Welcome to "This Week at the Movies in Rhode Island" -- a new feature the previews what's coming, being made, and happening in the entertainment world in Rhode Island.
This week we look at fun nights out, amazing movies in the market, and creativity at its best (and sometimes worst).
Related Slideshow: “This Week at the Movies” November 11, 2016
This series is sponsored by the independent movie theater - the Avon Cinema -- and it is designed to promote the local industry and celebrate creativity on film.
Bleed for This is the story of Rhode Island boxer and five-time world champion Vinny Pazienza as he recovers from a broken neck suffered during a near-fatal car accident.
Pazienza would go on to win three more world boxing titles in one of the most improbable comebacks in the sport's history.
The movie stars Aaron Eckhart as Kevin Rooney, Katey Sagal as Louise Pazienza and Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza.
Rhode Island’s capital is home to some of the country’s most creative artists, and the Art & Design Film Festival has the footage to prove it. The silver screen will play dozens of films that demonstrate people’s affinity for creation beyond slapping paint on a blank canvas in elementary art class. Cartoons, land art, architecture and food art are some of the forms examined in these films, but creation doesn’t stop there.
Stepping from the pages of Fredrik Backman’s international best-selling novel, Ove is the quintessential angry old man next door. An isolated retiree with strict principles and a short fuse, who spends his days enforcing block association rules that only he cares about, and visiting his wife’s grave, Ove has given up on life. Enter a boisterous young family next door who accidentally flattens Ove’s mailbox while moving in and earning his special brand of ire. Yet from this inauspicious beginning an unlikely friendship forms and we come to understand Ove’s past happiness and heartbreaks. What emerges is a heartwarming tale of unreliable first impressions and the gentle reminder that life is sweeter when it's shared. One of Sweden's biggest locally-produced box office hits ever, director Hannes Holm finds the beating heart of his source material and Swedish star Rolf Lassgård, whose performance won him the Best Actor award at the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival, affectingly embodies the lovable curmudgeon Ove.
This is the tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. Anchored by astonishing performances and the singular vision of filmmaker Barry Jenkins, MOONLIGHT is a groundbreaking exploration of male masculinity—a sensual, intoxicating piece of cinema that uncovers deep truths about the moments that define us, the people who shape us most, and the ache of love that can last a lifetime.
recounts the dramatic story of the April 2013 terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon through the emotional experiences of individuals whose lives were forever impacted. Following events as they unfolded that day and over the next two years to the death penalty sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the film features surveillance footage, news clips, home movies and exclusive interviews with survivors and their families, as well as first responders, investigators, government officials and reporters from the Boston Globe, which won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the bombing. Over the course of three years, a newlywed couple, a mother and daughter, two brothers – all gravely injured by the blast – face the challenges of physical and emotional recovery as they and their families strive to reclaim their lives and communities in the wake of terrorism. Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg. Produced in association with The Boston Globe.
