Featured Film:
Mutual Appreciation at the Grand Illusion
It doesn’t seem possible that Mutual Appreciation, one of the corwning achievments of the Mumblecore movement (some might say one fo the only good products of the Mumblecore movement) should be old enough to be in need of restoration. But here we are in 2019 and Andrew Bujalski’s now 13 year old film has indeed been restored and is playing four days this week at the Grand Illusion. His prior film, Funny Ha Ha, will be playing there next week. Bujalski has in recent years moved onto somewhat higher profile work: with the oddball minor sensation Computer Chess, the oddball rom-com Results, and the oddball workplace comedy Support the Girls, he’s responsible for some of the finest American films of recent years. Here’s a chance to catch up with where he started. And yes, it kind of killed me not to put Legend of the Demon Cat in this spot. A film far too good to be paired with SIFF’s novelty showing of a Cat Video Festival.
Playing This Week:
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
Luka Chuppi (Laxman Utekar) Fri-Thurs
Blazing Saddles (Mel Brooks, 1974) Fri, Sat, Mon-Weds
Serenity (Joss Whedon, 2005) Fri-Mon
The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) Weds Only
Black Panther (Ryan Coogler) Fri & Sat Only
Blackkklansman (Spike Lee) Sun & Mon Only
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) Tues & Weds Only
Roma (Alfonso Cuarón) Fri-Thurs
Legend of the Demon Cat (Chen Kaige) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Cat Video Fest 2019 Sat & Sun Only
Extreme Job (Lee Byung-heon) Fri-Thurs
Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) Sun & Weds Only
Everybody Knows (Asghar Farhadi) Fri-Thurs
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski) Fri-Thurs
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) Fri-Thurs
Police Story 2 (Jackie Chan, 1988) Sat Only
Burning (Lee Chnagdong) Tues Only
Women’s Adventure Film Tour Thurs Only
FP2: Beats of Rage (Jason Trost) Fri & Sat Only
Jupiter’s Moon (Kornél Mundruczó) Fri, Sun, Tues & Thurs
Saturday Secret Matinee Sat Only 16mm
Mutual Appreciation (Andrew Bujalski) Sat, Sun, Mon & Weds
Lords of Chaos (Jonas Åkerlund) Mon-Thurs
Everybody Knows (Asghar Farhadi) Fri-Thurs
Total Dhamaal (Indra Kumar) Fri-Thurs
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
Luka Chuppi (Laxman Utekar) Fri-Thurs
LKG (Prabhu) Fri-Thurs
Sonchiriya (Abhishek Chaubey) Fri-Thurs
Kodathi Samaksham Balan Vakeel (B. Unnikrishnan) Sat-Mon Only
Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939) Sun & Weds Only
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs Our Review
The Gospel of Eureka (Michael Palmieri & Donal Mosher) Fri-Weds Director Q&A Sat
Madaraka: The Documentary (Wael “L” Abou-Zaki) Sat Only
Chronic Means Forever and Always (Kadazia Allen-Perry and Angela DiMarco) Sun Only Directors in Attendance
Salvador Dalí: In Search of Immortality (David Pujol) Mon-Thurs
Festival of (In)Appropriation #10 Thurs Only
The Wandering Earth (Frant Gwo) Fri-Thurs Our Review
Sharkwater Extinction (Rob Stewart) Fri-Thurs
Asphalt (Joe May, 1929) Mon Only
Luka Chuppi (Laxman Utekar) Fri-Thurs
Total Dhamaal (Indra Kumar) Fri-Thurs
Gully Boy (Zoya Akhtar) Fri-Thurs
Alone Together (Antoinette Jadaone) Fri-Thurs
Cold War (Pawel Pawlikowski) Fri-Thurs
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) Fri-Thurs
To Dust (Shawn Snyder) Fri-Sun
Mankiller (Valerie Red-Horse) Thurs Only
