02013.09: A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act
Films I'm watching in September 02013. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act. #yfvba http://olearysreellife.tumblr.com/ @olearysreellife
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- DirectorLake BellStarsLake BellFred MelamedMichaela WatkinsAn underachieving voice coach finds herself competing in the movie trailer voice-over profession against her arrogant father and his protégé.02013.09.01: Loved Lake Bell's debut feature. Saw it with my sweetie at Landmark Keystone Art Cinema. Worth the trip to the northside of Indy for this one.
- DirectorAmy HardieStarsPhyllida Anam-AireClaudia GoncalvesAmy HardieThis is the story of a rational, skeptical woman, a mother and wife, who does not remember her dreams. Except once, when she dreamed her horse was dying. She woke so scared she went outside in the night. She found him dead. The next dream told her she would die herself, when she was 48.02013.09.02: beautiful imagery in this dream exploration documentary by and about Amy Hardie - on disc from MCPL
- DirectorJesse AtlasStarsDaniyarSeth Di MarcoDeepti GuptaA malfunctioning cassette tape captures more than just audio.02013.09.03: Streamed online from The NY Times Indie Online Film Festival co-created with Film Independent. Man made sci-fi love story by Jesse Atlas.
- DirectorEric MerolaStarsJoe BartonStanislaw BurzynskiRichard JaffePh.D biochemist, Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, won one of the largest legal battles against the Food & Drug Administration in U.S. history. Dr. Burzynski and his patients endured a treacherous 14-year journey in order to obtain FDA-approved clinical trials for a new cancer-fighting drug. His groundbreaking medical and legal battles have brought revolutionary cancer treatment to the public. Upon completion, his treatment will be available the world over - sending a shock wave through the cancer industry.09013.09.03: on netflix
- DirectorAdam LarsenNeurotypical is an unprecedented exploration of autism from the point of view of autistic people themselves.09013.09.04: on pbs
- DirectorTal GranitSharon MaymonStarsYiftach KleinOded LeopoldHilla VidorSea, sun, island, a family on vacation. And all Yuval wants is to get the heck out of there.02013.09.05: film movement
- DirectorDavid LoweryStarsRooney MaraCasey AffleckBen FosterThe tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met.02013.09.05: with my sweetie at IU Cinema. wonderful film.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorCaroline LeafAn owl marries a goose. They have off-spring, but somehow their habits of life are not compatible.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorMartin BarryStarsLouis SaraïvaFrançois BottegaPierre MaillouxWith the arrival of a new juke-box in a snack-bar, the cockroaches' life becomes suddenly a little more animated.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorCo HoedemanThe animal inhabitants of a secluded area find themselves in an increasingly violent conflict when intruders disrupt the ecological balance.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorChris LandrethStarsRyan LarkinChris LandrethFelicity FanjoyThe movie talks about the life of Ryan Larkin, a gifted Canadian animator of the late '60s and the early '70s.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorRyan LarkinAn animated short that mixes live-action black-and-white footage of typical street musicians in the city of Montreal with animation that's synchronized with the music.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorMartine ChartrandThe History of Afro-Americans, from the slave trade and arrival of Africans in America in the 17th century to the modern day, told by an old lady to her grandson through the family's history book.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorAmanda ForbisWendy TilbyStarsAdam BlackwoodLuba GoyAnthony BekennCalgary, 1909. An Englishman moves to the Canadian frontier, but is singularly unsuited to it. His letters home are much sunnier than the reality. Intertitles compare his fate to that of a comet.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorJanet PerlmanFrogs, birds, lizards, a snake, alligators, and a lot of insects inhabit a pond; everyone's ready to eat. Two tenacious lizards catch the same fly, inciting a protracted tug-of-war.02013.09.06: IU Cinema
- DirectorJay BulgerStarsGinger BakerFemi KutiEric ClaptonGinger Baker looks back on his musical career with Cream and Blind Faith; his introduction to Fela Kuti; his self-destructive patterns and losses of fortune; and his current life inside a fortified South African compound.02013.09.06: watched with my sweetie on disc from MCPL.
