02014.05: A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act and Beyond
Films I'm watching in May 02014. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act. #yfvba (which ends on May 3rd)and BEYOND... http://olearysreellife.tumblr.com/ @olearysreellife
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- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRalph FiennesF. Murray AbrahamMathieu AmalricA writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.02014.05.01: packed house at IU Cinema
- DirectorScott Fitzpatrick02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorChristopher BecksPeter MillerWith Ritournelle, Peter Miller and Christopher Becks have fashioned a miniature gem from a 16mm corps exquis exercise and an experiment in inside-out filmmaking, which began with a surreptitiously prestruck soundtrack.02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorBaba Hillman02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorKimberly Forero-ArniasFamily footage is gathered and sifted to create a perpetual sea of bodies, gestures and gazes that collide to create a familiar yet estranging reunion.02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorJodie MackFractal phonics accompany a delicate study of psychedelic paisley patterns.02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorKathryn RameyA 15-minute experimental documentary juxtaposing two 'hers': the American WEST via the Oregon Trail and Elizabeth Crandall Perry, adventurer, midwife, mother of fourteen and the filmmaker's great great grandmother.02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorKevin Jerome EversonStarsBuick CenturyCentury, filmed in 16mm in Charlottesville, Virginia, consists of a General Motors automobile--a Buick Century--meeting its fate.02014.05.02: at IU Cinema - Ann Arbor Film Festival 16mm Traveling Program
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsBill MurrayScarlett JohanssonGiovanni RibisiA faded movie star and a neglected young woman form an unlikely bond after crossing paths in Tokyo.02014.05.02: Brilliant as always.
- DirectorGreg MottolaStarsJesse EisenbergKristen StewartRyan ReynoldsIn the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.02014.05.03: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorIda LupinoStarsRosalind RussellHayley MillsBinnie BarnesTwo high-spirited young students at St. Francis Academy keep things hopping for the challenged Mother Superior and her staff of bewildered Sisters.02014.05.03: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorOra DekornfeldWhen Brenda Mayfield was betrayed by someone she trusted to protect her, she realized she needed to protect herself. This need later evolved into a passion for the martial arts. Today, Brenda is a martial arts teacher, or 'Sensei', and has committed her life to passing on her art to children in the community.
- DirectorDorothy ArznerRoy Del RuthStarsMaureen O'HaraLouis HaywardLucille BallWhen a troupe of danseuses becomes unemployed, one of them takes up burlesque dancing while another dreams of performing ballet.02014.05.04: on disc from Netflix
- DirectorA.D. CooperStarsRoderick CowiePhilip HammondPrunella ScalesA slick salesman cons an old lady into buying something she couldn't possibly want.02014.05.04: on Vimeo
- DirectorAnne HamiltonStarsAmanda BauerRosie MossSusan May PrattAn Angel of Death from the Midwest wants to make it in the big leagues after being assigned to pet deaths for the past century. At Death Artists Inc., the most demanding and prestigious firm in the country, he gets his first probationary assignment: a beautiful Senator who just won't die.02014.05.05: on Vimeo
- DirectorJulie DashStarsCora Lee DayAlva RogersBarbara OA languid, impressionistic story of three generations of Gullah women living on the South Carolina Sea Islands in 1902.02014.05.05: on disc from MCPL
- DirectorAllison McCullochStarsMeral ArikAudriena ComeauxPia Minsky02014.05.06: streamed on YouTube
- DirectorMichael AngusMurray FredericksA documentary film on photographer Murray Fredericks' extreme journey's to capture the heart of the world's most featureless landscape on Lake Eyre, South Australia.02014.05.06: on PBS
- DirectorSofia CoppolaStarsKirsten DunstJosh HartnettJames WoodsA group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents in suburban Detroit in the mid 1970s.02014.05.06: on disc from library
- DirectorEllen FrickWhat could be good about losing an eye? Nothing can make up for this tragic loss, but artificial eye makers Christy Erickson and Todd Cranmore combine artistry, skill and compassion to rekindle hope for their patients and families. Each eye is a masterful work of art created to be as unique as the individual who wears it. Follow the compelling journey of several patients from a state of fear to a place of hope as they are transformed by caring and capable hands. A Healing Art was produced by director Ellen Frick and Team Fly On The Wall as part of the International Documentary Challenge, a timed filmmaking competition where filmmakers have five days to make a short nonfiction film.02014.05.06: on PBS
- DirectorChris EversoleSara ForrestStarsHeather Hardy'The Heat' is a short documentary about Heather 'The Heat' Hardy, a single mother and professional boxer who was displaced by Hurricane Sandy. Heather uses fighting to provide a living for her and her daughter, Annie, while simultaneously pushing the sport of women's boxing into the mainstream.02014.05.07: streamed on PBS online
- 20131h 15m6.6 (73)56MetascoreDirectorSamantha GrantStarsJayson BlairMacarena HernándezRobert RivardJayson Blair is the most infamous serial plagiarist of our time. He unleashed the massive scandal that rocked the New York Times and the entire world of journalism.02014.05.07: PBS Independent Lens
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsLaurence OlivierJoan FontaineGeorge SandersA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat's wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife's spectral presence.02014.05.11: I never tire of this classic Hitchcock film based on "the celebrated novel" by Daphne du Maurier.
