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Opening This Week...The Nest, The Secrets We Keep and The Way I See It
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Greetings City Lights Fans,

We have three new movies this week--that in and of itself is a bit of a miracle right now--and they are a varied lot. First up is The Secrets We Keep, a finely tuned thriller that I have the immense pleasure of saying was written by a former staff member of mine -- Ryan Covington. He dreamed of heading to LA and making it as a writer--and dang it if he didn't do just that. He's the screenrwriter for Secrets, and I had the pleasure of reading early drafts of the screenplay. To see it on the big screen is pretty cool. "Psychological thriller and domestic drama find common ground in the lean, well-acted “The Secrets We Keep,” starring Noomi Rapace, Chris Messina and Joel Kinnaman. Directed by Israeli filmmaker Yuval Adler from a screenplay he wrote with Ryan Covington, the film bears a loose resemblance to Ariel Dorfman’s “Death and the Maiden,” and focuses on a Romanian war bride haunted by her past in post-World War II America." LA Times

Pete Souza was a fairly non-assuming man who had the stunning good fortune to be the official photographer for not one but two presidents: Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. That status gives Souza access to a world most of don't see without someone like Souza to show us--which he does in Dawn Porter's The Way I See It. "There’s some very, very funny stuff here. But the laughs gradually give way to a feeling of not just sadness and loss for a quality we no longer seem to see very much of in political life and public discourse, but a sense of creeping despair that we may never see it again. Photographs, they say, do not lie. That despair is tempered by a flickering sense of hope, kindled by Souza himself, whose pictures offer a reminder of what once was possible, and what might — just might — be possible again." WAPO

Last, we have an old-fashioned, one might say, drama -- The Nest. If you haven't seen Sean Durkin's specatcular debut from 2011, Martha Marcy May Marlene, an atmospheric thriller about a religious cult, I highly recommend it. The Nest is worthy follow-up, with an Oscar-calibre performance from Jude Law. "An intense new film that pivots on a tremendous, teeth-gnashing performance from Law as a 1980s father whose aspirations of upward mobility threaten to destroy his life." The Globe & Mail

See you soon, 

Michael

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OPENING THIS WEEK
THE NEST: R, 107m 
"The Nest is a somber, grown-up sort of movie, made with remarkable poise and maturity, and a level of the craft so compelling it can be difficult to tear your eyes from the screen." The Playlist
THE WAY I SEE IT: PG-13, 99m 
Based on the New York Times #1 bestseller comes The Way I See It, an unprecedented look behind the scenes of two of the most iconic Presidents in American History, Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan, as seen through the eyes of renowned photographer Pete Souza. As Official White House Photographer, Souza was an eyewitness to the unique and tremendous responsibilities of being the most powerful person on Earth. The movie reveals how Souza transforms from a respected photojournalist to a searing commentator on the issues we face as a country and a people.
HOLDING OVER
THE SECRETS WE KEEP: R, 108m 
In post-WWII America, a woman (Noomi Rapace), rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband (Chris Messina), kidnaps her neighbor (Joel Kinnaman) and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
TENET: PG-13, 150m 
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real-time. Not time travel. Inversion.
VIRTUAL CINEMA
BUOYANCY: NR, 93m 
Spirited 14-year-old Chakra works the rice fields with his family. He yearns for independence and seeks out a local broker who can get him paid work in a Thai factory. Without telling his family, Chakra travels to Bangkok to make his fortune. But when he gets there, he and his new friend Kea realize the broker has lied to them. Along with other Cambodians and Burmese, they are sold to a fishing captain as slaves.
NOMAD: IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BRUCE CHATWIN: NR, 85m 
A journey where the viewer can see Werner Herzog's creative and personal vision which was shared with iconic travel writer Bruce Chatwin, the prolific author of 'In Patagonia' and a champion of the nomadic life.
APOCALYPSE '45: NR, 103m 
Documentary Presents Never-Before-Seen Footage of the Grisly End of World War II.
DESERT ONE: NR, 107m 
Using new archival sources and unprecedented access, master documentarian Barbara Kopple reveals the story behind one of the most daring rescues in modern US history: a secret mission to free hostages of the 1979 Iranian revolution.
JAZZ ON A SUMMER'S DAY: NR, 85m 
This documentary concert film captures the sounds and performances of some of the major jazz artists at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. Unlike earlier jazz movies that had been filmed in smoky black and white, this is shot in vibrant color. While musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Thelonious Monk, Anita O'Day and Mahalia Jackson perform, images of beaches, sailboats on water, dancing couples and the faces of joyful audience members are intercut into the proceedings.
REPRESENT: NR, 93m 
In the heart of the American Midwest, three women take on entrenched political systems in their fight to reshape local politics on their own terms.
REBUILDING PARADISE: PG-13, 95m 
"A sincere and skillfully assembled tribute to a community's fortitude." Hollywood Reporter
GORDON LIGHTFOOT: IF YOU COULD READ MY MIND: NR, 91m 
The iconic Canadian musician, Gordon Lightfoot, reflects on his life and career.
THE GREY FOX: PG, 110m 
New 4K restoration! After decades in prison, stagecoach robber Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) emerges in 1901 a free man without a place in 20th-century society… until he sees The Great Train Robbery and is inspired to once again do what he does best.
NOTHING FANCY: DIANA KENNEDY: NR, 82m 
Cookbook author and environmental activist Diana Kennedy reflects on an unconventional life spent mastering Mexican cuisine.
CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: NR, 103m 
"If there's a depressing note to Piketty's circular view of history, it's his belief that egalitarianism often springs from catastrophic disaster ("everyone is equal in death" becomes a refrain), and that it's the slow grind of extreme wealth and extreme poverty that breeds those disasters." The Austin Chronicle
CLEMENTINE: NR, 90m 
Reeling from a one-sided breakup, anguished Karen flees Los Angeles for her ex’s idyllic lake house in the Pacific Northwest. There, she becomes entangled with a mysterious, alluring younger woman, whom she cannot seem to resist.
THE BOOKSELLERS: NR, 99m 
Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle. They also play an underappreciated yet essential role in preserving history. The Booksellers takes viewers inside their small but fascinating world, populated by an assortment of obsessives, intellects, eccentrics and dreamers.
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