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
- DirectorScott BlakeStarsThomas BrophyLeroy ChinNathan FisherAfter losing a horse to Comanche raiders and separating from his survey party, a government surveyor attempts the long trek back to town during the last days of the Mexican-American War.02013.11.14: “25 New Faces” Tour at YES Cinema
- DirectorAnnie J. HowellLisa RobinsonStarsAnna Margaret HollymanRhasaan Oyasaba ManningJosephine ClausenSarah Sparks is pregnant and feeling wholly ambivalent, despite her boyfriend's pure enthusiasm. A committed tech-geek, she fears she is more interested in ultrasound technology than in what's being ultra-sounded. When her sister lures her to L.A. for what ends up being a terrorizing baby shower, Sarah keeps her rental van and hits the road in search of the source of her anxiety: her estranged mother, now living off the grid. SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS takes a comic and poignant look at one woman's coming-of-parenthood in the age of technology.02013.11.14: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorRichard E. NormanStarsLaurence CrinerKathryn BoydBoise De LeggeA WWI fighter pilot returns to his former job as a railroad detective, and must recover a satchel filled with $25,000 of stolen payroll, locate a missing employee, and capture the gang of thieves responsible.02013.11.15: at IU Cinema.
- DirectorShari Springer BermanRobert PulciniStarsKevin KlinePaul DanoKatie HolmesA man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.02013.11.15: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorStephen VittoriaStarsCornel WestAlice WalkerAngela DavisThe film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of the former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.02013.11.16: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorJessica BardsleyA journey through the lonely landscapes and forgotten histories of the Florida Everglades.02013.11.17: on Doc Alliance.
- DirectorBeth GageGeorge GageStarsTim DeChristopherTim DeChristopher is Bidder 70, a young man who derailed an illegal BLM oil and gas auction in a courageous act of civil disobedience.02013.11.17: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorAnita DoronStarsJoel EvansKiowa GordonChloe RoseA drama centered on a First Nations teenager trying to find his place in the modern world.02013.11.18: streamed on Netflix
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsYo HitotoTadanobu AsanoMasato HagiwaraThe story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search of a cafe that was frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.02013.11.29: At IU Cinema.
- DirectorHannah FidellStarsSydney HoganTyler SerleBrett ShawOn the precipice of adulthood, fourteen-year-old Lisellen Uhlmann is without a man in her life; her father is distant and boys in school ignore her. When Duncan Baits invites her to hang out with his friends, everything changes, and in an instant everything goes drastically wrong. The viewer is left to wonder in the end whether justice has been served or misplaced passion has created still another victim. The film is based on Joyce Carol Oates's short story of the same name, with the author's permission.02013.11.20: streamed on Vimeo
- DirectorNick LoveStarsRay WinstonePlan BHayley AtwellA hardened detective in the Flying Squad of London's Metropolitan police. Based on the '70s UK TV show.02013.11.20: streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorMaggie GreenwaldIlker Can KaragulleStarsAidan QuinnVirginia MadsenZosia MametWhen the teenage daughter of a reclusive family of artists falls in love with an unusual boy at school, she awakens mysterious powers and discovers ancient family secrets that will change her life forever.02013.11.21: streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorNancy D. KatesBennett SingerStarsBayard RustinDorothy JacksonJohn RodgersDocumentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.02013.11.23: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorBridget Savage ColeBajir CannonStarsCamille AdolpheVashe BeechinorLeonard BiciSpark is set in a future where fire is banned, clean air is precious, and an over-protective society fears the natural disasters of the past. Young 'Very,' is the quiet, new girl in an unfriendly classroom teeming with technology, hormones and cruelty. When a false fire alarm is triggered, she is unexpectedly swept up in a rebellious crime and thrust into an outsider culture. Only with her new accomplices does she discover friendship and a more organic connection to the planet, fire and her past.02013.11.24: Streamed on Youtube
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsSandra BullockGeorge ClooneyEd HarrisDr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first time on a space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.02013.11.24: at Canary Creek Cinema with my sweetie. Brilliant.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsJosiah ThompsonMike WalkerShort film documentary about the mysterious umbrella man that appears in the Zapruder film during the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas in 1963, November 22.02013.11.25
- DirectorBrad BernsteinStarsTomi UngererMaurice SendakJules FeifferFar Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story depicts one man's wild, lifelong adventure of testing societal boundaries through his use of subversive art. This 98-minute film combines traditional documentary storytelling with original animation from over 70 years worth of art from the renegade children's book author and illustrator. Using a historical palette of 20th century events to paint an artist's epic yet controversial life story, this HD documentary film offers a feature-length retrospective of Ungerer's life and art, pondering the complexities and contradictions of a man who, armed with an acerbic wit, an accusing finger and a razor sharp pencil, gave visual representation to the revolutionary voices during one of the most tantalizing and dramatic periods in American history. Far Out Isn't Far Enough explores the circumstances of his meteoric rise and fall on American soil, but also delves into Ungerer's formative years leading up to, and prolific years since, his time in America.02013.11.25
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsKerry WashingtonColumbus ShortScott FoleyOlivia and the team must manage a potential crisis with the Josie Marcus campaign while investigating Operation Remington; Cyrus tries to take down Sally.
- DirectorAurora GuerreroStarsFenessa PinedaVenecia TroncosoJoaquín GarridoAfter being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.02013.11.26: on disc from Netflix
- DirectorRobert GreenwaldStarsDaniel EllsbergFranz GaylSeymour HershWar on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State highlights four cases where whistleblowers noticed government wrong-doing and took to the media to expose the fraud and abuse.02013.11.27: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorHsiao-Hsien HouStarsShu QiChang ChenFang MeiThree stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.02013.11.27: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorHafsteinn Gunnar SigurðssonStarsHilmar GuðjónssonSveinn Ólafur GunnarssonÞorsteinn BachmannTwo employees of the Icelandic Road Administration spend the summer painting lines on the winding roads as they both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.02013.11.28: on disc from MCPL.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsForest WhitakerAngela BassettJennifer HudsonA street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
- DirectorKatherine Fairfax WrightMalika Zouhali-WorrallStarsDavid BahatiLou EngleLong JohnIn Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.