CineVegas 2009 Preview: ‘Easier With Practice’

CineVegas 2009 is right around the corner (next week to be precise), and We Are Movie Geeks are going to be there in full force. Throughout the festival, which runs from June 10th through the 15th, we are going to be bringing you all the coverage you need including reviews, interviews, party breakdowns, and red carpet premiere coverage.

‘Easier With Practice’ offers a new twist to a genre of film that’s very old hat, two genres to be exact. The film combines the road movie with the love story in an off-beat story about a writer who finds happiness in a relationship outside the normal boundaries of what we might call normal. The movie looks to be a fresh take on a familiar subject.

Here’s the film’s synopsis:

Language, communication, relationships, sex — they all get easier with practice. And they are all the elements that infuse lurid life into writer/director Kyle Alvarez’s provocative film about a man who establishes a sexual relationship with someone he’s never seen.

To promote his unpublished novel, Davy Mitchell sets out on a road trip with his younger brother. Yet, the initial novelty quickly wears off and the road life turns lonely and unfulfilling for Davy. Then, one night in a motel room, a random phone call from a mysterious woman named Nicole ignites a funny and intimate long-distance relationship that leaves Davy happier than he has been in years. Hoping there is more to his new reality than a voice and a phone bill, Davy decides he must meet Nicole. Ultimately, his decision means he must face not only the truth about his relationship but also the truth about himself.

Based on Davey Rothbart’s autobiographical article for GQ Magazine, EASIER WITH PRACTICE avoids the visual limitations of a phone relationship by fleshing out the story with inspired cinematography and three-dimensional performances. Combined, they bring to life a truly well-crafted story. Erotically charged yet intellectually stimulating, EASIER WITH PRACTICE is an enthralling love story for the cell-phone generation.

‘Easier With Practice’ premieres at CineVegas on Friday, June 12 at 3:30 pm and screens again on Saturday, June 13 at 1:00 pm.