- DirectorGabriela CowperthwaiteStarsTilikumDave DuffusSamantha BergA documentary following the controversial captivity of killer whales, and its dangers for both humans and whales.02013.09.07: At Ryder Film Series ... Gabriela Cowperthwaite's gripping documentary.
- DirectorShannon McMahonStarsWilliam HillLynne McColloughChristian OrtegaRoger, a securities analyst who also plays third violin for St. Paul's Episcopal Orchestra, is trapped in a stairwell just below the roof of Two World Trade before it collapses. Having heard that the door to the roof is their escape route, two co-workers, Tom and Val, pass Roger in the stairwell and learn from him that the roof exit is locked. These three strangers thrown together by circumstance must find a way home before time runs out.02013.09.08: Recommended to me by the filmmaker, who found me through my Women Filmmakers: Active in the past decade list. I love those kinds of connections forming.
- DirectorTchavdar GeorgievAmanda PopeStarsEdward AsnerSally FieldBen KingsleyRisking being denounced as an 'enemy of the people,' Igor Savitsky rescues 40,000 forbidden fellow artists' works and creates in a far desert of Soviet Uzbekistan a museum now worth millions.02013.09.08: wonderful film on disc from Netflix.
- DirectorPepita FerrariStarsMargie Gillis02013.09.09: Sublime short doc
- DirectorKahlil HudsonTyler HughenA meditation on friendship and life in the disappearing wilderness of the West, 'Low and Clear' follows two formerly close friends who re-unite for one last fly fishing trip. Over the course of their time together they come to understand how much they have each changed and how these changes now threaten the friendship.02013.09.09: Beautiful nature cinematography.
- DirectorPablo BergerStarsMaribel VerdúEmilio GaviraDaniel Giménez CachoA twist on the Snow White fairy tale that is set in 1920s Seville and centered on a female bullfighter.02013.09.10: Pablo Berger's feature on disc from Netflix.
- DirectorEva CvijanovicStarsMartin CesarChristopher DurningRebecca LessardSeasick is a meditative exploration of ones love of the sea to the soundtrack of traditional Croatian music.02013.09.11: streamed online from TIFF's YouTube channel.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsChuck DMissy ElliottEveA documentary exploring the issues and art of women hip hop artists, from the 1980s through 2010.02013.09.11: short documentary by Ava DuVernay screened at Black Film Center/Archive
- DirectorBen AddelmanSamir MallalStarsOsita IhemeChinedu IkediezeLancelot Oduwa ImasuenNigeria's film industry, Nollywood, is the third-largest in the world--an unstoppable economic and cultural force that has taken the continent by storm and is now bursting beyond the borders of Africa. "Nollywood Babylon" is a feature documentary detailing the industry's phenomenal success. Propelled by a booming 1970s soundtrack of African underground music, the movie presents an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.02013.09.11: streamed from Amazon Prime
- DirectorMichèle OhayonStarsIvan ThompsonA documentary on a 60-year-old New Mexico matchmaker who finds Mexican wives for American men for a fee.02013.09.12: streamed on Netflix. Michèle Ohayon, director.
- DirectorMichèle CournoyerExploration of the connections between sex, love and technology.02013.09.12: Short streamed on NFB of Canada site.
- DirectorJerusha HessStarsKeri RussellJJ FeildJennifer CoolidgeObsessed with Pride and Prejudice (1995), a woman travels to a Jane Austen theme park in search for her perfect gentleman.02013.09.13: My sweetie and I found this comedy hilarious. At AMC.
- DirectorRuba NaddaStarsAlexander SiddigJoshua JacksonMarisa TomeiYears after he left Damascus under suspicious circumstances, Adib Abdel Kareem must confront what he left behind when his daughter goes missing.02013.09.14: on Netflix Blu-ray - Ruba Nadda, director.
