Moonrise Kingdom June 29 Wes Anderson's new feature. Set in scenic 60s New England, two young lovers flee their town for a romp in the woods, sparking a town-wide kidhunt. You're gonna wanna come see this.
Monsieur Lazhar June 29 An Algerian immigrant talks his way into teaching at a Montreal elementary school. Nominated for an Academy Award. (In French, Arabic.)
To Rome with Love July 6 Another Americans-abroad film from Woody Allen. Looks like a great cast...including Greta Gerwig from the recent Damsels in Distress.
Safety Not Guaranteed A writer and two interns set off to investigate the guy who wrote this classified: "Wanted: Someone to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You'll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety not guaranteed." Looks like a lot of fun.
Shut Up and Play the Hits July 18 & 19 only! Fans of LCD Soundsystem, you'll want to see this! And anyone interested in a portrait of an artist, you'll like this too. The film follows frontman James Murphy before and after playing his final show, April 2, 2011.
I Wish From Hirokazu Koreeda, director of Still Walking, a former Passport Series selection. A 12-year-old boy is separated from his brother during his parents' divorce. (In Japanese.)
DocuMemories In honor of True/False's 10th birthday next year we've planned (well, we're planning it as we go) a nine-film retrospective---one film for every year of the festival, one film a month till the festival starts next March. This month's film is I Like Killing Flies (2004), a look at an eccentric Greenwich Village restaurant. July 30.
>>>DocuMemories is free for T/F 2013 Super Circle passholders, $5 for anyone with a T/F volunteer pass from any year, $5 for Ragtag members, and $8.50 for everyone else.
On the horizon:
The Intouchables The French hit of the year. Two men from different socioeconomic worlds collide and form a friendship when one hires the other to care for him after a recent accident.
Your Sister's Sister Emily Blunt, Mark Duplass and Rosemarie DeWitt. The relationship between two sisters and a man trying to figure things out.