02013.11: A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act
Films I'm watching in November 02013. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act. #yfvba http://olearysreellife.tumblr.com/ @olearysreellife
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- DirectorBobcat GoldthwaitStarsBobcat GoldthwaitTom KennyJill TalleySee the Goldthwait family as you remember them best, with commentary by 3 of the actors.02013.11.01: Short: At IU Cinema - with Bobcat Goldthwait.
- DirectorKristina BorjessonStarsMerritt BirkyRoy BluntAl DickinsonAn independent scientist is joined by former members of the official investigation into the 1996 crash of TWA Flight 800 to blow the whistle on the cover-up of the real cause of the crash.02013.11.01: Streamed on Netflix. Watched with my sweetie.
- DirectorLinda Bloodworth-ThomasonStarsCindy BitneyDavid CroneJessica MitchellShane Bitney Crone's plans to marry Tom Bridegroom in California after the same-sex marriage law is passed takes a tragic turn when his partner of six years accidentally dies and Tom's family refuses Shane from attending the funeral.02013.11.02: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorSabina VajracaStarsAmanda BarronChad HoeppnerWhen Bruce checks into a hotel suite on his trip to New York City he expects to catch up on some sleep and perhaps catch a Broadway show or two between his business meetings. What he gets instead is Olga.02013.11.03: on Vimeo. Reed Morano, cinematographer.
- DirectorDarya ZhukStarsElena SoloveyMarusya TrofimovaWhen six year-old Katya explores the experience of death, she discovers life like she has never seen before.02013.11.03: on Vimeo. Reed Morano, cinematographer.
- DirectorChristian PetzoldStarsJulia HummerSabine TimoteoMarianne BaslerNina, an end-of-teenage orphan with mental problems, starts a new job as a garden cleaner when she meets Toni. They fell in love with each other, but soon Toni starts betraying Nina. In the meantime, Francoise is picked up at a psychic department of a Berlin hospital by her husband, Pierre. After seeing Nina, Francoise believes that she has found her kidnapped daughter Marie, but neither Toni nor Pierre believe her. Nina is unsure about what to think...02013.11.03: on disc from Netflix.
- DirectorFenton BaileyRandy BarbatoStarsCarrie FisherEddie FisherHarry KarlHollywood icon Carrie Fisher tells her raw and intoxicating true story in this documentary based on her hit stage production. Touching on stardom, mental illness, addiction and more, the actress recounts her peaks and valleys with candor and humor.02013.11.03: on disc from MCPL. Carrie Fisher is a brutally honest and very funny storyteller.
- DirectorNeil BarskyStarsEd KochGeorge ArtzWayne BarrettA documentary on Ed Koch, the mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989.02013.11.03: on disc from the library.
- DirectorMolly BernsteinStarsRicky JayWinston SimoneDick CavettRicky Jay is a world-renowned magician, author, historian and actor (often a mischievous presence in the films of David Mamet and Paul Thomas Anderson) -- and a performer who regularly provokes astonishment from even the most jaded audiences. Deceptive Practice traces Jay's achievements and influences, from his apprenticeship at age 4 with his grandfather, to such now-forgotten legends as Al Flosso, Slydini, Cardini and his primary mentors, Dai Vernon and Charlie Miller. Featuring rare footage from his 1970s TV appearances (doing 3-card Monte with Steve Martin on The Dinah Shore Show) and told in Jay's inimitable voice, this is a remarkable journey inside the secretive world of magic and the small circle of eccentrics who are its perpetual devotees.02013.11.04: on disc from the library
- DirectorTravis JohnsStarsRain PhoenixTravis JohnsKadey RobinsonAfter serving 10 years in prison for murder, Cora returns home to her husband and daughter with the hope of leading a quiet, normal life. But in their small, Southern town, her violent past will never be forgotten...or forgiven.02013.11.04: streamed on Vimeo. Reed Morano, cinematographer.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsDaniel LondonWill OldhamTanya SmithTwo old pals reunite for a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains.02013.11.05: third of Kelly Reichardt's films I've seen in A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba streamed on MUBI.
