(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- Koko-Di Koko-Da, Song Without A Name, This Is Not A Movie - Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth, and Faust are among the offerings for Montclair Film's Virtual Cinema during the week of November 13-19. City Hall is held over for the week as well. The Montclair Film Virtual Cinema platform, powered by Eventive, is the best way to watch the latest movies from home while supporting the non-profit organization.
Films in the Virtual Cinema are new releases, available for rent at home before they show up on other platforms, featuring new independents, documentaries, foreign films, local films, and restored classics, with new selections available every Friday for a minimum of one week. Tickets are $10 for the public, $8 for Montclair Film Members. Instructions for viewing films on Montclair Film’s Virtual Cinema can be found at montclairfilm.org.
Montclair Film Virtual Cinema Lineup - November 13 -19, 2020
Koko-Di Koko-Da - A couple goes on a trip to find their way back to each other, a sideshow artist and his shady entourage emerge from the woods, terrorizing them, luring them deeper and deeper into a maelstrom of psychological terror and humiliating slapstick. Directed by Johannes Nyholm; Produced by Johannes Nyholm, Maria Møller Christoffersen, Peter Hyldahl; Sweden, Denmark / 89 Min.
Song Without A Name - Based on harrowing true events, this film tells the story of Georgina, an indigenous Andean woman whose newborn baby is whisked away moments after its birth in a downtown Lima clinic - and never returned. Stonewalled by a byzantine and indifferent legal system, Georgina approaches journalist Pedro Campas, who uncovers a web of fake clinics and abductions - suggesting a rotting corruption deep within Peruvian society. Set in 1988, in a Peru wracked by political violence and turmoil, Melina León’s heart-wrenching first feature renders Georgina's story in gorgeous, shadowy black-and-white cinematography, "styled like the most beautiful of bad dreams" (Variety). It is is a "Kafkaesque thriller" (The Hollywood Reporter) that unflinchingly depicts real-life, stranger-than fiction tragedies with poetic beauty. Directed by Melina León; Produced by Inti Briones, Melina León, Michael J. White; Peru, Spain, USA / 97 Min.
This Is Not A Movie - Robert Fisk and the Politics of Truth - For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk has reported on some of the most violent and divisive conflicts in the world. Yung Chang’s film captures Fisk in action—feet on the ground, notebook in hand, as he travels into landscapes devastated by war, ferreting out the facts and firing reports back home to reach an audience of millions. The process of translating raw experience into incisive and passionate dispatches requires the determination to see things first-hand and the tenacity to say what others won’t. In his relentless pursuit of the facts, Fisk has attracted his share of controversy. But in spite of the danger, he has continued to cover stories as they unfold, talking directly to the people involved. In an era of fake news, when journalists are dubbed “the enemies of the people,” Fisk’s resolve to document reality has become an obsessive war to speak the truth. Directed by Yung Chang; Produced by Anita Lee, Allyson Luchak, Nelofer Pazira, Ingmar Trost; Canada, Germany, 106 Min.
Faust (1994) - Jan Svankmajer’s film is a rendering of the infamous Dr. Faustus fable of temptation and damnation. Borrowing freely from both Marlowe and Goethe and ancient folktales and timeless myths, the story follows a lonely Czech businessman who sells his soul to the devil in return for 24 years of self-indulgence. A visually fantastic combination of live-action, claymation, puppet theatre, stop-motion animation, and other special effects, Svankmajer creates an unsettling universe presided over by diabolic life-size marionettes and haunted by sinister human messengers from hell. Directed by Jan Svankmajer; Cast: Petr Cepek, Jan Kraus, Vladimír Kudla, Jirí Suchý, Viktorie Knotková, Jana Mézlová; Produced by Jaromír Kallista; Czech Republic / 97 Min.
City Hall (2020) - City government touches almost every aspect of our lives. Most of us are unaware of or take for granted these necessary services such as police, fire, sanitation, veterans affairs, elder support, parks, licensing of various professional activities, record keeping of birth, marriage and death as well as hundreds of other activities that support Boston residents and visitors. This film by Frederick Wiseman, shows the efforts by Boston city government to provide these services. The film also illustrates the variety of ways the city administration enters into civil discourse with the citizens of Boston. Mayor Walsh and his administration are presented addressing a number of their policy priorities which include racial justice, affordable housing, climate action, and homeless. City Hall shows a city government successfully offering a wide variety of services to a diverse population. Directed by Frederick Wiseman; USA / 275 minutes.
Montclair Film’s Virtual Cinema is the same platform and ticketing process utilized during the recent Montclair Film Festival, with each film available to screen via mobile and desktop web browsers, as well as the Montclair Film app for Apple TV and Roku devices.
Montclair Film, a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization connects filmmakers from around the region and world with audiences by presenting films and year-round programs that engage, educate, and entertain through the power of visual storytelling. The tenth annual Montclair Film Festival will take place from October 15-24, 2021. Our programs are made possible with funds from the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism, as well as the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, among many others. Montclair Film provides unique and meaningful ways to engage with diverse, creative, and sophisticated audiences and seeks sponsors for its signature spring film festival and other year-round programs that attract more than 46,000 annual attendees and generate more than 750 million media impressions yearly.
