (or up and coming) that may not grab your attention right off.
Recommended:
Twelve and Holding—Opens today in NY/LA/Chicago, wider release next Friday. Interesting and humorous and genuine, and by all accounts well-reviewed across the board. Only a few critics that I’ve seen have disliked it, and their blurbs make me wonder if they saw the same movie I did.
Page: http://www.12andholdingmovie.com/
An Incovenient Truth—Forget the cliché about Al Gore’s presence. Forget politics. This is by all accounts a top-drawer documentary in an age where documentaries are actually pretty solid pieces of filmmaking. Edutainment, without the part where it’s lame.
Page: http://www.climatecrisis.net/
Who Killed the Electric Car?—Releases 6/28. What first seems like a mildly interesting but ultimately boutique documentary-style question becomes an examination of the psychology of American business, and hints at the great question of What Could Have Been, not just for us, but for the course of 20th century history. Can you imagine how differently middle eastern politics would have played out if we didn’t need oil to run our cars? Like Truth mentioned above, Who Killed the Electric Car? is slickly-packaged entertainment that manages to be equal parts fun and instructional while never resorting to preaching.
Page: http://www.sonyclassics.com/comingsoon.php?filmid=305&page=2
