02013.08: A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act
Films I'm watching in August 02013. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act. #yfvba http://olearysreellife.tumblr.com/ @olearysreellife
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- DirectorRuba NaddaStarsPatricia ClarksonAlexander SiddigElena AnayaA romantic drama about a brief, unexpected love affair that catches two people completely off-guard.02013.08.01: streamed on Netflix. Ruba Nadda's delicate, beautiful love story.
- DirectorEva WeberA lyrical and haunting portrait of reindeer herding in the twilight expanses of the Lappish wilderness.02013.08.01: Short: by Eva Weber
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsAlexis DenisofAmy AckerFran KranzA modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.02013.08.01: At IU Cinema with my sweetie. Joss Whedon's modern take on Shakespeare's comedy is delicious.
- DirectorDrew DeNicolaOlivia MoriStarsBilly AltmanJon AuerLester BangsBig Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me is a feature-length documentary film about the dismal commercial failure, subsequent massive critical acclaim, and enduring legacy of pop music's greatest cult phenomenon, Big Star.02013.08.02: At Ryder Film series with my sweetie. I wept.
- DirectorAmy RedfordStarsSaffron BurrowsIsaach De BankoléPaz de la HuertaThe life of a woman is transformed after she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, fired from her job and abandoned by her boyfriend. Given two months to live, she throws caution to the wind to pursue her dreams.02013.08.03: Amy Redford's first feature film was mesmerizing.
- DirectorMaggie CareyStarsAubrey PlazaJohnny SimmonsBill HaderFeeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.02013.08.04: Loved Maggie Carey's raunchy sex comedy.
- DirectorTom VaughanStarsShaun EvansAbigail ThawLavinia BertramThe strangulation of a married woman and the poisoning of an elderly botanist lead Morse to bring a serial killer to justice.02013.08.05: baby morse... on TV
- DirectorAnne RentonStarsKathleen TurnerEmily DeschanelJason RitterA devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the perfect family, refusing to accept them for who they are.02013.08.06: Anne Renton's first feature film. Kathleen Turner's great as a Catholic woman whose unconventional family threatens her chance to be Catholic Woman of the Year.
- DirectorAnne RentonStarsJenni BairdMichael Dean ConnollyJane Lynch02013.08.06: Short film by Anne Renton on YouTube
- DirectorRyan CooglerStarsMichael B. JordanMelonie DiazOctavia SpencerThe story of Oscar Grant III, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.02013.08.06: at AMC 11
- DirectorA. Sayeeda MorenoStarsMichael BillingsleyYetta GottesmanZabryna GuevaraIt's another sweltering 120-degree winter day with five more days to Christmas and hot is the only season left in New York City. Global warming has become a tangible threat to survival and everyone is creating new ways to protect themselves from the sun. Bato, an expecting father enters into a race against the sun, the birth, and his own identity to save his family as he is forced to sell the new currency of this world.02013.08.07: Short: A. Sayeeda Clark's sci-fi contribution to FutureStates.tv
- DirectorAbby EpsteinStarsMary Helen AyresJulia BarnettSylvie BlausteinBirth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity care system in America.02013.08.07: streamed Abby Epstein's documentary on netflix
- DirectorCraig BrewerStarsKenny WormaldJulianne HoughDennis QuaidCity teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.02013.08.07: on disc borrowed from MCPL.
- DirectorAlice WuStarsJoan ChenMichelle KrusiecLynn ChenA gay Chinese-American and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
- DirectorGreg WhiteleyStarsArthur KaneDavid JohansenSylvain SylvainA recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is given a chance at reuniting with his band after 30 years.02013.08.09: Greg Whiteley's documentary on disc from MCPL.
- DirectorJenni ToivoniemiStarsOskari JoutsenAnna PaavilainenPäivi MäkinenTino, 16, has to host a date for Diablo, his family's stud cat. Tino's manhood is also put into test in front of two women.02013.08.10: at IU Cinema
- DirectorDamien ChazelleStarsJohnny SimmonsNate LangJ.K. SimmonsA ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
- DirectorMichael AlmereydaA photographer shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the 'fiercely independent' residents of a remote English fishing village.
- DirectorKahlil JosephStarsSolomon GibbsStoryboard P.Flying Lotus
- DirectorTony DonoghueAn animated documentary about repair and recycling in an Irish village.
- DirectorJulia PottStarsAlex BrittonLaura FreeLove and a severed foot, at the end of the world.
- DirectorKibwe TavaresStarsDaniel KaluuyaMalachi KirbyLouis MahoneyMbwana and his best friend Juma are two young men with big dreams. These dreams become reality when they photograph a gigantic fish leaping out of the sea and their small town blossoms into a tourist hotspot as a result. But for Mbwana the reality isn't what he dreamed and when he meets the fish again, both of them forgotten, ruined and old, he decides only one of them can survive.
- DirectorMichelle MorganStarsStephanie AllynneJohn F. BeachJennifer CostagliolaA guilt-ridden, but well-intentioned, yuppie goes to great lengths to prove she is a decent person.
- DirectorTinatin GurchianiStarsTeona BagrationiTinatin GurchianiRamin IremadzeA filmmaker puts out a casting call for young adults, aged 15- to 23. The director wants to make a film about growing up in her home country, Georgia, and find commonalities across social and ethnic lines. She travels through cities and villages interviewing the candidates who responded and filming their daily lives. The boys and girls who responded to the call are radically different from one another, as are their personal reasons for auditioning. Some want be movie stars and see the film as a means to that end; others want to tell their personal story. One girl wants to call to account the mother who abandoned her; one boy wants to share the experience of caring for his handicapped family members; another wants to clear the name of a brother, currently serving a jail sentence. Together, their tales weave a kaleidoscopic tapestry of war and love, wealth and poverty, creating an extraordinarily complex vision of a modern society that still echoes with its Soviet past.
- DirectorDean ParisotStarsBruce WillisHelen MirrenJohn MalkovichRetired CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.02013.08.11: At Brown County Playhouse. Disappointing all around.