There’s a moment in 30 Beats, from first-time writer/director Alexis Lloyd, where an attractive older woman (Ingeborga Dapkunaite) is trying to seduce a young man (Ben Levin) in a spa. The young man is unaware his father has actually hired the woman, a prostitute, to be his first sexual experience. As the two sit staring at each other across a hot tub, we briefly hear their inner thoughts about just how awkward the situation is and what the hell should they do now? It’s a sweet and funny exchange because it resonates as truthful. Yet, by being the only...
- 7/21/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from 30 Beats , available on VOD and opening in theaters on Friday, July 20th. Paz de la Huerta, Justin Kirk, Lee Pace, Thomas Sadoski, and Jennifer Tilly headline an ensemble of New Yorkers whose lives interconnect via a string of life-changing sexual encounters during a summer heat wave. The international cast also includes Lithuanian actress Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Peruvian Jason Day, French actress Vahina Giocante, Ben Levin and Condola Rashad. 30 Beats follows ten characters drawn into a ring of love and desire, each one caught beyond his or her control in a chain reaction of seduction, impulses and self-discovery.
- 7/19/2012
- Comingsoon.net
Roadside Attractions has acquired U.S. and Latin American rights to Alexis Lloyd's 30 Beats. The company will release the film day-and-date in U.S. theaters and on VOD June 1. Paz de la Huerta, Justin Kirk, Lee Pace, Thomas Sadoski, Jennifer Tilly, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Jason Day, Vahina Giocante, Ben Levin and Condola Rashad star as New Yorkers whose lives intersect through sexual encounters during a summer heat wave. Lloyd produced, directed and wrote the film, which was inspired by Arthur Schnitzler’s play La Ronde. Molly Conners and Carl Ford produced with Lloyd; Susan Batson, Ronald Guttman and Pierre
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- 2/15/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar-nominated John Hawkes is attached to star in Ben Lewin’s indie drama Surrogate for Rhino Films. Lewin is also on board to write the pic, with Stephen Nemeth producing.
The film is based on the true-life story of journalist and poet Mark O’Brien. Suffering from polio he was left paralyzed from the neck down. That did little to stop O’Brien’s aspirations and he going on to become a published journalist and poet. His story was documented in the 1996 Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien which won an Oscar for documentary short.
This film will center on a more peculiar chapter in O’Brien’s life: his engaging a sex surrogate to help him explore his sexuality. By the way, this practice was introduced by gynecologist Masters and psychologist Johnson. O’Brien, as well, published the essay On Seeing a Sex Surrogate...
The film is based on the true-life story of journalist and poet Mark O’Brien. Suffering from polio he was left paralyzed from the neck down. That did little to stop O’Brien’s aspirations and he going on to become a published journalist and poet. His story was documented in the 1996 Breathing Lessons: The Life and Work of Mark O’Brien which won an Oscar for documentary short.
This film will center on a more peculiar chapter in O’Brien’s life: his engaging a sex surrogate to help him explore his sexuality. By the way, this practice was introduced by gynecologist Masters and psychologist Johnson. O’Brien, as well, published the essay On Seeing a Sex Surrogate...
- 3/16/2011
- by Nikola Mraovic
- Filmofilia
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