Presented by Entertainment Weekly

Transcription

Abel
DIRECTOR: Diego Luna
SCREENWRITERS: Diego Luna, Augusto Mendoza
Mexico/U.S.A., 2009, 85 min., color
Spanish with English subtitles
Adorable little Abel has problems in the head.
His mother collects him from the psychiatric
ward hoping not to upset him. She carefully
discusses with his teacher how to deal with
the absence of Abel’s father. The entire family
is on pins and needles, worrying about Abel
breaking down. But things take an interesting
turn when the little boy emphatically carves
out a new role for himself in the family—he
decides to become the father of the house.
Abel transforms the fear his family has about
his episodes into the respect due to the head
of the household. Oddly enough, it works!
That is, until a stranger shows up at the
breakfast table, claiming to be Abel’s father.
Diego Luna, in his debut effort, crafts a
heartwarming tale of the way one family’s
dynamic works through peculiar means. Abel
is an entertaining and endearing family drama
that manages to infuse its foreboding tone
with a delightful sense of humor.
—SHARI FRILOT
Presented by
Weekly
Entertainment
program
The Premieres
of the most
showcases some
pated films of
highly antici
d
ar. Catch worl
the coming ye
rk
wo
st
te
la
the
premieres and
at
s
or
ct
re
di
hed
from establis
al
iv
st
Fe
Film
the Sundance
eate a splash
cr
ey
th
before
es.
at local theatr
34
ExP: John Malkovich, Russell Smith,
Lianne Halfon, Gael García Bernal
Pr: Pablo Cruz Ci: Patrick Murguía Ed: Miguel
Schverdfinger PrD: Brigitte Broch MuS: Lynn
Fainchtein Principal Cast: José María Yazpik,
Karina Gidi, Christopher Ruíz-Esparza,
Gerardo Ruíz-Esparza, Carlos Aragón
Monday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. - ABELL25CE
Eccles Theatre, Park City
Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 a.m. - ABELL26LM
Library Center Theatre, Park City
Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. - ABELL28WE
Tower Theatre, SLC
Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. - ABELL30SE
Screening Room, Sundance Resort
2010 Sundance Film Festival sundance.org/festival
Credit Legend ExP: Executive Producer Pr: Producer CoP: Coproducer AsP: Associate Producer Ci: Cinematographer Ed: Editor PrD: Production Designer ArD: Art Director So: Sound Mu: Music CoD: Costume Designer Ca: Casting Director PrCo: Production Company
Cane Toads:
The Conquest
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Mark Lewis
U.S.A./Australia, 2009, 90 min., color
The Company Men
Cyrus
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: John Wells
U.S.A., 2009, 123 min., color
DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: Jay Duplass,
Mark Duplass
U.S.A., 2010, 92 min., color
One of the first casualties of a corporate
downsize is Bobby Walker, a hot-shot sales
The cane toads are ba-a-a-ck! But this time
executive who is living the idyllic life—
those pesky varmints are coming at you in
complete with two kids and a mortgaged
glorious 3-D. In 1988, filmmaker Mark Lewis
picket fence. His boss, and founder of the
had tongues wagging when he unleashed
company, doesn’t take Bobby’s severance
his celebrated documentary Cane Toads:
well, and he storms into the boardroom to
An Unnatural History, exposing a bizarre
demand a reprieve of the severe measures.
biological blunder. Here, Lewis takes a giant
He learns quickly that some choices are out
leap forward as he revs up the technology,
once again tracking the unstoppable march of of his hands, and this is only the beginning.
the cane toad across the Australian continent. We embark on a journey that is all too familiar
in today’s recessionary economy: one that will
Reviled by many, adored by a few, the toad
test friendships, loyalties, and family bonds.
has gripped Australia’s consciousness,
achieving both cult and criminal status.
John Wells explores the powerlessness of
Imported to save the sugar cane crop, the
toad’s spread is considered one of Australia’s losing one’s job while examining how anger,
fear, and forced humility can replace the
greatest environmental catastrophes. Yet for
security of “normal.” The inspired casting of
a world awakening to the daunting prospect
great actors, lending their formidable insight
that we have forever altered our ecosystem,
to this timely story, makes The Company
this is a story of global implication. With its
tongue not so firmly in its cheek, Cane Toads: Men a tribute to America’s unsung heroes:
hard-working men caught in life’s unexpected
The Conquest is a comic, yet provocative,
journey of a species that has already invaded misfortunes. —JOHN COOPER
planet Earth.—DAVID COURIER
ExP: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann,
Clark Bunting Pr: Mark Lewis
Ci: Kathryn Millis, Toby Oliver
Ed: Robert Demaio PrD: Daniel C. Nyiri
Tuesday, January 26, 9:30 p.m. - CANET26CN
Wednesday, January 27, 9:15 a.m. - CANET27CM
ExP: Barbara A. Hall Pr: Claire Rudnick
Polstein, Paula Weinstein, John Wells
AsP: Jinny Joung Ci: Roger Deakins
Ed: Rob Frazen Principal Cast: Ben Affleck,
Chris Cooper, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee
Jones, Maria Bello, Rosemary DeWitt
Friday, January 22, 9:30 p.m. - COMPA22CN
Saturday, January 23, 9:15 a.m. - COMPA23CM
Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. - COMPA24GA
Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC
Saturday, January 30, 6:15 p.m. - COMPA30CE
The Duplass brothers are back with their
singular knack: treating us to a tingling,
irresistible experience of utter discomfort—
suffused with pathos, romance, irony, and a
little dollop of horror. This time they intrepidly
mine Oedipal terrain to wrestle with stirring,
profound questions about the obstacles to
human intimacy.
Alone and acutely depressed, having just
learned of his ex-wife’s wedding plans, John
can’t believe his luck when he encounters
beautiful, charming Molly at a party. The two
get along famously and launch a passionate
affair, until Molly’s 21-year-old son, Cyrus,
enters the scene. Will Molly and Cyrus’s deep
and idiosyncratic bond leave room for John?
Cyrus becomes a dark, poignant, sometimes
hilarious war dance as Molly, Cyrus, and
John walk the line between creepy and
sympathetic. Each member of this awkward
triangle teeters somewhere between bare
honesty and furtive manipulation as he or she
lets loose all manner of dysfunctionality. The
excruciating, delightful fun is seeing where
the boundaries ultimately land.
—CAROLINE LIBRESCO
ExP: Ridley Scott, Tony Scott Pr: Michael
Costigan CoP: Chrisann Verges Ci: Jas
Shelton Ed: Jay Deuby PrD: Annie Spitz
MuS: Maggie Phillips Principal Cast: John
C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei,
Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh
Saturday, January 23, 6:15 p.m. - CYRUS23CE
Sunday, January 24, 8:30 a.m. - CYRUS24LM
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - CYRUS30PN
Prospector Square Theatre, Park City
PREMIERES
35
The Extra Man
Get Low
Jack Goes Boating
DIRECTORS: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
SCREENWRITERS: Robert Pulcini, Jonathan Ames,
Shari Springer Berman, based on the novel by
Jonathan Ames
U.S.A., 2009, 107 min., color
DIRECTOR: Aaron Schneider
SCREENWRITERS: Chris Provenzano,
C. Gaby Mitchell
U.S.A., 2009, 100 min., color
DIRECTOR: Philip Seymour Hoffman
SCREENWRITER: Bob Glaudini
U.S.A., 2009, 89 min., color
Louis Ives, a lonely dreamer who fancies
himself the hero of an F. Scott Fitzgerald
novel, leaves his job and heads to Manhattan
to become a writer. He rents a room in the
ramshackle apartment of Henry Harrison, a
wildly eccentric, but brilliant, playwright who
happens to be an “extra man”—a social escort
for the wealthy widows of New York’s high
society. The two form an unexpected bond.
Paul Dano and Kevin Kline couldn’t be better
suited to bring to life these two dapper
men lost in time, each lending his own
distinct sensibility to the sharply conceived
characters. Delicately balancing humor and
pathos, writers/directors Shari Springer
Berman and Robert Pulcini (American
Splendor) have a knack for bringing edgy
tales to life with humanity, a rich universe,
and a brisk compelling intellect that all
combine to leave the audience splendidly
satisfied. The Extra Man is a sophisticated
comedy that will do just that.—TREVOR GROTH
Pr: Anthony Bregman, Stephanie Davis
Ci: Terry Stacey Ed: Robert Pulcini
PrD: Judy Becker Mu: Klaus Badelt
CoD: Suttirat Anne Larlarb Principal Cast:
Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, John C. Reilly,
Katie Holmes, Marian Seldes, Celia Weston,
Patti D’Arbanville, Dan Hedaya
Monday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. - EXTRA25CN
Tuesday, January 26, 9:15 a.m. - EXTRA26CM
Sunday, January 31, 10:00 a.m. - EXTRA31SM
Featuring three of the finest actors working
today, Get Low is the kind of film that you
rarely see anymore—intelligent storytelling
that’s awash in humanity, warmth, insight,
and wit.
Felix is a miserable old hermit who has lived
in an isolated cabin for the past 38 years. He
catches word that an old friend has passed
away and hatches a plan to throw himself a
“funeral party.” He even wants the townsfolk,
who either despise him or fear him, to attend
the party and share all the crazy stories they
may have heard about creepy old Felix. Is he
a fugitive? A murderer? Or something worse?
The multifaceted Phillip Seymour Hoffman
makes his directorial debut demonstrating
an assured style and grace both behind the
camera and in front of it. He leads a skilled
cast, who waltz through their group scenes
Director Aaron Schneider places his humorous in perfect counterpoint, each getting what he
fable in 1930s Tennessee, and his attention
or she needs from the other. The writing is
to period detail is extraordinary. Bill Murray
fiercely authentic as are the performances.
and Sissy Spacek are exceptional, but it’s
Lyrical and lovely, Jack Goes Boating is an
Robert Duvall’s masterful performance
offbeat love story that almost forgets to
as Felix that brings everything together in
happen.—JOHN COOPER
this heartfelt story about guilt, loss, and
ExP: Philip Seymour Hoffman Pr: Peter Saraf,
forgiveness.—TREVOR GROTH
Pr: Dean Zanuck, David Gundlach
Ci: David Boyd PrD: Geoffrey Kirkland
Principal Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray,
Sissy Spacek, Lucas Black, Gerald Mcraney,
Bill Cobbs
Marc Turtletaub, Beth O’Neil, Emily Ziff
Ci: Mott Hupfel PrD: Therese Deprez
CoD: Mimi O’Donnell Principal Cast: Philip
Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz,
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Tom McCarthy
Saturday, January 23, 9:15 p.m. - JACKG23CN
Friday, January 22, 6:30 p.m. - GETLO22GE
Sunday, January 24, 9:15 a.m. - JACKG24CM
Friday, January 22, 9:30 p.m. - GETLO22GN
Monday, January 25, 9:30 p.m. - JACKG25GN
Saturday, January 23, 3:15 p.m. - GETLO23CA
Wednesday, January 27, 5:15 p.m. - GETLO27RE
Racquet Club, Park City
Saturday, January 30, 6:30 p.m. - GETLO30OE
Peery’s Egyptian Theater, Ogden
36
Jack Goes Boating is a tale of love, betrayal,
and friendship set against the backdrop
of working-class New York City life. Jack
and Connie are two single people who on
their own might continue to recede into the
anonymous background of the city, but in
each other begin to find the courage and
desire to pursue their budding relationship.
In contrast, the couple who brought them
together, Clyde and Lucy, are confronting the
unresolved issues in their rocky marriage.
The Killer Inside Me
Nowhere Boy
Please Give
DIRECTOR: Michael Winterbottom
SCREENWRITER: John Curran
