FROM MTV.COM: "The Brothers Bloom" is set on a planet somewhat like our own, but far wackier. The Bloom brothers of the title — Stephen (Mark Ruffalo) and, well, Bloom (Adrien Brody) — have been gifted swindlers since they were kids. (They appear to have been born wearing shifty little black suits and ties.) Stephen is the brains of the team — he composes their elaborate schemes as if they were short stories, each one a chapter in an ongoing, lifelong compendium of cons. His younger brother Bloom is always the protagonist. As we join them in the middle of their latest scam, in Berlin, Bloom is chafing under the dictates of his brother's never-ending narrative. "I've only lived life through these roles that aren't me," he complains. He wants to break free, to live "an unwritten life." Not quite yet, Stephen says.

The boys relocate to New Jersey to case a new job. They're accompanied by their assistant, a mysterious young Japanese woman called Bang Bang (Rinko Kikuchi, the troubled teen in "Babel"). Bang Bang's face is a mask of deadpan disgruntlement — she seems to have been waiting all her life for a punch line that's never arrived. She only speaks three words of English; one of them is "Campari." Still, she's "an artist with nitroglycerin," and thus handy to have around.

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Director SoHo Apple Store in New York City. Johnson is here to pimp his sophomore effort, "The Brothers Bloom," which goes into wide release on May 29 and 'select cities' release a week earlier, on May 22. Filmgoers in New York and Los Angeles will get first crack however, with limited engagements in both cities starting on May 15.

"The Brothers Bloom" stars Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as a pair high-class con artists who have built a small business out of hoodwinking millionaires. Along with accomplice Bang-Bang (Rinko Kikuchi), the Brothers settle their sights on eccentric heiress Penelope Stamp (Rachel Weisz). Of course, the seemingly straightforward con turns into a disaster when Brody's Bloom brother falls for the mark.

Sounds a little like "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" to me, but Johnson's neo-noir debut "Brick" is anything but by-the-numbers. Early buzz on "Brothers" has been pretty positive so far, and tonight will offer New Yorkers a good opportunity to hear about it from the director's mouth in advance of the film's limited release on Friday.

If you want to check out the interview, make your way to the SoHo Apple Store, located at 103 Prince St (corner of Prince & Greene), by 7pm. Seating will likely be limited, so try to arrive early if you can.

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