Winner of the Best American Indie at the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, Tomorrow Ever After, a time-travel tale directed by and starring Ela Thier, is available on iTunes and Amazon beginning Friday, December 22. Thier plays Shaina, “a historian who lives 600 years in the future, and is accidentally sent back in time to current-day America. War, poverty, pollution, greed, exploitation, depression, loneliness: these are things that she’s read about in history books. And while she studied this dark period of history (in which we are currently living) when money is viewed as more important than people, she has never, […]...
- 12/19/2017
- by Ela Thier
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Welcome back to the Weekend Warrior, your weekly look at the new movies hitting theaters this weekend, as well as other cool events and things to check out.
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Kicks Off the Summer With a Sci-Fi Action-Comedy
After three weeks of dominating the box office, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious is going to have to give way to a new movie, and that’s because the first weekend of May means that it’s officially...The Summer Movie Season!!!!
Just like the last couple years, the summer movie season is kicking off with a new movie from Marvel Studios, and their sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios/Disney), reunites Chris Pratt as Starlord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista’s Drax, Michael Rooker’s Yondu with the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Racoon, for the next...
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 Kicks Off the Summer With a Sci-Fi Action-Comedy
After three weeks of dominating the box office, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious is going to have to give way to a new movie, and that’s because the first weekend of May means that it’s officially...The Summer Movie Season!!!!
Just like the last couple years, the summer movie season is kicking off with a new movie from Marvel Studios, and their sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios/Disney), reunites Chris Pratt as Starlord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista’s Drax, Michael Rooker’s Yondu with the voices of Vin Diesel and Bradley Cooper as Groot and Rocket Racoon, for the next...
- 5/4/2017
- by Edward Douglas
- LRMonline.com
Upending the science fiction convention of a sterile, dystopian future, writer-director-editor Ela Thier instead offers a vision of a world where people live in communal peace. That vision is suggested rather than depicted in Tomorrow Ever After, a gently comic, conversation-starting charmer that wears its low-budget heart on its sleeve.
The humanitarian advances of a healed and loving planet — who'da thunk it? — are embodied in the form of an accidental time traveler, played by the filmmaker, who finds herself in the midst of the Great Despair — i.e., the early 21st century — and greets it with openhearted...
The humanitarian advances of a healed and loving planet — who'da thunk it? — are embodied in the form of an accidental time traveler, played by the filmmaker, who finds herself in the midst of the Great Despair — i.e., the early 21st century — and greets it with openhearted...
- 4/26/2017
- by Sheri Linden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Film Movement has acquired American-Israeli filmmaker Ela Thier's debut feature "Foreign Letters." The film will open in New York in early 2012 and will also be available On Demand. "Foreign Letters" tells the story of a young Israeli immigrant girl and her friendship with a Vietnamese refugee her own age. Full press release below: Film Movement Acquires Ela Thier’S Debut Feature “Foreign Letters”, Based On Her Acclaimed Short “A Summer Rain” Autobiographical Drama to be Distributed in all of North America December 7th, 2011 (New York, NY) - Film Movement (www.filmmovement.com), the North American film distribution company that brings first-run, award-winning independent and foreign films to fans all across the U.S. and Canada, announced today their acquisition of Foreign Letters. This debut feature film from American-Israeli filmmaker Ela Thier is a nuanced...
- 12/7/2011
- Indiewire
We hope that every film is created because a writer had a story that they felt compelled to tell the world, a director who felt obligated to share his vision, and actors who were so driven by the story and opportunity that they simply could not sleep at night if they didn’t participate. It is from this fire that something wonderful, organic, and important can jump off the screen and into our lives, leaving some sort of indelible mark on us as we shuffle out of the theater.
And then there are films like Puncture.
This contrived, convoluted mess is less a movie than an erector set of sentimental gimmicks meant to make us feel without ever giving us the impetus to actually do so. A nurse (blink-and-you’ll-miss-her Vinessa Shaw) accidentally contracts AIDS but lives just long enough for us to see her bond with her adorable young children.
And then there are films like Puncture.
This contrived, convoluted mess is less a movie than an erector set of sentimental gimmicks meant to make us feel without ever giving us the impetus to actually do so. A nurse (blink-and-you’ll-miss-her Vinessa Shaw) accidentally contracts AIDS but lives just long enough for us to see her bond with her adorable young children.
- 9/23/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
HollywoodNews.com: Adam and Mark Kassen’s Puncture, with a screenplay by Chris Lopata and a story by Paul Danziger and Ela Thier, is a rare film based on a true story where one cannot help but wonder if the actual nonfiction version is more interesting than what we see on the screen. The film details a true story of a suit filed by a young nurse (Vinessa Shaw) who was pricked by an HIV-contaminated needle while on the job. But the film spends less time on the legal aspects of the case than on the personal life of its lead crusader. That the film would rather be a character drama than a legal thriller is I suppose admirable, but the legal story is far more interesting than the character melodrama.
