Best way to celebrate graduating? Doc Films.
Here's the the line-up for the movies we've still got this week, including a special screening of Anthropoid with intro and Q&A by Prof. Michaela Appeltová on Saturday at 2:30pm.
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Thursday 5/26 at 7:00PM
Burn After Reading
Coen Brothers, 2008
Even the best-laid schemes go astray, in this 2008 black comedy follow-up to the Coen Brothers' double Oscar winner No Country for Old Men. After CIA analyst Osborne Cox’s (John Malkovitch) memoirs make it into the hands of two dim witted fitness trainers (Francis McDormand and Brad Pitt) they attempt to turn a profit by getting into the espionage game. Burn After Reading is a fantastic spy/thriller only without all the explosions.
runtime: 96m format: 35mm
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Friday 5/27 at 7:00PM
Fallen Angels
Wong Kar-wai, 1995
A story centering around a hitman trying to escape his partner and a mute delinquent building a life after escaping prison, Fallen Angels is a neon-noir crime thriller that follows two loosely-interlocked narratives in an exhilarating, disorienting homage to Hong Kong at night. The plot was initially set as the third narrative in Chungking Express, but was expanded into its own movie to showcase the real character of these two films: Hong Kong itself.
runtime: 95m format: DCP
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Saturday 5/28 at 7PM
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, 2022
At once a heartfelt family drama and an irreverent, multiverse-hopping sci-fi comedy, Everything Everywhere All at Once centers around a frazzled Chinese-American mother (Michelle Yeoh) tossed into the center of an interdimensional whirlwind of chaos. Rife with thoughtful details of Asian-American life, stuck-on googly eyes, and starring Jamie Lee Curtis as a diabolical IRS inspector, this film has a little something for everyone.
runtime: 140m format: DCP
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Thursday 5/26 at 9:30PM
Multiple Maniacs
John Waters, 1970
Multiple Maniacs follows The Cavalcade of Perversion, a traveling troupe of fetish acts and obscenities. Lady Divine and her lover Mr. David routinely rob the show’s spectators at gunpoint, until she gets bored and decides to murder them as well. The final scene in the film was inspired by Salvador Dali, a postcard featuring a giant lobster, and a mix of LSD and cannabis. Described as “smelly” and “thoroughly disgusting” by critics, yet carrying Waters’ distinct brand of black humor, this film is a treat—for those who can stomach it.
runtime: 90min format: DCP
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Saturday 5/28 at 2:30PM
Anthropoid
Sean Ellis, 2016
Starring Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan as Slovak and Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, this film follows the events of Operation Anthropoid, the Allied plan to assassinate SS mastermind Reinhard Heydrich in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. With limited outside help, Jozef and Jan carry out the attack, but a terrible reprisal is still to follow. _Anthropoid_ was praised for its realism and close retelling of events, as historical reports were used to recreate the assassination scene. With introduction and Q&A by Professor Michaela Appeltová.
Sponsored by the CEERES department and the Fundamentals department.
runtime: 120m format: DCP
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Sunday 5/29 at 7PM
Waitress
Adrienne Shelly, 2007
This dark comedy stars Keri Russell as a small-town waitress, unhappily pregnant by her abusive husband (Jeremy Sisto) but in love with her obstetrician (Nathan Fillion). An ingenious baker, she channels her emotions into pies, like the I Hate My Husband Pie, Pregnant Miserable Self-Pitying Loser Pie, and Lonely Chicago Pie. Waitress was the only feature film by the late Adrienne Shelly, who also wrote, acted in, and co-designed sets and costumes for it.
runtime: 104m format: Digital
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