Lots has happened!
For starters, SLIFF was going on a couple weeks ago. I saw lots and lots of movies!
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (with K): varied oral histories are good to hear, but I would have liked a little more analysis.
We Need to Talk About Kevin (with K): starring Tilda Swinton, this is a super-serious film about a woman's attempt to understand herself and her troubled teenage son. Probably would have won the Audience Choice Award, if it had been up to me.
9:06 (with K): a Slovenian detective who comes to inhabit the life of the man whose suicide he's investigating. Weird.
The Welcome (with K and M): inspirational and intensely personal story about a group of vets from various wars coming together to heal, and being welcomed back to society by the town of Ashland, Oregon (home of the famous Shakespeare Festival).
Circus Dreams (with K): great movie about Circus Smirkus some really dedicated and hardworking kids whose dream it is to run away and join the circus.
Hell and Back Again (with K and mom): another story about a vet returning to society, this time after major injury. The Welcome is less intense, but I think I liked it better anyway.
The Athlete (with T): the story of the perseverance of Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila. Q&A session with the filmmaker/lead actor afterwards.
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