Chicago – On Tuesday, December 6th, the Midwest Independent Film Festival will award their 2016 “Best of the Midwest” honors with a ceremony at Rockit Bar & Grill, 22 W. Hubbard, in Chicago. The evening will be hosted by Festival Director Mike McNamara, and nominees include the short film “Lady of the House” (directed by Brad Bischoff), plus feature films “Mad” (directed by Robert Putka), and “My Friend’s Rubber Ducky” (directed by Josh Hyde).
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The Midwest Independent Film Festival is a year-round movie event in Chicago that takes place the first Tuesday of every month, at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema. The festival has been recognized by Chicago Magazine in their “Best of Chicago” issue, and has become one of the top places for local filmmakers, producers and actors to network in the city. The “Best of the Midwest” Awards has a...
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The Midwest Independent Film Festival is a year-round movie event in Chicago that takes place the first Tuesday of every month, at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema. The festival has been recognized by Chicago Magazine in their “Best of Chicago” issue, and has become one of the top places for local filmmakers, producers and actors to network in the city. The “Best of the Midwest” Awards has a...
- 12/5/2016
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
The labels “political” and “conscious” have been ascribed to rapper Talib Kweli throughout his music career, beginning with his start as a member of Black Star, the underground hip hop duo he founded with Mos Def 15 years ago. While he has enjoyed commercial success -- his latest album "Prisoner of Conscious," released this month, is his sixth solo venture -- Kweli has cultivated a unique hip hop voice grounded in lyricism and political awareness that has distinguished him from his mainstream rap counterparts.
On the heels of his appearance in the film, #ReGENERATION, a recently released documentary that examines apathy and activism among today’s youth, the Huffington Post caught up with Kweli to chat about the “Me” generation; Occupy Wall Street; why he doesn’t vote; whether it’s worth it for young people to go to college, and more. #ReGENERATION, directed by Phillip Montgomery and narrated by Ryan Gosling,...
On the heels of his appearance in the film, #ReGENERATION, a recently released documentary that examines apathy and activism among today’s youth, the Huffington Post caught up with Kweli to chat about the “Me” generation; Occupy Wall Street; why he doesn’t vote; whether it’s worth it for young people to go to college, and more. #ReGENERATION, directed by Phillip Montgomery and narrated by Ryan Gosling,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Seamus McKiernan
- Huffington Post
Title: #ReGENERATION Director: Phillip Montgomery The social activism documentary subgenre is a rich one, but the best of these sorts of willfully disquieting films — like “The Corporation,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Who Killed the Electric Car?” and Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story” – aren’t merely reflexive sermons to the choir, but instead movies that try to root down into systemic injustice, abuse, fraud and scientific rejection, in a fervent effort to expose the cost of continued social apathy and silence. Narrated by Ryan Gosling, the slim but still thought-provoking “#ReGENERATION” slots in nicely as a minor-chord entry of this sort. Director Phillip Montgomery’s film has an agitator’s soul, and that’s perhaps a good [ Read More ]...
- 5/8/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Without a doubt one of the most awesome, coolest, and sought-after actors working at the moment, Ryan Gosling earned his second producing credit (after exec. producing Blue Valentine) on Phillip Montgomery’s documentary, #ReGENERATION, and lended his voice to narrate the project too.
A new trailer for the documentary has now surfaced, showing Gosling’s narration as well as the various interviews featured, including conversations with Noam Chomsky, Talib Kweli, Kalle Lasn, the late Howard Zinn, and many more.
“Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film ReGeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic approach to social and political causes.
Focused on how today’s education, parenting, and media can shape us, the film follows three separate walks of life representing today’s generation. Each brings their own...
A new trailer for the documentary has now surfaced, showing Gosling’s narration as well as the various interviews featured, including conversations with Noam Chomsky, Talib Kweli, Kalle Lasn, the late Howard Zinn, and many more.
“Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film ReGeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic approach to social and political causes.
Focused on how today’s education, parenting, and media can shape us, the film follows three separate walks of life representing today’s generation. Each brings their own...
- 3/28/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Heaps of brand new photos from Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Adventures of Tintin, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Carnage and Contraband.
