{"id":3614,"date":"2015-06-02T12:27:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/notofu.com\/home\/?p=3614"},"modified":"2015-06-02T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T12:27:09","slug":"junes-essential-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/notofu.com\/new\/junes-essential-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tribe, Love &#038; Mercy, A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting on Existence: June&#8217;s Essential Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is more to the June cinematic calendar than Summer blockbusters. Outside of the mega-million franchise scene, the hearts of smaller independent movies beat on. Here are this month\u2019s best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tribe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Director<\/em>: Myroslav Slaboshpytsky<br \/>\n<em>Starring<\/em>: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich, Yaroslav Biletskiy, Ivan Tishko, Alexander Osadchiy, Alexander Sidelnikov, Alexander Panivan<\/p>\n<p><em>Opens June 17th<\/em><\/p>\n<p>One of the most buzzed-about movies of the recent festival circuit,\u00a0Myroslav Slaboshpytsky\u2019s <em>The Tribe<\/em> is one of the most shocking, devastating and unique cinematic experiences you are likely to have all year. The story, which follows a young student at a boarding school for the deaf as he becomes entwined in a world of crime and prostitution, is told with no dialogue or subtitles. <em>The Tribe<\/em> is a slow-burning, difficult but compelling movie which favors wide shots and which has been described as \u201can \u201cunprecedented cinematic accomplishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXN7hS-Evao\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love & Mercy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Director<\/em>: Bill Pohlad<br \/>\n<em>Starring<\/em>: Paul Dano, John Cusack, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, Kenny Wormald, Jake Abel, Erin Darke, Joanna Going, Brett Davern<\/p>\n<p><em>Opens June 5th<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After <em>Brokeback Mountain, The Tree of Life<\/em> and <em>12 Years a Slave<\/em>, director Bill Pohlad tackles the biopic genre with <em>Love & Mercy<\/em>, a retelling of Beach Boys\u2019 frontman Brian Wilson\u2019s career, where he is played by both Paul Dano (60s Wilson) and John Cusak (80s Wilson). While biopics tend to often fall prey to self-serving scripts and poor casting, <em>Love & Mercy<\/em> is both accessible and memorable.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lioWzrpCtGQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Director<\/em>: Roy Andersson<br \/>\n<em>Starring<\/em>: Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom<\/p>\n<p><em>Opens June 3rd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>No one can accuse Roy Andersson of not taking his time. Only his third film in the past 15 years\u2014and the first in over seven\u2014<em>A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence<\/em>\u00a0was, nonetheless, worth the wait. The winner of last year\u2019s Golden Lion, <em>A Pigeon<\/em> is a smart,\u00a0dark\u00a0comedy about the passing of life, replete with deadpan humor, long, slow takes, sketches and even musical numbers.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7pna4laaAk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gabriel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Director<\/em>: Lou Howe<br \/>\n<em>Starring<\/em>: Rory Culkin, David Call, Deirdre O\u2019Connell, Emily Meade, Louisa Krause, Lynne Cohen, Alexia Rasmussin<\/p>\n<p><em>Opens June 19th<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lou Howe\u2019s directorial debut is an accomplished, mature and compelling drama starring Rory Culkin in the titular role as the emotionally and mentally compromised Gabriel. The movie, a well-written character story, rages with knife-wielding intensity and features some standout performances from a talented ensemble cast that gives it sustained life.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAGQ8CumFYQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Director<\/em>: Alfonso Gomez-Rejon<br \/>\n<em>Starring<\/em>: Thomas Mann, RJ Cyler, Olivia Cooke, Connie Britton, Nick Offerman, Molly Shannon<\/p>\n<p><em>Opens June 12th<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Called the \u201ctear-jerker of the Summer,\u201d <em>Me and Earl and the Dying Girl<\/em> swept Sundance earlier this year: the movie took home both the Audience and Jury Prizes at the Sundance Film Festival in January. If the accolades aren\u2019t enough of an enticement, perhaps it\u2019s the critical consensus, which calls the movie \u201ccharming and poignant\u2026 [with an] appeal that\u2019s bound to last,\u201d that will get you into the theater, to watch this touching story about a boy named Greg who strikes up a friendship with a girl stricken with Leukemia.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qfmAllbYC8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is more to the June cinematic calendar than Summer blockbusters. 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