Coming Attractions

Posted by Charlotte Martinez in Film

Coming Attractions

May 2-8

CineVision Film Festival

First Annual Student-Run Film Festival at SFUAD

Film 4 Change—in association with The Film School, Christopher Foundation for the Arts, and The Screen—presents four days of student, international and independent film screenings, featuring panels and Q/As with special guests and lecturers. Free for SFUAD students and $10 per film program for the public.

Click here for Full Schedule and Tickets. 

New York Film Critics Series Presents Chef

Featuring Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo and Robert Downey Jr.

Hosted by Peter Travers, this series takes a look at the feature Chef–written, directed and starring Jon Favreau. Zeba Blay, reviewer of 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, calls Favreau’s story of a chef rediscovering his passion for food “heaven for food porn enthusiasts.” One Night Only. May 7, 7 p.m. Featuring Q/A with Jon Favreau.

The Promised Land

Polish Masterpieces: The Promised Land

Martin Scorsese presents the best of Polish cinema digitally restored for the big screen. After receiving an honorary doctoral degree from The Polish National Film, Television, and Theatre School in Lodz, Scorsese worked with digital technician Jędrzej Sabliński to catalogue and restore 21 of Poland’s most notable films, spanning the periods of 1957–1987. Click here for full Polish Masterpiece schedule.

May 6, 7 p.m.  watch Andrzej Wajda’s The Promised Land (1974).

Joe

Starring Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage returns to his independent film roots and gives what Matt Barone from the Complex calls “a back to greatness performance.” Based on Larry Brown’s novel, the relationship between a battered boy and an ex-con reaches a familial climax, relaying a dark but heart-warming story from the South.

Le Week-End

Winner of Best Film in the 2013 British Film Awards

A marriage in turmoil is rekindled in a Paris honeymoon. Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent (Iris, Topsy-Turvy, Another Year) and Lindsay Duncan (About Time, Alice in Wonderland, Mansfield Park) and Jeff Goldblum (Jurassic Park, Independence Day) star in Roger Michell’s Le Week-End. “Comedy and tragedy wear the same mask in the city that best represents romantic love,” says Cole Smithey from ColeSmithey.com. “Just as with Paris, you’ll want to revisit Le Week-End.”