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 […]
Read more →Screenings: March 2, 4:30pm (Cam 12); March 4, 9pm (Cam 12); March 7, 4:30pm (Rep) Mardik Martin wrote or co-wrote some of the seminal films of the 70s and (early) 80s: “Mean Streets” was one of his early screenplays, and “Raging Bull” was his last. Since then he has taught other screenwriters his craft. With […]
Read more →Screenings: March 6, 9:15pm (Cam 12); March 7, 4:15pm (Cam 12) Taylor is no longer young, but she’s still single and wondering why she can’t seem to find a decent guy and get the wedding she dreamed of when she was a girl. Her friends, the mildly predatory alcoholic Dot, winsome and promiscuous Katy, and […]
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