U.S.A., 2009, 148 min., color
DIRECTOR: Sam Taylor Wood
SCREENWRITER: Matt Greenhalgh
United Kingdom, 2009, 93 min., color
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Nicole Holofcener
U.S.A., 2009, 90 min., color
Based on the novel by legendary pulp
writer Jim Thompson, The Killer Inside Me
tells the story of handsome, charming,
unassuming small-town deputy sheriff Lou
Ford, who has a bunch of problems. Women
problems. Law-enforcement problems. And
an ever-growing pile of murder victims in
his west Texas jurisdiction. All the while Lou
manages to remain his stoic self. However, as
evidence is discovered over the course of the
investigation, suspicion begins to fall on Lou.
But in this savage and bleak universe, nothing
is ever what it seems.
Growing up in Liverpool in 1955, and raised
by his aunt and late uncle, John is a smart,
spirited, but directionless, teen who skips
school, steals records, and is told he’s going
nowhere. Having brought rock music into
the “house of Tchaikovsky,” John widens
the rift with Aunt Mimi when he seeks out
his estranged mother, to whom he forms
an immediate attachment. Full of energy
and sexuality, his mother encourages John’s
interest in music, inflaming the rivalry with her
sister, Mimi. In opening the door to a painful
past, John seeks refuge in music—a journey
that leads to The Beatles.
In this film, Michael Winterbottom continues
to show his immense prowess as a director.
Pushing noir to its darkest extreme, he has
fashioned a star vehicle for Casey Affleck,
who delivers a powerful performance that
evokes shades of Robert Mitchum. This
violent, stylish psychosexual thriller is imbued
with all the amoral energy of its genre and is
sure to shock some and dazzle all.
—TREVOR GROTH
Pr: Chris Hanley, Bradford L. Schei, Andrew
Eaton Ci: Marcel Zyskind Ed: Mags Arnold
PrD: Rob Simons, Mark Tildesley
Principal Cast: Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba,
Kate Hudson
Sunday, January 24, 9:30 p.m. - KILLE24CN
Monday, January 25, 9:15 a.m. - KILLE25CM
Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. - KILLE27WN
Tower Theatre, SLC
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - KILLE30YN
Yarrow Hotel Theatre, Park City
British artist Sam Taylor Wood sees this
formative period of John Lennon’s life as a
way to explore a maturing artistic sensibility.
Written by Matt Greenhalgh (Control), and
featuring bright newcomer Aaron Johnson and
a smattering of the early repertoire, Nowhere
Boy avoids biopic nostalgia, focusing instead
on an adolescent soul discovering his voice.
“Nowhere” proves an important part of the
journey.—JOHN NEIN
Pr: Robert Bernstein, Douglas Rae, Kevin
Loader Ci: Seamus McGarvey ArD: Charmian
Adams PrD: Alice Normington Mu: John
Gosling So: Simon Chase Principal Cast: Aaron
Johnson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie
Duff, Thomas Brodie Sangster, Ophelia
Lovibond, David Threlfall
Wednesday, January 27, 6:15 p.m. - NOWHE27CE
Thursday, January 28, 9:15 a.m. - NOWHE28CM
Friday, January 29, 9:30 p.m. - NOWHE29ON
Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. - NOWHE30YE
Kate (Catherine Keener) and Alex (Oliver
Platt), a married couple who run a successful
business reselling estate-sale furniture, live
in Manhattan with their teenage daughter,
Abby. Wanting to expand their two-bedroom
apartment, they buy the unit next door,
planning to knock the walls out. However,
before doing so, they have to wait for the
occupant, Andra, a cranky elderly woman, to
die. The wait becomes complicated when the
family develops relationships with Andra and
her two grown granddaughters.
Nicole Holofcener infuses her story of love,
death, and liberal guilt with a rare balance
of humor and complexity that stems from her
uncanny ability to understand people—their
motivations, interactions, and contradictions.
Her characters go to great pains to navigate
a world of moral confusion; we want to feel
good about ourselves, but we never feel quite
good enough. In avoiding judgment, she
offers a funny and philosophical reflection on
the give and take of modern life.—JOHN NEIN
ExP: Caroline Jaczko, Stefanie Azpiazu
Pr: Anthony Bregman Ci: Yaron Orbach
Ed: Robert Frazen Mu: Marcelo Zarvos
CoD: Ane Crabtree Principal Cast: Catherine
Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt,
Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steele, Ann Guilbert
Friday, January 22, 6:15 p.m. - PLEAS22CE
Saturday, January 23, 11:15 a.m. - PLEAS23RD
Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. - PLEAS24SE
Friday, January 29, 6:30 p.m. - PLEAS29OE
Saturday, January 30, 12:15 p.m. - PLEAS30CD
Sunday, January 31, 3:30 p.m. - NOWHE31GA
PREMIERES
37
The Romantics
The Runaways
Twelve
DIRECTOR: Galt Niederhoffer
SCREENWRITER: Galt Niederhoffer,
based on her novel
U.S.A., 2010, 95 min., color
DIRECTOR: Floria Sigismondi
SCREENWRITER: Floria Sigismondi, based on
Neon Angel: The Cherie Currie Story by Cherie Currie
U.S.A., 2009, 105 min., color
DIRECTOR: Joel Schumacher
SCREENWRITER: Jordan Melamed,
based on the novel by Nick McDonell
France/U.S.A., 2009, 93 min., color
In The Romantics, seven close friends—all
members of a tight, eclectic college clique
—reconvene at a deluxe seaside wedding
to watch two of their own tie the knot. Lila
is the golden girl preparing for her dream
wedding, and Laura is Lila’s maid of honor.
Once college roommates, Laura and Lila have
been best friends since their first meeting on
campus, but Lila’s groom, Tom, is the man
they have long rivaled over. Promiscuity and
hi-jinks abound as the drunken friends frolic
in the nearby surf and revel in the nostalgic
haze of their glory days.
Of all the bands to come out of the 1970s
Los Angeles music scene, The Runaways are
by far the most uniquely fascinating. This is
partially due to their music but more so to
the fact that they were teenage girls whose
wild and reckless lifestyle was the stuff
of legend.
Based on the critically acclaimed novel by
Nick McDonell, written when he was only 17
years old, Twelve is a chilling chronicle of
privileged urban adolescence on the Upper
East Side of Manhattan. Set over spring
break, the story follows White Mike, a kid
with unlimited potential, who has dropped
out of his senior year of high school and sells
marijuana to his rich, spoiled peers. When his
cousin is brutally murdered in an East Harlem
project, and his best friend is arrested for
the crime, White Mike is hurled on a collision
course with his own destiny.
Producer-turned-director Galt Niederhoffer
adapts her own novel of the same name
in this audacious first feature. With an
outstanding ensemble cast, The Romantics is
both a Zeitgeist love story and generational
comedy that breathes new life into the genre
and recaptures the camaraderie of youth.
—JOHN COOPER
ExP: Katie Holmes, Riva Marker, Celine
Rattray, Pamela Hirsch Pr: Daniela Taplin
Lundberg, Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd,
Michael Benaroya, Taylor Kephart
Ci: Sam Levy PrD: Tim Grimes CoD: Danielle
Kays Principal Cast: Katie Holmes, Josh
Duhamel, Anna Paquin, Adam Brody, Malin
Ackerman, Elijah Wood, Candice Bergen
Wednesday, January 27, 11:30 a.m. - ROMAN27LD
Thursday, January 28, 9:30 p.m. - ROMAN28CN
Focusing on the duo of guitarist/vocalist Joan
Jett and lead vocalist Cherie Currie as they
navigate a rocky road of touring and recordlabel woes, the film chronicles the band’s
formation as well as their meteoric rise under
the malevolent eye of an abusive manager.
Acclaimed video artist Floria Sigismondi
directs from her own script, and her luscious
camerawork captures every sweaty detail—
from the filthy trailer where the women
practice to the mosh pits of Tokyo. What
really makes the film cook are the sizzling
performances by Dakota Fanning and Kristen
Stewart. Not to be missed, The Runaways is
an ode to an era and a groundbreaking band.
—TREVOR GROTH
ExP: Joan Jett, Kenny Laguna, Brian Young
Pr: John Linson, Art Linson, Bill Pohland
Ci: Benoit Debie Ed: Richard Chew
PrD: Eugenio Caballero CoD: Carol Beadle
Principal Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota
Fanning, Michael Shannon, Scout
Taylor-Compton, Alia Shawkat,
Tatum O’Neal
Sunday, January 24, 6:30 p.m. - RUNAW24CE
Friday, January 29, 9:15 a.m. - ROMAN29CM
Monday, January 25, 8:30 a.m. - RUNAW25LM
Saturday, January 30, 9:30 p.m. - ROMAN30ON
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - RUNAW30TN
Temple Theatre, Park City
38
Led by director Joel Schumacher, a talented
ensemble cast perfectly captures the obvious
pain of children teetering on the brink of
adulthood. Schumacher counters their
overindulged behavior with operatic staging
and a literary voice-over. For every decade,
there are moments when youth culture
is frozen in “art,” to be reveled in by the
generation that lived it and observed by those
that didn’t. That is Twelve. —JOHN COOPER
Pr: Ted Field, Charlie Corwin, Bob Salerno,
Jordan Melamed, Christophe Riandee,
Sidonie Dumas Ci: Steven Fierberg
Principal Cast: Chace Crawford, Emma Roberts,
Rory Culkin, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson,
Kiefer Sutherland, Ellen Barkin
Friday, January 29, 6:15 p.m. - TWELV29CE
Saturday, January 30, 9:15 a.m. - TWELV30CM
Sunday, January 31, 6:30 p.m. - TWELV31GE
The Shock Doctrine
DIRECTORS: Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
SCREENWRITER: Based on the book by Naomi Klein
United Kingdom, 2009, 79 min., color & b/w
English and Spanish/Russian/Arabic
with English subtitles
Based on the best-selling book by Naomi
Klein, The Shock Doctrine seeks to explain the
rise of disaster capitalism: the exploitation
of moments of crisis in vulnerable countries
by governments and big business. The film
traces the doctrine’s beginnings in the
radical theories of Milton Friedman at the
University of Chicago, and its subsequent
implementation over the past 40 years, in
countries as disparate as Augusto Pinochet’s
Chile, Boris Yeltsin’s Russia, Margaret
Thatcher’s Great Britain, and most recently
through the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Filmmakers Michael Winterbottom and Mat
Whitecross use a brand of artistic license to
present a cinematic experience that takes
this theory to a new audience. They make
heavy use of archival images, offset with new
footage of Klein’s interviews and lectures.
Warning: After viewing this film, you may
interpret our world history in a new light.
—JOHN COOPER
ExP: Alan Hayling Pr: Alex Cooke, Andrew
Eaton, Avi Lewis CoP: Melissa Parmenter
Ed: Paul Monaghan So: Joakim Sundstrom
Thursday, January 28, 6:15 p.m. - SHOCK28CE
*Screening followed by Shock Talk
Friday, January 29, 11:30 a.m. - SHOCK29LD
Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. - SHOCK30WE
*Shock Talk: A Conversation with Robert Redford, Naomi Klein, Michael Winterbottom, and Mat Whitecross
Thursday, January 28, 6:15p.m. - SHOCK28CE
Following the North American premiere of The Shock Doctrine, Robert Redford joins
author Naomi Klein and filmmakers Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross for a
conversation that illustrates how film can illuminate the issues of our day. Using the
film as a point of departure, our guests explore how Klein’s theories have been further
shaped by recent world events, and the degree to which we are collectively responsible
for demanding just, humane, and immediate disaster responses from our governments
and corporations.
Tower Theatre, SLC
PREMIERES
39
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT
8: The Mormon Proposition
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Reed Cowan
