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- DirectorTakahiro SuzukiPinecastle Rd explores the differing qualities of light inside a single domestic space. It is also a film that reaches out toward the mystery of desire.02013.05.01: Watched Takahiro Suzuki's 4 minute experimental short on Vimeo.
- DirectorDave GrohlStarsTrent ReznorTom PettyMick FleetwoodA documentary on the fabled recording studio that was located in Van Nuys, California.02013.05.02: We saw Sound City at Indiana University Cinema tonight. Great venue for a music focused film like this. I relished the experience.
- DirectorRené PinnellStarsWayne BellRay BensonLouis BlackA look at the life and work of independent Texas filmmaker Eagle Pinnell.02013.05.03: Watching René Pinnell and Claire Huie's documentary The King of Texas on MUBI.
- DirectorAllen HughesStarsMark WahlbergRussell CroweCatherine Zeta-JonesIn a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.02013.05.04: pay per view on DirecTV. This film's unsuccessful... but it was not a painful experience to watch. Barry Pepper was quite good.
Day 1 of A yearlong film viewing balancing act.
Director: Allen Hughes
Writer: Brian Tucker
Cinematographer (DP): Ben Seresin
Editor: Cindy Mollo - DirectorKazik RadwanskiStarsPeter BavisJeanne SouterCarmen CraigA real estate agent encounters a slump late in his career, struggling to balance his professional obligations and personal relationships.02013.05.05: Streamed Kazik Radwanski's 16 minute short film from MUBI. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act.
- DirectorSue BourneStarsJoe BitterJohn CareySuzanne CoyleDocumentary telling the compelling story of the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships.02013.05.05: Streamed Jig on Netflix. Sue Bourne, Director. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act.
- DirectorOlivier TreinerStarsGrégoire Leprince-RinguetDanièle LebrunGrégory GadeboisA pianist finds himself once again facing the performance anxiety demons that he so desperately tries to evade.02013.05.06: Streamed this 13 minute short film from Film Movement (I have a subscription). Day 3 of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
Director: Olivier Treiner (he also wrote the script)
Cinematographer: Julien Roux - DirectorAkiva SchafferStarsBen StillerVince VaughnJonah HillFour men who form a neighborhood watch group as a way to get out of their day-to-day family routines find themselves defending the Earth from an alien invasion.02013.05.06: Watched from Cinemax East (tivoed). Directed by Akiva Schaffer. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorMateo GilStarsSam ShepardEduardo NoriegaStephen ReaIn Bolivia, Butch Cassidy (now calling himself James Blackthorn) pines for one last sight of home, an adventure that aligns him with a young robber and makes the duo a target for gangs and lawmen alike.02013.05.07: Streamed on DirecTV. Directed by Mateo Gil. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorKelly SearsOnce it started it could not end otherwise recounts terrifying and strange happenings that descend on a 1970s high school.02013.05.07: Streamed from shortoftheweek.com - experimental 8 minute short by Kelly Sears. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMatthew McConaugheyTye SheridanJacob LoflandTwo young boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the vigilantes that are on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.02013.05.08: I love Jeff Nichols and Mud is a real triumph. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba. AMC 11 - Bloomington $5
- DirectorHelen HuntStarsHelen HuntColin FirthBette MidlerApril, 39, wants a baby but her husband leaves her. When her adoptive mother dies, she's contacted by her biological mother, a TV talk show host. April starts seeing the divorced dad of one of her students at school.02013.05.09: Directed by Helen Hunt. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba. streamed on Amazon Prime.
- DirectorEliza HittmanStarsViktoria VinyarskaNina MedvinskayaFedor FilonovSonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the Landlady threatens to kick them out, Sonya is forced to make an unimaginable decision to protect her aging father and herself.02013.05.10: Short film on YouTube - pointed out by Sundance Film Festival. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsPaul BranniganJohn HenshawRoger AllamNarrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.02013.05.10: Watched Ken Loach's film with my sweetheart at The Ryder Film Series. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorLorene ScafariaStarsSteve CarellKeira KnightleyMelanie LynskeyAs an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.02013.05.11: Watched Lorene Scafaria's film on Cinemax with my sweetie. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorAmy SchatzStarsLily TomlinPat DerbyColleen KinzleyNarrated by Lily Tomlin, this documentary short traces mankind's long history with elephants and explores the many problems that arise when they are brought to live in captivity in zoos and circuses.02013.05.11: HBO Documentary short film. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba. Painful stories, but beautiful documentary.
- DirectorVerena ParavelJ.P. Sniadecki'Foreign Parts' portrays a hidden enclave of automobile shops and junk-yards fated for demolition in the shadow of a new baseball stadium in Queens. The film observes this vibrant community of immigrants - where wrecks, refuse, and recycling form a thriving commerce - as it struggles for daily survival and contests New York City's development scheme.02013.05.12: Watched on DVD borrowed from Monroe County Public Library. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJim SturgessEd HarrisColin FarrellSiberian gulag escapees travel four thousand miles by foot to freedom in India.02013.05.13: Streamed from Netflix.
