Mix Tape: 20 FEET FROM STARDOM

Watch Trailer Director: Morgan Neville
Writer(s): Morgan Neville
Cast: Lou Adler, Stephanie 'Stevvie' Alexander, Patti Austin
Awards: Academy Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature, 2014 Critics' Choice Winner Best Documentary Feature

Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM, award-winning director Morgan Neville shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonizing with others.

These gifted artists span a range of styles, genres and eras of popular music, but each has a uniquely fascinating and personal story to share of life spent in the shadows of superstardom.    Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM boasts intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting to name just a few.  However, these world-famous figures take a backseat to the diverse array of backup singers whose lives and stories take center stage in the film.

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Running Time: 89 minutes89 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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For once, the spotlight shines on these brilliant women who spent most of their careers on the outskirts of fame with minimal fortune to show for their efforts.

Susan Wloszczyna
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ISU & The LGBT Center Present A FANTASTIC WOMAN *FREE*

Watch Trailer Director: Sebastián Lelio
Writer(s): Sebastián Lelio, Gonzalo Maza
Cast: Daniela Vega, Francisco Reyes, Luis Gnecco

Join us Tuesday, April 3rd at 7:00PM for a FREE screening of the Best Foreign Language Film winner at this year’s Academy Awards, A Fantastic Woman, followed by a panel discussion with members from Ohio University’s LGBT Center and International Student Union.

Marina and Orlando are in love and planning for the future. Marina is a young waitress and aspiring singer. Orlando is 20 years older than her, and owns a printing company. After celebrating Marina’s birthday one evening, Orlando falls seriously ill. Marina rushes him to the emergency room, but he passes away just after arriving at the hospital. Instead of being able to mourn her lover, suddenly Marina is treated with suspicion. The doctors and Orlando’s family don’t trust her. A woman detective investigates Marina to see if she was involved in his death. Orlando’s ex-wife forbids her from attending the funeral. And to make matters worse, Orlando’s son threatens to throw Marina out of the flat she shared with Orlando. Marina is a trans woman and for most of Orlando’s family, her sexual identity is an aberration, a perversion. So Marina struggles for the right to be herself. She battles the very same forces that she has spent a lifetime fighting just to become the woman she is now – a complex, strong, forthright and fantastic woman.

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Running Time: 104 minutes104 MIN
R Rated
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Chilean director Sebastián Lelio and star Daniela Vega give the growing bracket of transgender drama a new, luminous touchstone work.

Guy Lodge
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Sustainability Series: AWAKE, A DREAM FROM STANDING ROCK

Watch Trailer Director: Myron Dewey, Josh Fox
Cast: Autumn DePoe-Hughes

Follows the dramatic rise of the historic #NODAPL native-led peaceful resistance at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota, which captured the world’s attention. Thousands of activists converged from around the country to stand in solidarity with the Water Protectors (activists) protesting the construction of the $3.7 billion Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). The Water Protectors at Standing Rock have awakened the nation and forever changed the way we fight for clean water, the environment and the future of our planet.

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Sustainability Series: DEATH BY DESIGN

Watch Trailer Director: Sue Williams
Cast: Ted Smith, Luke Soules, Kyle Wiens, Ma Jun, Paul Maher

The cell and smartphone industries have saturated the market; in 2015, it was estimated that 98 percent of all US citizens aged between 18 – 29 years owned a mobile phone. A staggering 86 percent owned smartphones. By 2020, four billion people will have a personal computer. Five billion will own a mobile phone. In an investigation that spans the globe, filmmaker Sue Williams investigates the underbelly of the electronics industry. What was uncovered tells an entirely different story to the falsified “clean industry” reputation promoted by the global electronics industry and the semi-conductor industry.

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Running Time: 73 minutes73 MIN
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Vital. Provocative in its focus on giant American corporations.

John DeFore
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Out at the Movies: SATURDAY CHURCH

Watch Trailer Director: Damon Cardasis
Cast: Luka Kain Margot Bingham Regina Taylor Marquis Rodriguez MJ Rodriguez Indya Moore Alexia Garcia Kate Bornstein Jaylin Fletcher

SATURDAY CHURCH tells the story of 14-year-old Ulysses, a shy and effeminate boy, who finds himself coping with new responsibilities as “man of the house” after the death of his father. Living alongside his mother, younger brother, and conservative aunt, Ulysses is also struggling with questions about his gender identity. He finds an escape by creating a world of fantasy filled with dance and music. Ulysses’ journey takes a turn for the better when he encounters a vibrant transgender community, who take him to “Saturday Church,” a program for LGBTQ youth. Ulysses manages to keep his two worlds apart; appeasing his aunt and discovering his passion for the NYC ball scene, and voguing, until his double life is revealed. Ulysses must find the courage to be who he truly is, all while risking losing those he cares about most.