U.S.A., 2009, 75 min., color & b/w
Mormons in California and Utah, following
their prophet’s call to action, wage spiritual
warfare, fueled with money and religious
fervor, against LGBT citizens and their fight
for equality. This exploration of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ involvement
in the passage of California’s Proposition 8
reveals a secretive, decades-long campaign
against lesbians’ and gays’ right to marriage.
New for 20
10, the Sp
otlight
section i
s a tribu
t
e
to the
cinema we
love. Reg
ardless
of where
these imp
ressive
films hav
e played
t
hroughout
the world,
the Sunda
nce
Film Fest
ival is t
h
r
i
lled
to light
a marquee
for them.
We are co
nfident y
ou’ll lov
them, too.
e
Director Reed Cowan, a former Mormon
missionary, deftly investigates this ongoing
battle through three telling perspectives:
personal, political, and ideological. He is
careful not to succumb to emotional rant
but chooses instead well-researched data
and a range of interviews with politicians,
historians, and those most affected by the
outcome. One such couple is composed of
Spencer Jones and Tyler Barrick, who is the
direct descendant of Mormon polygamist
Frederick G. Williams. Cowan’s film tellingly
reminds us that, if any common ground can
ever be found, it must be based on truth and
transparency.—JOHN COOPER
ExP: Bruce Bastian Pr: Steven Greenstreet,
Chris Volz, Emily Pearson Ed: Brian Bayerl
Mu: Nick Greer
Sunday, January 24, 2:15 p.m. - 8MORM24RA
Monday, January 25, 5:30 p.m. - 8MORM25LE
Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. - 8MORM27WE
Tower Theatre, SLC
Friday, January 29, noon - 8MORM29TD
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - 8MORM30SN
Bran Nue Dae
Catfish
Climate Refugees
DIRECTOR: Rachel Perkins
SCREENWRITER: Reg Cribb, Rachel Perkins,
Jimmy Chi
Australia, 2009, 88 min., color
DIRECTORS: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman
U.S.A., 2009, 94 min., color
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Michael Nash
U.S.A., 2009, 89 min., color
Yaniv Schulman, a 24-year-old New York–
based photographer, had no idea what he was
In her second time at the Sundance Film
in for when eight-year-old Abby Pierce in rural
Festival, Rachel Perkins brings to the screen
Michigan contacted him on MySpace to ask
an adaptation of Jimmy Chi’s popular stage
permission to paint one of his photographs.
musical. It’s the summer of 1969, and with
She sent him her work (clearly advanced for
his evangelical mother pointing him toward
her age), and Yaniv began a friendship and
the priesthood, earnest young Willie (Rocky
correspondence with Abby’s family. But things
McKenzie) attends a Catholic boarding school really got interesting when he developed a
in Perth but, protesting its strict rules, runs
cyber-romance with Abby’s attractive older
away to his homeland. With Father Benedictus sister, Megan, a musician and model. When
(Geoffrey Rush) in hot pursuit, he heads back Yaniv and his buddies uncovered some
to Broome, acquiring traveling companions
startling revelations about Megan, they set
along the way.
off on a road trip to figure out who this family
really were.
With songs and dances rooted in traditional
Aboriginal performance, blues, rock ‘n’
Catfish is a riveting documentary and a
roll, Hollywood musicals, and the rituals
product of the times we live in. In this
of the Roman Catholic Mass, Willie sings
intricate tale mired in social networking
and dances his way back to his own land
and mobile devices, the key to the mystery
and inspires the people around him to find
was simple—human interaction. What
their own truth. The colors of Aboriginal
so intriguingly and wonderfully emerges
Australia shimmer in this wonderfully
from Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s
exuberant film, giving viewers a joyful romp
documentary is a story of kindness and
while simultaneously touching on Aboriginal
compassion.—KIM YUTANI
history and politics in a way that leaves us all
wanting to be Aborigines.
Pr: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman,
Andrew Jarecki, Marc Smerling
—N. BIRD RUNNINGWATER
If global warming is our planet’s most
pressing issue, large-scale population
displacement is the human consequence.
Massive continental migration is already
under way, and diminished natural resources
continue to threaten the lives of millions.
ExP: Christopher Mapp, Matthew Street,
David Whealy Pr: Robyn Kershaw, Graeme
Isaac Ci: Andrew Lesnie Principal Cast: Rocky
McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Geoffrey Rush,
Ernie Dingo
ExP: Pat McConathy, Stephen Nemeth
Pr: Michael Nash, Justin Hogan CoP: Deb Peek
Ci: Michael Nash Ed: Michael Nash, Nancy
Frazen, Bret Langefels Mu: Michael Mollura
CoP/Ed: Zac Stuart-Pontier
Friday, January 22, 11:30 a.m. - CATFI22LD
Saturday, January 23, 9:00 a.m. - CATFI23YM
Friday, January 22, 8:30 a.m. - BRANN22RM
Sunday, January 24, 6:45 p.m. - CATFI24BE
Broadway Centre Cinemas V, SLC
Friday, January 22, 9:45 p.m. - BRANN22BN
Thursday, January 28, 5:30 p.m. - CATFI28PE
Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. - BRANN24YE
Saturday, January 30, 8:30 p.m. - CATFI301N
Tuesday, January 26, 7:00 p.m. - BRANN26OE
Wednesday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. - BRANN27EE
Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Holiday Village Cinema I, Park City
The quickly submerging islands of Tuvalu in
the South Pacific, drought-affected regions
of Sudan, storm-susceptible coastlines of
Bangladesh, and rapidly expanding deserts in
China are forcing millions to relocate beyond
their borders. Who will accept these refugees,
and how will they impact their adopted
homeland?
Filmmaker Michael Nash spent two years
traversing the globe, visiting these and
other hot spots where rising sea levels are
threatening millions of people’s survival.
Strong visuals and potent testimony from
the victims of climate change, politicians,
scientists, relief organizations, and authors
help sound the alarm for instituting new
policies and working together to create
solutions to cope with this imminent crisis.
Climate Refugees fervently captures the
human fallout of climate change.—LISA VIOLA
Saturday, January 23, 8:30 p.m. - CLIMA23LN
Monday, January 25, 9:00 a.m. - CLIMA25TM
Monday, January 25, 6:30 p.m. - CLIMA25GE
Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. - CLIMA29SA
Saturday, January 30, 7:00 p.m. - CLIMA303E
Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City
Friday, January 29, 1:00 p.m. - BRANN293D
Saturday, January 30, 5:30 p.m. - BRANN301E
SPOTLIGHT
41
Countdown to Zero
Daddy Longlegs
Enter the Void
DIRECTOR: Lucy Walker
U.S.A., 2009, 90 min., color
DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: Benny Safdie,
Josh Safdie
U.S.A., 2009, 98 min., color
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Gaspar Noé
France, 2009, 156 min., color
During the cold war, public consciousness
fixated on the atomic bomb. Then the cold
war ended, and we retreated into denial. In
fact, the danger of nuclear annihilation never
disappeared; it only swelled. Countdown to
Zero sweeps us into a scorching, hypnotic
journey around the world to reveal the
palpable possibility of nuclear disaster and
frame an issue on which human survival
itself hangs.
Scientists, world leaders, and security
experts—including Valerie Plame herself—
expose the absurdities and alarming realities
of the situation. The 1990s heralded
a second nuclear age. Many countries
and terrorist groups are now actively
acquiring fissile materials and construction
blueprints. The possibility of an accident
or miscalculation looms even larger. As the
film projects a startling vision, interviews
with Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tony
Blair, and Pervez Musharraf yield a unified
message: our only option is to eradicate every
last nuclear missile. Luckily for us, getting to
zero is possible: step by step. Let’s jump-start
the change.—CAROLINE LIBRESCO
ExP: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Bruce
Blair, Matt Brown Pr: Lawrence Bender
CoP: Lisa Remington Ci: Robert Chappell,
Gary Clarke, Bryan Donnell Ed: Brad Fuller,
Brian Johnson Mu: Peter Golub
Monday, January 25, 11:45 a.m. - COUNT25LD
With Daddy Longlegs (formerly known as
Go Get Some Rosemary), Josh and Benny
Safdie have crafted a realistic fairy tale that
captures the magic of parenthood, invoking
memories of their inventive dad from their
own childhood.
Divorced and alone, Lenny (the perfectly cast
Ronnie Bronstein) is the father of two young
boys he gets to see a couple of weeks a
year. He cherishes these days with the kids,
being both stern parent and lovable buddy,
inventing myths and somehow living them,
all while working overtime in the big city.
When the going gets tough, Lenny uses some
unusual, perhaps even hazardous, techniques
to keep the kids safe from the world.
Because of the film’s fluid style, we feel that
we are in the boxing ring alongside Lenny,
as flawed as he is charismatic, champion of
each day, yet totally black and blue. As the
storm of society continually rains on him,
Lenny laughs through it all. Isn’t life crazy?
—MIKE PLANTE
Pr: Casey Neistat, Tom Scott CoP: Sophie
Dulac, Michel Zana, Benny Safdie, Josh
Safdie, Sam Lisenco (with Brett Jutkiewicz
and Zachary Trietz) Ci: Josh Safdie, Brett
Jutkiewicz So: Benny Safdie, Zachary Treitz
Principal Cast: Ronald Bronstein, Sage Ranaldo,
Frey Ranaldo, Eleonore Hendricks, Leah
Singer, Dakota Goldhor, Abel Ferrara,
Aren Topdjian
Thursday, January 28, 6:00 p.m. - COUNT28BE
Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC
Friday, January 29, 8:30 p.m. - COUNT29PN
Saturday, January 30, 11:30 a.m. - COUNT301D
42
Oscar’s a small-time drug dealer. One night,
he is caught in a police bust and shot. As he
lies dying, his spirit, faithful to the promise he
made his sister—that he would never abandon
her—refuses to leave the world of the living. It
wanders through the city, its visions growing
ever more distorted and nightmarish. Past,
present, and future merge in a hallucinatory
maelstrom.
Words cannot describe the visually rich
and assaulting epic tale of death and its
aftermath of memories and spiritual travel
that unfolds. Through sheer cinematic
wizardry, Noé has created the equivalent of
a mind-bending trip. The graphic sexual and
violent content is integral to the ideas in the
film but may prove shocking to some. Like life
and death, Enter the Void at your own risk.
—TREVOR GROTH
Pr: Vincent Maraval, Brahim Chioua, Pierre
Buffin, Gasper Noé, Oliver Delbosc, Marc
Missonnier Ci: Benoit Debie Ed: Gasper
Noé, Marc Boucrot, Jérôme Pesnel So: Ken
Yasumoto, Lars Ginzel Principal Cast: Nathaniel
Brown, Paz De La Huerta
Friday, January 22, 8:30 p.m. - ENTER22LN
Wednesday, January 27, 8:30 p.m. - COUNT27LN
Visionary filmmaker Gaspar Noé’s reputation
as a provocateur and master technician is
sure to be solidified by Enter the Void,
a cinematically audacious exploration of
the connected nature of sex, drugs, life,
and death.
Friday, January 22, 8:30 a.m. - DADDY22PM
Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. - DADDY22WE
Tower Theatre, SLC
Sunday, January 24, noon - DADDY244D
Holiday Village Cinema IV, Park City
Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. - DADDY26TE
Saturday, January 23, 5:30 p.m. - ENTER23WE
Tower Theatre, SLC
Monday, January 25, 8:30 a.m. - ENTER25EM
Thursday, January 28, 8:30 p.m. - ENTER28PN
I Am Love
Io Sono L’amore
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Luca Guadagnino
Italy, 2009, 120 min., color
Russian/Italian with English subtitles
