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For your Monday, here’s an exclusive clip from the slacker comedy 7 Chinese Brothers, starring Jason Schwartzman. The film follows Schwartzman’s Larry, a bluntly honest, abrasive and constantly drunk slacker who takes a job at the local Quick-Lube to support himself and his faithful dog Arrow, and maybe hit on his new…

Oscar nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor heads to a postapocalyptic twist on the Garden of Eden in Z For Zachariah, the latest by indie vet Craig Zobel, which Roadside Attractions opens this weekend in two dozen markets. The title joins another hefty slate of limited releases heading to theaters this weekend. Screen Media Films…

EXCLUSIVE: Spotlight Pictures has added 7 Chinese Brothers to its Cannes sales slate. The comedy from writer-director Bob Byington (Somebody Up There Likes Me) debuted at SXSW in March and will have a U.S. day-and-date release through Screen Media Films in August. Jason Schwartzman, Tunde Adebimpe, Eleanore Pienta…

Screen Media Films, which just released the Helen Hunt-directed surf movie Ride on the specialty box office front over the weekend, has acquired U.S. rights to Bob Byington's comedy 7 Chinese Brothers. Jason Schwartzman, Olympia Dukakis, Stephen Root, Tunde Adebimpe and Eleanore Pienta star. It will be released…