Director Zal Batmanglij and leading lady Brit Marling spent two months practicing freeganism before co-writing The East, a thriller film based loosely on their experience of hopping trains, sleeping on rooftops and eating out of dumpsters in a rejection of the money-based economy.
Melissa McCarthy and Jason Bateman provide laugh-out-loud moments in the newest comedy to open in German cinemas: Identify Thief. Businessman Sandy Paterson (Bateman) travels from Denver to Miami to confront Diana (McCarthy), the woman who has stolen his identity. In order to save his career, he must convince her to admit to charging more that 12,000 dollars in credit in his name. What follows is a ridiculous set of antics and adventures, made hilarious by the comedic genius of Bateman and McCarthy.