Life 2.0
Louis C.K.: Hilarious
DIRECTOR: Jason Spingarn-Koff
U.S.A., 2009, 100 min., color
DIRECTOR: Louis C.K.
U.S.A., 2009, 83 min., color
Every day, across all corners of the globe,
hundreds of thousands of users log onto
Second Life, a virtual online world not entirely
The polished rooms of a Milanese villa ignite
with anxious activity as the wealthy industrial unlike our own. They enter a new reality,
whose inhabitants assume alternate personas
Recchis prepare to celebrate the birthday of
in the form of avatars—digital alter egos that
their patriarch. It is an occasion to ensconce
can be sculpted and manipulated to the
family traditions—the handsome grandson,
heart’s desire, representing reality, fantasy,
Edoardo, introduces his new girlfriend; his
sister presents another piece of her artwork to or a healthy mix of both. Within this alternate
her grandfather; and the grandfather, knowing landscape, escapism abounds, relationships
this is his last birthday, names his successor. are formed, and a real-world economy thrives,
effectively blurring the lines between reality
As the refined familial machinations unfold,
the woman of the house, Emma Recchi (Tilda and “virtual” reality.
Swinton), skates along the tight seams of
Director Jason Spingarn-Koff digs deeply
the family, exuding elegance and uncertain
into the core of basic human interaction
turbulence. Change is like a fog at sea that
by assuming his own avatar and immersing
quickly consumes the land.
himself in the worlds of Second Life residents,
whose real lives have been drastically
A feast for the senses, Luca Guadagnino’s
transformed by the new lives they lead in
magnificent film, I Am Love, possesses a
cyberspace. In doing so, he manages to
vibrant and formally irreverent style that
create an intimate, character-based drama
luminously articulates its themes of passion
that forces us to question not only who we
and constraint. Swinton turns in a stunning
are, but who we long to be.
performance as the central muse of a tale
—ADAM MONTGOMERY
about the irresistible draw of forbidden
passion and the bittersweet victory of
Pr: Jason Spingarn-Koff, Andrew Lauren,
liberation from the constrictions of wealth
Stephan Paternot CoP: Jonathan Shukat
and power.—SHARI FRILOT
Ci: Dan Krauss, Jason Spingarn-Koff,
Pr: Luca Guadagnino, Tilda Swinton,
Alessandro Usai, Francesco Melzi d’Eril,
Marco Morabito, Massimiliano Violante
AsP: Candice Zaccagnino, Silvia Venturini
Fendi, Carlo Antonelli Ci: Yorick Le Saux
Ed: Walter Fasano PrD: Francesca Di Mottola
Mu: John Adams Principal Cast: Tilda Swinton,
Edoardo Gabbriellini, Pippo Delbono,
Alba Rohrwacher, Marisa Berenson
Liam Dalzell Ed: Jason Spingarn-Koff,
Shannon Kennedy Mu: Justin Melland
With a simple “Hello, everybody,” television
writer and stand-up comedian Louis C.K.
opens his latest live show, Hilarious. This
harmless salutation is the least-controversial
thing that comes out of Louis C.K.’s mouth
as he turns rants on everyday subjects
(impatient people, his weight, fatherhood)
into hilarious, expletive-laden diatribes
where nothing is sacred: not even (gasp!)
his children. Who else can name-check Ray
Charles and Adolf Hitler in the same breath
and elicit a chorus of raucous laughter?
Louis C.K. says what’s on his mind, even at
the risk of offending, but his “I don’t give a
f**k” attitude makes his irreverent brand of
humor especially endearing and relatable.
His self-deprecating style elevates his filmed
live show to a form of therapy, where we, too,
can get comic relief from some pretty warped
subjects. At one point, Louis C.K. asks,
“Where do you draw the line?” With him, there
is no line.—ROSIE WONG
ExP: Louis C.K., Dave Becky
Pr: Michelle Caputo, Shannon Hartman
Ci: Paul Koestener So: Jon D’Uva
Tuesday, January 26, 5:30 p.m. - LOUIS26LE
Thursday, January 28, 6:45 p.m. - LOUIS28BE
Friday, January 22, 2:30 p.m. - LIFE222LA
Tuesday, January 26, noon - LIFE226TD
Thursday, January 28, 3:00 p.m. - LIFE228YA
Friday, January 29, midnight - LOUIS29EL
Saturday, January 30, 4:00 p.m. - LOUIS303A
Friday, January 22, 6:30 p.m. - IAMLO22OE
Saturday, January 30, 7:30 p.m. - LIFE230BE
Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, SLC
Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. - IAMLO24EN
Tuesday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. - IAMLO26LD
Thursday, January 28, 11:15 a.m. - IAMLO28RD
Saturday, January 30, 9:30 p.m. - IAMLO30GN
SPOTLIGHT
43
Lourdes
Mother & Child
New African Cinema
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Jessica Hausner
Austria/France/Germany, 2009, 91 min., color
French with English subtitles
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Rodrigo García
U.S.A./Spain, 2009, 126 min., color
93 min.
Destiny plays a part in the lives of three
women—a 50-year-old physical therapist,
the daughter she gave up for adoption 35
years earlier, and a woman looking to adopt
her first child. In this exploration of one of
nature’s most basic instincts, their pasts
intertwine, inform, and evolve to reveal their
innermost desires.
Director: Wanuri Kahiu
South Africa/Kenya, 2009,
20 min., color
A famed city of healing, Lourdes offers hope
to countless Christian pilgrims who seek
miracles. Not particularly pious herself,
Christine, a wheelchair-bound young woman,
takes trips with a church group mostly to
escape her solitary life. Though she finds
Lourdes touristy, Christine is conveyed
to grottos, baths, and ceremonies by her
roommate, a devout older woman, and the
starchy group leader, Cecile. Do both sense
a miracle?
With pitch-perfect sincerity, filmmaker Jessica
Hausner nestles Lourdes between religious
satire and redemption story. Though she
delights in the comical (Lourdes has an Office
of Miracle Certification), Hausner is driven by
curiosity, not cynicism. She approaches the
subject of miracles less interested in whether
they’re real than in what they awake in us. In
Hausner’s Lourdes, the eternal mystery goes
unrevealed, but the human spirit abides. As
one woman ponders, “If God is not in charge,
who is?,” to which a friend replies, “Do you
think there’ll be a dessert?”—JOHN NEIN
Pr: Philippe Bober, Martin Gschlacht,
Susanne Marian Ci: Martin Gschlacht
Ed: Karina Ressler Principal Cast: Sylvie
Testud, Léa Seydoux, Bruno Todeschini,
Gilette Barbier, Gerhard Liebmann,
Irma Wagner
Friday, January 22, 2:30 p.m. - LOURD22PA
Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. - LOURD23PM
Saturday, January 23, 9:00 p.m. - LOURD23WN
Tower Theatre, SLC
Tuesday, January 26, 11:30 p.m. - LOURD26PL
Rodrigo García once again reveals himself
as a master storyteller with an uncanny
understanding of the psyche of his unique
characters. With strong directorial vision,
he dares us to go to uncharted territory in a
way that is both effortless and beautiful. The
nuanced performances by this stellar cast
let you into the fractured existence of these
women, each motivated by a deep longing
that holds them prisoners in their own fate.
Moving and profound, Mother & Child exposes
the complex layers of life’s challenges while
remaining poetic and ethereal, yet painfully
real on all levels.—JOHN COOPER
ExP: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Pr: Lisa Maria Falcone, Julie Lynn
Ci: Xavier Perez Grobet Ed: Steven Weisberg
Mu: Ed Shearmur Principal Cast: Naomi Watts,
Annette Bening, Kerry Washington,
Jimmy Smits, Samuel L. Jackson
Saturday, January 23, 3:00 p.m. - MOTHE23SA
Sunday, January 24, noon - MOTHE24GD
Monday, January 25, 8:00 p.m. - MOTHE25RN
Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. - MOTHE27EA
Pumzi
The Tunnel
Director: Jenna Bass
South Africa, 2009, 25 min., color
English and Ndebele/Shona/Afrikaans
with English subtitles
Saint Louis Blues
Director: Dyana Gaye
France/Senegal, 2009, 48 min., color
French/Wolof with English subtitles
An exciting new wave of filmmaking talent
is emerging from sub-Saharan Africa. These
young filmmakers are exploring both new
directions and traditional storytelling genres—
both African and from other cultures—to tell
modern African stories with a fresh sense of
style and meaning.
This special program presents three films
that reflect this new wave of African cinema.
South African filmmaker Jenna Bass draws
from ancient mythological storytelling
traditions to create a kind of historical
magical realism in relating a modern-day tale
of warfare in Zimbabwe in her film The Tunnel.
Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu creates a
brightly original science-fiction vision in her
film Pumzi, a story of a botanist who risks
everything to nurture a plant 35 years after
“The Water War.” And Senegalese filmmaker
Dyana Gaye draws from the fifties- and
sixties-style French musicals to breathe fresh
air into Saint Louis Blues, a buoyant road-trip
tale set in the clogged urban streets and
dusty roads of Senegal.—SHARI FRILOT
Saturday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. - MOTHE30OA
Friday, January 22, noon - NEWAF22YD
Saturday, January 23, 4:30 p.m. - NEWAF23BA
Saturday, January 30, 9:30 a.m. - LOURD302M
Holiday Village Cinema II, Park City
Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. - NEWAF274A
Friday, January 29, midnight - NEWAF292L
Saturday, January 30, 9:30 p.m. - NEWAF302N
44
A Prophet
Un Prophète
DIRECTOR: Jacques Audiard
SCREENWRITERS: Thomas Bidegain,
Jacques Audiard
Teenage Paparazzo
DIRECTOR: Adrian Grenier
SCREENWRITERS: Tom de Zengotita, Adrian Grenier
U.S.A., 2009, 101 min., color & b/w
When precocious 13-year-old paparazzo
Austin Visschedyk snapped a photo of
celebrity Adrian Grenier (HBO’s Entourage),
At the outset of his six-year prison sentence,
little did he know his life was about to
Malik El Djebena, a 19-year-old French Arab,
change. Turning the tables on the juvenile
appears no match for the brutal system.
paparazzo, Grenier stepped on the other side
Unable to sidestep rival Corsican and Arab
factions, he’s swiftly brought into the Corsican of the lens in an attempt to mentor a teenager
fold by its kingpin, Cesar, who compels him to obsessed with the lure of the Hollywood
kill an Arab prisoner. Malik ingratiates himself lifestyle. Grenier develops a meaningful
with Cesar, learning the language and turning relationship with his camera-clicking young
informant. When the influential Cesar secures friend as he attempts to reconcile their
mutual exploitation. Indeed, Grenier puts
“leave days” for Malik (to do his bidding), he
himself on the line here, trying to make sense
unwittingly sets up his own downfall. Malik’s
criminal persona matures, and servitude turns of his own recently acquired fame.
to mastery.
Given the success of Entourage and its place
in the Zeitgeist, Adrian Grenier is the perfect
An outstanding crime drama, Jacques
person to explore our preoccupation with
Audiard’s Cannes winner transcends
celebrity and the adolescent desire for fame.
genre through its character complexity,
Exquisitely layered, Teenage Paparazzo moves
thematic depth, and sheer cinematic
beyond personal documentary, charting a
intensity. Anchored in Tahar Rahim’s
cultural revolution of celebrity obsession that
arresting performance, A Prophet explores
may have been born in the United States but
the formation of Malik’s identity. When his
stretches across the globe.—DAVID COURIER
options become kill or be killed, coming-ofage refuses neat moral paradigms. Audiard
ExP: John S. Loar Pr: Lynda Pribyl,
counters the film’s coarse aesthetic and
Bert Marcus Ed: Jim Mol MuS: Janice Ginsberg
lifeless hues with an unexpected serenity
and fabulist impulses (a ghost haunts Malik
throughout), creating a rich inner space.
