Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Film Series

The Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Film Series

Friday, January 3rd - Saturday, January 4th

Friday, January 3rd, 7:00pm

The Last Station

Hosted by filmmaker/critic Robert Greene

Cristian Soto and Catalina Vergara, 2013, 90 min.

“Good morning, grandmas and grandpas. Today I want to share with you the sounds I recorded on a rainy day,” says the radio announcer, the residents of Father Hurtado’s nursing home listening quietly to the daily broadcast. They wait patiently to hear news of those who have passed away, like a tired passenger awaits the arrival of the last train. Poetic and deeply human, The Last Station is an insightful portrait of life in a Chilean nursing home, where residents embark with determination upon their every chore. Hailed around the world as masterful—it’s dimly lit scenes compared to the paintings of Vilhelm Hammershoi and its careful narrative approach reminiscent of Tarkovsky’s work—this film has played at IDFA, Leipzig and Copenhagen, among others. The work of a surprisingly young directorial duo, it reminds us that life, though slow when nearing the end, is lived with the same intensity all the way through. (Hot Docs)

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/52418037

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/540412

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Friday, January 3rd, 9:00pm

Valentine Road

Hosted by filmmaker/critic Robert Greene

Marta Cunningham, 2013, 89 Min.

The seaside town of Oxnard, California, was shattered in 2008 by the shooting death of Lawrence “Larry” King, a 15-year-old biracial, LGBTQ student. The killer? His white, 14-year-old crush, Brandon McInerney. Was this a hate crime—retaliation against unwanted advances—or something more complex, entrenched in the community and society at large? Did flamboyant Larry, who liked to crochet, wear makeup and don heels, push his attacker, an emerging white supremacist, over the edge? It sure made for catchy headlines and drew attention to the plight of LGBTQ teens, as well as the overwhelmed educational and juvenile justice systems. But sensational press coverage only scratched the surface of the real story.Valentine Road delves deeper, to explore the complicated issues of accountability, sympathy and deviance at the heart of a legal defence that posited a murder victim can be the cause of his own murder. (Hot Docs)

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHewBW4UocY

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/540440

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/644329752298521/