{"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&#8217;s 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&#8217;s <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 &#8220;an &#8220;unprecedented cinematic accomplishment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXN7hS-Evao\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Love &amp; 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 &amp; Mercy<\/em>, a retelling of Beach Boys&#8217; frontman Brian Wilson&#8217;s 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 &amp; Mercy<\/em> is both accessible and memorable.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lioWzrpCtGQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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&#8217;s 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h7pna4laaAk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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&#8217;Connell, Emily Meade, Louisa Krause, Lynne Cohen, Alexia Rasmussin<\/p>\n<p><em>Opens June 19th<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lou Howe&#8217;s 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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAGQ8CumFYQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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 &#8220;tear-jerker of the Summer,&#8221; <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&#8217;t enough of an enticement, perhaps it&#8217;s the critical consensus, which calls the movie &#8220;charming and poignant&#8230; [with an] appeal that&#8217;s bound to last,&#8221; 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>&nbsp;<\/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. Outside of the mega-million franchise scene, the hearts of smaller independent movies beat on. Here are this month&#8217;s best. 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