Director: Peter Weir - a personal favorite. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba. - 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.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsLaurence VielleFrédéric GornyErline O'Donovan-ClarkeA soldier on leave from the Army returns home to visit his sister. Flashbacks to formative moments in their childhood reveal some roots of their unorthodox relationship and co-dependency.02013.05.14: DVD from MCPL. Urusla Meier, director Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorJean-Pierre DardenneLuc DardenneStarsThomas DoretCécile de FranceJérémie RenierAbandoned by his father, a young boy is left in a state-run youth farm. In a random act of kindness, the town hairdresser agrees to foster him on weekends.02013.05.14: Tivo... sundance channel. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorKelly ReichardtStarsMichelle WilliamsBruce GreenwoodPaul DanoSettlers traveling through the Oregon desert in 1845 find themselves stranded in harsh conditions.02013.05.15: DVD from MCPL. I'd started to watch this film once before but wasn't in the mood and blasted it off the tivo. This was the perfect time. beautifully shot. compelling. Kelly Reichardt, director. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorChristoph SchlingensiefStarsChristoph SchlingensiefMy first movie.02013.05.15: Streamed this short film on MUBI. It's from 1968. Director: Christoph Schlingensief. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorRodney AscherStarsBill BlakemoreGeoffrey CocksJuli KearnsAn exploration of various interpretations of Stanley Kubrick's horror film, The Shining (1980).02013.05.16: At Indiana University Cinema with my sister. Director: Rodney Ascher. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorUrsula MeierStarsIsabelle HuppertOlivier GourmetAdélaïde LerouxLife for an isolated rural family is upended when a major highway next to their property, constructed 10 years before but apparently abandoned, is finally opened.02013.05.17: Watched on disc from MCPL. Director: Ursula Meier. I enjoyed her film Sister. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorAideen O'SullivanRoss WhitakerAn amusing poignant documentary about fate of the Irish phone box, which has gone from the centre of society to the verge of extinction.02013.05.17: Lovely documentary about irish phone booths being demolished. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsChris PineZachary QuintoZoe SaldanaAfter the crew of the Enterprise find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one-man weapon of mass destruction.02013.05.18: went to see this with my sweetie at the AMC. love star trek. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorGuy ThysStarsDirk van DijckKoen van ImpeHilde NorgaAn office clerk with a hankering to tango enlists the support of a workplace colleague as he prepares for a date. It's Christmas time and the concept of giving assumes fairy tale proportions in this beguiling modern story.02013.05.18: on disc from library. oscar nominated. 14 minutes. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsAlex DescasMati DiopNicole DoguéThe relationship between a father and daughter is complicated by the arrival of a handsome young man.02013.05.19: Beautiful film. catching up on Claire Denis films I missed the chance to see at IU Cinema. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorLinda Goldstein KnowltonStarsAnn BoccutiJenna CookFang LeeA documentary on four teenage girls living in different parts of the US and united by one thing: all four were adopted from China due to family situations colliding with the country's "One Child Policy".02013.05.19: A second film for today. director: Linda Goldstein Knowlton. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorChristina ChoeStarsKay ChoeTamir KapelianJenson SmithBobby, a Korean-American teenage outcast, is working at his parents dry cleaners on prom weekend. When the prom queen and her boyfriend, stop by with their dress and tuxedo, Bobby has his own prom to remember.02013.05.19: Christina Choe's short film has a sweetness and a deftness about it that inspires me to dive in to more of her work... and look forward to a feature film when she lines up the right project. I watched this short as part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsMichelle WilliamsSeth RogenSarah SilvermanA happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.02103.05.20: Sarah Polley's film.... streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorJulia PottStarsAlex BrittonLaura FreeLove and a severed foot, at the end of the world.02013.05.20: Strange short animated film - woman made: Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorTina GordonStarsCraig RobinsonKerry WashingtonDavid Alan GrierSparks fly when Wade Walker crashes the Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's hand in marriage.02013.05.21: Saw at AMC late in the afternoon today. VERY VERY funny. Directed by Tina Gordon Chism. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorJamie StuartDocuments the December 26th blizzard in NYC -- from B&W to color and back, everything becomes stuck then free again.02013.05.21: short stop motion film - man made. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorPhie AmboStarsLiv CorfixenSøren HøyNicolas Winding RefnA documentary about director Nicolas Winding Refn and his efforts to pay a 5.5 million crowns debt from his film Fear X (2003).02013.05.22: Streamed Phie Ambo's documentary The Gambler about Nicolas Winding Refn's financial meltdown on MUBI. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorSamuel TourneuxStarsFrédéric SaurelBernard JungClémence CournacA priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven.02013.05.21: Strange little Oscar nominated animated short film. Disc from MCPL. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTom LittenNiall BurtonCurtis CokerA young man encounters many people while swimming in Britain.02013.05.23: Lynne Ramsay short film - experimental B&W. Beautiful. Streamed on YouTube. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorMaria DemopoulosJodi WilleStarsAhom AquarianIsis AquarianDon BollesA charismatic leader founds a commune in Los Angeles in the early '70s based on natural food, spiritual practices and psychedelic rock. This short-lived era is recreated with archival material and the memories of participants.02013.05.23: At IU Cinema. Directors: Maria Demopoulous and Jodi Wille. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorHilary BrougherStarsTilda SwintonAmber TamblynTimothy HuttonPregnant forensic psychologist Lydie Crane is hired to learn the truth behind the case of 16-year-old Stephanie Daley, who is accused of concealing her pregnancy and murdering her infant.02013.05.24: Woman made film directed by Hilary Brougher. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorAlex StapletonStarsRoger CormanMartin ScorseseQuentin TarantinoA documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.02013.05.24: Woman made film... directed by Alex Stapleton. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorMira NairStarsRiz AhmedLiev SchreiberKiefer SutherlandA young Pakistani man chasing corporate success on Wall Street finds himself embroiled in a conflict between his American Dream, a hostage crisis, and the enduring call of his family's homeland.02013.05.25: Woman made film directed by Mira Nair. At IU Cinema. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorIcíar BollaínStarsGael García BernalLuis TosarKarra ElejaldeAs a director and his crew shoot a controversial film about Christopher Columbus in Cochabamba, Bolivia, local people rise up against plans to privatize the water supply.02013.05.26: Brilliant woman made film. Disc from MCPL. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorJon ShenkStarsMohamed NasheedAfter bringing democracy to his country, President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, the lowest-lying country in the world, takes up the fight to keep his homeland from disappearing under the sea.02013.05.26: PBS Independent Lens. Watched over a few different days... finished watching today. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorJay RoachStarsWill FerrellZach GalifianakisJason SudeikisAn incumbent Representative embroiled in personal scandal faces a no-holds-barred challenge from a naive newcomer funded by two unscrupulous billionaire lobbyist brothers.02013.05.26: Streamed this man made film directed by Jay Roach on HBOw for some comic relief. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorJustin LinStarsVin DieselPaul WalkerDwayne JohnsonHobbs has Dominic and Brian reassemble their crew to take down a team of mercenaries, but Dominic unexpectedly gets sidetracked with facing his presumed deceased girlfriend, Letty.02013.05.27: Matinee at Regal 14 in Greenwood with my sweetie. Delightfully silly man made film directed by Justin Lin. Still chuckling. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorAndrea Dorfman02013.05.27: Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba Streamed from Andrea Dorfman's website. woman made short film: 4 minute reflection on life by Andrea Dorfman.
- DirectorJ.J. AbramsStarsChris PineZachary QuintoSimon PeggThe brash James T. Kirk tries to live up to his father's legacy with Mr. Spock keeping him in check as a vengeful Romulan from the future creates black holes to destroy the Federation one planet at a time.02013.05.28: Watching this man made film on DVD... which I own. I've seen this film a number of times. Just needed to see something familiar. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorAndrew NiccolStarsNicolas CageEthan HawkeJared LetoAn arms dealer confronts the morality of his work as he is being chased by an INTERPOL Agent.02013.05.29: Watched this for the first time. I own this one on disc and am finally getting around to watching it. Man made film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorAlix Lambert02013.05.30: woman made music video by Alix Lambert. on Vimeo Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorJohn AkomfrahPart documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the story of immigrant experience coming into the UK from 1960 onwards.02013.05.30: Finished watching John Akomfrah's feature film on Netflix. Started it a few days back. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorAlix LambertDavid McMahonStarsMark RhodesDennis ThorntonFrom 1997 to 2006, serial killer Ronald Dominique raped and killed twenty-three men in poverty- stricken Southeastern Louisiana. Difficulties in apprehending Dominique ranged from the underfunding of law enforcement to a lack of family advocacy for the victims, to the general distraction by other catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina. Bayou Blue meditates on the decay of a community. It is a portrait of one American region's descent into darkness.02013.05.30: at IU Cinema with filmmakers Alix Lambert and David MacMahon present. Lively Q&A. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorWilliam VegaStarsMarcela MorelloAna lives in a dark and isolated wetland. Returning home from a quest for candles, she finds a lone child on her door-step.02013.05.31: Streamed William Vega's 14 minute short film from Film Movement (subscription). Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba
- DirectorOlivier AssayasStarsClément MétayerAndré MarconLola CrétonIn the months after the heady weeks of May '68, a group of young Europeans search for a way to continue the revolution believed to be just beginning.02013.05.31: At IU Cinema. man made film by Olivier Assayas. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act #yfvba