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VOL. 33, NO. 3
Opens June 16
Eleanor Coppola, (Francis Ford
Coppola’s wife) is a filmmaker in her own
right. She won numerous awards for her
1992 documentary Hearts of Darkness;
this comedy is her first feature film. Diane
Lane stars as a neglected filmmaker’s wife
who finds joy and romance on a road trip
in France. Alec Baldwin co-stars.
Opens June 9
Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson and
John Slattery star in this drama set in
June of 1944. Winston Churchill, at
war with Hitler’s Germany and at odds
with allies, is poised to make the biggest
decision of his life. D-Day could end
the war in Europe or be an unrivaled
catastrophe.
Opens June 23
Opens June 9
Salma Hayek plays a healer from Mexico
who clashes with a wealthy guest (John
Lithgow) at a dinner party in this social
comedy written by Mike White and
directed by Miguel Arteta. (NR)
Daphne Du Maurier’s suspenseful novel
was adapted for the screen by director
Roger Michell. Sam Claflin plays Philip,
an Englishman who believes his beloved
cousin and guardian was murdered by the
mysterious woman he married on holiday
in Italy. When the young widow (Rachel
Weisz) appears at the estate, Philip
becomes infatuated.
Opens June 23
British auteur Ken Loach is known for
exploring working class lives. Daniel Blake
(Dave Johns) is a carpenter at
the mercy of the welfare system
who is disabled by an accident.
A single mother (Hayley
Squires) finds herself in
similar straits. Winner
of 8 international awards,
including the Palme d’Or
at Cannes 2016
BILGE EBIRI, VILLAGE VOICE
Opens June 30
Opens July 7
Writer-comedian Demetri Martin
stars in this movie about a cartoonist
grappling with his mother’s death.
Kevin Kline plays his father-who is
dealing with grief in a different way.
Mary Steenburgen and Gillian
Jacobs co-star.
Timothy Spall, Colm Meaney,
Freddie Highmore, Toby Stevens
and John Hurt star in a drama
directed by Nick Hamm about the
2006 resolution of differences between
Irish Separatists and British Loyalists
after a decades long conflict.
Opens June 30
“One of Loach’s finest films.”
OWEN GLEIBERMAN, VARIETY
“Winner of this year’s Narrative Feature
Award at Tribeca, Dean is a hilarious,
heartfelt picture.”
KRISTIN KIM, COLLIDER
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“This might be the best performance
Salma Hayek has ever given, her quiet,
observant reserve eventually giving way to
bewilderment and resolve.”
Sofia Coppola adapted Thomas
Cullinan’s novel set in a school for
girls in 1864 Virginia. Sheltered from
the outside world, their discovery of a
wounded Union soldier tangles the ties
of their insular society. Colin Farrell,
Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and
Elle Fanning star. Winner, Best
Director at Cannes Film Festival.
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SPECIAL EVENTS AT THE FLICKS
i48 Competition
and Festival
JUNE 10 AT 12:45PM & 2:45PM
Join us for the Idaho
Forty Eight Hour Film
Competition! Teams
have 48 hours to
write, shoot, and
edit an original 3-6
minute short film. The
14th annual “All Films” screening is
Saturday, June 10th at The Flicks
and the “Best of the Fest” screening
and awards ceremony is Sunday,
June 11th at the Egyptian. Tickets
are $5.00 for The Flicks and $7.00 for
the Egyptian. More information
www.idaho48.org
Kinky Boots
for Pride
Movie Night
JUNE 14 AT 7:00
Boise
Choruses hosts
the official Pride
Movie Night
with the crossdressing comedy.
Sexy shoes and
outrageous
outfits highly
encouraged! Sponsored by Pride
Foundation, tickets are $10 in advance
and at the door.
Preservation Idaho
Presents
Citizen Jane
Treasure Valley Food
Coalition Presents “At
the Fork”
Jane Jacobs was a
journalist, activist and
anthropologist who
fought the destruction
of neighborhoods
in Manhattan. Ideas
presented in Matt Tyrnauer’s documentary,
seen through the lens of one of preservation’s
greatest champions, are still applicable today.
Presented by Idaho Modern, an advocacy
committee of Preservation Idaho, with
sponsorship from Scott and Carol McDougall,
tickets are $12 in advance and at the door.
John Papaola’s film is
about the way animals
are raised for our
consumption. Q & A with
local meat producers and chefs will follow
the film. Tickets are $12 and are available
now at www.tugg.com/events/at-the-forkzqfw and at the door after 4:00 on June 27.
