We started our first SLIFF weekend with The Booksellers, which was tailor-made just for me. It's a peek into the annual rare book sale in New York City, combined with a profile of many of the booksellers, collectors, and other characters who inhabit that world. It was simply delightful!
We headed from Frontenac to the Tivoli to see Olympic Dreams, the very cute romantic tale of two people, each lost in their own way, at the Olympics in PyeongChang. She is a cross country skier who lives in the Athlete Village; he is a volunteer dentist. A fun fact about this movie is that the whole thing was actually filmed in PyeongChang during the Olympics! And it made for a very cute movie, to boot.
Sunday saw us at Tivoli again, this time to see Our Bodies Our Doctors, an investigation into the great lengths taken by doctors who are willing to perform abortions -- and who see the necessity of compassionate care in that circumstance -- despite all the political obstacles thrown in their path. The subject is always political, but this shines a light that is kind and contextual.
Standing Up, Falling Down stars Billy Crystal, someone whom I have not seen enough lately. He plays an alcoholic nearing the end of the line, who befriends a failed stand-up comedian. The two strike up an unlikely friendship, and help each other realize some of their shortcomings and discover that not everything is as bad as it seems.
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