Friday, January 22, 5:15 p.m. - TEENA22RE
—JOHN NEIN
Ci: Stéphane Fontaine Ed: Juliette Welfling
PrD: Michel Barthélemy Mu: Alexandre
Desplat So: Brigitte Taillandier, Francis
Wargnier, Jean-Paul Hurier, Marc Doisne
Production Company: Why Not Productions/Chic
Films/Page 114/France 2 Cinéma/UGC Images/
BIM Distribuzione/Celluloid Dreams
Principal Cast: Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup,
Adel Bencherif, Hichem Yacoubi,
Reda Kateb
Friday, January 22, noon - APROP22SD
Saturday, January 23, 8:30 p.m. - APROP23EN
Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. - APROP24GE
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. - APROP30EM
Saturday, January 23, 11:30 p.m. - TEENA23PL
Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. - TEENA24WE
Tower Theatre, SLC
Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. - TEENA30PE
To Catch a Dollar:
Muhammad Yunus Banks
on America
DIRECTOR: Gayle Ferraro
Bangladesh/U.S.A., 2009, 83 min., color
English and Spanish/Bengali with English subtitles
What prevents poor people from getting
ahead? Banks refuse credit without
collateral. Where commercial banks see
insolvency, Nobel Prize–winning economist
Muhammad Yunus sees opportunity. His
groundbreaking Grameen Bank was built on
the radical notion that if you loan money to
poor women with peer support, not only will
they repay and sustain the bank, but they’ll
also elevate their communities.
With millions of microloans to rural
entrepreneurs in developing countries,
Grameen is now audaciously importing its
methods to the bastion of capitalism: the
U.S.A. First stop: Queens, New York. With
an intimate camera capturing both buoyant
and despairing moments, To Catch a Dollar
chronicles the evolution of the tiny branch.
Will the solidarity principles translate to a
diverse group of inner-city women? As the
banking industry collapses, will these intrepid
social-justice financiers succeed? One
thing’s clear: we need new models to ensure
prosperity for all.—CAROLINE LIBRESCO
ExP: Impact Partners, Cara Mertes, James
Butterworth Pr: Gayle Ferraro Ci: William
Megalos, Gayle Ferraro Ed: Keiko Deguchi
Mu: Claudio Ragazzi
Preceded by Plastic and Glass
Director: Tessa Joosse
Saturday, January 23, 5:30 p.m. - TOCAT23PE
Sunday, January 24, 5:30 p.m. - TOCAT24LE
Tuesday, January 26, 8:30 a.m. - TOCAT26YM
Friday, January 29, 6:45 p.m. - TOCAT29BE
Saturday, January 30, midnight - TOCAT302L
SPOTLIGHT
45
Winning Time:
Reggie Miller vs.
the New York Knicks
DIRECTOR: Dan Klores
U.S.A., 2009, 68 min., color
If you’re a basketball fan, you know that one
of the great NBA rivalries in the mid-1990s
was between the Indiana Pacers and the New
York Knicks. In classic David-meets-Goliath
style, the two teams faced off in thrilling
seven-game battles during the 1994 and
1995 playoffs. In Winning Time: Reggie Miller
vs. the New York Knicks, Dan Klores focuses
on the Pacers’ master showman, Reggie
Miller, who was as skilled at three-pointers
as he was at trash talking. Not only did he
antagonize the Knicks; he antagonized a
whole city and relished every minute of it—
just ask Spike Lee.
Women Without Men
Zanan-e bedun-e mardan
DIRECTOR: Shirin Neshat, in collaboration
with Shoja Azari
SCREENWRITERS: Shirin Neshat, Shoja Azari
Germany/Austria/France, 2009, 99 min., color
Farsi with English subtitles
In her feature-film debut, renowned visual
artist Shirin Neshat offers an exquisitely
crafted view of Iran in 1953, when a Britishand American-backed coup removed the
democratically elected government. Adapted
from the novel by Iranian author Shahrnush
Parsipur, the film weaves together the
stories of five individual women during those
traumatic days, whose experiences are
shaped by their faith and social structures.
With a camera that floats effortlessly
through the lives of the women and the
beautiful countryside of Iran, Neshat explores
Winning Time entertains on many levels: it
the social, political, and psychological
goes beyond the action on the court and
dimensions of her characters as they meet in
delves into the psychology of the game. By
a metaphorical garden, where they can exist
deftly weaving humorous interviews with
and reflect while the complex intellectual
exciting archival footage, Klores has created a and religious forces shaping their world linger
film that appeals to both the die-hard fan and in the air around them. Looking at Iran from
someone who has never seen a game.
Neshat’s point of view allows us to see the
—ROSIE WONG
larger picture and realize that the human
community resembles different organs of one
Pr: Dan Klores, David Zieff, Charles C.
body, created from a common essence.
Stuart, Reginald Miller, Gail D’Agostino
—N. BIRD RUNNINGWATER
AsP: Eric Krugley, Melanie Angelina Maras
Ed: David Zieff Mu: Bob Golden
Preceded by Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No
Director: James Blagden
U.S.A., 2009, 5 min., color & b/w
Sunday, January 24, 11:30 a.m. - REGIE24PD
Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. - REGIE27TN
Friday, January 29, 3:00 p.m. - REGIE29TA
Saturday, January 30, 12:30 p.m. - REGIE30GD
Pr: Susanne Marian, Martin Gschlacht,
Philippe Bober Ci: Martin Gschlacht
Ed: George Cragg, Jay Rabinowitz, Julia
Wiedwald, Patrick Lambertz, Christof
Schertenleib, Sam Neave PrD: Katharina
Wöppermann, Shahram Karimi Mu: Ryuichi
Sakamoto So: Uve Haussig Principal Cast:
Pegah Ferydoni, Arita Shahrzad, Shabnam
Touluei, Orsi Tóth
Saturday, January 23, 6:30 p.m. - WOMEN23SE
Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. - WOMEN24EE
Monday, January 25, 10:30 p.m. - WOMEN25BN
Thursday, January 28, noon - WOMEN284D
Saturday, January 30, 11:30 p.m. - WOMEN301L
46
Armless
A
Bass Ackwards
DIRECTOR: Habib Azar
SCREENWRITER: Kyle Jarrow
U.S.A., 2009, 88 min., color
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Linas Phillips
U.S.A., 2009, 85 min., color
For years, John, an insurance executive living
in the suburbs, has secretly wanted to have
his arms chopped off. Finally, he gathers the
courage to leave his loving wife, Anna, and
travel to the city to find a physician willing to
amputate. When Anna’s mother-in-law (in an
attempt to calm her down) convinces Anna
that John is simply having an affair, Anna
becomes enraged and determines to find
John—and
cut off his balls.
J
Yes, in Bass Ackwards, a man drives a ’76
Volkswagen van across America. No, the
film isn’t mired with the tired mechanics of
a typical “road movie.” This utterly original,
lyrical, and visually exciting adventure has
such a light touch that it quietly sneaks
up and tugs you into an overpowering
appreciation of being human.
When humble Linas, kicked off of his friend’s
couch and spurned by his lover, finds a
forgotten van on a llama farm outside Seattle,
So begins director Habib Azar’s delightful
he begins lurching east with nothing to
debut feature Armless, a deliciously twisted
lose. Slowly, the road eases him out of his
romp of comedic drama filled with mistaken
relentless longing and into the moment. As
identities, missed chances, and revealing
his encounters with enigmatic characters take
consequences. Azar deftly crafts a thoughtful, on subtly transcendent qualities, his shame
off-kilter farce out of Kyle Jarrow’s tautly
and discomfort at being alone gradually give
written play by the same name. Armless
way to self-acceptance and connection. The
offers a dark, philosophical fable about
dented, off-kilter vehicle, which valiantly,
marriage and acceptance—speaking to those amazingly endures the journey, becomes a
who fake it and still make it, and perhaps
colorful metaphor for the human condition—
especially to those who want to change but
our tenacity and hopefulness always tinged
still stay the same.—SHARI FRILOT
with imperfection.
—CAROLINE LIBRESCO
UTUBE
PRESENTED BY YO
retch a low
NEXT films st
te big art.
budget to crea
an equals
< = > (less th
is our speak
greater than)
sk-taking.
for creative ri
e films share
Although thes
category,
a new Festival
l
ing categorica
there is noth
nature they
about them. By
ue spirit of
em body the tr
ng.
indie film maki
Pr: Jaimie Mayer, Carla Stuart
Ci: Orson Robbins-Pianka Ed: Sarah Smith
A
ArD: Eunice Bae Mu: Habib Azar, Kyle Jarrow
Ca: James Calleri, Paul Davis Principal Cast:
Daniel London, Janel Moloney, Matt Walton,
Zoe Lister Jones, Laurie Kennedy,
Keith Powell
Preceded by Gone to the Dogs
Director: Liz Tuccillo
U.S.A., 2008, 10 min., color
Friday, January 22, 9:00 p.m. - ARMLE22YN
Saturday, January 23, midnight - ARMLE234L
Sunday, January 24, 10:30 p.m. - ARMLE24BN
Thursday, January 28, 5:00 p.m. - ARMLE282E
Saturday, January 30, 2:30 p.m. - ARMLE301A
ExP: Brett Jutkiewicz Pr: Thomas Woodrow
Ci: Mark Duplass Ed: Sean Porter Principal Cast:
Linas Phillips, Davie-Blue, Jim Fletcher,
Alex Karpovsky, Paul Lazar
Preceded by The Art of Drowning
Director: Diego Maclean
Canada, 2009, 2 min., color & b/w
Saturday, January 23, 8:30 p.m. - BASSA23PN
Sunday, January 24, 7:30 p.m. - BASSA24BE
Wednesday, January 27, midnight - BASSA274L
Thursday, January 28, 1:30 p.m. - BASSA281A
Saturday, January 30, 12:30 p.m. - BASSA302D
NEXT
47
Bilal’s Stand
The Freebie
Homewrecker
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Sultan Sharrief
U.S.A., 2009, 83 min., color
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Katie Aselton
U.S.A., 2009, 80 min., color
Bilal is an upright black Muslim teen who
works at his family’s taxi stand in Detroit.
“The Stand,” as they affectionately call it, has
been the family’s social and financial hub for
the past 60 years, and Bilal is in line to carry
the torch. But Bilal, who burns the midnight
oil to keep up both the family business and
his grades, develops a secret life designed to
enable him to attend a top university. When
his two lives collide, Bilal is forced to decide
between keeping The Stand alive—and living
the only life he has ever known—or taking a
shot at social mobility.
Darren and Annie have an enviable
relationship built on love, trust, and
communication. After seven years of
marriage, they wouldn’t change their
relationship one bit. They still enjoy each
other’s company and laugh at each other’s
jokes, but, unfortunately, they can’t remember
the last time they had sex. When a dinner
party conversation leads to an honest
discussion about the state of their love life,
and a bikini photo shoot leads to crossword
puzzles instead of sex, they begin to flirt with
a way to spice things up. The deal: one night
of no-strings-attached sex with a stranger for
each of them. Can one night of freedom be
just what they need?
DIRECTOR: Todd Barnes, Brad Barnes
SCREENWRITERS: Todd Barnes, Brad Barnes,
Sophie Goodhart
U.S.A., 2010, 88 min., color & b/w
Based on a true story, Bilal’s Stand radiates
warmth, humor, and originality. Sultan
Sharrief’s debut feature is a freshly crafted
film filled with heart and authenticity that
transports audiences to a world rarely
seen on screen and heralds the arrival of
its filmmaker as a new voice in American
independent cinema.—SHARI FRILOT
ExP: Toshir Livingstron, Tashra McCreary
Pr: Claudette Stern, Terri Sarris, Mark
Hickner Ci: Mike Williamson Principal Cast:
Julian Gant, Angela King, Sabrina Wallace,
Chelsea O’Connor, Angela Roberts,
Nadir Ahmed
Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. - BILAL25YN
Wednesday, January 27, 7:30 p.m. - BILAL27BE
Thursday, January 28, 9:00 a.m. - BILAL284M
Friday, January 29, 11:30 p.m. - BILAL291L
Saturday, January 30, 1:00 p.m. - BILAL303D
With a keen eye and fresh take, Katie
Aselton’s directorial debut shines. The
Freebie is an insightful, humorous look
