PROXY FALL FILM FEST 2023
This Fall season’s films examine different and diverse topics and are sure to make you laugh, cry, and ponder some of today’s most challenging issues. The five films share a mix of passionate journeys, as each depicts moving through difficulty with grace, dignity, and inner light.
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9.29 TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
Directed by Ruben Östlund, 2022
Running time: 2h 29m
In Ruben Östlund's wickedly funny Palme d'Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty. Celebrity model couple, Carl (Harris Dickinson) and Yaya (Charlbi Dean) are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain (Woody Harrelson). What first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
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10.6 BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD’S A LITTLE BLURRY
BILLIE EILISH: THE WORLD’S A LITTLE BLURRY
Directed by R.J. Cutler, 2021
Running time: 2h 20m
"Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry" tells the true coming-of-age story of the singer-songwriter and her rise to global superstardom. From award-winning filmmaker R.J. Cutler, the documentary offers a deeply intimate look at this extraordinary teenager's journey, at just 17 years old, navigating life on the road, on stage, and at home with her family, while writing, recording and releasing her debut album "WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?"
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10.13 JOYLAND
JOYLAND
Directed by Saim Sadiq, 2022
Running time: 2h 7m
Punjabi/Urdu with English Subtitles
The Ranas - a happily patriarchal joint family - yearn for the birth of a baby boy to continue the family line. Their youngest son secretly joins an erotic dance theater and falls for an ambitious trans starlet. Their impossible love story slowly illuminates the entire Rana family's desire for sexual rebellion.
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10.20 PETITE MAMAN
PETITE MAMAN
Directed by Céline Sciamma, 2021
Running time: 1h 47m
French with English subtitles
Céline Sciamma continues to prove herself as one of the most accomplished and unpredictable contemporary French filmmakers with her follow-up to PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, the uniquely emotional, PETITE MAMAN. Following the death of her beloved grandmother, 8-year-old Nelly accompanies her parents to her mother's childhood home to begin the difficult process of cleaning out its contents. As Nelly explores the house and nearby woods, she is immediately drawn to a neighbor her own age building a treehouse. What follows is a tender tale of childhood grief, memory and connection.
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4.26 TURNING RED
TURNING RED
Directed by Domee Shi, 2022
Running time: 1h 40m
Trying to juggle her burgeoning independence and her family's high expectations is about to become even more complicated when 13-year-old high-achiever Mei Lee makes an eye-opening discovery. As her hyperactive teenage hormones kick in, Mei's emotions also take on a life of their own: whenever she gets too stressed or excited, a strange, radical metamorphosis springing from her mother’s maternal lineage is triggered. How can Mei Lee endure the growing pains of growing up without turning red?
