Home-in-time-for-the-Illini-game (well, on DVR) M3
Janis: Little Girl Blue
IFC
Little here that I needed to know that I didn't already know about Joplin, a decade my senior but forever 27. But I didn't come for the knowing, I came for the seeing and the hearing. I have only three regrets in life, and one is never having heard (and seen) her perform live.
Mustang
IFC
Five Turkish sisters shame their family by . . . swimming, fully clothed, with boys? Yep, that's right. Lockup and forced marriages ensue, and only the youngest is emotionally equipped to fight back actively. A depressing, invigorating slice of a life we're fortunate to have avoided.
In Jackson Heights
FF
This was briefly my (Airbnb) neighborhood a couple of times this year, but I had no idea that it's home to what is apparently the oldest NYC gay pride parade, started 20-odd years ago by a guy who's now a councilman. Or how vigorous the organized support for immigrants is. Or how steadfastly the small-business owners oppose the so-called business initiative organization whose primary initiative seems to be to make it easier for Gaps and Walmarts to find homes.
You can observe a lot just by watching, Yogi Berra probably didn't say, but that could be Frederick Wiseman's mantra: point the camera, edit wisely, and respect the audience.
Trailers
- 45 Years--Rampling, Courtenay, and Something Never Spoken Of.
- Every Thing Will Be Fine--I doubt that.
- River of Fundament--5½ Matthew Barney film that is doubtless genius, but I'll take it on faith.
- Son of Saul--Not saying I'll never see another Holocaust film, but the bar is high.
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