Miranda July at the Hollywood Theater
This is a press release from the Hollywood. Miranda July has a new film about to be released.
MIRANDA JULY TO VISIT THE HOLLYWOOD THEATRE MAY 6th and 7th
(Portland, OR), Apr. 19, 2011 – In partnership with Portland State University’s Social Practice MFA program led by Harrell Fletcher and Jen Delos Reyes, and with support from Roadside Attractions, the Hollywood Theatre will host Miranda July on May 6th and 7th, presenting advanced screenings of her latest film “The Future,” as well as a shorts program featuring her early work.
The shorts program, taking place on May 6th, will be a collaboration between Fletcher, Reyes, their Social Practice MFA students and July, featuring various participatory art projects inspired by July’s work. A limited number of Miranda July prints designed especially for this event will be available for sale throughout the evening. On May 7th, two advanced screenings of “The Future” will take place at 7pm and 9:30pm. July will make appearances at both screenings, participating in an audience Q+A after the first, and introducing the second.
“The Future” stars July, (who also writes, directs) alongside Hamish Linklater in the story of a thirty-something couple who, on deciding to adopt a stray cat, change their perspective on life, literally altering the course of time and testing their faith in each other and themselves. The film opens in theatres on July 29, 2011.
WHEN: Shorts Program May 6th at 7pm
“The Future” May 7th at 7pm and 9:30pm
WHERE: The Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.
TICKETS: Tickets are available online at http://hollywoodtheatre.org and at the Hollywood Theatre Box Office
Deneuve, in All Her Glory
The Northwest Film Center is showing a Catherine Deneuve retrospective starting this Friday. Deneuve is a major international star, a wonderful actor, and considered one of the most beautiful women in France. Her face was used as the face for Marianne, the national symbol of France. She was born 5 months later than me, but she looks much better.
Almost all of her movies are at least worth watching, but some stand out. Umbrellas of Cherbourg (Friday 7PM) is a candy-colored mod musical from 1964, when the 60s were breaking out. Silly, gorgeous and inconsequential, I have loved this movie since I first saw it.
Repulsion (Friday 9PM, Saturday 4PM) is one of the most disturbing movies ever made. Directed by Roman Polanski in 1965, I went not knowing exactly what to expect. Polanski was not yet well-known in the US, and I knew Deneuve was in it. It is simply a horrifying portrait of a sexually-repressed young girl going homicidally insane. It is brilliant in every respect, and the angelic-looking Deneuve was a perfect choice. Polanski had a dark side even before his wife and friends were slaughtered by the Manson family, and it is evident here. If you think you can handle it, I urge you to see this.
Included in this group of films are directors Jacques Demy, Luis Bunuel and Francois Truffaut. If I had to pick the best of the bunch, they would be 8 Women (May 13 and 14), Tristana (Sat May 7 9PM, Sun May 8 2PM), Belle du Jour (Sat May 7 6:45PM), and Mississippi Mermaid (Sun May 8 7PM).
Try to catch at least one.