02014.04: A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act
by writingarises | created - 01 Apr 2014 | updated - 01 May 2014 | PublicFilms I'm watching in April 02014. Part of A Yearlong Film Viewing Balancing Act. #yfvba http://olearysreellife.tumblr.com/ @olearysreellife
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1. Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
Not Rated | 8 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Italy, September 1955. A Formula One driver crashes his car during a race, leaving him stuck in a small village but good surprises will come his way.
Director: Wes Anderson | Stars: Jason Schwartzman, Giada Colagrande, Giorgio Zancolla, Paolo Coluccio
Votes: 8,971
02014.04.01: on Youtube
2. Inequality for All (2013)
PG | 89 min | Documentary
A documentary that follows former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert Reich as he looks to raise awareness of the country's widening economic gap.
Director: Jacob Kornbluth | Stars: Robert Reich, Dolly Parton, Candice Bergen, Lily Tomlin
Votes: 7,016 | Gross: $1.21M
02014.04.01: on disc from Netflix
3. A Girl Named Elastika (2013)
Not Rated | 4 min | Animation, Short, Adventure
Elastika is not like any other little girl. Firstly, she is made of elastic. Secondly, her universe is a land of cork.
Director: Guillaume Blanchet | Stars: Mike Paterson, Léa Geronimo Rondot
Votes: 76
4. Diggers (2006)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A story about a tight-knit group of friends, who try to maintain their small-town way of life in the face of enormous changes in 1970s Long Island.
Director: Katherine Dieckmann | Stars: Paul Rudd, Ken Marino, Maura Tierney, Ron Eldard
Votes: 3,012 | Gross: $0.07M
5. Moving Art: Forests (2014 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 25 min | Documentary
Viewers will marvel at the majesty of nature's gentle giants as filmmaker Louie Schwartzberg journeys to the Redwood Coast and Olympic National Park.
Director: Louie Schwartzberg
Votes: 213
6. As We Forgive (2009)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal-two Rwandan women coming ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Waters Hinson
Votes: 58
7. Go for Sisters (2013)
Unrated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Fontayne is enlisted by Bernice - her estranged old friend and current parole officer - along with a disgraced cop to search for Bernice's son, who went missing on the Mexican border.
Director: John Sayles | Stars: LisaGay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross, Edward James Olmos, Hilary Barraford
Votes: 653 | Gross: $0.06M
02014.04.03: at IU Cinema during Latino Film Festival. I'd seen via screener before, but it was great to see it again in the cinema.
8.
Latino Americans (2013– )
Episode:
Prejudice and Pride
(2013)
TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary
From PBS - Witness the creation of the proud "Chicano" identity and growing Latino activism.
Star: Maurice Ripke
02014.04.04: at IU Cinema during Latino Film Festival
9. Mosquita y Mari (2012)
Not Rated | 85 min | Drama
After being assigned as study partners, two Chicana high schoolers find a bond that confuses them at times.
Director: Aurora Guerrero | Stars: Fenessa Pineda, Venecia Troncoso, Joaquín Garrido, Laura Patalano
Votes: 976
02014.04.04: at IU Cinema during Latino Film Festival. Loved seeing it again.
10. Jean Gentil (2010)
84 min | Drama
A Haitian man who recently lost his job as a French teacher begins a desperate search for work in Santo Domingo.
Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán | Stars: Jean Remy Genty, Yanmarco King Encarnación, Paul Henri Presumé, Nadal Walcot
Votes: 219
02014.04.04: at IU Cinema during Latino Film Festival. One of the directors, Laura Amelia Guzmán, was there for Q&A afterward.
11. América (2011)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Thriller
While the setting of her Caribbean beach village seems picture-perfect, America's life is anything but peaceful. When their daughter runs away, America's abusive lover unleashes his rage ... See full summary »
Director: Sonia Fritz | Stars: Lymari Nadal, Yancey Arias, Rachel Ticotin, Miguel Reyes
Votes: 98
02014.04.04: at IU Cinema during Latino Film Festival. Sonia Fritz did Q&A after.
12. Not About Us (2011)
4 min | Animation, Short
A touching entanglement in black and white
Director: Michael Frei
Votes: 39
02014.04.05: on vimeo
13. Certified Copy (2010)
Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance
In Tuscany to promote his latest book, a middle-aged British writer meets a French woman who leads him to the village of Lucignano. While there, a chance question reveals something deeper.