- DirectorChangwei GuAnn HuiTsai Ming-liangStarsKong Hyo-jinKang-sheng LeeYan Lianke02013.11.05: at IU Cinema. 4 short films.
- DirectorAlethea C. AvramisStarsPhilip BrethertonMargarita NasioulaGerasimos PavlouA remote Greek village must raise its population in order to avoid being cut off from the local government.02013.11.06: streamed on Film Movement
- DirectorMichelangelo FrammartinoStarsGiuseppe FudaBruno TimpanoNazareno TimpanoAn old shepherd lives his last days in a quiet medieval village perched high on the hills of Calabria, at the southernmost tip of Italy. He herds goats under skies that most villagers have deserted long ago. He is sick, and believes to find his medicine in the dust he collects on the church floor, which he drinks in his water every day.02013.11.06: streamed on MUBI.
- DirectorMichael Patrick JannDavid WainMichael DimichStarsKevin AllisonMichael Ian BlackRobert Ben GarantSketches include "Shower", "Planet Groovy", "Roughing It", "Barney McMacken", "Old Lighthouse Jeffers", "The Personal State", "Drugs", "Rug Brothers", and "Porcupine Racetrack".02013.11.07: streamed on MTV.com - Porcupine Racetrack musical.
- DirectorIan RoumainMichael SchwartzStarsXander BerkeleyBruce DavisonCraig FairbrassFollows sixteen actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.02013.11.07: streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteAnthony LaPagliaLiev SchreiberA charismatic, crazy hothead transforms a family's life when she becomes the nanny of five girls whose mother has cracked from her husband's political ambitions and his infidelity.02013.11.08: on disc from MCPL. Enjoyed this one with my sweetie.
- DirectorDante AriolaStarsColin FirthEmily BluntAnne HecheA story of a man who fakes his own death and assumes a new identity in order to escape his life, who then moves in with a woman who is also trying to leave her past behind.02013.11.09: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorJihan El-TahriFrom Che Guevara's military campaign to avenge Lumumba in the Congo up to the fall of apartheid in South Africa, 300,000 Cubans fought alongside African revolutionaries. CUBA, AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY is the previously untold story of Cuba's support for African revolutions, one of the Cold War's most vigorous contests over resources and ideology.02013.11.12: At Indiana University Cinema.
- DirectorTsai Ming-liangStarsKang-sheng LeeShiang-chyi ChenKiyonobu MitamuraOn a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".02013.11.11: On disc from Netflix.
- DirectorToshiharu TakatsukaStarsIsaac AlvarezLindsey BashamJ. Michael TrautmannNear the US-Mexico border, Earnie discovers a dehydrated Mexican boy in a pickup. Risking all to protect his secret, the teenager nurses the boy back to health.02013.11.12 - Kat Westergaard, DP.
- DirectorMargarita JimenoStarsManu ChaoSusan DonaldsonEliot FergusonA behind-the-scenes look at the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and their charismatic front man Eugene Hütz.02013.11.12: streamed on MUBI.
- DirectorSo Yong KimStarsPaul DanoMargarita LevievaJon HederA struggling musician takes an overnight long-distance drive in order to fight his estranged wife for custody of their young daughter.02013.11.13: streamed on Netflix. Reed Morano, DP.
- DirectorAnahita GhazvinizadehStarsMeghan Moe BeitiksNoah LepawskyFlorence WinnersYoung Lilly is going to get her ears pierced. A quarrel between her parents overwhelms the situation and directs it differently.02013.11.14: “25 New Faces” Tour at YES Cinema
- DirectorMohammad GorjestaniStarsTasi AlabastroNikohl BoosheriCamyar ChaiSonia, a young Iranian journalism student and social activist, has recently fled to the US in hopes of an education and a better life. But when an escalating cyber-conflict between the US and Iran puts her at risk of deportation, her only way of staying may come at a greater price than she's willing to pay.02013.11.14: “25 New Faces” Tour at YES Cinema