Mill Valley Film Festival - October 11

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Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:45:24 -0500

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When "immigrants" beat Mie's brother, a white Dane, into a coma, ethnic tension floods her relationship with Shadi, a Palestinian. And when Shadi reveals he might know something about the crime, everyone feels they must declare their loyalty to their families, their lovers, and the truth.

50 Watt Fuse

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:09:11 -0500

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50 Watt Fuse presents the musical life of quintessential sideman, musicologist and guitarist G.E. Smith, front man for Saturday Night Live's house band for 10 years and guitarist for Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan and Mick Jagger, among others.

PRECEDED BY: Darryl Henriques Is in Show Business

Discussion and mini-set by G.E. Smith and Simon Kirke follows the October 6 screening. G.E. Smith & Friends perform a live concert at 142 Throckmorton Theatre on October 7. Click here for more details.

5@5: Falling off the Face of the Earth

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:27:22 -0500

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With suspense, humor, poignancy and often surprising equanimity, these captivating shorts encourage us to confront mortality-some with a gentle nudge and others with a powerful punch.

SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Across the Hall, Kuboå, Morbid Curiosity, The Shovel, The Substitute, 'Til Death

5@5: When You Dance You Can Really Love

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:46:20 -0500

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The beautiful but complicated choreography of love and intimacy is explored from many perspectives and camera angles in these shorts of passion, both blossoming and breaking.

SHORTS IN PROGRAM: Breathe Me, I'm Not Going to Think About Her, The Lovers, Minutiae, Mono, Orange Blossom, Shortstop

After the Wedding

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:42:25 -0500

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Danish director Susanne Bier (Brothers, Open Hearts, The One and Only) explores the turbulent terrain of the heart in a gripping drama that focuses on characters faced with tough choices.

Days of Glory

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:54:33 -0500

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Winning the prize for best male ensemble acting at Cannes, this stirring World War II epic addresses the plight of North African soldiers fighting under the French flag against the Nazis—and against the racism of their superior officers.

Dr. Bronner's Magic Soapbox

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:03:19 -0500

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This irreverent yet unexpectedly poignant documentary relates the incredible-but-true saga of the German Jewish chemist behind that hippy-chic iconic bottle of peppermint Castile soap, and the son who devised his own inspiring way of following in dad's footsteps.

PRECEDED BY: Diet Leibovich

Drifting Elegant

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:44:09 -0500

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Locally produced, the suspenseful Drifting Elegant focuses on Victor, a young Arab-American man convicted of rape, and three educated San Franciscans whose lives he affects, triggering a web of secrets, sexual desire and prejudice.

Figner: The End of a Silent Century

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 15:23:41 -0500

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The finest and last practioner of a fading art, analog soundtrack designer Edgar Figner is cast aside by contemporary Russian society and retreats into the past, where reality, memory and stunning footage from Soviet films blend into an intimate portrait of the post-Soviet Russian experience.

Gretchen

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:03:21 -0500

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Winner of the Los Angeles Film Festival's Target Filmmaker Award, Gretchen explores the hilarious and aching confusion of adolescence. Often compared to Napoleon Dynamite, this darker and, yes, quirkier film celebrates a misfit we know all too well, and love just the same.

Midsummer Dream

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:56:40 -0500

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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream gets a fresh coat of CGI paint in this splashy animated feature from Spain, showcasing a dazzlingly rendered dream world ruled by fairy queen Titania and the fabulously beer-bellied beach bum Oberon.

Mysterious Creatures

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 17:19:17 -0500

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Bill and Wendy Ainscow can no longer cope with their adult daughter Lisa's autism, so when the British mental health service deems Lisa well enough to live at home, the couple resort to extreme measures.

Mystery of the Sardine

Tue, 12 Sep 2006 17:56:47 -0500

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An exploding pooch inexplicably destroys Professor Tim Boerhave’s legs, setting in motion Erik van Zuylen’s The Mystery of the Sardine, a surreal, twisty story of broken people and fractured families struggling with disruption, crime and punishment, memory and dreams.

Observer

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:29:59 -0500

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Badrul, a young Malaysian man, embarks on an extraordinary journey away from his regular pursuits (like making a skateboarding video) and trains to be an election observer in Afghanistan.

Orozco: Man of Fire

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 21:23:16 -0500

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A rich, multihued portrait of a master Mexican painter, Orozco: Man of Fire portrays a life that was as colorful and explosive as the art it engendered.

PRECEDED BY: Working Title