THE OPENING CEREMONIES OF THE OLYMPIC BAD ART GALLERY “THE OPENING CEREMONIES AT THE OLYMPIC BAD ART SHOW ARE AN EXTRAORDINARY AND INTRICATELY CHOREOGRAPHED EXTRAVAGANZA, FEATURING AN AMAZING EXPLOSION OF COLOR AND MUSIC, WHICH ALLOW THE HOST GALLERY SCOPE TO SHOWCASE ITS UNIQUENESS, WHILE ADHERING TO VARIOUS PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE EVOLVED SINCE THE FIRST MODERN […]
TICKETS for TORMENTING THE HEN at Roxie Fri Feb 9, 915p HERE TICKETS for TORMENTING THE HEN at Roxie Tue Feb 13, 915p HERE Director Theodore Collatos – 2017 USA 77 min Bay Area Premiere – Drama / LGBT When playwright Claire (Dameka Hayes) is invited to set her latest political work at a rural […]
TICKETS for RON GOOSSENS, LOW-BUDGET STUNTMAN at Roxie Fri Feb 9, 915p HERE TICKETS for RON GOOSSENS, LOW-BUDGET STUNTMAN at Roxie Tue Feb 13, 915p HERE Directors Steffen Haars & Flip Van der Kuil – 2017 Netherlands 83 min West Coast Premiere – Dark Comedy An overnight YouTube sensation finds himself embarking on a career […]
TICKETS for I AM A KNIFE WITH LEGS at 518 Val Sat Feb 10, 1p HERE Director Bennet Jones – 2015 USA 90 min – IndieFest 2015 program note: First his girlfriend dies in a suicide bombing. Then a fatwa is issued against him. And now international Europop star Bené’s eclair is weird. Seven years and […]
Shorts 3: The Best of Us: Documentary Profiles From a kid boxer to an arborist prepping for the apocalypse, these five unique people are making the most of their time. 87 min TICKETS for SHORTS 3 at Roxie Feb 7, 7p HERE TICKETS for SHORTS 3 at Roxie Feb 10, 2p HERE Beyond the […]
TICKETS for RAMEN HEADS at Roxie Sat Feb 10, 2p HERE TICKETS for RAMEN HEADS at Roxie Tue Feb 13, 7p HERE Director Koki Shigeno – 2017 Japan 93 min California Premiere – Food/Documentary Considered an edible embrace, comforting ephemera and an art form by master chefs and legions of fans, ramen—the perfectly slurpable combination […]
TICKETS for HARMONY AND ME at 518 Val Sat Feb 10, 3p HERE Diector Robert Byington – 2010 USA 75 min – IndieFest 2010 program note: Harmony (a hilarious, wry Jutin Rice) is a charmingly quirky slacker in the depths of a yearlong post-breakup funk that shows no signs of abating. The highlights of his days […]
Shorts 5: The Hustle: Dark Comedy Shorts Give us your tired, your jaded, your sellouts, and your characters making unintentionally hilarious career choices: this program finds the dark humor in “making it.” 84 min. Contains sex and violence. TICKETS for SHORTS 5 at Roxie Feb 10, 430p HERE TICKETS for SHORTS 5 at Roxie Feb […]
TICKETS for THE MANHATTAN FRONT at Roxie Sat Feb 10, 430p HERE TICKETS for THE MANHATTAN FRONT at Roxie Wed Feb 14 7p HERE Director Cathy Lee Crane – 2017 USA 89 min World Premiere – Drama / Musical / Historic In 1915, a German saboteur comes to Manhattan and tries to co-opt the progressive labor movement […]
TICKETS for KILL ME PLEASE at 518 Val Sat Feb 10, 5p HERE Director Anita Rocha de Silveira – 2016 Brazil 101 min – IndieFest 2017 program note: The classic coming-of-age premise “You guys wanna go see a dead body?” from Stand By Me gets an update and twist as fifteen-year-old Bia becomes obsessed with a series of […]