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Freshwater Film Shorts
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JULY 23 AT 7:00
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Alice Birch adapted the novella by Nikolai
Leskov about a young woman sold into
marriage by her father . This debut of director
William Oldroyd has already won multiple
awards and has jump started the career of star
Florence Pugh. Christopher Fairbank and
Cosmo Jarvis
co-star.
“This brilliantly feminist
British indie film plunges
a cold, sharp knife into
the back of bonnet
dramas.”
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August 18, 20 & 21
Don’t miss Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk’s
follow-up to the 2006 Al Gore climatechange documentary.
The film presents
new science
and addresses
climate deniers in
government who
are allowing decisionmaking to be hacked by
corporate interests. (NR)
“Winning and
impassioned...”
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Opens
July 28
Rooney Mara plays a new widow
whose recently deceased husband
(Casey Affleck) is drawn back to
their home to watch over her in this
meditation on love, loss and the passing
of time. Sonia Acevedo costars;
David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies
Saints) directs.
“A film that I can guarantee you people
will revisit and discuss for years to come.
It’s daring, strange, and unforgettable.”
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Opens
August 18
Opens August 4
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Ethan Hawke plays Everett Lewis, a Nova
Scotia recluse who hired the shy aspiring
painter Maud Dowley (Sally Hawkins) as
a housemaid in 1937. Aisling Walsh directs
this true story from a script by
Sherry White.
Molly Shannon, Alison Brie, Aubrey
Plaza, Kate Micucci, Nick Offerman, John
C. Reilly, Fred Armisen and Dave Franco
don medieval garb for this romp set at a 14th
Century convent. Based on one of the stories
of the Decameron; Jeff Baena directs.
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Opens July 21
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Comedian Kumail Nanjiani fell in love with
writer Ellen Gordon (Zoe Kazan) and then
had to navigate her illness, the U.S. health care
system, cultural and religious differences and
her parents (Holly Hunter and Ray Romano)
in this true story of romance, healing and
marriage.
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August 11
Jeanette Walls bestselling memoir about
growing up on the road
with an artistic mother
and brilliant alcoholic
father is brought to life
by director/screenwriter
Destin Cretton. Brie
Larson, Naomi Watts
and Woody Harrelson
star.
Menashe Lustig stars as
a new widower at odds
with his orthodox Hasidic
community that dictates
a man cannot raise his
son without a mother.
Joshua Weinstein
directs. Set in Brooklyn;
in Yiddish with English
subtitles. (NR)
“Striking throughout are the
seemingly caught-on-the-wing
moments that subtly enrich
the film’s characterizations.”
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Opens August 25
Opens August 18
In this comedy debut directed by Matt Spicer, Aubrey
Plaza stars as social media addict Ingrid, who moves to
L.A. to meet Taylor (Elizabeth Olsen), her latest Instagram
obsession. O’Shea Jackson Jr. shines as Dan, Ingrid’s
landlord, who thinks this lunatic is adorable. (NR)
Kyle Mooney stars as an audience of one who is sad the
Brigsby Bear TV show has gone off the air, so he dedicates
himself to finding out how the story ends.
Claire Danes, Greg Kinnear and Mark
Hamill co-star in this comedic fantasy.
Winner of the Waldo
Salt Screenwriting Award
at Sundance 2017.
“...the rare comedy –
one of a very special
sense of humor and a
big heart.” Nick Allen,
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Opens
August 25
In 17th century Amsterdam,
a painter (Dane DeHaan)
falls in love with the subject
of his latest portrait (Alicia
Vikander). Christoph
Waltz, Judi Dench, Tom
Hollander and Jack
O’Connell co-star for
Justin Chadwick.
Tom Stoppard adapted
the novel The Dream
of Tulips by Deborah
Moggach.
Opens
September 8
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are
on the road again. Trading barbs and
This Academy Award Nominee for Best Foreign Language outdoing each other with celebrity
Film last year is based on the true story of Estonian
impressions, they sample exotic foods
fencer Endel Nelis, who fled from Soviet Secret
and enjoy the country and people of
Police to his homeland, where he became a P.E.
Spain, to hilarious effect. Michael
teacher in a small town. Kirill Käro stars. In Estonian
Winterbottom directs. (NR)
and Russian with English subtitles. (NR)
“A jaunty, funny, entertaining personal
“This well-acted, smoothly crafted drama
and geographical journey, brushing up
tells a story of cross-generational bonding in the face
against moments of truth that can sting.”
of historical oppression.”
Opens September 1
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