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Running Time: 82 minutes82 MIN
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A tender coming-of-age story

David Rooney
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THE FLORIDA PROJECT: Last Day Tuesday, December 19th

Watch Trailer Director: Sean Baker
Writer(s): Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch
Cast: Willem Defoe, Brooklynn Prince, Valeria Cotto

Warm, winning, and gloriously alive, Sean Baker’s The Florida Project is a deeply moving and unforgettably poignant look at childhood.

Set on a stretch of highway just outside the imagined utopia of Disney World, The Florida Project follows six-year-old Moonee (Brooklynn Prince in a stunning breakout turn) and her rebellious mother Halley (Bria Vinaite, another major discovery) over the course of a single summer. The two live week to week at “The Magic Castle,” a budget motel managed by Bobby (a career-best Willem Dafoe), whose stern exterior hides a deep reservoir of kindness and compassion.

Despite her harsh surroundings, the precocious and ebullient Moonee has no trouble making each day a celebration of life, her endless afternoons overflowing with mischief and grand adventure as she and her ragtag playmates—including Jancey, a new arrival to the area who quickly becomes Moonee’s best friend—fearlessly explore the utterly unique world into which they’ve been thrown. Unbeknownst to Moonee, however, her delicate fantasy is supported by the toil and sacrifice of Halley, who is forced to explore increasingly dangerous possibilities in order to provide for her daughter.

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Running Time: 115 minutes115 MIN
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The Florida Project is sublime: a blast of life, of celebratory highs and lamentable lows, on the outer economic edges of the Sunshine State.

A.A. Dowd
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MY FRIEND DAHMER

Watch Trailer Director: Marc Meyers
Cast: Anne Heche, Vincent Kartheiser, Ross Lynch

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys in the Midwest United States between 1978 and 1991 before being captured and incarcerated. He would become one of America’s most infamous serial killers. This is the story before that story. Jeff Dahmer (Disney Channel’s Ross Lynch) is an awkward teenager struggling to make it through high school with a family life in ruins.  He collects roadkill, fixates on a neighborhood jogger (Vincent Kartheiser, “Mad Men”), and copes with his unstable mother (Anne Heche) and well-intentioned father (Dallas Roberts). He begins to act out at school, and his goofball antics win over a group of band-nerds who form The Dahmer Fan Club, headed by Derf Backderf (Alex Wolff, “Patriots Day”). But this camaraderie can’t mask his growing depravity. Approaching graduation, Jeff spirals further out of control, inching ever closer to madness. Marc Meyers’s MY FRIEND DAHMER is the haunting, sad, funny, true story of Jeffrey Dahmer in high school, based on Derf Backderf’s critically acclaimed 2012 graphic novel of the same name and Meyers’s own 2014 Black List script.

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Running Time: 107 minutes107 MIN
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It sees Jeffrey Dahmer for what he was: a young man who could express himself only through the most hideous violence. Yet it shows you that what he had to express was real.

Owen Gleiberman
Variety
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LOVING VINCENT: Last Day Thursday, November 30th

Viewing: May 11,2024

Watch Trailer Director: Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
Writer(s): Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman. Jacek Dehnel
Cast: Douglas Booth, Jerome Flynn, Robert Gulaczyk

This feature-length painted animation — the first film of its kind — explores the life and unusual death of Vincent Van Gogh via depictions of his artworks. Directed by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman.

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Running Time: 95 minutes95 MIN
PG-13 Rated
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You will marvel at the art in this labor-intensive labor-of-love.

Bob Mondello
NPR
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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS: Last Day Thursday, November 30th

Watch Trailer Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer(s): Michael Green, Agatha Christie
Cast: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe

What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best-selling author Agatha Christie, “Murder on the Orient Express” tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone’s a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again. Kenneth Branagh directs and leads an all-star cast including Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley and Josh Gad.

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THE LEISURE SEEKER

Watch Trailer Director: Paolo Virzì
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren, Kirsty Mitchell

Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren and two-time Golden Globe-winner Donald Sutherland star as a runaway couple going on an unforgettable cross-country journey in their vintage camper. Ella and John are fleeing the suffocating care of their doctors and grown children. He is distracted but strong; she is frail but sharp. Their journey aboard the faithful old camper they call The Leisure Seeker takes them from Boston to Key West. Sharing moments of exhilaration and anguish, they recapture their passion for life and their love for one another on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end. The film is inspired by the novel of the same name by Michael Zadoorian.

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Running Time: 112 minutes112 MIN
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