- DirectorLuke HigginsonStarsZachary BennettRick RobertsPercy Sullivan's suicide attempt gets interrupted by a man claiming to be from the future.02013.09.14: Streamed on YouTube - TIFF Short Cuts
- DirectorStorm SaulterStarsSheldon ShepherdSky Nicole GreyRicardo OrgilThe film follows warring political factions in 1970s Jamaica as they enlist the support of gangs to enforce their policies, and advance their political agenda. It is a fictionalized dramatization of real historical events, specifically, the Green Bay Massacre, where the government finally tracked down these gangs and had systematically wiped out.02013.09.15: Storm Saulter, dir. At IU Cinema
- DirectorAva DuVernayStars2MexChali 2naCut ChemistA feature-length documentary that chronicles "The Good Life" emcees, the alternative music movement they developed, and their worldwide influence on the art form.02013.09.15: Ava DuVernay, director. At IU Cinema.
- DirectorJames WilkesStarsSebastian KowdryshChris HamTracy Rowland02013.09.16: streamed on YouTube as part of TIFF's Short Cuts Canada 2013
- DirectorRicki SternAnne SundbergStarsTim WakefieldDave LennonJim BoutonA documentary that showcases baseball's most unpredictable pitch.02013.09.16: Streamed on Netflix. Watched the first half a few weeks ago and circled around to finish today.
- DirectorLisa LeemanStarsIvor David BaldingFloraTen years in the making, ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT follows the poignant journey of circus producer David Balding as he tries to find a nurturing and permanent home for Flora, the 18-year-old African elephant that he rescued as an infant, raised as his "daughter" and made the star of his circus. David's love for Flora is put to the ultimate test when he realizes he made a terrible mistake keeping her as a solo elephant, and decides to retire her from the circus after 17 years of performing. Knowing Flora will outlive him, and with his health and finances becoming an issue, David sets off on a quest to find a home for Flora can live freely with other elephants. This complicated task begins with Flora's final circus performance in St. Louis and takes us on an emotional trek across America, then to Africa and back. We follow David's journey as he discovers just how difficult it is to find a proper home for an elephant in a world that reveres these animals for their majesty yet slaughters them for their ivory, adores them as cuddly Dumbos yet brands them "rampaging creatures". ONE LUCKY ELEPHANT raises critical issues about the well-being and future of the hundreds of thousands of endangered and exotic animals kept in captivity, the over development and destruction of their natural habitats, our intense and often damaging relationship with wild animals, and how all these issues have impacted the life of one very lucky elephant.02013.09.16: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorMatías PiñeiroStarsMaría VillarAlessio Rigo de RighiAgustina MuñozA group of actresses performing in a production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" get caught up in a web of romantic intrigue and revelation.02013.09.17: At IU Cinema
- CreatorSamuel ChouAlix LambertStarsNelson GeorgeSamson StylesMarcus McGhee2013.09.17: Crime: Joe Loyola: The Beirut Bandit on YouTube
- DirectorPatrick JeanNew York City is invaded by 8-bit creatures.02013.09.18: I've seen this one before.
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsStacey AllasterBoris BeckerTony BlairIn 2005, Venus Williams joined Billy Jean King, Maria Sharapova, Chris Evert and others in the crusade to convince Wimbledon and the French Open to offer equal prizes to men and women. Venus was backed by Tony Blair after a poignant letter to the London Times which she called Wimbledon on the "wrong side of history." Over the next two years, Venus led the campaign for gender equality and in February 2007, both Wimbledon and the French Open changed their policies. That same year, Venus won Wimbledon, earning the same prize as Roger Federer.02013.09.19: My sweetie and I loved seeing this film at IU Cinema with Director Ava DuVernay present to share about her work!
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsEmayatzy CorinealdiDavid OyelowoLorraine ToussaintRuby goes on a journey of self-discovery when she drops out of medical school in order to focus on her incarcerated husband's well-being.02013.09.20: At IU Cinema with my sweetie... with Ava DuVernay in the house...
