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Fat Girl
SHOW DATE: 12/2
SPEAKER(S): To Be Announced
Here's some information about the film:
Who directed it?
Catherine Breillat (Romance, 36 fillette)
Who is in it?
Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida
What is it about?
A provocative tale of two sisters, one svelt, the other portly, who compete for the affaction of boys while on holiday with their parents in the south of France. The thin 15-year-old girl, Elena (Mesquida), flaunts her pretty young body, while her overweight 12-year-old sister, Anaïs (Reboux), looks on in resentful fascination. While the complexity of the relationship between the sisters is awesome, it is nothing compared to the horrible consequences of their actions.
Why should I see it?
"Reboux's extraordinary performance conveys Anaïs's mixture of precocious insight, animal canniness and vulnerability so powerfully that it ranks among the richest screen portrayals of a child ever filmed."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
Sidewalks of New York
SHOW DATE: 11/18
SPEAKER(S): Jon Jollis
Here's some information about the film:
Who directed it? Edward Burns (Brothers McMullen, She's the One)
Who is in it? Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Dennis Ferina, Stanley Tucci, Rosario Dawson.
What is it about? Sidewalks of New York follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. The film is interspersed with 'man on the street' interviews as it comments on the wonders of looking for love.
Why should I see it? "Pointed, upbeat, and very funny, Sidewalks of New York sets the standard for comedy in 2001." --Arthur Lazere, Culture Valture.net
Who is this week's guest speaker? Award-winning filmmaker Jon Jollis, whose short film played before Burns' The Brothers McMullen way back at Sundance before Ed Burns became a big shot.
Innocence
SHOW DATE: 11/11
SPEAKER(S): To Be Announced
Here's some information about the film:
Who directed it? Paul Cox (The Nun and the Bandit,
Exile)
Who is in it? Julia Blake, Charles Tingwell, Terry
Norris
What is it about? Widowed musician Andreas decides to
get back in touch with his one great love, Claire, who
is still married to her first husband, John. After
more than forty years apart, Andreas and Claire embark
on an affair as reckless and intense as when they were
young lovers.
Why should I see it? "Films that achieve the
dimension of seraphic embrace achieved by Innocence,
as it explores a return to first love, are the rarest
of the rare." -- Jay Carr, BOSTON GLOBE
Who is this week's guest speaker? TBA
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