Director: Abbas Kiarostami | Stars: Juliette Binoche, William Shimell, Jean-Claude Carrière, Agathe Natanson
Votes: 26,877 | Gross: $1.34M
02014.04.06: Abbas Kiarostami sat across the aisle from me as I watched Certified Copy on Sunday at Indiana University Cinema!
14. The Iron Lady (2011)
PG-13 | 105 min | Biography, Drama
An elderly Margaret Thatcher talks to the imagined presence of her recently deceased husband as she struggles to come to terms with his death while scenes from her past life, from girlhood to British prime minister, intervene.
Director: Phyllida Lloyd | Stars: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Susan Brown
Votes: 113,600 | Gross: $30.02M
02014.04.07: at IU Cinema as part of the Meryl Streep Film Series. She will be with us in person next week.
15. Wedding Palace (2013)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Romance
After being abandoned at the altar, Jason courts the girl of his dreams in cyberspace. When she arrives in LA for their wedding, she turns out to be completely different than expected.
Director: Christine Yoo | Stars: Brian Tee, Kang Hye-jeong, Bobby Lee, Jean Yoon
Votes: 252
02014.04.09: on disc from Netflix
16. The Auction (2013)
111 min | Drama
When his grown daughter returns to the family farm in desperate need of money, solitary and stoic Gaby will be asked to sacrifice everything for those closest to him. WINNER - Cannes Film Festival
Director: Sébastien Pilote | Stars: Gabriel Arcand, Gilles Renaud, Lucie Laurier, Sophie Desmarais
Votes: 763
02014.04.10: on disc from Film Movement
17. O Xigante (2012)
11 min | Animation, Short, Fantasy
A giant carries a little girl in his heart. His heart is like a large window from where the little girl discovers and understands the world where we live. One day she will have to leave. ... See full summary »
Directors: Luís da Matta Almeida, Júlio Vanzeler
Votes: 22
02014.04.10: on disc from Film Movement
18. As We Forgive (2009)
Not Rated | 53 min | Documentary
Could you forgive a person who murdered your family? This is the question faced by the subjects of As We Forgive, a documentary about Rosaria and Chantal-two Rwandan women coming ... See full summary »
Director: Laura Waters Hinson
Votes: 58
02014.04.08: at IU Cinema
19. Riddick (2013)
R | 119 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddick's past.
Director: David Twohy | Stars: Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Mollà
Votes: 177,925 | Gross: $42.03M
02014.04.11: on disc from Netflix
20. Toe to Toe (2009)
Not Rated | 104 min | Drama
A story about two lacrosse teammates from opposite sides of the track.
Director: Emily Abt | Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Samantha Eustace, Louisa Krause, Maha Chehlaoui
Votes: 520 | Gross: $0.02M
02014.04.11: on disc from Netflix
21. Brothers Hypnotic (2013)
84 min | Documentary
For the eight young men in the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, "brotherhood" is literal: they're all sons of anti-establishment jazz legend, Phil Cohran. Cohran and their mothers raised them ... See full summary »
Director: Reuben Atlas
Votes: 70
02014.04.12: on PBS
22. A Short Love Story in Stop Motion (2008)
3 min | Animation, Short, Romance
A couple of pencil-outlined birds escape from a little girl's drawing, leading us through the life she dreams of.
Director: Carlos Lascano
Votes: 173
02014.04.13: streamed on Vimeo
23. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, History
Footage shot by a group of Swedish journalists documenting the Black Power Movement in the United States is edited together by a contemporary Swedish filmmaker.
Director: Göran Hugo Olsson | Stars: Angela Davis, Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Abiodun Oyewole
Votes: 2,497 | Gross: $0.26M
02014.04.13: downloaded from Amazon Prime.
24. The State of Arizona (2014)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, News
The turbulent battle over illegal immigration in Arizona that came to a head with Senate Bill 1070 frames this riveting documentary tracking multiple perspectives as America eyes the results all the way to the Supreme Court.
