You’ve Always Been The Caretaker
October 19th – October 25th
Sugar & Goodbye Solo - A pair of what might be classified as neo-neo realist movies–although they venture towards the traditional more than some of their predecessors in the genre. Algenis Perez Soto as Sugar in Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s film and Souléymane Sy Savané as Solo in Ramin Bahrani’s film are each recent immigrants (from the Dominican Republic and Sengal, respectively) struggling through the messiness of life in America. One winds his way through minor league baseball in the cornfields of middle America while yearning not for stardom but for stability. The other drives a cab while searching for companionship and dreaming of a flight attendant job. Soto is a non-actor. Souléymane is a newcomer. Both are excellent. Once again, two immigrants illustrate the quintessential American story better than 99.9% of Hollywood film.
The Atomic Cafe - A documentary, composed entirely with archival film, about the arrival of the nuclear age. Without any narration, the film demonstrates the importance of editing in documentary filmmaking. The trio of directors have made a documentary that is sometimes hilarious, sometimes harrowing, and often bewildering. Its as much about public perception as crafted by the government as it is about the actual nuclear warfare the world found itself engaged in. One of the directors, Kevin Rafferty, worked as cinematographer on The War Room and Roger & Me and directed the recent Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.
The Shining - Some Kubrickian horror as a lead up to Halloween. Jack Nicholson is brilliant as Jack Torrance. Shelley Duvall is annoyingly good as well.