The lead character in question is Mike Weiss (Chris Evans), who runs a small personal-injury firm with Paul Danziger...
The lead character in question is Mike Weiss (Chris Evans), who runs a small personal-injury firm with Paul Danziger...
- 9/22/2011
- by Scott Mendelson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The first trailer for Puncture, the feature debut of directors Adam and Mark Kassen (producers on HBO's Bernard and Doris), has been released online. Written by Chris Lopata, from a story by Ela Thier and Paul Danziger, Puncture is based on a true-life "David and Goliath" story. Chris Evans stars as Mike Weiss, a personal injury lawyer who, along with his partner, (co-director Mark Kassen playing Paul Danziger), battles against a huge health supply corporation and his own drug addiction to get safe syringes into U.S. hospitals. Michael Biehn, Vinessa Shaw, Kate Burton and Brett Cullen also star.
Next Showing: Puncture opens Sept. 23
Link | Posted 8/19/2011 by BrentJS
Chris Evans | Mark Kassen | Adam Kassen | Paul Danziger | Puncture...
Next Showing: Puncture opens Sept. 23
Link | Posted 8/19/2011 by BrentJS
Chris Evans | Mark Kassen | Adam Kassen | Paul Danziger | Puncture...
- 8/19/2011
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
From Millennium Entertainment, check out the new trailer for Puncture starring Chris Evans and Vinessa Shaw. The movie played earlier this year at the 11th Tribeca Film Festival.
Synopsis:
Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a talented young Houston lawyer and a functioning drug addict. Paul Danziger (co-director Mark Kassen), his longtime friend and partner, is the straightlaced and responsible yin to Mike.s yang. Their mom-and-pop personal-injury law firm is getting by, but things really get interesting when they decide to take on a case involving Vicky (Vinessa Shaw), a local ER nurse, who is pricked by a contaminated needle on the job. As Weiss and Danziger dig deeper into the case, a health care and pharmaceutical conspiracy teeters on exposure and heavyweight attorneys move in on the defense. Out of their league but invested in their own principles, the mounting pressure of the case pushes the two underdog lawyers...
Synopsis:
Mike Weiss (Chris Evans) is a talented young Houston lawyer and a functioning drug addict. Paul Danziger (co-director Mark Kassen), his longtime friend and partner, is the straightlaced and responsible yin to Mike.s yang. Their mom-and-pop personal-injury law firm is getting by, but things really get interesting when they decide to take on a case involving Vicky (Vinessa Shaw), a local ER nurse, who is pricked by a contaminated needle on the job. As Weiss and Danziger dig deeper into the case, a health care and pharmaceutical conspiracy teeters on exposure and heavyweight attorneys move in on the defense. Out of their league but invested in their own principles, the mounting pressure of the case pushes the two underdog lawyers...
- 8/17/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
First poster and the trailer for Puncture starring Chris Evans! Chris Evans stars in Millennium Entertainment's Puncture, helmed by Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen from the script by Chris Lopata from story by Ela Thier and Paul Danziger. Jeffrey Gou & Joan Huang, Paul Danziger and Rod de Llano & Craig Cohen serve as executive producers. Also in the cast are Mark Kassen, Brett Cullen, Marshall Bell, Michael Biehn, Jesse L. Martin, Roxanna Hope, Tess Parker, Kate Burton and Vinessa Shaw. See the first trailer as well as the poster from the drama based on a true story of two struggling lawyers.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
First poster and the trailer for Puncture starring Chris Evans! Chris Evans stars in Millennium Entertainment's Puncture, helmed by Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen from the script by Chris Lopata from story by Ela Thier and Paul Danziger. Jeffrey Gou & Joan Huang, Paul Danziger and Rod de Llano & Craig Cohen serve as executive producers. Also in the cast are Mark Kassen, Brett Cullen, Marshall Bell, Michael Biehn, Jesse L. Martin, Roxanna Hope, Tess Parker, Kate Burton and Vinessa Shaw. See the first trailer as well as the poster from the drama based on a true story of two struggling lawyers.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
First poster and the trailer for Puncture starring Chris Evans! Chris Evans stars in Millennium Entertainment's Puncture, helmed by Adam Kassen and Mark Kassen from the script by Chris Lopata from story by Ela Thier and Paul Danziger. Jeffrey Gou & Joan Huang, Paul Danziger and Rod de Llano & Craig Cohen serve as executive producers. Also in the cast are Mark Kassen, Brett Cullen, Marshall Bell, Michael Biehn, Jesse L. Martin, Roxanna Hope, Tess Parker, Kate Burton and Vinessa Shaw. See the first trailer as well as the poster from the drama based on a true story of two struggling lawyers.
- 8/17/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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