“. . . features big ideas and occasional gunfire… Holstein comes across so vividly and genuinely… feels like an argument for a certain kind of cinematic purity.” – TribecaFilm
“Excellent!” – Chicago Reader
Inni
"Haunting, emotion-drenched . . . soul-stirring fusion of joy and heartache . . . usher[s] the listener into a state of near-celestial rapture." (Variety)
Daylight
"an unusually delicate psychological thriller . . . Critic
The Afterlight
“Visual artistry . . . nothing short of masterful.” - Los Angeles Times
Beyond the Game
"The battle between two living legends…" - Cinema Verdict
Zenith
"a high-concept, brave-new-world sci-fi puzzle… echoes futuristic thrillers such as 12 Monkeys and Children of Men." - Boston Globe
Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo
The Embassy Just Burned Down. Your Shoot Starts Now.
by George Lekovic Producers must produce, no matter what the circumstance. For Here and There, which shot in New York and then Belgrade, we faced the burning down of the U.S. embassy and the call for all Americans to leave Serbia. This was the week before we were scheduled to start shooting in Belgrade. David Thornton, our lead American actor, called me from a diner in Los Angeles. He was eating a sandwich and watching the embassy burn. He was, quite understandably, worried. So I lied to him. ”Nothing to worry about,” I said. ”It happens every day. It’s actually quite normal. After every soccer match, something burns down.” Somehow,
Here and There
“Superbly played…beautifully executed…deep emotional roots.”
- Natasha Senjanovic, Hollywood Reporter
“has more than a few moments that linger: like slivovitz, it sneaks up on you.”
- Daniel Gold, New York Times
Electing the Dead, Discovering the World
Serj Tankian is a profoundly international artist – born in Beirut of Armenian heritage, grew up in Los Angeles, now lives in New Zealand – and his fanbase, too, is all around the globe. So it’s completely appropriate that our fan-sourced release of Serj’s movie the Elect the Dead Symphony has gone international.
Serj Tankian – Elect the Dead Symphony
On March 16th, 2009, Serj Tankian, a Grammy Award winner and one of rock’s most unconventional frontmen, took the stage at the majestic Auckland Town Hall in New Zealand with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra to perform a very special orchestral interpretation of his critically acclaimed debut solo album Elect the Dead. The dynamic one-off performance was recorded and filmed in HD by six cameras, and the dramatic result has been captured in Elect the Dead Symphony.