at love, sustaining relationships, and the
awkwardness of monogamy when the haze
of lust has faded.—LISA OGDIE
ExP: Mark Duplass, Katie Aselton
Pr: Adele Romanski Ci: Benjamin Kasulke
Ed: Nat Sanders MuS: Marguerite Phillips
Mu: Julian Wass Principal Cast: Katie Aselton,
Dax Shepard, Bellamy Young, Frankie Shaw,
Ross Partridge, Sean Nelson
Preceded by Young Love
Director: Ariel Kleiman
Australia, 2008, 7 min., color
Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. - FREEB24
Monday, January 25, noon - FREEB25TD
Tuesday, January 26, midnight - FREEB264L
Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 p.m. - FREEB27SN
Friday, January 29, 6:00 p.m. - FREEB29BE
Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. - FREEB30TA
48
Mike is a locksmith. He’s also a prisoner on
work release, but you wouldn’t know it. He’s
just trying to focus on his house calls and
reconcile with his ex-girlfriend—until Margo
hijacks his day. A live-wire kook, who’s certain
her boyfriend is cheating on her, Margo
bulldozes Mike into spying on the alleged
cad. The result: an all-day adventure with
a (seemingly) stolen vehicle, a visit to an
unlikely drug dealer, and a low blood-sugar
attack. Potential trouble follows these two
around—but maybe something good will
come of it?
Directors (and brothers) Todd and Brad
Barnes infuse screwball sensibility into
their version of the romantic comedy. The
chemistry between the leads is crucial:
Ana Reeder revels in her free spirited, noboundaries role and keeps Margo likeable;
Anslem Richardson is perfect as her straight
man. Full of jaunty dialogue and subtle charm,
Homewrecker is an irresistible and impressive
debut feature.—KIM YUTANI
ExP: Todd McDonald, Nicole Vodrazka,
Gregory P. Shockro Pr: Todd Barnes,
Brad Barnes CoP: Kim Sicurella Ci: Danny
Vecchione Ed: Tom Griffin, Todd Barnes
Mu: Todd Snider Principal Cast: Anslem
Richardson, Ana Reeder, Stephen
Rannazzisi, Cesar De Leon, Mary Beth Peil,
Michelle Krusiec
Friday, January 22, 3:00 p.m. - HOMEW22YA
Saturday, January 23, 9:30 p.m. - HOMEW23ON
Monday, January 25, 9:00 a.m. - HOMEW254M
Thursday, January 28, 8:00 p.m. - HOMEW282N
Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. - HOMEW301M
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - HOMEW30BN
New Low
One Too Many Mornings
The Taqwacores
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Adam Bowers
U.S.A., 2009, 82 min., color
DIRECTOR: Michael Mohan
SCREENWRITERS: Anthony Deptula,
Michael Mohan, Stephen Hale
U.S.A., 2009, 78 min., b/w
DIRECTOR: Eyad Zahra
SCREENWRITERS: Michael Muhammad Knight,
Eyad Zahra
U.S.A., 2010, 84 min., color & b/w
English and Arabic with English subtitles
The worst thing about Wendell isn’t his
slightly balding head, skinny frame, or thin
lips; it’s that he’s a bit of an idiot. He just
started dating Vicky, an angry drunk, who
conveniently shares his lack of ambition and
cleanliness. But he might prefer a relationship
with Joanna because she’s a selfless social
worker who doesn’t have lip acne. Eventually,
Wendell is going to have to decide who he
really belongs with: the best girl he’s ever
known—or the worst.
Twenty-five-year-old Adam Bowers writes,
directs, and stars in this deadpan comedic
love triangle for questionable romantics,
which was shot on borrowed equipment by
whichever one of his friends was available
that day. This sharply scripted debut feature
out of Gainesville, Florida charms with
Bowers’s natural comedic timing and endless
supply of one-liners while questioning not
only who we should spend our life with but
who we truly are under all our neuroses.—
CHARLIE REFF
Pr: Adam Bowers Ci: Ryan Moulton
Ed: Adam Bowers So: Alan McAdam Principal Cast:
Adam Bowers, Jayme Ratzer, Toby Turner,
Valerie Jones
Preceded by
Drunk History:
Douglass & Lincoln
Director: Jeremy Konner
U.S.A., 2009, 6 min., color
Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. - NEWLO23
Tuesday, January 26, 9:45 p.m. - NEWLO26BN
Thursday, January 28, noon - NEWLO28YD
Friday, January 29, 5:30 p.m. - NEWLO29
Saturday, January 30, 10:00 a.m. - NEWLO303M
Fisher has it pretty good living rent free in
exchange for taking care of a church and
teaching kids to play soccer. But Fisher has
a drinking problem. He drinks quite well,
actually; it’s just that he acts like a moron
when he drinks (and the morning after)—
destroying things and relationships every
time. Suddenly, Fisher’s old friend, Pete,
shows up looking for some dude consolation
after his girlfriend cheats on him. Too bad he
looks for it in Fisher because not even hot
“cougars” and bad advice can make Pete
happy. What Pete needs is for Fisher to realize
that they aren’t teenagers anymore. And
that’s when Pete’s girlfriend shows up with
some truth he sorely needs.
In One Too Many Mornings, director Mike
Mohan explores the nuances of friendship
and responsibility and keeps it charming. The
characters are real, and even more timely is
the story’s challenge—this is your life; what
are you gonna do about it?—MIKE PLANTE
ExP: Robbie Young Pr: Anthony Deptula,
Stephen Hale CoP: Meg Halloran, Alex Mackie
Ci: Elisha Christian PrD: Cindy Chao, Michele
Yu Mu: Capybara Principal Cast: Stephen Hale,
Anthony Deptula, Tina Kapousis, Jonathan
Shockley, VJ Foster, Abby Miller
Preceded by The Fight
Directors: Dag Åstein, Keio Åstein
Norway, 2009, 7 min., color
Oh, to be young, beautiful, Muslim—and
punk rock! Here’s one story of disaffected
American youth we haven’t seen before.
Yusef, a straitlaced Pakistani American
college student, moves into a house with
an unlikely group of Muslim misfits—skaters,
skinheads, queers, and a riot grrrl in a
burqa—all of whom embrace Taqwacore,
the hardcore Muslim punk-rock scene. They
may read the Koran and attend the mosque,
but they also welcome an anarchic blend of
sex, booze, and partying. As Yusef becomes
more involved in Taqwacore, he finds his faith
and ideology challenged by both this new
subculture and his charismatic new friends,
who represent different ideas of the
Islamic tradition.
Adapted from the influential novel by Michael
Muhammad Knight (cowriter of the film), The
Taqwacores marks the energetic directorial
debut of Eyad Zahra, who creates a wholly
original spin on the identity narrative and
invests the filth and fury of Islamic punk with
humor and humanity.—KIM YUTANI
ExP: David Perse CoP: Allison Carter,
Michael Muhammad Knight AsP: Nahal Ameri
Ed: Josh Rosenfield Mu: Omar Fadel
Principal Cast: Bobby Naderi, Noureen DeWulf,
Dominic Rains, Rasika Mathur, Tony Yalda,
Nav Mann, Volkan Eryaman, Ian Tran
Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. - ONETO22YE
Sunday, January 24, 5:30 p.m. - TAQWA24PE
Sunday, January 24, 1:30 p.m. - ONETO24BD
Monday, January 25, 6:00 p.m. - TAQWA25BE
Tuesday, January 26, noon - ONETO26ED
Thursday, January 28, 11:00 p.m. - TAQWA28
Wednesday, January 27, 3:00 p.m. - ONETO27SA
Friday, January 29, noon - TAQWA294D
Thursday, January 28, 4:30 p.m. - ONETO281E
Saturday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. - TAQWA30
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. - ONETO30
NEXT
49
7 Days
Les 7 Jours du Talion
DIRECTOR: Daniel Grou (aka Podz)
SCREENWRITER: Patrick Senecal
Canada, 2009, 115 min., color,
French with English subtitles
When successful surgeon Bruno Hamel’s
otherwise uneventful world is torn apart
by the brutal rape and murder of his eightyear-old daughter, Jasmine, he embarks on
a quest for revenge against the perpetrator
of this heinous crime. In a game of cat and
mouse with the police detectives assigned
to the case, Hamel successfully kidnaps the
accused murderer as he is transported to
the courthouse. With the roles now reversed,
this father-turned-predator drives his prey
to a remote cabin, where seven days of
unspeakable torture await. He even keeps
the police apprised of his plan, vowing to
turn himself in after the execution of this
alleged monster.
Director Daniel Grou (aka Podz) does a
masterful job of immersing the audience in
this dark and gritty world, deftly capturing the
psyche of a sane man gone mad. Far more
than your average torture flick, 7 Days is an
eye-for-an-eye tale that is chock-full
of tension, suspense, and inner conflict.
—ADAM MONTGOMERY
bellious;
wdy, and re
Raucous, ro
Park City
not enter.
softies need
rd-core
ha
for the
is
ht
ig
dn
at Mi
grossed
o get so en
wh
rs
ve
lo
film
ce they
tic experien
in a cinema
morrow.
to
notice it’s
don’t even
dies
me
co
flicks to
From horror
e,
nr
ge
at defy any
to works th
ep
ke
ll
films wi
these unruly
awake.
d and wide
te
you edge-sea
50
Pr: Nicole Robert Ed: Valérie Héroux
So: Michel LeCoufle, Pierre-Jules Audet,
Luc Boudrias Principal Cast: Rémy Girard,
Claude Legault, Fanny Mallette, Martin
Dubreuil, Rose-Marie Coallier
Buried
DIRECTOR: Rodrigo Cortés
SCREENWRITER: Chris Sparling
Spain, 2010, 94 min., color
After his convoy is attacked by a group of
insurgents, Paul Conroy (Ryan Reynolds), a
U.S. citizen working as a contract driver in
Iraq, awakens to find himself buried alive
inside a coffin. His captors have given him
nothing but a lighter and a cell phone, which
he must use to find some way of meeting their
five-million-dollar ransom demand. Faced
with limited oxygen and unlimited panic, Paul
finds himself in a tension-filled race against
time to escape this claustrophobic deathtrap
before it’s too late.
If the sheer logistics of this premise are
enough to make your head hurt, rest assured
that director Rodrigo Cortés tackles these
issues with relative ease, aided a great deal
by a superbly convincing performance by
Reynolds, the lone onscreen actor in the
film. The result is a gripping and suspenseful
thriller that will leave you gasping for air until
the very end.—ADAM MONTGOMERY
ExP: Alejandro Miranda, Rodrigo Cortés
Pr: Adrian Guerra, Peter Safran Ci: Eduard
Grau Mu: Víctor Reyes Principal Cast: Ryan
Reynolds, Ivana Miño, Stephen Tobolowsky,
Samantha Mathis, Dianne Farr,
Rob Patterson
Saturday, January 23, 11:30 p.m. - BURIE23LL
Sunday, January 24, noon - BURIE24BD
Friday, January 22, 11:30 p.m. - 7DAYS22PL
Wednesday, January 27, 11:30 a.m. - BURIE27PD
Saturday, January 23, 6:00 p.m. - 7DAYS23BE
Thursday, January 28, midnight - BURIE28LL
B
Monday, January 25, midnight - 7DAYS25EL
Saturday, January 30, midnight - BURIE30EL
Thursday, January 28, midnight - 7DAYS284L
Saturday, January 30, 5:30 p.m. - 7DAYS30LE
Frozen
HIGH school
The Perfect Host
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Adam Green
U.S.A., 2009, 93 min., color
DIRECTOR: John Stalberg Jr.
SCREENWRITER: Erik Linthorst, John Stalberg Jr.,
Stephen Susco
U.S.A., 2009, 93 min., color
DIRECTOR: Nick Tomnay
SCREENWRITER: Nick Tomnay, Krishna Jones
U.S.A., 2009, 94 min., color
On a chilly winter night, three skiers huddle
together on a chairlift, confused as to why
their ride to the summit suddenly stops.
The sting of the icy wind worsens when
the floodlights power down, leaving them
stranded in the dark. As they wait for help,
the reality of the nightmare hits them. The ski
resort has just closed, abandoning the group
stranded high above the mountain slopes
in an oncoming snow storm. With ominous
howls echoing through the surrounding
woods, they will need to make some tough
decisions in order to survive.
Writer/director Adam Green skillfully guides
this real-world thriller, pushing three college
students to confront their natural fears of the
dark, cold, heights, and beyond, to see how
far a human is willing to go to survive. With
bone-chilling performances by Kevin Zegers,
Shawn Ashmore, and Emma Bell, Frozen
continues horror’s time-honored tradition of
