Screening: Opening Night only, February 27, 7pm (Cal). Schroeder Duncan (Thomas Lennon, “Reno 911!”) is turning 30 and has realized he is not living the life he dreamed of when he was a young ballplayer with a hundred-mile-an-hour fastball. He married his high school sweetheart, but they live in a trailer park, she always wants […]
Read more →Screenings: March 6, 6:45pm (Cam12); March 7, 4pm (Cam 12) This collection of short films looks at the relationships between pairs of people — strangers, long-married folks, and even one man and himself. It includes a wide range of styles, from the Beckett and Pinter inspired “Folly of Two,” about a pair of criminals who […]
Read more →Screenings: March 1, 10:15pm (Rep); March 2, 7pm (Cal). Plenty of folks know Jack Black is an actor, but his musical career as half of the acoustic heavy metal satire duo Tenacious D was known only to the band’s cult following — until their film, “Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny” reached a somewhat […]
Read more →Screening: Closing Night, March 9 7:30pm (Cal) “Take” is a wrenchingly well-made film. Ana and Saul met momentarily, and disastrously, a few years ago. Now Ana is traveling to witness Saul’s execution, hoping for closure, while Saul meets with a priest, hoping for salvation. Flashbacks tell their stories on the day of their meeting — […]
Read more →Screenings: February 28, 7:30 pm (Cam 12); March 2, 10:30 am (Cam 12). This collection of films springs from the minds of young filmmakers, and ranges from the fanciful to the brutally real in styles ranging from spare animation to lush dreamscapes to documentary. There’s “My First Taste of Death,” a strange tale written by […]
Read more →Screenings: March 7, 9:30pm (Cam 12); March 8, 9:30pm (Cam 12); March 9, 10:30pm (Cam 12) “Suspension” revolves around a man, Daniel, and a woman, Sarah, who lose their families in the same car accident. As Daniel recovers from his injuries, he rebuilds his son’s video camera and discovers that it now possesses a strange […]
Read more →Screenings: February 29, 9:30pm (Rep); March 2, 9pm (Rep); March 4, 4:30pm (Rep) Elliott is a product of the foster system, with no family. When his childhood friend Matt dies, he goes to the funeral and overhears one of Matt’s friends and Matt’s ex-girlfriend planning to take some of Matt’s ashes to Mexico. Elliott insists […]
Read more →Screenings: March 6, 7pm (Cam 12); March 8, 7:15pm (Cam 12); March 9, 3pm (Cam 12) I don’t know how to class this film. It’s a drama, with a strong streak of black comedy. Or maybe it’s a black comedy with a strong streak of drama. A black dramedy? Whatever it is, it’s a trip. […]
Read more →Screenings: March 1, 7:45pm (Rep); March 4, 4:15pm (Cam 12); March 8, 7:45pm (Rep) This is one of those slow, character-driven films that only works if you resonate with the characters somehow. I did not, and so it felt more like a long, slow eavesdropping on other people’s lives. Daisy is a young woman with […]
Read more →Screenings: February 28, 6:30pm (Cam 12); February 29, 9:30pm (Cam 12); March 2, 1:30pm (Cam 12) The opening scenes of “Disfigured” ring so true that they feel like a documentary. It quickly becomes clear that this is not, in fact, a documentary — but it often feels as if it were. “Disfigured” tells the story […]
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