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Greener Grass By the Grace of God White Snake STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 • ONE WEEK WINNER! SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE 2019 BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL “An odd and wonderfully upbeat absurdist take on the American dream...It’s such a “Ambitious, urgently topical…On-the-moment cinema, ripped so freshly from the headlines “Enchanting...One of the most beautiful animated features I’ve ever seen.” delightful place to inhabit, you won’t want to leave.”—Peter Debruge, VARIETY that the filmmaking still bears a few ink smudges.”—Guy Lodge, VARIETY —Mike McGranaghan, THE AISLE SEAT “Landing somewhere between the dreamy hellscape of Lynch’s Blue Velvet and the joyous “A thoughtful, fast-paced, and immaculately acted procedural that unfolds with the urgency HHHHH! “A beautiful work of art. With sumptuous backgrounds, impressive vistas and vulgarity of Waters’ Polyester, Greener Grass occupies an odd space of its own in the annals of a newspaper deadline.”—David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE beautiful character designs, it looks nothing short of gorgeous.” of the suburban satire.”—J. Hurtado, SCREEN ANARCHY Leading writer/director François Ozon (FRANTZ, IN THE HOUSE, POTICHE, SWIMMING POOL, 8 WOMEN) won the Grand Jury Prize (Silver Bear) at this —Chris Perkins, ANIMATION FOR ADULTS GREENER GRASS is set in a day-glo-colored, bizarro version of suburbia where adults wear braces on their already-straight teeth, everyone drives year’s Berlin Film Festival with BY THE GRACE OF GOD, the urgent and heartfelt the story of three adult men who band together to expose the stifling This delightful and spectacular tale is filled with magic, thrills, moments of humor, and a sweet romance. It’s a visually stunning new take golf carts, and children magically turn into golden retrievers. Soccer moms and best friends Jill (Jocelyn DeBoer) and Lisa (Dawn Luebbe) are code of silence that continues to enable a priest who abused them as boys. Alexandre (Melvil Poupaud, LAURENCE ANYWAYS, TIME TO LEAVE), a on a classic legend, from Light Chaser Animation, one of China’s premiere animation studios. One day a young woman named Blanca locked in a passive aggressive battle-of-the-wills that takes a turn into the sinister when Lisa begins systematically taking over every aspect of forty-something family man with repressed memories, still devout, goes to the Church to ask them to reform. But when he is stonewalled, he is saved by Xuan, a poor snake catcher from a nearby village. She has lost her memory, but learns she has magical powers. Together they Jill’s life—starting with her newborn daughter. Meanwhile, a psycho yoga teacher killer is on the loose, Jill’s husband (Beck Bennett, “Saturday files a claim with the police, which leads to other men coming forward with similar testimony. François Denis( Ménochet, CUSTODY), a hotheaded go on a journey to discover her real identity, developing deeper feelings for one another along the way. Blanca endows Xuan’s dog Doudou Night Live”) has developed a curious taste for pool water, and Lisa is pregnant with a soccer ball. That’s just the tip of the gloriously weird iceberg atheist, wants to make the Church pay. Emmanuel Swann( Arlaud), a loner existing on the fringes of society, is reluctant to speak. Their experiences with the ability to talk, which horrifies Doudou hilariously. But as they learn more about Blanca’s past, they uncover a darker plot of that is the feature debut from writers/directors DeBoer and Luebbe, who honed their comedic chops for years in improv at the Upright Citizens powerfully illustrate the varying effects that the trauma of abuse causes to individuals and their families for years. Ozon’s gripping drama is based supernatural forces vying for power, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. WHITE SNAKE presents a sumptuous tale of trickster Brigade Theatre. It’s a hilariously demented, STEPFORD WIVES-on-acid satire destined to be an instant cult classic. With Mary Holland (“Veep”), on a true story that is an ongoing scandal in France, which led to a conviction in March 2019. (France/Belgium, 2019) demons, deadly mythical beasts, assassins, wuxia action, and the promise of eternal love. Directed by Amp Wong and Zhao Ji. (China, 2019) D’Arcy Carden (“The Good Place”) and Neil Casey. (USA, 2019) Note: Early matinee screenings will be in English. All other shows will be in Mandarin with English subtitles. ifcfilms.com/films/greener-grass musicboxfilms.com/film/by-the-grace-of-god gkids.com/films/white-snake Gift Synonyms Little Joe STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 • ONE WEEK STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6 • ONE WEEK WINNER! GOLDEN BEAR WINNER! BEST FILM BEST ACTRESS 2019 BERLIN 2019 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL FILM FESTIVAL “Marvelous and inspiring.”—Lewis Hyde, author of The Gift Critics Pick! “Astonishing, maddening, brilliant, hilarious, obstinate, and altogether “Creepy for how mundanely uncreepy it plays its scenario, Little Joe is an existential horror “A beautiful, moving, and thought-provoking reflection on the creative process and the unmissable.”