New Quick Flicks for the Week of September 13, 2011

Bill Cunningham New York By Press, Richard 2011-09 - Zeitgeist Films 0795975113731 Check Our Catalog The Bill in question is 80+ New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham. For decades, this Schwinn-riding cultural anthropologist has been obsessively and inventively chronicling fashion trends and high society charity soires for the Times Style section in his columns On the Street and Evening Hours. Documenting uptown fixtures (Wintour, Tom Wolfe, Brooke Astor, David Rockefellerwho all appear in the film out of their love for Bill), downtown eccentrics and everyone in between, Cunninghams enormous body of work is more reliable than any catwalk as an expression of time, place and individual flair. In turn, Bill Cunningham New York is a delicate, funny and often poignant portrait of a dedicated artist whose only wealth is his own humanity and unassuming grace. …More

Clash By Son, Le Thanh 2011-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476032986 Check Our Catalog …More

Dark Days By Singer, Marc 2009-09 - video FL09220904004 Check Our Catalog For two years Marc Singer lived with the people who make their home in the tunnels beneath Penn Station in New York, creating an unflinching portrait of a part of society that is literally and figuratively beneath our notice. …More

Last Night By Tadjedin, Massy 2011-08 - Echo Bridge Home Ent 0096009785390 Check Our Catalog Set in New York City, LAST NIGHT is the story of a married couple, who, while, apart for one night, are confronted by temptation that may decide the fate of their marriage. Joanna (Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley) and Michael Reed (Sam Worthington) are seven years into a successful and happy relationship. They are moving along in their lives together until Joanna meets Laura (Eva Mendes), the stunningly beautiful work colleague whom Michael never mentioned. While Michael is away with Laura on a business trip, Joanna runs into an old but never quite forgotten love, Alex (Guillaume Canet), and agrees to have drinks with him. As the night progresses and temptation increases for the couple, each must confront who they are inside and outside of their relationship. Last Night is ultimately a film about choices the choice you make to be with someone, to give yourself to them physically, and emotionally, and how to survive after youve made your choice. …More

Meek's Cutoff By Reichardt, Kelly 2011-09 - Oscilloscope Pictures 0896602002319 Check Our Catalog MEEKS CUTOFF, from acclaimed director Kelly Reichardt (WENDY AND LUCY, OLD JOY), is a stark and poetic drama set in 1845, the earliest days of the treacherous Oregon Trail. A wagon train of three families (including two-time Academy Award nominee Michelle Williams) has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants must face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each others instincts for survival. When a Native American wanderer crosses their path, the emigrants are torn between their trust in a guide who has proven himself unreliable and a man who has always been seen as their natural born enemy. …More

Neds By Mullan, Peter 2011-08 - New Video Group 0767685248379 Check Our Catalog In 1970s Glasgow, John is a bright boy. With no one willing to give him a chance, he descends into a life of crime. Actor/director Peter Mullans intense portrayal of NEDS is a gritty look at the loss of hope. 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection. …More

Somebody Help Me 2 By 2011-08 - Uni Dist Corp (Music) 0883476032924 Check Our Catalog Brendan and Darryl have both moved on with their lives following the events at the cabin in the woods; not unscathed however. Coming up on the anniversary, Brendan is still having nightmares that he feels will come true at any moment. His worse fears come to life when his wife and niece don't return home one night. …More

Thor By Branagh, Kenneth 2011-09 - Paramount Home Video 0097361439648 Check Our Catalog The epic adventure Thor spans the Marvel Universe from present day Earth to the mystical realm of Asgard. At the center of the story is The Mighty Thor, a powerful but arrogant warrior whose reckless actions reignite an ancient war. As a result, Thor is banished to Earth, where he is forced to live among humans. When the most dangerous villain of his world sends its darkest forces to invade Earth, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero. Thor is the tale of one mans mythic journey: from a petulant prince born to inherit the throne, to a humble super hero who earns the right to lead. …More

X-Men First Class By Vaughn, Matthew Director Bacon, Kevin Vaughn 2011-09 - Twentieth Century-Fox 0024543750871 Check Our Catalog X-MEN: FIRST CLASS charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Not archenemies, they were instead at first the closest of friends, working together with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop nuclear Armageddon. In the process, a grave rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto's Brotherhood and Professor X's X-Men. …More

Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye, series part 2
Leina, Tomoe, and the rest of the finalists for the Queen's Blade Tournament take up residence in Gynos, the Queen's capital. Each of the girls is paired up in duels, and friends are forced to fight each other with their lives on the line.