- DirectorAva DuVernayStarsSalli Richardson-WhitfieldOmari HardwickMichole Briana WhiteChronicles a day in the life of a grieving woman, and the twelve visitors who help her move forward.02013.09.20: At IU Cinema
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsMichael PolleyJohn BuchanMark PolleyA film that excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.02013.09.21: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorSophia TintoriStarsSophia Tintori02013.09.21: on Vimeo
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsJohn CusackMorgan FreemanJamie AndersonA father and his son attempt to bring in an assassin to the authorities, but his dangerous associates have other plans.02013.09.22: on disc from Netflix.
- DirectorBeatrice AldaJ BrookeStarsLeanna BradleyCathy JambrosicWalter RothenburgerThis feature film looks at five individuals who made a decisive change later in life-to come out as lesbian, gay, or trans gender, after the age of 55. Why did they wait until their 50's, 60's, or 70's to come out? And what was the turning point that caused each of these people finally to openly declare their sexuality? From Canada to Florida, to Kansas, we find out what ultimately led these dynamic individuals to make the liberating choice to pursue fully integrated lives.02013.09.23: Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorMira NairStarsHilary SwankRichard GereEwan McGregorA look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.02013.09.24: on disc from MCPL.
- DirectorJames MatherSteve Saint LegerStarsGuy PearceMaggie GracePeter StormareA man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President's daughter from an outer-space prison taken over by violent inmates.02013.09.25: streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorGrace LeeStarsGrace Lee BoggsGrace LeeGrace LeeIs your name Grace Lee? Do you think you are the only Grace Lee? Did you know there are quite a few of you? Oh yes, it's true. There are many of you and they're all over. They are mostly typically dutiful East Asian daughters with the associated and expected talents. Except, that's not always true. Then again, there are even more Grace Lees around. Why?02012.09.26: Delightful documentary - an intriguing approach to exploring identity. Thanks, Grace Lee. Streamed on Netflix.
- DirectorWilliam K.L. DicksonStarsFred OttA man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the first motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.02013.09.27: Orphans Midwest at IU Cinema
- DirectorJennifer Todd ReevesExhumed motion-pictures from my very own Elkhart, Indiana landfill constitute the canvas of this obsessively hand-painted film. This is my anti-landfill film, an attempt to transform 16mm out-takes into a meditation on nature's losing battle to decompose our relics of abandoned technologies and productions. Primal screams from the wilderness rise until they are buried in silence.02013.09.27: Orphans Midwest at IU Cinema
- DirectorJane GilloolyA forbidden love story played out in a decade that would soon spawn the sexual revolution. Part historical documentary and part experimental narrative the film reconstructs a mesmerizing and erotic narrative from 60 hours of reel-to-reel audiotape discovered in a suitcase. Recorded in the 1960's by a Mid-western woman and her lover they chronicle the details of their adulterous love affair. Reliant on recording devises to document and memorialize their affair the tape recorder evolves as a confidant, witness and participant, always omnipresent creating a welcomed threesome. Mirroring the compulsion to confess ones indiscretions in today's Internet world these captivating recordings speak to an audience that can remember Bert Parks as well as one who has never set finger to a rotary phone.02013.09.27: Orphans Midwest at IU Cinema
- DirectorPaul Andrew WilliamsStarsTerence StampGemma ArtertonChristopher EcclestonGrumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife's passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to belong, a process that helps him build bridges with his estranged son, James.02013.09.28: on disc from Netflix.
- A history and celebration of the Lincoln Highway, dedicated in 1913 as the first automobile route to span the United States coast-to-coast from New York City to San Francisco.02013.09.29: Watched with my sweetie - tivoed from PBS.
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsMads MikkelsenThomas Bo LarsenAnnika WedderkoppA teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.02013.09.30: At IU Cinema