—David Ehrlich, INDIEWIRE movie about our inability to understand our own complicated emotions.”—A.A. Dowd, AV CLUB things that make us human…More than a worthy tribute to one of my favorite books, Robin “Breathtaking…Newcomer [Tom Mercier] quite literally throws himself into scenes of “A richly enigmatic fantasia! The narrative is balanced precariously but pleasingly between McKenna’s Gift translates Lewis Hyde’s remarkable notion into new terms.”—Jonathan Lethem explosive energy.”—Jay Weissberg, VARIETY the fantastic and the real, between the analytical and the evocative, between the seriously Inspired by Lewis Hyde’s beloved classic THE GIFT: CREATIVITY AND THE ARTIST IN THE MODERN WORLD, this richly cinematic film interweaves The audacious and provocative dramatic comedy SYNONYMS stars newcomer Tom Mercier as Yoav, a young Israeli ex-soldier who has just moved philosophical and the darkly comic.”—SIGHT & SOUND multiple character-driven stories. On the Pacific Northwest Coast, a young Indigenous artist and carver follows a family tradition, undertaking to Paris with great expectations that France will save him from what he sees as the madness of his country. Things don’t get off to a great start Emily Beecham won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her masterful portrayal of Alice, a single mother and dedicated senior the elaborate preparations for a potlatch, to make a name for himself by giving everything away. In Rome a derelict sausage factory occupied as he discovers that the flat he’s supposed to stay in is completely empty. And while taking a bath there, his belongings are stolen. Naked, he plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. She has engineered a very special crimson flower, remarkable not only by migrant families is transformed into a living museum, protected by a barricade of art: a model of resistance, and an invaluable gift. In the is befriended by a French hippie couple Emile (Quentin Dolmaire, MY GOLDEN DAYS) and Caroline (Louise Chevilotte). Not deterred easily and for its beauty and pleasing aroma but also for its therapeutic value: if kept at the ideal temperature, fed properly and spoken to regularly in a pirate utopia of Burning Man, a mutant bumblebee art car distributes mead in a post-apocalyptic desert landscape. Meanwhile, in Auckland, desperate to erase his origins, Yoav refuses to speak Hebrew, relying on a French dictionary as his constant companion. Mercier is amazing, friendly voice, this plant makes its owner happy. Everyone will want one. Her corporation is poised to make a killing with it when they launch it New Zealand, artist Lee Mingwei prepares to launch Sonic Blossom—a “transformative gift” of song. GIFT is a tribute to something that can’t be throwing himself fearlessly into the role with a high degree of physicality, giving a hypnotic performance as the deeply alienated Yoav, whose in the marketplace, once testing is completed. Against company policy, Alice takes one home as a gift for her teenage son Joe (Kit Connor), and measured or counted, bought or sold. Exploring the parallels between artists’ work and a gift economy, it’s a reflection on the creative process, attempts to find himself awaken past demons while opening up an existential abyss. Inspired by the real life experiences of writer/director they christen it ‘Little Joe.’ But as their plant grows, so too does Alice’s suspicion that her new creation may not be as harmless as its nickname suggests. Subtly sinister and increasingly creepy, enhanced by creative sound design, LITTLE JOE is one of the most imaginative horror/suspense the reasons we “labor in service of our gifts,” and a celebration of the imagination. Written and directed by Robin McKenna. (Canada, 2019) Nadav Lapid (THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, POLICEMAN). Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival. (France/Israel/Germany, 2019) films seen in a long time.Ben Whishaw and Kerry Fox co-star. Directed and co-written by Jessica Hausner. (Austria/UK/Germany, 2019) giftitforwardproject.com/the-film kinolorber.com/film/synonyms magnoliapictures.com 63 Up A Hidden Life NOVEMBER 1, 2019 – JANUARY 2, 2020 STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 • ONE WEEK COMING IN DECEMBER DENVER FILMCALENDAR Emily Beecham in Jessica Hausner’s LITTLE JOE “63 Up is the most important British film of our lifetime!” HHHHH! “A Hidden Life is a work of genius.”—David Sexton, EVENING STANDARD —David Thomson, Film Critic & Historian “Extraordinary! Cinema at its mightiest and holiest...A movie you enter, like a cathedral of “If this is the final chapter, as Apted suggests it could be, it’s a worthy cap to one of the the senses.”—Owen Gleiberman, VARIETY boldest experiments in world cinema.”—Chris Willman, VARIETY Visionary writer/director Terrence Malick (THE TREE OF LIFE, THE NEW WORLD, THE THIN RED LINE, DAYS OF HEAVEN) makes a triumphant Legendary filmmaker Michael Apted (COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER), an Emmy nominee, DGA winner, and BAFTA-winning director, returns with the return with A HIDDEN LIFE.