A new photo of Sean Penn and Josh Brolin in Gangster Squad, Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess in Upside Down, David Walliams in Great Expectations
Posters for Perfect Sense, Casa De Mi Padre, Safe House, The Vow, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, W.E..
Set photos of Gemma Arterton in Hastings shooting Neil Jordan's vampire movie Byzantium, and some beautiful backstage photos showing off the period recreation on the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master
"One of the year's best films, "Drive", was based on a 2005 novel by James Sallis. Now Sallis has penned a sequel novel "Driven" which is set six years on and could be out as early as April…" (full details)
"Nick Frost says that at least a first draft...
A new photo of Sean Penn and Josh Brolin in Gangster Squad, Kirsten Dunst and Jim Sturgess in Upside Down, David Walliams in Great Expectations
Posters for Perfect Sense, Casa De Mi Padre, Safe House, The Vow, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, W.E..
Set photos of Gemma Arterton in Hastings shooting Neil Jordan's vampire movie Byzantium, and some beautiful backstage photos showing off the period recreation on the set of Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master
"One of the year's best films, "Drive", was based on a 2005 novel by James Sallis. Now Sallis has penned a sequel novel "Driven" which is set six years on and could be out as early as April…" (full details)
"Nick Frost says that at least a first draft...
- 12/12/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Red Flag Releasing has acquired U.S. rights to the Phillip Montgomery-directed documentary ReGeneration. Ryan Gosling narrates and produced the film, which Red Flag will release in April. A graduate of Nyu Film School, Montgomery features students from his former high school in Eagan, Minnesota, in an exploration of the roots of apathy and cynicism in today's youth and the factors that led to the Occupy movement. Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, Talib Kweli and Adbusters founder Kalle Lasn are among the commentators that appear in the film. Sound Tribe Sector 9, which is featured in the movie, created the original score. Photos:
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- 12/7/2011
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ari Hest's new record "Sunset Over Hope Street" is primarily concerned with, as he puts it, the "unease" over the passage of time. I wouldn't call it a sunny record, but it's not without hope, as it's title might suggest. There is however, no way to sugar coat this video for "Business Of America," a sobering ballad about a shallow age and bottom lines.
"Gather up the goods like a good robot / It isn't what you are it is what you got / Pay no attention to the dying man / If he ain't got cash we won't lend a hand," Hest sings to images of America's homeless and destitute. The video was directed by Phillip Montgomery, whose previous documentary "ReGeneration" (featured Noam Chomsky, and Talib Kweli with narration by Ryan Gosling) explored the cynicism and apathy prevalent in today's youth. "Sunset Over Hope Street" released March 1, 2011 via Downtown Records' Mercer Street imprint.
"Gather up the goods like a good robot / It isn't what you are it is what you got / Pay no attention to the dying man / If he ain't got cash we won't lend a hand," Hest sings to images of America's homeless and destitute. The video was directed by Phillip Montgomery, whose previous documentary "ReGeneration" (featured Noam Chomsky, and Talib Kweli with narration by Ryan Gosling) explored the cynicism and apathy prevalent in today's youth. "Sunset Over Hope Street" released March 1, 2011 via Downtown Records' Mercer Street imprint.
- 3/4/2011
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Six shorts filmmakers take a step closer to a coveted Oscar nomination after winning jury prizes in the 2010 L.A. Shorts Feat at Laemmle’s Sunset 5 Theatre in West Hollywood, CA. Winners include director Vicky Mather for “Stanley Picle (Best Experimental); Christopher Kezelos for “Zero” (Best Animation), Garrick Hamm for “The Man Who Married Himself (Best Comedy), York-Fabian Raabe for “Between Heaven and earth” (Best Foreign Film) and Phillip Montgomery for “The Activist” (Best of Fest). Juros included producer Paula Wagner and True Blood actresses Carrie Preston and Mariana Klaveno. Just wrapping its 14th edition, the Ls Shorts Fest continues to be the world’s largest short film festival with 260 screenings, panels and most of all the chance for producers to meet and sign emerging talent.
- 7/31/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
New photos for Killers and You Again. Two new shots from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, final posters both domestic and international for "The Last Airbender", and a poster for Splice.
For those who want to be spoiled, descriptions of the "Super 8" teaser trailer can be found at /Film and AICN.