- DirectorShelby HaddenIn an effort to rebuild her life after tragedy, a woman opens an old-fashion candy store on the side of the road.02014.05.12: streamed
- DirectorRichard A. CollaStarsBurt ReynoldsRaquel WelchJack WestonPolice in Boston search for a mad bomber trying to extort money from the city.02014.05.13: on TV (watched w/ my sweetie)
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsVincent LindonChiara MastroianniJulie BatailleMarco returns to Paris after his brother-in-law's suicide, where he targets the man his sister believes caused the tragedy - though he is ill-prepared for her secrets as they quickly muddy the waters.02014.05.16
- DirectorAdam McKayStarsWill FerrellChristina ApplegatePaul RuddWith the 1970s behind him, Ron Burgundy, San Diego's former top-rated newsreader, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.02014.05.16
- DirectorMichael McGowanStarsJames CromwellRonan ReesGeneviève BujoldAn elderly couple fight against local authorities in rural New Brunswick to build their final home.
- DirectorSylvain BressolletteStarsLou de LaâgeThomas DrelonPatrick PoiveyParis, France, 1963. A couple have an argument in a bar. A young man sitting nearby takes the opportunity to talk to the girl and tells her what could be their life together if she accepts to run away with him, now.
- DirectorDiane KurysStarsBenoît MagimelMélanie ThierryNicolas DuvauchelleThe story of the marriage between Michel and Lena, as told by their daughter Anne, with reflections on the mystery of abiding love.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsRussell CroweJennifer ConnellyAnthony HopkinsNoah is chosen by God to undertake a momentous mission before an apocalyptic flood cleanses the world.
- DirectorAmma AsanteStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMatthew GoodeEmily WatsonThe biracial daughter, Dido Elizabeth Belle (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), of Royal Navy Captain Sir John Lindsay (Matthew Goode) is raised by aristocratic Great-uncle Lord William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield (Tom Wilkinson) in 18th century England.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsPaul ScofieldIrene WorthCyril CusackKing Lear divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia refuses to idly flatter the old man, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters.
- DirectorDana LustigStarsJennifer Love HewittColin FergusonNatassia MaltheA 28-year-old ad sales exec stops at nothing to climb her way to the top of the San Francisco social ladder.
- DirectorChris PaineStarsTim RobbinsDan NeilDanny DeVitoDirector Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars.
- DirectorClaire DenisStarsIsabelle HuppertChristopher LambertIsaach De BankoléAmidst turmoil and racial conflict in a Francophone African state, a white French woman fights for her coffee crop, her family and ultimately for her life.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsGabrielle ShorneggGeraldine HaywoodMarian KnightThe awkwardness and confusion of burgeoning sexuality in teenage girls in a twisted and repressed suburban culture.
- DirectorJane CampionStarsTim PyeKatie PyeBen MartinA family get into a battle of wills on the side of the highway when their boy defiantly throws orange peels out the window.
- DirectorJane CampionGerard LeeStarsDavid BentonAnne BerrimanAlan BrownA collection of everyday awkward and embarrassing moments, each with an uneasy familiarity.
- DirectorMegan GriffithsStarsTony DoupeAbby DylanEvan MosherA heretofore aimless artist attempts to instigate a new chapter by uprooting her life from Seattle to New York, carrying her impressionable college-aged nephew in her tumultuous wake.
- DirectorAmelia ArnoldStarsBryan GannonSydney RobinsonJames and Cam Ramsay try to reconnect after being torn apart by their mother's sudden death six years earlier.
- DirectorGia CoppolaStarsEmma RobertsJames FrancoJack KilmerAn unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction that centers around a shy young girl on the cusp of an illicit relationship with her soccer coach.