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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.