Project News

Layton releases "Shattered Kiss" EP

Mon, 2 Feb 2009 16:17:24 -0800

Layton’s long awaited EP “Shattered Kiss” is now on iTunes! There are some beautiful songs here, a couple of them featured on the Dance of the Dead Soundtrack and also a couple of Middleman episodes. I directed a little video for the song Julie from the EP - check it out (bottom of the page) and you can stream “Our History” below....

Dance of the Dead Soundtrack released!

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Tell your friends!
Tell your frenemies!

Featuring your favorite songs from the film and selected score by Emmy winning composer Kristopher Carter!

Includes both versions of Layton covering Pat Benetar’s “Shadows of the Night”.

One of my favorite songs from Gardens (video)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:01:59 -0800

Check out the video below, one of my favorite songs featured in an incredible scene to introduce Leslie’s tragic life as an adult. The song is GoGoGo Airheart “Good Things”
Dark, hectic - dead end.

The original video and more clips are available here.

Gardens of the Night plays LA

Tue, 9 Dec 2008 14:48:08 -0800

GARDENS OF THE NIGHT is playing this weekend at the Village East!    After a successful opening week in NY, Gardens of the Night is playing in LA! So go to the Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood and catch this important film on the big screen while you still can!    
Laemmle’s Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood, CA

Showtimes Daily @ 1:20p, 4:10p, 7p & 9:50p

City Lights Pictures

Presents

GARDENS OF THE NIGHT

"Gardens of the Night has a ghastly air of authenticity...Mr. Arnold is frighteningly believable!" Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"A newfangled kind of horror movie...worth every sobering moment!" Rex Reed, The New York Observer
"Beautifully directed and acted...one of the best films about lost childhood I've ever seen!" – Scott Macauley, Filmmaker Magazine

"Harrowing in a way few films dare!" – Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
 "4 1/2 stars...it will break your heart!" – Ain't it Cool News
"Hitchcock could not have imagined a more perfect nightmare" - James Christopher, The london Times
"Tom Arnold delivers a performance of considerable nuance!" - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

Winner: International Critics Award - Deauville International Film Festival 2008

Silver Bear Nominee - Berlin International Film Festival 2008
Winner: Audience Award - Lyons Film Festival 2008
About the Film
Leslie (Gillian Jacobs), struggles with a hand to mouth existence on the streets of San Diego with only her childhood friend Donnie (Evan Ross) to look after her, both of them trying to cope with the trauma of having been abducted and held captive by two men nine years earlier. As an eight-year-old girl, Leslie (Ryan Simpkins) was abducted through trickery by an older man Alex (Tom Arnold), and his young accomplice Frank (Kevin Zegers). Leslie was held captive in their house along with an eight-year-old boy named Donnie, who believed his mentally unstable mother, sold him to Alex. The children create a bond with each other managing to escape into a fantasy world they create in their bedroom. Years later Leslie and Donnie, now seventeen years old, are living as street-kids and struggling to cope with what they suffered through, having been affected by the experience differently. Donnie’s feelings for Leslie are those of any teenager in love, however Leslie's perception of love has been severely mutated through her
relationship with Alex and her instinct is to run from Donnie. Can she not only survive this horrific experience, but be set free from it's terrible shackles?

Dance of the Dead video review

Fri, 5 Dec 2008 02:46:12 -0800

Check out this review a young zombie fan posted on youtube.

Gardens of the Night plays NY

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 12:28:05 -0800

  GARDENS OF THE NIGHT is playing this weekend at the Village East!    After a successful opening week, Gardens of the Night will be playing again this weekend and through the following Thursday. So go to the Village East Cinema, 181-189 2nd Avenue, and catch this important film on the big screen while you still can!    
City Lights Pictures

Presents

GARDENS OF THE NIGHT  

PLAYING THROUGH NOV 20th  

AT THE VILLAGE EAST CINEMA  181-189 2nd Avenue at 12th Street
"Gardens of the Night has a ghastly air of authenticity...Mr. Arnold is frighteningly believable!" Stephen Holden, The New York Times
"A newfangled kind of horror movie...worth every sobering moment!" Rex Reed, The New York Observer
"Beautifully directed and acted...one of the best films about lost childhood I've ever seen!" – Scott Macauley, Filmmaker Magazine

"Harrowing in a way few films dare!" – Stephen Garrett, Time Out New York
 "4 1/2 stars...it will break your heart!" – Ain't it Cool News
"Hitchcock could not have imagined a more perfect nightmare" - James Christopher, The london Times
"Tom Arnold delivers a performance of considerable nuance!" - Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter

Winner: International Critics Award - Deauville International Film Festival 2008

Silver Bear Nominee - Berlin International Film Festival 2008
Winner: Audience Award - Lyons Film Festival 2008
About the Film
Leslie (Gillian Jacobs), struggles with a hand to mouth existence on the streets of San Diego with only her childhood friend Donnie (Evan Ross) to look after her, both of them trying to cope with the trauma of having been abducted and held captive by two men nine years earlier. As an eight-year-old girl, Leslie (Ryan Simpkins) was abducted through trickery by an older man Alex (Tom Arnold), and his young accomplice Frank (Kevin Zegers). Leslie was held captive in their house along with an eight-year-old boy named Donnie, who believed his mentally unstable mother, sold him to Alex. The children create a bond with each other managing to escape into a fantasy world they create in their bedroom. Years later Leslie and Donnie, now seventeen years old, are living as street-kids and struggling to cope with what they suffered through, having been affected by the experience differently. Donnie’s feelings for Leslie are those of any teenager in love, however Leslie's perception of love has been severely mutated through her
relationship with Alex and her instinct is to run from Donnie. Can she not only survive this horrific experience, but be set free from it's terrible shackles?