At the Brooks
A year-round collaboration between Indie Memphis and the Brooks Museum of Art bringing buzzed-about highlights from the film festival circuit to Memphis for their only public screening. Fans of our annual Indie Memphis Film Festival, or of passionate independent cinema in general, will not want to miss any of these films!
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Thursday, August 27, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
Indie Memphis and The Brooks team up again to present this Sundance Film Festival favorite. ART & COPY reveals the stories behind and the personal odysseys of some of the most influential advertising visionaries of our time and their campaigns, including Lee Clow (Apple Computer 1984, and today's iPod); Dan Wieden ("Just Do It"); Phyllis K. Robinson (who invented the "me generation" with Clairol); Hal Riney (who helped President Reagan get re-elected); and George Lois (who saved MTV and launched Tommy Hilfiger overnight). Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, HYPE!, SCRATCH), ART & COPY captures the creative energy and passion behind the iconic campaigns that have had a profound impact on American culture. Featuring rare interviews with the aforementioned industry legends, the film seeks to identify the elements that transform an slogan into a pop culture catch phrases. The Brushmark Restaurant will be open for dinner, but reservations are recommended. Please call 901-544-6225 or click here to make your Brushmark reservation online. |
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
First time feature filmmaker Jared Drake makes his directorial debut with this quirky black comedy set in the near future, and concerning a curious spike in cases of spontaneous human combustion. The Jeffers Corporation is the largest business in the history of mankind, and they got that way thanks to their strict philosophy of happiness through mindless productivity. But when people begin literally exploding due to unhappiness, Jeffers Corporation Level Three TUNT George Washington Winsterhammerman (Zach Galifianakis) begins to fear that his time will come sooner rather than later. "This tender Orwellian satire proves unexpectedly moving" "insightful, intelligent, and melancholically funny" The Brushmark Restaurant will be open for dinner, but reservations are recommended. Please call 901-544-6225 or click here to make your Brushmark reservation online. |
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Thursday, June 25, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
The acclaimed documentary film about copyright and remix culture by web activist and filmmaker Brett Gaylor. Featuring mash-up musician Girl Talk and Creative Commons founder Lawrence Lessig, the film explores issues of copyright in the information age, mashing up the media landscape of the 20th century and shattering the wall between users and producers. "About as edgy and fascinating a glimpse you'll get into one of the more pressing issues of our Internet Age." The Brushmark Restaurant will be open for dinner, but reservations are recommended. Please call 901-544-6225 or click here to make your Brushmark reservation online. |
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Thursday, June 4, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
The award-winning debut feature from Turner Prize-winning artist Steve McQueen, HUNGER tells the 1981 story of two inmates in Belfast's infamous Maze Prison who refuse to eat until the British government acknowledges the IRA as a legitimate political organization. "HUNGER is a mesmerizing 96 minutes of cinema, one of the truly extraordinary filmmaking debuts of recent years." "McQueen has taken the raw materials of filmmaking |
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Thursday, February 12, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
From the producer of Before Sunset and Dazed and Confused, this award-winning feature is a rollicking comic ride and tender journey though love, sex, and modern romance in Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. Grand Jury Award, 2008 Florida Film Festival. "Utterly amazing. A highly emotional journey." |
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Thursday, February 19, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
From the producers of HALF NELSON and MARIA FULL OF GRACE, Azazel Jacobs' MOMMA'S MAN chronicles the increasingly anxious dilemma of Mikey (Matt Boren), a young husband and father who stops off at his parents' loft during a business trip to New York and finds himself emotionally unable to leave. One of the most acclaimed films of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Jacobs' third feature is both a tribute to his parents (avant-garde filmmaker Ken Jacobs and painter Flo Jacobs, who play Mikey's mother and father) and an acutely perceptive, slyly humorous take on a universal experience: the fear of growing up. "This deceptively simple, marvelously filmed and profoundly affecting movie is first and foremost a love letter from director Jacobs to his parents... it's a film of acute perceptions, great sadness and wordless, ecstatic joy, and the one unforgettable narrative film I saw at this year's [Sundance Film Festival]." |
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 @ 7:30 pm
The narrative feature debut of acclaimed documentary filmmaker Chris Smith (AMERICAN MOVIE) about a young man trying to make a living in the wealthy hills of Panjim, Goa in India. Daydreaming about one day getting an education, Venkatesh works as a "room boy" in a hotel and sells plastic bags on the side with his young friend, Jhangir, to make ends meet. When he becomes enchanted by a sublime residential pool, Vankatesh gets entangled with the mysterious family that inhabits the home. His relationship with the rich father and his cynical, sophisticated daughter disrupt his fixed ideas and unexpectedly alters his destiny. Special Jury Award, 2008 Sundance Film Festival. "A truly independent gem of a feature. Informed by incisive observations about the class divide but more interested
in the mysteries of the human heart, this gentle variation on neorealism is a delight on every level. Uplifting without a drop of sap." |
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Sunday, March 1, 2009 @ 5 pm
The first half of Steven Soderbergh's acclaimed epic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, in two parts on consecutive Sundays. Benicio del Toro (Best Actor, 2008 Cannes Film Festival) stars in an award-winning performance as the legendary revolutionary. "A work of grand ambition. An experience you won't forget. Benicio Del Toro gives a magnificent performance." The Argentine shows how Che proved to be an indispensable fighter, along with Fidel Castro, in the overthrow of the corrupt dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista. As he throws himself into the struggle, Che is embraced by his comrades and the Cuban people. Che rises to prominence in the Cuban Revolution, from doctor to commander to revolutionary hero. |
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Sunday, March 8, 2009 @ 5 pm
The second half of Steven Soderbergh's acclaimed epic about Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, starring Benicio del Toro (Best Actor, 2008 Cannes Film Festival) in a tour de force performance as the legendary revolutionary. "A spectacular achievement. The best executed and most intriguing work of Steven Soderbergh's career. Benicio Del Toro provides a marvelous physical and emotional performance." The Guerilla shows Che at the height of his fame and power. Then he disappears, re-emerging incognito in Bolivia, where he organizes a small group of Cuban comrades and Bolivian recruits to start the great Latin American Revolution. The story of the Bolivian campaign is a tale of tenacity, sacrifice, idealism, and of guerrilla warfare that ultimately fails, bringing Che to his death. Through this story, we come to understand how Che remains a symbol of idealism and heroism that lives in the hearts of people around the world. |
