#GIVEAWAY: ENTER TO WIN A DOUBLE PASS TO AN ADVANCE SCREENING OF “FRANCES HA” FEATURING Q&A

After making a splash at TIFF 2012, Director/Writer Noah Baumbach‘s latest effort, FRANCES HA hits theatres at long last. Now Mongrel Media and Mr. Will Wong are thrilled to give Toronto and Vancouver Readers a chance to see this delightful Comedy/Drama!

Official Synopsis:

Best Friends since their Vassar days, Frances (Gerwig) and Sophie (Mickey Sumner, Sting’s daughter) live together in a Brooklyn apartment. Whether discussing Boyfriends or just hanging out, the Women are so comfortable with each other, Frances jokes “we are like a Lesbian Couple that doesn’t have sex anymore.” But Frances’s world is toppled when Sophie decides to move with a Friend to Tribeca.

Baumbach likens Frances to Charlie Brown without the “good grief.”

She can’t afford the $3.00 charge on an ATM Machine, let alone an apartment in Tribeca. She’s an Apprentice with a Dance Company that may never hire her. She’s still considers Sophie her Best Friend, but they aren’t really speaking anymore. She’s still living in New York, but she doesn’t have a place of her own. While others move on with their lives, Frances bounces from apartment to apartment, maybe crashing with a friend or often making rash decisions, like taking a weekend trip to Paris.

The cast includes Grace Gummer (Meryl Streep’s Daughter) and Adam Driver (TV Hit Girls) with Cameos by Josh Hamilton (Star of Baumbach’s Kicking and Screaming) and Gerwig’s parents (who play Frances’s Parents).

The Advance Screening takes place at Fifth Avenue Cinemas (Vancouver) and Varsity Cinemas (Toronto) next Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 7:00 PM.

Watch the Trailer in full below:

 

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Mongrel Media releases FRANCES HA on Friday, June 21, 2013 in Toronto and Vancouver, followed by Montreal on Wednesday, June 28, 2013.

 

I had the pleasure of seeing FRANCES HA last Fall at TIFF and loved it!  Read my Review here.

 

(Photo/video credit: Mongrel Media)

#FIRSTLOOK: “GIRL MOST LIKELY” STARRING KRISTEN WIIG

So damn excited about this!  After missing my chance to see it at TIFF last September, Kristen Wiig‘s latest Film Imogene – now re-titled Girl Most Likely – soon gets a release. The Comedy (obviously!) centers around a Playwright Imogene (Wiig) who goes from being potentially huge to yesterday’s news.  She must return back home to New Jersey out of financial necessity and come to terms with accepting her roots and embracing her Family in order to get back to New York.

See the Trailer below:

 

See Photos here from last year’s Premiere of Girl Most Likely (formerly known as Imogene).

Girl Most Likely hits theatres Friday, July 19, 2013.

 

(Photo/video credit: Lionsgate Films)

#TIFF12: “FRANCES HA” REVIEW

Noah Baumbach‘s Frances Ha centers around a Dance Apprentice soon approaching her 30s, questioning what it is she really wants in life. She lives day to day in a free-spirited manner, deeming herself “undateable” and having little regard for the future. Frances’ (Greta Gerwig) world falls apart after her Best Friend and Roommate Sophie (Mickey Sumner) decides to move-in with her Boyfriend Patch (Patrick Heusinger).  At the same time, she is faced with the reality that she is not needed in the upcoming Holiday Season at her Dance Company.  She is then forced to find herself as she moves from roommate to roommate and job to job, before ultimately hitting rock bottom.

Shot entirely in black and white, Frances Ha is highly stylized and exquisite to the eye. Gerwig‘s unconventional beauty and undeniable charisma alone are enough to colour the entire screen.  Although this a modern story for the Female Underdog,  truly anyone going through a rough patch in their lives can leave feeling inspiration from the Film. The stakes and rewards never are that high, but the situations are v. real and I found myself relating completely.

Sumner (Daughter of Rock Legend Sting) is a fresh face and name to look-out for and turns-in a solid performance, embodying at least one female Friend we all have in our lives. Rescue Me‘s Michael Zegen lights-up the screen, teasing us with chemistry between Gerwig and himself, even if things never come to fruition for them.

Frances Ha is a cute and elegant piece of Art, never for a moment talking down to us.  Release date to be determined.

 

#TIFF12: MICKEY SUMNER AT PREMIERE FOR “IMOGENE”

Meet Mickey Sumner.  The Daughter of Rock Legend Sting and Trudie Styler is really making a name for herself as an Actress and at TIFF 2012 alone, she has two Films this year: Imogene and Frances Ha.  Accompanied at the Red Carpet today for Imogene at Ryerson Theatre by her Mother, Sumner was all smiles, stopping to pose for a few Photos.  She also appears in upcoming Indie Comedy, Missed Connections and stars as Patti Smith in CBGB, based on the legendary New York City Club of the same name.  Keep her on your tab as one to look-out for.

(Photo credit: Mr. Will Wong)