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Picks For The Final Festival Weekend
By Jonathan L. Fischer, The Bulletin
Sorting through a film festival schedule can feel a bit like solving a Rubik’s Cube and a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle at the same time.
At any given moment during Cinefest, which continues through Monday, there are three to six films screening at the same time around the city. Five or six dozen films will show this weekend, and more than a few may turn out to be great. My professional expertise may not make navigating Cinefest any less of a crapshoot, but I’ll give it a go, nonetheless. As always, individual tickets are $8 for matinees and $10 in the evening.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about “The Way We Get By” (Friday, 3 p.m., Ritz East and Saturday, 4:30 p.m., the Black Box at the Prince). Aron Gaudet’s 80-minute documentary follows three seniors who have greeted over 600,000 U.S. troops leaving and arriving at Bangor Airport in Maine. My colleagues say audiences should expect to be saddened, and then inspired. I’ll be at the Friday screening.
I’m also excited for the animated musical “Sita Sings The Blues,” an energetic modern take on an Indian myth. Director Nina Paley created the film over five years on her home PC. (Friday, 7 p.m., Prince Music Theater and Sunday, 5 p.m., Ritz East.)
And I can’t recommend the Italian-language “Il Divo” enough (Friday, 7 p.m., Ritz 5 and Sunday, 5 p.m., Prince Music Theater). Director Paolo Sorrentino has created a biopic of the former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti — except he’s done it in the manner of a stylized crime drama.
Families should try out “Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission — Save the Planet” (Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Ritz East and Sunday, 4:45 p.m., Ritz 5). Based on a popular comic book, this Spanish slapstick comedy stars a pair of buffoonish superspies who travel across the globe and back in time to save the planet. Tickets are $7 for children 12 and under.
“I Sell The Dead” (Sunday, 9:30 p.m., Ritz East and Monday, 9:30 p.m., Ritz East) will appeal to cineastes looking for something ... different. Director Glenn McCaid’s film is an occult comedy starring Dominic Monaghan (“The Lord Of The Rings”) and Larry Fessenden as a pair of somewhat-bungling graverobbers who find a more lucrative trade in digging up the undead. (The protagonists’ advice? “Never trust a corpse.”) Lots of zombie gags and physical comedy, and a couple of rolling-in-the-aisles moments. Wickedly funny.
Jonathan L. Fischer can be reached at jfischer@thebulletin.us
At any given moment during Cinefest, which continues through Monday, there are three to six films screening at the same time around the city. Five or six dozen films will show this weekend, and more than a few may turn out to be great. My professional expertise may not make navigating Cinefest any less of a crapshoot, but I’ll give it a go, nonetheless. As always, individual tickets are $8 for matinees and $10 in the evening.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about “The Way We Get By” (Friday, 3 p.m., Ritz East and Saturday, 4:30 p.m., the Black Box at the Prince). Aron Gaudet’s 80-minute documentary follows three seniors who have greeted over 600,000 U.S. troops leaving and arriving at Bangor Airport in Maine. My colleagues say audiences should expect to be saddened, and then inspired. I’ll be at the Friday screening.
I’m also excited for the animated musical “Sita Sings The Blues,” an energetic modern take on an Indian myth. Director Nina Paley created the film over five years on her home PC. (Friday, 7 p.m., Prince Music Theater and Sunday, 5 p.m., Ritz East.)
And I can’t recommend the Italian-language “Il Divo” enough (Friday, 7 p.m., Ritz 5 and Sunday, 5 p.m., Prince Music Theater). Director Paolo Sorrentino has created a biopic of the former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti — except he’s done it in the manner of a stylized crime drama.
Families should try out “Mortadelo and Filemon: Mission — Save the Planet” (Saturday, 12:30 p.m., Ritz East and Sunday, 4:45 p.m., Ritz 5). Based on a popular comic book, this Spanish slapstick comedy stars a pair of buffoonish superspies who travel across the globe and back in time to save the planet. Tickets are $7 for children 12 and under.
“I Sell The Dead” (Sunday, 9:30 p.m., Ritz East and Monday, 9:30 p.m., Ritz East) will appeal to cineastes looking for something ... different. Director Glenn McCaid’s film is an occult comedy starring Dominic Monaghan (“The Lord Of The Rings”) and Larry Fessenden as a pair of somewhat-bungling graverobbers who find a more lucrative trade in digging up the undead. (The protagonists’ advice? “Never trust a corpse.”) Lots of zombie gags and physical comedy, and a couple of rolling-in-the-aisles moments. Wickedly funny.
Jonathan L. Fischer can be reached at jfischer@thebulletin.us
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