Directors: Carlos Sandoval, Catherine Tambini
Votes: 17
02014.04.14: on PBS
25. August: Osage County (2013)
R | 121 min | Comedy, Drama
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Director: John Wells | Stars: Meryl Streep, Dermot Mulroney, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 95,312 | Gross: $37.74M
02014.04.15: at IU Cinema
26. A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly
Votes: 23,615 | Gross: $20.34M
02014.04.16: at IU Cinema with Meryl Streep
27. Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A documentary on DIY producer/director Roger Corman and his alternative approach to making movies in Hollywood.
Director: Alex Stapleton | Stars: Roger Corman, Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Paul W.S. Anderson
Votes: 2,674 | Gross: $0.01M
02014.04.17: at IU Cinema (2nd time I'd seen it)
28. Big Sur (2013)
R | 81 min | Drama, Romance
A recounting of Jack Kerouac's three sojourns to the cabin in Big Sur owned by his friend, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Director: Michael Polish | Stars: Jean-Marc Barr, Kate Bosworth, Josh Lucas, Radha Mitchell
Votes: 2,102 | Gross: $0.03M
02014.04.18: streamed on Netflix
29. The Wild Angels (1966)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The "Angels", a San Pedro motorcycle gang, parties in the Coachella Valley's Palm Springs Indian Canyons, California, and wreaks havoc with the local police.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Votes: 3,322
02014.04.18: at IU Cinema with ROGER CORMAN
30. The Trip (II) (1967)
Approved | 82 min | Drama
A disillusioned TV-commercial director is guided by his friend through an LSD trip, during which he evaluates his identity and his relationships with women.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Bruce Dern, Dennis Hopper
Votes: 5,388
02014.04.18: at IU Cinema with ROGER CORMAN
31. The Grandmaster (2013)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Biography, Drama
The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Director: Kar-Wai Wong | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang, Chang Chen
Votes: 36,748 | Gross: $6.59M
02014.04.19: on disc from MCPL
32. Finding Vivian Maier (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Documentary, Biography, Mystery
A documentary on the late Vivian Maier, a nanny whose previously unknown cache of 100,000 photographs earned her a posthumous reputation as one of the most accomplished street photographers.
Directors: John Maloof, Charlie Siskel | Stars: Vivian Maier, John Maloof, Daniel Arnaud, Simon Amédé
Votes: 15,078 | Gross: $1.51M
02014.04.20: at IU Cinema.
33. The Motel Life (2012)
R | 85 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery
A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Directors: Alan Polsky, Gabe Polsky | Stars: Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Doc Divecchio, Nancy Youngblut
Votes: 3,791
02014.04.20: at IU Cinema with novelist Willy Vlautin present
34. Love in the Time of March Madness (2014)
9 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Melissa Johnson hit 6'4'' tall in 8th grade. Although this made her an instant basketball star, LOVE IN THE TIME OF MARCH MADNESS explores her hilarious and awkward true-life misadventures ... See full summary »
Directors: Melissa Johnson, Robertino Zambrano | Star: Melissa Johnson
Votes: 37
02014.04.21: streamed on Tribeca Film Festival online site
35. Jiseul (2012)
108 min | Drama, History, War
In 1950's, a populace of a South Korean island rebels against police brutality. The protesters are labeled as communists and the army is dispatched. One small village will be hit especially hard that day. Based on historical events.
Director: Meul O | Stars: Min-chul Sung, Jung-won Yang, Young-soon Oh, Suk-bum Moon
Votes: 302
02014.04.21: at IU Cinema
36. Africa United (2010)
88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
The story of four children who walk three thousand miles to get to the world cup. On the way they encounter many things such as HIV and child prostitution.
Director: Debs Paterson | Stars: Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Jean Nsengiyumva, Sanyu Joanita Kintu, Yves Dusenge
Votes: 1,536
02014.04.22: at IU Cinema
37. Left (III) (2013)
12 min | Animation, Short, Crime
Joe is preparing to leave home, triggering flashbacks to his time with childhood friend Neill, through fun times, adventures, divisions when a girl comes on the scene and also the bad path that Neill goes down.
Director: Eamonn O Neill | Stars: Sam Denia, Tim Preston, Abby Jackson, Jack Hollington
Votes: 37
02014.04.22: streamed on Vimeo
38. Speak (2004)
PG-13 | 89 min | Drama
After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
Director: Jessica Sharzer | Stars: Kristen Stewart, Elizabeth Perkins, Richard Hagerman, Allison Siko
Votes: 29,424
02014.04.23: on disc from Netflix
39. Il mio miglior nemico (2006)
110 min | Comedy
When a man fires a hotel maid for stealing, the woman's son gets his revenge.
