IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0445620/
Official site: http://wip.warnerbros.com/paradisenow/
Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/warner_independent_pictures/paradisenow/trailer/

PARADISE NOW is the story of two young Palestinian men as they embark upon what may be the last 48 hours of their lives. On a typical day in the West Bank city of Nablus, where daily life grinds on amidst crushing poverty and the occasional rocket blast, we meet two childhood best friends, Saïd (Kais Nashef) and Khaled (Ali Suliman), who pass time drinking tea, smoking a hookah, and working dead-end menial jobs as auto mechanics.

Saïd is approached by middle-aged Jamal (Amer Hlehel), a point man for an unnamed Palestinian organization who informs Saïd that he and Khaled have been chosen to carry out a strike in Tel Aviv. They have been chosen for this mission as a team, because each had expressed a wish that if either is to die a martyr, the other would want to die alongside his best friend.

I haven't seen this yet, but it's supposed to be really moving. I'm definitely looking forward to it. Kind of a modern-day Battle of Algiers, which is one of the most (in my opinion) politically important films ever made.

"This taut, ingeniously calculated thriller fixates on the flashpoint where psychology and politics ignite in self-destructive martyrdom."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES

"Hany Abu-Assad's stark, minimalist portrait of two young Palestinian men preparing for a suicide-bombing mission in Tel Aviv is the kind of movie that takes away both your breath and your ability to get out of your seat."
-- Jack Mathews, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

"It's an explosive topic and Abu-Assad walks a fine line through a minefield of issues, all of them explored with intelligence and integrity."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER

7.6 on IMDB. 89% on rottentomatoes. It should be good.

11/13/2005 2:11:57 PM

SERENITY NOW!!!!

11/13/2005 2:25:24 PM

The Galaxy gonna be picking this up?

11/13/2005 2:25:33 PM

Yeah, perhaps next week? I'm not sure yet.

11/13/2005 2:28:07 PM

let us know, i'll see it!

11/13/2005 7:50:16 PM

Opening tomorrow at Galaxy Cinema.

Showtimes at 2:20, 4:20, 7:20, and 9:25.

Student tickets are $5.50. We sell a great variety of delicious foods and beverages. Come see it!

11/17/2005 11:07:37 AM

the most ironic thing in the world would be a suicide bomber exploding at a movie theater that happened to have a showing of this film

11/17/2005 11:13:02 AM