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Exhaustion of mind and body is the primary sentiment in this sensitively observed family drama, drawn with an intimacy that is palpable and uncompromising. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

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Shock: it’s when you hurt so bad you don’t feel anymore,” says Ed (Michael Harney: Ocean’s Thirteen). He’s ostensibly talking about physical, medical shock, but it’s debatable whether he and the rest of his hard-put-upon family are already past that point emotionally, or merely wishing for it. It’s Christmastime 1999 in New York’s remote borough, Staten Island… a metaphor, perhaps, for the social isolation of the Kendall family. Son Kent (Johnny Whitworth: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance), a military veteran suffering from Ptsd and possibly Gulf War syndrome, is not able to take care of himself; neither is his sister,...

Determinedly battling not only your own personal struggles as you work to realize your dreams, but also helping your relatives overcome their personal internal conflicts, can be a truly harrowing process. But when such distressing physical and emotional obstacles, including mental illness and addiction, add to everyone’s strive to overcome their dilemmas, those battles become even more daunting. But the new independent drama, ‘Bad Hurt,’ on which actor Theo Rossi made his feature film producing debut with his production company, Dos Dudes Pictures, relatably shows his character and his family drowning in shame over their faults. But as the film, which was co-written by first-time feature film director, Mark Kemble, [ Read More ]

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The kitchen sink’s thrown against the wall with bathtub, toilet, and whatever else made of easily-shattered porcelain in the house following right behind—this is Mark Kemble‘s Bad Hurt. Adapted from his semi-autobiographical play “Bad Hurt on Cedar Street” with the help of Jamieson Stern, the film depicts a dysfunctional family that drew the shortest of straws in terms of volatility and hardship. But with that burden comes the capacity for strength in love to somehow overcome. Doing so is difficult, enough that the attempt will prove futile time and time again, but it is possible. More suffering will arrive on the horizon as hard truths needing to be uncovered and accepted to approach calm appear and it’ll all destroy as surely as it’ll galvanize.

This is far from a simple story, but one quickly dismissed as contrived or melodramatic. While it’s both those things...

Screen Media Films and Verdi Productions have acquired worldwide rights to Bad Hurt, Mark Kemble's drama that premiered at Tribeca last year. The film will hit theaters and VOD day-and-date on February 12. Bad Hurt chronicles a family's hopeful battle to stay together as personal demons and destructive secrets threaten to rip them apart. Theo Rossi, Karen Allen, Michael Harney, Johnny Whitworth, Ashley Williams, Calvin Dutton and Iris Gilad star. Kemble and Jamieson…...

Exclusive: Here is an exclusive first look at Bad Hurt, the Mark Kemble-directed film that premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival and marks the first producing effort from Theo Rossi. Rossi, who played the tragic, tattoo-headed biker Juice in the FX drama Sons Of Anarchy, produced the film through his New York-based production company Dos Dudes Pictures. He stars in it alongside Karen Allen, Johnny Whitworth, Michael Harney, Ashley Williams and Iris Gilad. Rossi feels it…...

Read More: 'Goodfellas' 25th Anniversary Reunion to Close 2015 Tribeca Director Mark Kemble explores the tensions of one family in his domestic drama "Bad Hurt." Life for the Kendalls has been burdened by grief and claustrophobia. Faced with caring for one child with special needs and another with Ptsd, the family struggles for a sense of stability at home in their Staten Island hamlet. When a secret from the past is revealed, it threatens to tear them apart. [Synopsis courtesy of Tribeca.] Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers What's your film about in 140 characters or less? A testament to the power of love, “Bad Hurt” chronicles a family’s hopeful battle to stay together as personal demons and destructive secrets threaten to rip them apart. Now what's it Really about? Elaine Kendall, a determined Staten Island housewife, fights to keep her family together in the face of growing chaos. A once passionate love affair with her husband Ed,...

Family is only as strong as the effort put in by everybody to sustain those bonds. But even the most perfect family can have those connections strained by things outside of their control, life events that suddenly arise, incidents from the past coming back to the surface. And in the upcoming "Bad Hurt," slated to make its World Premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, one family is pushed to the limit. Co-written and directed by Mark Kemble, and featuring "Sons Of Anarchy" star Theo Rossi along with Ashley Williams, Karen Allen, Johnny Whitworth, Michael Harney, and Iris Gilad, the Staten Island-set story follows the Kendalls, who have been dealing with grief and claustrophobia, as they care for one child with special needs and another with Ptsd. And when a secret from the past is revealed, it threatens to tear them apart, and uproot their sense of stability. And in this clip,...

Andrew Renzi‘s directorial debut about a third wheel starring Richard Gere, Dakota Fanning and Theo James, Reed Morano‘s relationship testing drama featuring Olivia Wilde and Luke Wilson, Onur Tukel‘s secret unleashed on the airwaves and Gregory Kohn‘s hallucinatory tale with Eléonore Hendricks topling are part of the American independent offerings at the 14th Tribeca Film Festival. Renzi’s Franny and Morano’s Meadowland will be competing in the dozen selected in the World Narrative Competition while Tukel’s Applesauce and Kohn’s Come Down Molly are among the in the Viewpoints sidebar. Here are the selected titles below sans synopsis.

World Narrative Feature Competition (12)

The Adderall Diaries, directed and written by Pamela Romanowsky. (USA) – World Premiere.

Bridgend, directed by Jeppe Rønde, co-written by Jeppe Rønde, Torben Bech, and Peter Asmussen. (Denmark) – North American Premiere.

Dixieland, directed and written by Hank Bedford. (USA) – World Premiere

Franny, directed and written by Andrew Renzi.

Top brass at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival (Tff) presented by At&T have announced the World Narrative and Documentary Competition and Viewpoints selections.

Organisers also said that At&T’s Film For All Friday will return with free screenings on April 24. The festival is set to run in New York City from April 15-26 and the festival hub is Spring Studios.

Tuesday’s announcement covers 51 films out of a total 97 features at the upcoming 14th edition. As previously announced, Tribeca will open with the documentary Live From New York!

The line-up includes world premieres of Andrew Renzi’s Franny starring Richard Gere, Pamela Romanowsky’s The Adderall Diaries with James Franco, Amber Heard, Ed Harris and Cynthia Nixon and documentaries In My Father’s House by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg and In Transit from Albert Maysles and four co-directors.

Thirty of the festival’s feature film directors are women –the highest percentage in Tribeca history. Nine of...