Director: Carlo Verdone | Stars: Carlo Verdone, Silvio Muccino, Ana Caterina Morariu, Agnese Nano
Votes: 2,047
02014.04.24: at IU Cinema
40. Source Code (2011)
PG-13 | 93 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
Director: Duncan Jones | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright
Votes: 549,518 | Gross: $54.71M
02014.04.25: watched Source Code - AGAIN - on disc.
41. Vara: A Blessing (2013)
Unrated | 96 min | Drama, Romance
In rural India, a young woman named LILA and her mother VINATA, a temple dancer wed to a Hindu god, find themselves on the fringes of society, struggling to make ends meet.
Director: Khyentse Norbu | Stars: Shahana Goswami, Swaroopa Ghosh, Devesh Ranjan, Rohit Raj
Votes: 108
02014.04.26: streamed from Tribeca Film Festival
42. Parachute (2014)
9 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Trapped in professional purgatory, four junior bankers must decide what they truly want before it's too late.
Director: Peter Stebbings | Stars: Clé Bennett, Peter Mooney, Tommie-Amber Pirie, Charlotte Sullivan
Votes: 47
02014.04.26: streamed from Tribeca Film Festival
43. Muscle Shoals (2013)
PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".
Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier | Stars: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Candi Staton
Votes: 4,291 | Gross: $0.70M
02014.04.26: TV (PBS)
44. Evergreen (2004)
PG-13 | 86 min | Drama
A young girl seduced by a boy's affluent, seemingly idyllic family, goes to extremes to gain acceptance and escape her poverty-stricken homelife.
Director: Enid Zentelis | Stars: Cara Seymour, Mary Kay Place, Noah Fleiss, Gary Farmer
Votes: 202
02014.04.26: on disc from Netflix
45. Henri Matisse (1946)
26 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary film about artist Henri Matisse.
Director: François Campaux | Stars: Gérard Matisse, Henri Matisse, Jean Matisse, Jean Toscane
Votes: 11
02014.04.27: at IU Cinema with Barbara Freed's A Model for Matisse.
46. The Pirate Fairy (2014 Video)
G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Family
When Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's Blue Pixie Dust and flies away, Tinker Bell and her friends sets on a journey to get them back.
Director: Peggy Holmes | Stars: Mae Whitman, Christina Hendricks, Tom Hiddleston, Lucy Liu
Votes: 14,630
02014.04.28: on disc from MCPL
47. Bringing Up Bobby (2011)
PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy
A con artist moves her son to a conservative neighborhood in Oklahoma in an effort to build a better future, but it doesn't take long for her past to catch up with her, and for her son's behavior to cause problems of its own.
Director: Famke Janssen | Stars: Milla Jovovich, Bill Pullman, Marcia Cross, Spencer List
Votes: 2,046 | Gross: $0.00M
02014.04.28: on disc from MCPL
48. Bigger Than the Sky (2005)
PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A recently-dumped man with a boring personality, job, and life auditions at the community theater and gets the lead role as Cyrano despite no acting experience. It changes his life forever.
Director: Al Corley | Stars: Marcus Thomas, Amy Smart, John Corbett, Sean Astin
Votes: 1,594 | Gross: $0.02M
02014.04.29: on TV
49. Tiny Miny Magic (2011)
TV-G | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
When Sam Cabbage (Jennifer Lafleur) decides to show her appreciation for her mailman (Ross Partridge - The Off Hours, Baghead) by leaving him a present in her mailbox, she is delighted when... See full summary »
Director: Danielle Lurie | Stars: Jennifer Lafleur, Ross Partridge, Bryce Rudyk
Votes: 24
02014.04.29: streamed on Vimeo
50. Kumbh Mela: Songs of the River (2004)
Not Rated | 60 min | Documentary
The Kumbh Mela is the "Festival of the Urn" that pours out the nectar of immortality to Humanity. It is a great roving festival that has moved around India for more than four thousand years... See full summary »
Director: Nadeem Uddin | Stars: Yogmata Keiko Aikawa, Kali Baaba, Bike Baba, Pilot Baba
Votes: 18
02014.04.30: on disc from Spiritual Cinema Circle
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