[Reellife] Free and not so Fun Films coming up

[dave olsen]

The Cinematheque <http://thecinematheque.ca> in Downtown Vancouver has another 
Free offering next Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30pm: /Manufactured Landscapes/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/canada-on-screen/manufactured-landscapes> (looks 
great!) and /Corral/ (a milestone in Canadian cinema).

Coming up on February 3-5 is a German chuckler that may be too real for your 
liking: /The Forest for the Trees/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/maren-ade-before-toni-erdmann/the-forest-for-the-trees>.  
It's part of a two film series to celebrate the recent release of Maren Ade's 
/Toni Erdmann/.

/The Forest for the Trees/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/maren-ade-before-toni-erdmann/the-forest-for-the-trees> 
is Maren Ade's first full feature, shot with video, so it has that extra "real" 
quality to it.  The lead is stellar, a young teacher that desperately wants to 
be with the "in" people and won't recognize her tribe if it hits her over the 
head.  Ade hits this one on the head, showing the subtle lies that inevitably 
get caught and beget even more, all in the name of trying to look cool.

Her spiral down is well done: believable and scary.

I'm sure you'll chuckle but this story was too real for me to laugh at.

/The Forest for the Trees/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/maren-ade-before-toni-erdmann/the-forest-for-the-trees> 
plays...
Friday, February 3 @ 6:30pm
Saturday, February 4 @ 8:50pm and
Sunday, February 5 @ 6:30pm

And speaking of too real to be fun, /Do Not Resist/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/doxa-and-the-cinematheque-do-not-resist> uses real 
footage to show the path that American Police Forces have been on for the past 
60 years.  Released in honour of Black History Month, it shows the brutality 
that Police Forces around the world are becoming famous for.  Best of all, much 
of it is told by the officers themselves.  And with Trump making waves already, 
this film seems all the more relevant.

/Do Not Resist/ 
<http://thecinematheque.ca/doxa-and-the-cinematheque-do-not-resist> only shows 
once, on Friday, Feb 10 at 7pm at the Cinematheque in Downtown Vancouver.
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Warmly,
dave/
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