Upcoming Films
In this tough inquiry into legality and justice, prominent Israeli lawyers and judges are interviewed about the laws that were created for the West Bank and Gaza Strip after 1967’s Six Day War—but are still in effect. Best Documentary, Jerusalem Film Festival. Cleveland premiere.
In this modest but affecting family drama, a 13-year-old Illinois girl obsessed with global warming goes to live with her prickly grandmother when her single mother abandons her. Filmmaker Jenny Deller will answer audience questions after the screening. “Quietly spectacular…Integrates a green message into a striking and emotional drama about intergenerational female conflict.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere.
This forgotten rarity is an opulent version of Bulwer-Lytton’s novel that was shot in Italy and France over a two-year period. Dubbed in English. Preceded at 6:30 by the 25-min. documentary Pompeii: Once There Was a City.
With Clevelanders excited about the Indians, it’s time for another edition of “Rare Baseball Films” presented by Dave Filipi, Director of Film/Video at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus. This year’s 10th anniversary show, like last year’s, draws on the Hearst Metrotone News Collection at the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Before television, theatrical newsreels were the only way most fans could see players from around the country in action.
Archival photographs and film footage provide a revealing look inside the Source Family, a quintessential 1970s Southern California cult and experiment in communal living founded and led by Jim Baker/Father Yod. Adults only! Cleveland premiere.
Directed by Candida Brady. Actor Jeremy Irons tours some of the world’s most beautiful locations that have been despoiled by garbage in this trash-talking travelogue that addresses the global challenges of waste disposal. “Crucial viewing for realists and alarmists both.” –N.Y. Daily News. “Quietly livid.” –Village Voice. Cleveland premiere.
New digital restoration!
Directed by Roberto Rossellini. With Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders. In this revered and moving drama, a British man and wife traveling in Italy suffer marital problems that come to a head at Pompeii. In English. Cleveland revival premiere.
Directed by Laura Archibald. With Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Judy Collins, et al. This exploration of the NYC beginnings of the 1960s folk revival includes Interviews with now-famous singers and snippets of classic performances. “A most enjoyable flashback.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere.
Directed by Laura Archibald. With Pete Seeger, Peter Yarrow, Judy Collins, et al. This exploration of the NYC beginnings of the 1960s folk revival includes Interviews with now-famous singers and snippets of classic performances. “A most enjoyable flashback.” –Variety. Cleveland premiere.
Directed by Alan Adelson and Kate Taverna. With Kathleen Chalfant. Celebrate Bloomsday with this new documentary about the landmark James Joyce novel that took a toll on its author and generated a firestorm of controversy when first published. “Strips away the academic clutter surrounding [the] kaleidoscopic novel to reveal the vital human pulse between its lines…Lets fresh air into Ulysses like a gust from the Irish Sea.” –N.Y. Times. Cleveland premiere.