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Directors: coodie & chike
In 1984, all eyes were on Ben Wilson, a
high school senior on the verge of leading
Chicago’s Simeon High to its second
straight state basketball championship and
seemingly destined for NBA greatness. But
Benji’s story was cut tragically short when
he was shot and killed in broad daylight on
his way to school. Interviews with family
and friends give fresh insight into Benji’s life
and untimely end, illuminating one of sport’s
most tragic “what if”s. 79 min.
sun 10/14 • 11:00 aM • efBen1
wed 10/17 • 6:00 PM • efBen2
thu 10/18 • 8:30 PM • efBen3
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bLAck PeRSPecTiVeS
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blACk’s gAMe SVArTUr á LeIk
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson
A nitro-fueled narco-thriller from director
Oskar Thor Axelsson and executive producer
Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Black’s
Game chronicles the evolution of Iceland’s
homegrown drug industry from boutique
trade to deadly big business. Stebbi sets
out to take over the Reykjavik drug trade by
any means necessary. Axelsson captures
the drug-induced rhythm of Stebbi and
his cohorts in this stylish, thrilling tale of
Reykjavik’s criminal underground. Icelandic
with subtitles. 104 min.
Mon 10/15 • 3:15 PM • efBlaG1
fri 10/19 • 6:30 PM • efBlaG2
sat 10/20 • 2:00 PM • efBlaG3
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beyond the hills DUpA DeALUrI
Director: cristian Mungiu
Mungiu, who took Cannes’ top prize in
2007 with 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days,
returns to feature filmmaking with another
gripping existential drama. Inspired by the
real-life horror of a modern-day exorcismgone-wrong,
Mungiu follows two friends,
Voichita and Alina, whose lives have taken
them down drastically different paths.
When the pair reconnects, Voichita’s
stern, oppressive monastery proves to
be a harsh, claustrophobic and ultimately
tragic environment for Alina. romanian with
subtitles. 150 min.
fri 10/12 • 8:15 PM • efBeY1
Mon 10/15 • 8:30 PM • efBeY2
MAin coMPeTiTion
boys Are us
Director: Peter Luisi
A playfully inventive jigsaw puzzle of a movie,
Boys Are Us follows heartbroken teenager
Mia, whose older sister Laura persuades her
to take revenge on the male sex. Their plan
involves Mia seducing a boy and making him
fall in love with her before cruelly discarding
him, although the predatory Laura can’t help
but complicate matters by toying with the
boys herself. Can Mia follow through on their
plan? Does she want to? Swiss-German with
subtitles. 73 min.
wed 10/17 • 6:15 PM • efBoY1
thu 10/18 • 8:30 PM • efBoY2
fri 10/19 • 3:45 PM • efBoY3
MAin coMPeTiTion
RoMAniA uk
SWiTZeRLAnD
blACk Pond
Directors: Tom kingsley, Will Sharpe
The Thompsons, a seemingly ordinary (if
somewhat pathetic) family unit, are accused
of murder when Blake, a mysterious,
gloomy stranger they’ve invited over,
turns up dead. The family’s struggle with
their newfound notoriety plays out in a
tragicomic disintegration of their already
somewhat dysfunctional relationships in this
offbeat, absurdist and laugh-out-loud funny
mockumentary. 86 min.
fri 10/12 • 8:45 PM • efBlaP1
sat 10/13 • 3:10 PM • efBlaP2
fri 10/19 • 2:45 PM • efBlaP3
WoRLD cineMA
CAesAr Must die
CeSAre DeVe MOrIre
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Winner of the Golden Bear at this year’s
Berlin Film Festival, this docudrama from
the Taviani brothers (padre padrone)
captures the preparations for a staging of
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar in Rome’s
Rebibbia Prison. The performers – inmates,
some of whom have been jailed for murder
and other violent crimes – bring powerful
new layers of meaning and emotion to
the canonical play. Caesar Must Die is a
memorable, emotional meditation on the
transformative power of artistic production.
Italian with subtitles. 76 min.
sat 10/20 • 5:00 PM • efCae1
Mon 10/22 • 6:15 PM • efCae2
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