From the minds of the Mumblecore masters, Jay and Mark Duplass, comes the tale of a lonely divorcee who stumbles upon a relationship with the perfect woman, with a less than perfect son. This film hasn’t been receiving much fanfare to date, though its been well received at the festivals that it has played at so far, and was recently announced that it would be the closing night film for the Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival.

While I’m not a huge fan of Mumblecore, I certainly have enjoyed the Duplass Brother’s films and Cyrus looks to be a showcase for John C Reilly, which is hardly a bad thing. Now if only it would get a decent theatrical release maybe everyone could see just what Mumblecore is all about.

Title: Cyrus
Director: Jay Duplass & Mark Duplass
Starring: John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh
Release Date: July 9, 2010 (USA)

Terrorizing Dissent, a documentary film on the protests that took place in St Paul, MN during the 2008 Republican National Convention will be screening at Bryant Lake Bowl this upcoming Monday. Members of the RNC8 will be on hand to talk about the events and donations are being accepted to help aid in their legal defense.

Official Website

Terrorizing Dissent
Bryant Lake Bowl
Monday July 20th
$6-20 Donation | 7pm

While yet to be formally announced, Where the Long Tail Ends has learned that the 27th Annual Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival is planning to name World’s Greatest Dad as the opening night film for the festival. The film is garnering solid buzz and certainly appears to be an interesting and promising film, but even more interesting is the director of the film, who will be in attendance to Intro the film and open the festival. That’s right, Bobcat Goldthwait is opening the 2009 MSPIFF.

Try and top that Toronto International Film Festival!

Interview with Bobcat Goldthwait about World’s Greatest Dad

Little slow withh this update due to technical difficulties, but an update is an update.

Talk Cinema is once again at the Landmark Edina Cinema today, Saturday, April  4th. As usual a discussion will be held after the screening and coffee is provided free of chrge. Bagels are also available to puurchase and the concession stand will be open for those who want popcorn or Diet Coke with their 10am movie. Students should try and make the trip, as the $5 student ticket price for films that won’t be released for weeks/months is the best deal in the Twin Cities.

As for the film being shown, it won’t be released for several months, so today’s screening will be a bit of a coup for those in attendance. If you want to keep the mystery, stop reading now, otherwise, a trailer for the film is hidden after the break for those who like to rin the surprise.

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I first was introduced to the work of Alex Karpovsky back in 2006 when The Hole Story was screened at the Minneapolis/St Paul International Film Festival. The Hole Story was an incredibly unique film that seamlessly melded fiction and non-fiction into a wonderfully funny and melancholy story about one man’s dream to try and make a pilot for his television show.

With Woodpecker Karpovsky once again uses his unique style of mixing fact and fiction, this time focusing on the fervor surrounding the sightings of the previously presumed extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the bayous of eastern Arkansas. Following one ardent bird watcher (Jon Hyrns) as he attempts to become the first person to definitively prove the elusive birds existence, Karpovsky also interviews many of the locals who are both thankful and frustrated by the birds sudden reappearance.

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