INDIE FILM GUIDE: June-August 2009

News and upcoming titles being released June through August 2009 in indie film.

NEWS

Phase 4 offers digital copy, Blu-ray, launches kids label
Former Peace Arch company also looking at theatrical features. Full story

Suppliers to release titles about the moon in July
Coincides with 40th anniversary of man's first moon walk. Full story

BFS to release four Canadian films in U.S.
Titles include Passage, The Peacekeepers. Full story

UPCOMING TITLES

June 30

Tokyo! LIBERATION prebook now; DVD $24.95, BD $34.95 Drama: Three shorts by filmmakers Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho.

July 14

Beach Kings MGM/FOX prebook 6-17; DVD $26.98 Drama: A college basketball star sets his sights on pro beach volleyball.

Break CINEMA EPOCH prebook 6-16; DVD $24.98 Action: A hitman is hired by a crime boss to fulfill his dying wish in this film starring the late David Carradine.

Dakota Skye E1 prebook 6-16; DVD $24.98 Drama: A gifted teenager grows disillusioned with life.

The Human Condition CRITERION/IMAGE prebook 6-16; DVD $79.95 Drama: Adapted from Junpei Gomikawa’s six-volume novel, this program is about a man’s journey from labor camp supervisor to Imperial Army soldier to Soviet POW.

July 21

American Outrage FIRST RUN prebook 6-16; DVD $24.95 Documentary: A couple fights for the right for their cattle to graze in the open range outside their private ranch.

Big Shots SISU prebook 6-23; DVD $29.95 Foreign-language drama: Four men successfully steal a safe in this Hebrew movie with English subtitles.

Brittown PASSION RIVER prebook 6-23; DVD $29.95 Documentary: This film profiles legendary underground mechanic “Meatball.”

Children of God VANGUARD prebook 6-12; DVD $19.95 Documentary: A look at the lives of the children who live beside the Baghmati River in Nepal.

The New Twenty WOLFE prebook now; DVD $24.95 Drama: Five New Yorkers about to turn 30 deal with the highs and lows of their lives in this limited-release film.

The Ring Finger STRAND prebook 6-23; DVD $27.99 Thriller: A woman working in a peculiar factory engages in a love affair with her enigmatic employer; in French with English subtitles.

July 28

Bart Got a Room ANCHOR BAY/STARZ prebook 6-25; DVD $29.97 Comedy: A nerdy teenager gets everything ready for prom, but he doesn’t have a date.

The Land That Time Forgot ASYLUM prebook 7-14; DVD $24.95 Sci-fi: Based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novel, this film follows survivors of a shipwreck who are stranded on an island filled with dinosaurs.

The State I Am In CINEMA GUILD prebook 6-30; DVD $29.95 Drama: Former political terrorists are on the run with their daughter, but they must return to Germany for one last job.

Aug. 4

Carpool Guy GAIAM prebook 6-22; DVD $14.98 Comedy: An executive hires a homeless man to sit in his car so that he can drive in the carpool lane to work.

Aug. 11

Bounty NORTH AMERICAN prebook 7-7; DVD $26.99 Western: Austin O’Brien stars in this film about a search for justice. The three-DVD pack comes with free BD or two DVDs.

Smile Pretty MAVERICK prebook 7-10; DVD $24.98 Drama: An abused young teen takes it upon herself to change her life.

Tenderness LIONSGATE prebook 7-15; DVD $27.98 Crime: Russell Crowe and Laura Dern star in this film about a detective determined to uncover the truth.

Aug. 18

The Bridge to Nowhere IMAGE prebook 7-21; DVD $27.98 Thriller: Ving Rhames and Bijou Phillips star in this film about four blue-collar men who rise and fall after teaming with a destitute prostitute.

The Garden OSCILLOSCOPE prebook 7-21; DVD $29.99 Documentary: Working class families in L.A. fight to save their 14-acre urban farm.