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SUNDAY DONE DAY


Really great day at TFF #45 on Sunday. 

Jason Reitman and Hugh Jackman at The Front Runner Q and A

Started the day with Jason Reitman's The Front Runner which moves to the #2 spot for the weekend.  I loved it.  Hits all my politics geek buttons and history and film making.  Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart, Vera Farmiga as his wife Lee and J.K. Simmons as campaign manager Bill Dixon are all in fine form.  Reitman is back, my friends!

Then did the Netflix Doc brunch which was lovely and also allowed me to grab Front Runner co-screen-writer Jay Carson as well as Reitman and express my enthusiasm for their film.

Then Joel Edgerton's Boy Erased.  SUbtle and understated with a subject (gay conversion therapy) that could easily have provided any number of histrionics.  Praise to Edgerton and his cast of Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe and Edgerton himself.  Beautifully realized and emotionally honest.

Matthew McConnaughey during The White Boy Rick Q and A

The day ended with White Boy Rick which is an entertaining film featuring nice work from Matthew McConaughey and non-actor Richie Merritt...who is fantastic as WBR.  McConnaughey in greta form in the Q and A that followed.



MONDAY TBAs

Palm

7:00 PM, FREE SOLO, Program 23, Cinephile

Galaxy

9:00 AM, COLD WAR, 35, Cinephile

3:00 PM, NON FICTION, 6, Cinephile

Herzog
7:00 PM, THE FAVOURITE, 7a, Cinephile

Sheridan Opera House

3:30 PM, SHOPLIFTERS, 32, Cinephile

8:00 PM, DOGMAN, 36, Cinephile

Nugget

1:00 PM, GHOST FLEET, 29, Cinephile

7:00 PM, THE WHITE CROW, 30, Cinephile

Masons

1:00 PM, THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD, 12, Cinephile

3:15 PM, FISTFUL OF DIRT, 17, Cinephile

5:30 PM, THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS, B, Cinephile (This is not a free show.)

7:45 PM, GIRL, 25, Cinephile

Le Pierre

2:30 PM, HUGH HEFNER’S AFTER DARK: SPEAKING OUT IN AMERICA, D, Cinephile (This is not a free show.)

4:45 PM, THE TARNISHED ANGELS, 39, Cinephile (This is not a free show.)

7:00 PM, BORDER, 14, Cinephile

Backlot (all programs always free)

9:00 AM, IT MUST SCHWING! THE BLUE NOTE STORY, E

1:15 PM, WHAT SHE SAID: THE ART OF PAULINE KAEL, F

3:30 PM, HAL, C

6:15 PM, IT MUST SCHWING! THE BLUE NOTE STORY, E

Noon Seminar, Town Park FREE

Sponsored by Participant Media

Moderated by Annette Insdorf

How do filmmakers find a formal distance when dramatizing family stories?

With Joel Edgerton, Markus Imhoof, Alfonso Cuaron.

MONDAY IS LABOR DAY AND A PICNIC


Not sure what Monday is going to hold...  Current thought is to start the day with either Cold War or some V.R. experience(s) at the Opera House.  After that...it's an open question.  We will do the picnic but might head home after that... or not...