Director: Ishai Setton Cast: Laura Prepon, Dreama Walker, Bryan Greenberg, Matt Bush, Tate Ellington Screenings: California Theatre Thu, 2/28 9:30 PM California Theatre; Sat, 3/2 9:30 PM California Theatre; Mon, 3/4 4:30 PM Camera 12. Jennifer (Laura Prepon, That ‘70s Show) is having a lousy day. She’s just dumped her cheating boyfriend of two and […]
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Director: Paul Bunnell Cast: Will Keenan, Creed Bratton, De Anna Joy Brooks, Reggie Bannister, Les Williams, Jed Rowen, Kate Maberly, Paul Williams, Kevin McCarthy Country: United States There’s a certain kind of audacity that makes a film likable, regardless of its technical abilities. “The Ghastly Love of Johnny X” is a big love song to […]
Read more →3/11, 9:30 PM Camera 12 This is the kind of film that makes me love Cinequest. Set in a Swiss town with a large Tamil population, this cross-cultural Bollywood-style romance is incredibly endearing. Devan escaped the violence in his homeland when he came to Switzerland as a teenager, but much of the culture remains the […]
Read more →3/3 7:00 PM, Camera 12 3/5 4:30 PM, Camera 12 3/8 4:30 PM, San Jose Repertory Theatre This dreamlike film is both sweet and funny, and brings the genre of magical realism to the screen with a deft touch. Louise washes ashore in a sleepy Mexican town with only a doll and a small basket […]
Read more →3/4 7:00 PM, Camera 12 3/6 7:00 PM, San Jose Repertory Theatre 3/8 5:00 PM, Camera 12 Steve Mazan always dreamed of performing on Letterman. His first few years working as a stand-up comic didn’t get him there, but he figured he had plenty of time to make his dream come true. When he was […]
Read more →3/2, 9:15 PM California Theatre 3/4, 12:30 PM Camera 12 When Babou is specifically told she’s not invited to her daughter’s wedding because the younger woman is embarrassed by her Bohemian ways, she becomes determined to grow up — to find and hold down a real job. Babou is someone it’s almost impossible not to […]
Read more →3/9, 7:00 PM, California Theatre This wonderful French comedy has only one screening so do not miss it! Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu star in this story of a trophy housewife (a “potiche”) who becomes fed up with her lot and takes on the barriers presented by her class and her sex. Suzanne Pujole is […]
Read more →3/3, 9:30 PM, San Jose Repertory Theatre 3/6, 9:30 PM, California Theatre This film appeared as a work-in-progress at last year’s Cinequest, and took the festival by storm. The final version is here this year, with all new effects, and it’s a blast. Eugene works for a party clown company, going to kids’ birthday parties […]
Read more →Remaining Screenings: 3/5, 1:30 PM (Cam 12) How hard can it be to host an orgy? Harder than you’d think, especially if the people involved are half a dozen neurotic thirtysomethings. “Cummings Farm” is ostensibly a comedy, but most of its humor derives from awkwardness. If situations in which the tension would be resolved if […]
Read more →Remaining Screenings: 3/4, 12:00 PM (Cam 12) “The Robbers” Is a pitch-black comedy from China. It veers from near-slapstick comedy to grim violence and back again as it tells the story of a pair of brothers and the village they inadvertently turn upside-down. The brothers roam the countryside robbing people, but when they wander into […]
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