FilmWeek: Morning Glory, Unstoppable, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer, Cool It, The Taqwacores and The Kids Grow Up, among others. TGI-Filmweek!
Guests:
Wade Major, film critic, KPCC and boxoffice.com
Tim Cogshell, film critic, KPCC and Box Office Magazine
Films Reviewed
Morning Glory
A hard-working television producer must help revive a struggling morning show with high-maintenance anchors.
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Patrick Wilson and Jeff Goldblum
Directed: by Roger Michell
Screenplay: by Aline Brosh McKenna
Rated: PG-13
Paramount Pictures
Unstoppable
An unmanned, runaway train, must be stopped before wiping out a heavily populated area.
Starring: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine and Rosario Dawson
Directed: by Tony Scott
Screenplay: by Mark Bomback
Rated: PG-13
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Elliot Spitzer
Examines the rising career of New York Governor Elliot Spitzer, and his dramatic fall from grace.
Starring: Eliot Spitzer
Directed: by Alex Gibney
Rated: R
Magnolia Pictures
Cool It
Profile of controversial researcher Bjorn Lomborg and his solution-based approach to combating global warming.
Starring: Bjorn Lomborg
Directed: by Ondi Timoner
Screenplay: by Terry Botwick, Sarah Gibson, Bjorn Lomborg and Ondi Timoner
Rated: PG
Roadside Attractions
Outside the Law
Chronicles the struggle for Algerian independence from France after WWII.
Starring: Jamel Debbouze, Roschdy Zem and Sami Bouajila
Written and directed: by Rachid Bouchareb
Not Rated
Cohen Media Group
The Taqwacores
A Pakistani student’s nontraditional Muslim roommates introduce him to the world of hardcore Muslim punk music.
Starring: Bobby Naderi, Noureen Dewulf and Dominic Rains
Directed: by Eyad Zahra
Screenplay: by Michael Muhammad Knight and Eyad Zahra
Not Rated
Strand Releasing
Vision: From the Life of Hildegard Von Bingen
The story of Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th-century nun whose progressive lifestyle was far ahead of her time.
Starring: Barbara Sukowa
Written and directed: by Margarethe von Trotta
Not Rated
Zeitgeist Films
The Kids Grow Up
A documentary filmmaker chronicles the life of his only child in a personal film about fathers and daughters, and the empty nest all parents eventually face.
Written and directed: by Doug Block
Not Rated
Shadow Distribution
Marwencol
A man turns to art as therapy after suffering brain damage in a brutal beating.
Starring: Mark Hogancamp
Directed: by Jeff Malmberg
Not Rated
The Cinema Guild