Taking Woodstock is the new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. Based on the memoirs of Elliot Tiber, the comedy stars Demetri Martin as Elliot, who inadvertently played a role in making 1969’s Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Featuring a standout ensemble cast, and songs from a score of ‘60s musical icons including The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, and Country Joe and the Fish – plus a new recording of “Freedom” from Richie Havens – Taking Woodstock is a joyous voyage to a moment in time when everything seemed possible. And now, thanks to GreenCine and Focus Features, you can win our new Woodstock contest.

 Five (5) winners will receive the official movie soundtrack CD, which is not surprisingly excellent, a t-shirt, and air freshener!

Click below for details on entering.

by Jeffrey M. Anderson

In the great tradition of tough-guy filmmakers like Howard Hawks, Don Siegel and Samuel Fuller, Kathryn Bigelow is one of the finest living crafters of male-bonding genre films. It may seem an odd fit, as the beautiful, elegant, highly intelligent 57 year-old woman was educated at the San Francisco Art Institute with a background in painting; she's hardly the eye-patch-wearing, cigar-chomping type like her Hollywood predecessors. When I asked her about this duality in 2002, she responded with genuine puzzlement. Why would a woman want to make muscular action films? Frankly, why not?

Bigelow's latest, The Hurt Locker—easily one of the year's best films, based on journalist-turned-screenwriter Mark Boal's interviews and experiences—revolves around the lives of three Army bomb techs (Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty) in the last days of their Iraq tour, circa 2004. Yes, it's yet another right-here, right-now Iraq film, but it doesn't hurl any messages in our faces about the horrors or futility of war. It's not dreary, somber or self-serving. It's not about politics or politicians, wives or families, insurgents or Iraqis. Rather, we're presented with a sturdy combat film with lots of thrills and explosions and summertime-friendly action. It dares to suggest that, sure, war is hell, but it's not without its pleasures.

The Office's John Krasinski and Saturday Night Live's Maya Rudolph star as Burt and Verona in the funny and heartfelt Away We Go, directed by Sam Mendes (American Beauty) and written by Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida. It opens in theaters June 5th (limited).

And away we go, GreenCine and Focus Features are teaming up for a new contest where you can win a bagful of Away We Go goodies. Five (5) Winners will receive the official movie soundtrack, plus an Away We Go T-shirt and postcard!

Click below for details on how you can enter and win!

Gigantic is a funny, surreal love story about the anxiety that comes when two people with crazy families collide unexpectedly and fall for each other. Starring Paul Dano, Zooey Deschanel and John Goodman, Edward Asner and Jane Alexander.

GreenCine and First Independent Pictures are thrilled to give away 2 pairs of tickets to the opening week screenings at the Village East Cinemas in New York. Tickets are redeemable Monday, April 6th - Thursday, April 9th. To enter, email contest@greencine.com and include your name, email address and, if you're a GreenCine member, your username in the email, and "Gigantic" in the subject header. Entries without all this information will not be considered. (You will not be added to a mailing list!). 2 winners will be selected at random from all valid entries. The deadline to enter is Saturday, April 4, 2009.