scaring audiences away from their favorite
recreational activities.—CHARLIE REFF
ExP: Tim Williams, John Penotti, Mike Hogan
Pr: Peter Block, Cory Neal Ci: Will Barratt
Ed: Ed Marx PrD: Bryan A. McBrien
Mu: Andy Garfield Principal Cast: Emma Bell,
Shawn Ashmore, Kevin Zegers
Sunday, January 24, midnight - FROZE24EL
Tuesday, January 26, 11:30 a.m. - FROZE26PD
So it’s the end of the school year, and
smarmy Principal Gordon (Michael Chiklis)
has suddenly instituted a zero-tolerance
crusade against his nemesis, the reviled
marijuana. A mandatory drug test for all
students is to be administered, failure of
which will result in immediate expulsion.
Normally, this would be of no consequence
to straight-arrow valedictorian Henry Burke,
except he just tried ganja for the very first
time. With his college scholarship hanging in
the balance, Burke begrudgingly teams up
with charismatic pothead Travis Breaux to
do the only thing they can think of to
neutralize this threat—get the entire student
body stoned.
In his debut feature, director/cowriter John
Stalberg Jr. percolates his deliriously manic
narrative with sparkling energy and deviant
characters, joyously ramming his protagonists
deeper and deeper into frenzied chaos. HIGH
school paints its slacker wit with lush broad
strokes, firmly accomplishing the conclusive
stoner fantasia run hilariously amuck.
—LANDON ZAKHEIM
ExP: Olga Mirimskaya, Ryan Lewis Pr: Warren
Zide, Arcadiy Golubovich, Ray Markovich
Ci: Mitchell Amundsen Ed: Gabriel Wrye
PrD: Seth Reed So: Leslie Shatz
Principal Cast: Adrien Brody, Michael Chiklis,
Matt Bush, Sean Marquette, Colin Hanks,
Mykelti Williamson
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He
carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table
impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed
for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal.
He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off
the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s
doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to
Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his
luggage. As the wine flows and the evening
progresses, we become deeply intertwined in
the lives of these two men and discover just
how deceiving appearances can be.
With outstanding performances by David
Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, cowriter/
director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspensefilled ride where nothing is as it seems. The
Perfect Host is a slippery psychological thriller
that exposes true human nature and reveals
just how far we’re willing to go to satisfy our
needs.—LISA OGDIE
ExP: Martin Zoland Pr: Stacey Testro, Mark
Victor Ci: John Brawley Ed: Nick Tomnay
PrD: Ricardo Jattan Mu: John Swihart
Principal Cast: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne
Crawford, Helen Reddy, Nathaniel Parker,
Meghan Perry
Saturday, January 23, midnight - PERFE23EL
Sunday, January 24, 9:45 p.m. - PERFE24BN
Friday, January 29, 11:30 p.m. - PERFE29LL
Thursday, January 28, 9:00 p.m. - FROZE28WN
Tower Theatre, SLC
Sunday, January 24, 11:30 p.m. - HIGHS24LL
Friday, January 29, 11:45 p.m. - FROZE294L
Monday, January 25, 9:00 p.m. - HIGHS25WN
Saturday, January 30, 2:30 p.m. - FROZE30LA
Tower Theatre, SLC
Tuesday, January 26, midnight - HIGHS26EL
Saturday, January 30, 11:30 a.m. - PERFE30LD
Thursday, January 28, 2:15 p.m. - HIGHS28RA
Saturday, January 30, 11:45 p.m. - HIGHS304L
PARK CITY AT MIDNIGHT
51
Splice
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil
The Violent Kind
DIRECTOR: Vincenzo Natali
SCREENWRITERS: Vincenzo Natali,
Antoinette Terry Bryant, Doug Taylor
France/Canada, 2009, 100 min., color
DIRECTOR: Eli Craig
SCREENWRITERS: Eli Craig, Morgan Jurgenson
Canada, 2009, 86 min., color
DIRECTORS/SCREENWRITERS: The Butcher Brothers
U.S.A., 2009, 100 min., color
The classic monster film gets a deliciously
sadistic twist in Vincenzo Natali’s
contemporary dissection of the genetic
engineering dilemma.
Clive and Elsa are young, brilliant, and
ambitious. The new animal species they
engineered has made them rebel superstars
of the scientific world. In secret, they
introduce human DNA into the experiment.
The result is something that is greater than
the sum of its parts: a female animal/
human hybrid that may be a step up on the
evolutionary ladder. They think they may
have created the perfect organism—until she
makes a final shocking metamorphosis that
could destroy them—and the rest of humanity.
In an age where creating life is a nearscientific possibility, the terrifying premise
of Splice takes on hauntingly powerful
implications. Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody
deliver nuanced performances, and Natali’s
lurid special effects and dazzling visual
design create a modern-day horror film that
will make you scream, squirm, and think.
—TREVOR GROTH
“The hillbillies from the store
captured Alison!”
Tucker and Dale, two hillbillies heading to
their “fixer-upper” cabin for some relaxin’,
discover they ain’t alone in them woods. They
encounter an SUV full of vacationing college
kids, and Dale unintentionally creeps them
out. But later, as he and Tucker are fishing,
Dale rescues one of them—the pretty blond
Alison—after she falls into the lake. Assuming
she’s been captured, the indomitably preppy
college kids rally to find her.
A comically macabre battle between Izods
and overalls, Eli Craig’s ingenious sendup of the horror genre recounts a simple
misunderstanding gone grotesquely wrong.
Our hillbilly psycho killers are actually sweet
as pie; it’s the judgmental college kids who
have “issues.”
Craig lovingly embraces clichés, dispensing
humor and gore in equal parts as we watch
the educated class blunder to its demise.
Nature, beer, and a rising body count—what
better way to spend Memorial Day?
—JOHN NEIN
Pr: Steven Hoban Ci: Tetsuo Nagata
Ed: Michele Conroy PrD: Todd Cherniawsky
Mu: Cyrille Aufort VFX Su: Bob Munroe
Principal Cast: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley,
Delphine Chaneac, David Hewlett
ExP: Mark Ryan Pr: Thomas Augsberger, Deepak
Nayar, Rosanne Milliken, Albert Klychak
Ci: David Geddes Ed: Bridget Durnford
PrD: John Blackie Principal Cast: Tyler Labine,
Alan Tudyk, Katrina Bowden, Jesse Moss
Friday, January 22, midnight - SPLIC22EL
Preceded by The S from Hell
Director: Rodney Ascher
U.S.A., 2009, 9 min., color & b/w
Sunday, January 24, 9:00 p.m. - SPLIC24WN
Tower Theatre, SLC
As it happens, everything. The soirée goes
to hell, people start dying, and a fine biker
mama gets possessed by . . . well, by
something foul indeed. It’s all more perverse
fun from the utterly demented minds of
writers/directors the Butcher Brothers (aka
Phil Flores and Mitchell Altieri). Reuniting with
much of the cast from their cult favorite The
Hamiltons, the Butchers continue to surprise
and offend in delightfully equal measures.
The Violent Kind succeeds because it knows
what it is—gleeful, insane exploitation. So
pop a tall boy, lose the shirt, and get ready to
ride, brother!—JON KORN
ExP: K’Dee Miller Pr: Michael Ferris Gibson,
Jeffrey Allard, Andy Gould, Jeremy Platt,
Malek Akkad CoP: Don R. Lewis Ci: James
Laxton Ed: Nic Hill Principal Cast: Cory Knauf,
Taylor Cole, Bret Roberts, Christina
Prousalis, Tiffany Shepis, Joe Egender
Preceded by Still Birds
Director: Sara Eliassen
Norway, 2009, 13 min., color
Monday, January 25, 11:30 p.m. - VIOLE25LL
Wednesday, January 27, midnight - VIOLE27EL
Monday, January 25, midnight - SPLIC25PL
Friday, January 22, midnight - TUCKE22LL
Wednesday, January 27, 11:15 a.m. - SPLIC27RD
Saturday, January 23, midnight - TUCKE23WL
Tower Theatre, SLC
Saturday, January 30, 11:30 p.m. - SPLIC30LL
Wednesday, January 27, 5:30 p.m. - TUCKE27LE
Thursday, January 28, midnight - TUCKE28EL
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - TUCKE30EN
52
Jazz, Cody, and Q are just the sort of
upstanding young citizens you might expect
of second-generation members of an outlaw
biker gang. So when the boys take a break
from their busy schedule of sex, drugs, and
stompin’ fools to attend a righteous party at
a secluded cabin, what could possibly
go wrong?
Friday, January 29, midnight - VIOLE29WL
Tower Theatre, SLC
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - VIOLE304N
Sunday, January 31, 5:30 p.m. - VIOLE314E
Harold and Maude
DIRECTOR: Hal Ashby
SCREENWRITER: Colin Higgins
U.S.A., 1971, 91 min., color
Harold is young, rich, and obsessed with
death, especially his own, which he persists
in staging in new and ingenious ways, mostly
to get the attention of his haughty, selfinvolved mother. Maude is 50 years older,
an iconoclastic free spirit determined to
live each day to the fullest. Her energy and
optimism are infectious. What could the two
possibly have in common besides a penchant
for crashing funerals?
Rediscover classi
c works of
independent cinema
as the Sundance
Film Festival pres
ents three films
from the vaults of
the Sundance
Institute Collecti
on at UCLA. A uniq
ue
archive devoted to
preserving indie
film, the Collecti
on exists not only
to save important
works that would
otherwise disappea
r but also to make
them accessible to
new audiences
and show them as th
ey were intended
to be seen: on the
big screen.
Formed in partners
hip with the UCLA
Film and Television
Archive and
growing through th
e support of donor
companies and indi
vidual film makers,
the Collection now
contains more
than 600 films.
54
Hal Ashby’s offbeat comedy about a highly
unlikely romance turned few heads when it
appeared in 1971 but quickly evolved into
a cult classic. One reason is certainly the
acting. Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon (who
received a Golden Globe nomination for her
performance) are delightful together, and
nobody plays rich and snobby better than
Vivian Pickles. But perhaps a stronger reason
is the underlying message: no matter how
bizarre it appears to others, when two people
find each other, that little miracle has the
power to transform both their lives. Thanks
to Paramount Pictures for making the print
available for this screening.
—BARBARA BANNON
ExP: Mildred Lewis Pr: Colin Higgins,
Charles Mulvehill Ci: John A. Alonzo
Ed: William A. Sawyer, Edward Warschilka
PrD: Michael Haller Principal Cast: Ruth Gordon,
Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack,
Charles Tyner, Ellen Geer
Monday, January 25, noon - COLL3254D
Metropolitan
Poison
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Whit Stillman
U.S.A., 1990, 99 min., color
DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Todd Haynes
U.S.A., 1991, 85 min., color & b/w
When Tom (Edward Clements) accidentally
meets a group of young partygoers outside
a New York City hotel during Christmas
vacation, he is injected into a sophisticated
world whose inhabitants are rich, bright,
articulate, and more-than-a-little lost.
Dubbed Sally Fowler’s Rat Pack or SFRP by
Charley (Taylor Nichols), who likes acronyms,
the seven friends adopt Tom because “there’s
a real escort shortage.” He soon establishes a
relationship with Audrey (Carolyn Farina), who
idolizes Jane Austen, as the group wanders
from one gathering to the next amid Charley’s
gloomy prediction that they are “doomed to
failure” once they enter the real world.
Todd Haynes’s first feature interweaves
three stories, each told in a distinct style.
In “Honor,” a brilliant scientist ingests a
hormone he has discovered and becomes a
monster. Shot in black and white mostly at
night, its disorienting angles and disjointed
editing combine elements of the horror film
with film noir. “Hero,” filmed in bright color,