A photo of what's claimed to be one of the designs being considered for the "Godzilla" reboot in the works is up at Twitchfilm.
Sony Pictures has announced that both the Chris Rock-led comedy "Death at A Funeral" and Ricky Gervais' "Cemetery Junction" will Not be getting a theatrical release in Australia.
""Kick-Ass" star Christopher Mintz-Plasse has shot down the talk of the sequel gearing up. The actor revealed on his Twitter - "Don't believe what you are hearing about Kick-Ass 2 guys. It is not confirmed, but I will love to do it when the time is right!
For those who want to be spoiled, descriptions of the "Super 8" teaser trailer can be found at /Film and AICN.
A photo of what's claimed to be one of the designs being considered for the "Godzilla" reboot in the works is up at Twitchfilm.
Sony Pictures has announced that both the Chris Rock-led comedy "Death at A Funeral" and Ricky Gervais' "Cemetery Junction" will Not be getting a theatrical release in Australia.
""Kick-Ass" star Christopher Mintz-Plasse has shot down the talk of the sequel gearing up. The actor revealed on his Twitter - "Don't believe what you are hearing about Kick-Ass 2 guys. It is not confirmed, but I will love to do it when the time is right!
- 5/6/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The franchise is hardly dying: Hitman screenwriter Skip Woods has been tapped to write the fifth Die Hard movie. Poor John McClane. At what point is he too old for this s–––? [THR] Mila Kunis is set to star alongside Justin Timberlake in the rom-com Friends With Benefits. Aetna or Blue Cross Blue Shield? [Variety] Ryan Gosling will narrate Phillip Montgomery's ReGeneration documentary, which chronicles young people's apathy towards social and political causes. One thing young people aren't apathetic about? Ryan Gosling. [THR] Walking Dead is really coming alive: The much-anticipated AMC zombie drama has tapped Laurie Holden to star as sniper...
- 5/5/2010
- by Kate Ward
- EW.com - PopWatch
Academy Award-nominated actor Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate Phillip Montgomery's ReGeneration , a new documentary that "explores the widespread cynicism in today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic view towards social and political causes." Gosling is also producing along with Anonymous Content's Matt DeRoss and Engine 7 Films' Joel Goulder and Jeremy Goulder. Montgomery said, "It is an honor to work with one of the most talented and intelligent artists of our generation. As a socially conscious individual himself, Ryan brings an inspired freshness to the films core message of hope and action. There is truly no better voice to guide us through this film." Beyond the labels of "Generation X" and...
- 5/5/2010
- Comingsoon.net
Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate a new documentary about the apathy and cynicism of young people today towards social causes. It's called ReGeneration, but, like, whatever man. That's just your opinion. We don't care anyway.We're told that the film, from documentary maker Phillip Montgomery, "takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today's youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture's apathetic approach to social and political causes". It does this by focusing on a radical collective of musicians, a young conservative family and a group of ordinary high school students.Gosling will also be producing the film, which doesn't yet have a release date. Hey, if anything can get The Notebook generation voting, it'd be Ryan Gosling - right?...
- 5/5/2010
- EmpireOnline
Academy Award nominated actor Ryan Gosling has signed on to narrate Phillip Montgomery’s Regeneration, a new documentary that explores the widespread cynicism in today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our culture’s apathetic view towards social and political causes. Gosling is also producing along with Anonymous Content’s Matt DeRoss and Engine 7 Films’ Joel Goulder and Jeremy Goulder.
Montgomery said, “It is an honor to work with one of the most talented and intelligent artists of our generation. As a socially conscious individual himself, Ryan brings an inspired freshness to the films core message of hope and action. There is truly no better voice to guide us through this film.”
Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film Regeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our...
Montgomery said, “It is an honor to work with one of the most talented and intelligent artists of our generation. As a socially conscious individual himself, Ryan brings an inspired freshness to the films core message of hope and action. There is truly no better voice to guide us through this film.”
Beyond the labels of “Generation X” and “Generation Y,” the feature documentary film Regeneration takes an uncompromising look at the issues facing today’s youth and young adults, and the influences that perpetuate our...
- 5/5/2010
- by Staff
- Hollywoodnews.com
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