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Wild Grass
Starts Friday!
"***** … Mind-bending … transformative." –Keith Ulich, Time Out New York
The great Alain Resnais (HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR) draws from sources as diverse as Curb Your Enthusiasm and Gustav Flaubert in this wild, polytonal celebration of items lost and found items and misguided fantasies. Georges finds a wallet but, intrigued by its owner, decides not to turn it into the police. But the owner, Marguerite, hesitates to take the wallet, curious about Georges. As they play cat and mouse, these two are forced to navigate their own sense of propriety and ask themselves, “Who am I, really?” The opening night film at the New York Film Festival,
(France, 2009, 104m, 35mm, Sony Classics)
Cairo Time
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"A quiet and disarming love story." –Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine
An award-winning audience pleaser at the Toronto and Tribeca Film Festivals, Ruba Nadda's CAIRO TIME is both a love letter to a city and a sweeping romantic drama in the tradition of BRIEF ENCOUNTER and LOST IN TRANSLATION. Juliette (Oscar nominee Patricia Clarkson), a fashion magazine editor in her 40s, travels to Cairo to meet her husband for a three week vacation. When he is unavoidably delayed, he sends his trusted friend Tareq Alexander Siddig) to keep her company. As he guides her through the sights, sounds and unique customs of the exotic city, unexpected feelings emerge leading to an awakening of emotion that takes Juliette by surprise.
(Canada-Egypt, 88m, 35mm, IFC Films)
Exit Through the Gift Shop
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"Hugely entertaining." –Hollywood Reporter
He’s the most unlikely filmmaker around – a hipster thrift-store owner obsessed with street art. But after Thierry Guetta begins tagging along with the likes of Shepard Fairey, Buff Monster and eventually, the legendarily secretive art-world hero Banksy, he becomes his own kind of legend. This tale of art, commerce and obsession is filled with breakneck twists and turns – it’s both explosive fun and brilliantly provocative, one of the greatest documentary hybrids ever made.
(U.K., 2010, 87m, 35mm, Abramorama)