uses newscasts and a docudrama format to
explore the case of a seven-year-old boy who
shot and killed his father. Its straightforward
style contrasts with the mystery at its heart:
who was Richie Beacon? Finally, in “Homo,”
in much darker color, two prisoners try to find
some meaning for their lives and expression
for their sexuality in a confined, violent world.
The atmosphere is tense and ominous, and
the camera propels us into the action. The
three stories are linked by their association
between love and violence.
Whit Stillman’s stylish portrait of the “preppy”
class played at the Sundance Film Festival
exactly 20 years ago and went on to win an
Independent Spirit Award for best first feature
and an Academy Award nomination for best
original screenplay. Beyond the obvious
parallels to F. Scott Fitzgerald, Metropolitan
is an American counterpart to Eric Rohmer’s
comedies of manners; Stillman also shares
Luis Buñuel’s ability to deftly skewer social
mores and behavior, but his touch is much
lighter. Thanks to Westerly Film Video for
providing the print for this screening.
—BARBARA BANNON
Pr: Whit Stillman, Peter Wentworth,
Brian Greenbaum Ci: John Thomas
Ed: Chris Tellefsen Principal Cast: Carolyn
Farina, Edward Clements, Taylor Nichols,
Chris Eigeman, Isabel Gillies, Will Kempe
Poison won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1991
Sundance Film Festival and announced
the arrival of an innovative new director.
Thanks to Zeitgeist Films for making the print
available for this screening.
—BARBARA BANNON
ExP: Brian Greenbaum, James Schamus
Pr: Christine Vachon AsP: Lauren Zalaznick
Ci: Maryse Alberti, Barry Ellsworth
Ed: James Lyons, Todd Haynes
Mu: James Bennett Principal Cast: Edith Meeks,
Larry Maxwell, Susan Gayle Norman,
Scott Renderer, James Lyons
Friday, January 22, 8:30 p.m. - COLL222PN
Monday, January 25, 3:00 p.m. - COLL125EA
Saturday, January 23, 9:30 p.m. - COLL223EN
Tuesday, January 26, 6:00 p.m. - COLL126WE
Tower Theatre, SLC
Friday, January 29, 10:00 p.m. - COLL2293N
FROM THE COLLECTION
55
Shorts Program I
This is the one about love: love, greed, misery,
and tearing the whole thing down. Yes, in
there you will find a salacious proposition,
some massive corruption, and a whole bunch
of betrayal. Plus the xenophobia, the robots,
and maybe also the end of civilization (or
at least the part that’s in Los Angeles). But
through all of it, remember one thing: this is
the one about love.
Total running time: 99 min.
The Fence
Director: Rory Kennedy
U.S.A., 2009, 36 min., color
I’m Here
Director: Spike Jonze
U.S.A., 2010, 28 min., color
Logorama
Directors: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy,
Ludovic Houplain (H5)
Seeds of the Fall
Director: Patrik Eklund
Sweden, 2009, 18 min., color
Thursday, January 21, 8:30 p.m. - SHRT121EE
t films
run time, shor
Limited only by
entional
rules of conv
transcend the
vation and
no
in
Driven by
storytelling.
Programs
n, the Shorts
experimentatio
lm making’s
artistry of fi
spotlight the
voices.
most original
64
Friday, January 22, 9:15 a.m. - SHRT122CM
Friday, January 22, 6:00 p.m. - SHRT122BE
Saturday, January 23, 11:30 a.m. - SHRT123LD
Saturday, January 30, 8:30 a.m. - SHRT130RM
Saturday, January 30, 10:30 p.m. - SHRT130BN
Shorts Program II
Shorts Program III
Sativa or Indica, I can’t really tell
what’s better. . .but Mom smokes what she
wants, and I have no choice but to let her.
I’ve got my own booze problems; it’s more a
hobby than a vice. It helps me deal with work,
and a few unwanted mice. I’ve loved, I’ve
learned, or so it seems, but I fear my friendship will soon get lost; I’ve gained a new lover
on the open road, but pretty sure my phone
got tossed. Once picked on at the playground,
my powers shined, as did my smarts; now
grown up, those bullies are on death row; I
hope they auction off their hearts.
Man up, bitches! Shorts Program III is no
place for sissies. This is where the real men
roll, indulging in drug-fueled rampages, role
playing, fun with guns, mutual masturbation,
and a little impulsive behavior. Sure, there
may be some collateral damage along the
way—like dreams, and pets, and people. But
hey, no pain, no gain, right? Now drop and
give me 20.
Let’s Harvest the Organs of Death Row Inmates
Directors: Chris Weller, Max Joseph
Mary Last Seen
Director: Sean Durkin
U.S.A., 2009, 13 min., color
My Mom Smokes Weed
Director: Clay Liford
U.S.A., 2008, 17 min., color
Raw Love
Directors: Martín Deus, Juan Chappa
Argentina, 2008, 15 min., color
The Six Dollar Fifty Man
Directors: Mark Albiston, Louis Sutherland
New Zealand, 2009, 15 min., color
Successful Alcoholics
Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts
U.S.A., 2009, 25 min., color
The Visitors
Director: Samina Akbari
Friday, January 22, 9:00 a.m. - SHRT222YM
Saturday, January 23, 11:30 a.m. - SHRT223PD
Sunday, January 24, 12:45 p.m. - SHRT224BD
Thursday, January 28, 11:30 p.m. - SHRT2283L
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 p.m. - SHRT230WN
Tower Theatre, SLC
Sunday, January 31, 11:30 a.m. - SHRT2314D
Shorts Program IV
Nigel gives in to a friend’s innocent request,
two boys go back to the scene of a crime,
and a bunch of feisty men spend some
quality time together. Life is a game of
chance; you’ve got 50 percent odds of a
happy ending; the other 50 percent, well,
there’s a bittersweet range of possibilities.
So what will the outcome be when Vince
decides to dump his girlfriend, 11-year-old
Aaron undergoes hypnosis, Juan starts a
new job this side of the border, or Carol, a
U.S. soldier, gets home for a seemingly quiet
Chicken Heads
evening? Risk taking is the name of the game,
Director: Bassam Jarbawi
and these all-too-human characters may, or
Palestinian Territories/U.S.A., 2009, 15 min., color may not, be ready for the life-altering
consequences of their gamble.
Herbert White
Director: James Franco
U.S.A., 2009, 13 min., color
My Invisible Friend
Director: Pablo Larcuen
The Armoire
Director: Jamie Travis
N.A.S.A. A Volta
Director: Alexei Tylevich
Can We Talk?
Director: Jim Owen
United Kingdom, 2009, 11 min., color
NEW MEDIA
Director: J.J. Adler
U.S.A., 2009, 20 min., color
Echo
Director: Magnus von Horn
Poland, 2009, 15 min., color
Patrol
Director: John Patton Ford
U.S.A., 2009, 20 min., color
Family Jewels
Director: Martín Stitt
U.S.A./United Kingdom, 2009, 21 min., color
Tungijuq
Directors: Paul Raphael, Félix Lajeunesse
Laredo, Texas
Director: Topaz Adizes
U.S.A., 2010, 11 min., color
Friday, January 22, 5:30 p.m. - SHRT322LE
Saturday, January 23, 6:45 p.m. - SHRT323BE
Sunday, January 24, 9:00 a.m. - SHRT3244M
Thursday, January 28, midnight - SHRT328PL
Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. - SHRT3304A
Saturday, January 30, midnight - SHRT330BL
Renegades
Director: Jim Hosking
U.S.A., 2009, 12 min., color
Wisdom Teeth
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Friday, January 22, 8:30 a.m. - SHRT422LM
Saturday, January 23, 3:45 p.m. - SHRT423BA
Sunday, January 24, 3:00 p.m. - SHRT424YA
Monday, January 25, 2:30 p.m. - SHRT425LA
Saturday, January 30, 9:00 a.m. - SHRT4304M
Saturday, January 30, 9:45 p.m. - SHRT430BN
SHORTS PROGRAM
65
Shorts Program V
Documentary Showcase
From an unplanned pregnancy and a lesbian
couple’s foray into parenthood, to a man’s
intimate moment in a bathtub gone awry,
these shorts take you on that wondrous
journey between childhood and adultdom.
With stops at the sweet innocence of a tyke
hunting “wabbits” and someone facing
mature decisions between family and
self-determinism, to discovering inappropriate
young love, this program is an unpredictably
exhilarating, disturbing, and touching ride.
Buckle up.
Let’s get drunk and watch some short
documentaries! Or at least watch a drunk
person recount history; take a trip to the
1970s and talk with some baby boomers
about wife swapping; experience an Israel/
Palestine border crossing firsthand; meet and
greet Ernest Hemingway look-alikes (not drunk
. . . at least we don’t think); see two American
boys coming of age and tragically drifting
apart; follow one Cambodian boy fighting
against the odds with a karaoke dream in tow;
and engage in dance battles at the Pakistani/
India border. Oh, you’re in for a wild, gripping,
educational ride, my friends. Prepare to be
docu-fied.
Birthday
Director: Jenifer Malmqvist
Poland/Sweden, 2010, 18 min., color
Charlie and the Rabbit
Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, Robert Machoian
U.S.A., 2009, 10 min., color
Born Sweet
Director: Cynthia Wade
U.S.A./Cambodia, 2010, 28 min., color
Little Accidents
Director: Sara Colangelo
U.S.A., 2009, 18 min., color
Bus
Director: Yasmine Novak
Israel, 2009, 11 min., color
Rob and Valentyna in Scotland
Director: Eric Lynne
U.S.A./United Kingdom, 2009, 22 min., color
Drunk History: Tesla & Edison
Director: Jeremy Konner
Shimásáni
Director: Blackhorse Lowe
U.S.A., 2008, 15 min., b/w
Notes on the Other
Director: Sergio Oksman
TUB
Director: Bobby Miller
U.S.A., 2009, 13 min., color
Quadrangle
Director: Amy Grappell
U.S.A., 2009, 19 min., color & b/w
Friday, January 22, 11:30 a.m. - SHRT522PD
Saturday, January 23, 5:30 p.m. - SHRT523LE
Sunday, January 24, 3:45 p.m. - SHRT524BA
Wednesday, January 27, 9:00 a.m. - SHRT5274M
Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. - SHRT530EE
Thompson
Director: Jason Tippet
U.S.A., 2008, 10 min., color
Wagah
Director: Supriyo Sen
Germany, 2009, 14 min., color
Friday, January 22, 11:15 a.m. - SHDOC22RD
Saturday, January 23, 8:30 a.m. - SHDOC23LM
Sunday, January 24, 6:00 p.m. - SHDOC24BE
Monday, January 25, 6:45 p.m. - SHDOC25BE
Friday, January 29, 9:00 p.m. - SHDOC294N
Saturday, January 30, 6:00 p.m. - SHDOC304E
66
en step right up! Step right up, folks, and be the
L dies and gentlemen,
Ladies
first to catch a glimpse of the finest animated oddities under the big
top tonight! Bold! Daring! Shocking! True! That’s right, a thousand
thrills await! You’ll see horrifying visions plucked from the future and
mined from the past! We’ve got the exclusive reincarnation of Bruce Lee!
Visit exotic locales on runaway trains! Tremble to lonely love songs!
Look upon terrifying beasts and experience torrential downpours never
before seen! All things Beautiful, Bizarre, and Barbaric can be found
within. Void where prohibited, satisfaction guaranteed!
The Little Dragon
Director: Bruno Collet
Switzerland/France, 2009,
8 min., color & b/w
Madagascar, a journey diary
Director: Bastien Dubois
From The Little Dragon
MEATWAFFLE
Director: Leah Shore
U.S.A., 2009, 9 min., color & b/w
old fangs
Director: Adrien Merigeau
Ireland, 2009, 11 min., color
One Square Mile of Earth
Director: Jeff Drew
U.S.A., 2009, 13 min., color
Please Say Something
From One Square Mile of Earth
Director: David OReilly
Ireland/Germany, 2009, 10 min.,
color
Rains
Director: David Coquard-Dassault
Canada/France, 2008, 8 min., color
Runaway
Director: Cordell Barker
Vive la Rose
Director: Bruce Alcock
Friday, January 22, 9:00 a.m. - ANIMA224M
Friday, January 22, midnight - ANIMA224L
Saturday, January 23, 12:30 p.m. - ANIMA23GD
Sunday, January 24, 2:30 p.m. - ANIMA24PA
Thursday, January 28, 8:30 p.m. - ANIMA283N
Saturday, January 30, midnight - ANIMA30WL
Tower Theatre, SLC
67

Presented by Entertainment Weekly

Transcription

Similar documents

STEVEN SATER Music by DUNCAN SHEIK

Theatre Calendar 2014

View Sample PDF - IRMA

History - Lone Star College

a pas de deux drama for two girls and a piano man

thursday, june 11 friday, june 12 saturday, june 13 sunday, june 14

- Inspiration Journal

Page 22 - Previews: Regional Theatre

attached pdf. - Department of English

Simply by - Mayflower Theatre