MOVIES ARE RATED OUT OF FIVE STARS
PLANET B-BOY Rating 3 Jumping continents and crossing cultures, this film looks at the history of breakdancing and its vibrant resurgence in urban cultures around the world. Parental guidance. 98 min. Tinseltown.
THE STRANGERS Rating 1 Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman star as a happy couple whose romantic getaway becomes an episode of terror when strangers invade their remote cabin. With Gemma Ward and Kip Weeks. Written and directed by Bryan Bertino. 14A. 98 min. Tinseltown, Esplanade, SilverCity Metropolis, SilverCity Coquitlam, SilverCity Riverport, Colossus Langley, Empire Guildford, Grande Surrey, Meadowtown Centre, Cottonwood Chilliwack, Grand Abbotsford, SilverCity Mission.
THE YEAR MY PARENTS WENT ON VACATION Rating 3 Set in 1970, this coming-of-age story thrusts 12-year-old Mauro (Michel Joelsas) into a maelstrom of political and personal upheaval when his left-wing militant parents are forced to go underground and he is left in the care of his Jewish grandfather’s neighbor in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Written and directed by Cao Hamburger. Parental guidance. 104 min. Park Theatre.
PACIFIC CINEMATHEQUE 1131 Howe St. Info: www.cinematheque.bc.ca or 604-688-FILM. » VISCONTI: The films of director Luchino Visconti (1906-1976), a giant of world cinema whose work is noted for operatic visual flair, epic narrative sweep, and sumptuous period detail. Retrospective includes Death in Venice, Rocco and His Brothers, The Leopard, Sandra, Ludwig and other films. June 5-23.» 16mm CLASSICS FROM OUR COLLECTION: A double bill of Josef von Sternberg’s The Blue Angel, starring Marlene Dietrich in her signature role; and Fritz Lang’s M, starring Peter Lorre in an unsettling performance as a child killer. June 2, 4.
VANCITY INTERNATIONAL FILM CENTRE VanCity Theatre at the Vancouver International Film Centre. 1181 Seymour St. 604-683-FILM or www.vifc.org » Cinema Salon: Grand Chief Ed John presents RABBIT PROOF FENCE: The rarely publicized story of the escape of three mixed-race (Aboriginal/Caucasian) Australian girls from the Moore River Native Settlement. In 1931, terrorized by armed authorities and extremely harsh conditions, they trek 1,500 miles in the hope of returning to their families, Tues, 7:30 pm. » SILENT LIGHT: Winner of the 2007 Cannes Jury Prize and five Golden Ariels (the Mexican film awards) including best film and director, Carlos Reygadas’ controversial opus opens our eyes to a world never seen before on film: the Mexican Mennonite community in the northern Chihuahua province. Thurs 7:00, 9:30 pm. » DOC SCREENS: A monthly series, which features the work of its members, documentary filmmakers in B.C. www.docbc.org Kathaumixw: A Thousand Voices, A Single Passion, by producer and director, Tony Papa, screens June 4, 7:30 pm.

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The Nashville Film Festival isn’t huge, like Sundance or Toronto. Nor is it tiny, like the many regional festivals that have sprouted in the past 10 years like mushrooms after rain. What the Nashville Film Festival is, mostly, is ours. It reflects our identity as Music City, with an ever-expanding section of films devoted to bluegrass, country and beyond. It has a makeup as diverse as our own population, with selections targeted to Nashville’s thriving Mexican and Kurdish communities. Its audiences—celebrities, college kids, churchgoers, out-of-towners—could be the line outside Pancake Pantry any given Saturday.
There’s just a lot more of it. Last year, for the first time in its 39-year history, the Nashville Film Festival broke the 20,000 attendance mark. When it opens this Thursday, April 17, for a week’s run at Regal’s Green Hills megaplex, another boost in attendance is likely. Whether you’ve been every year since the festival was called Sinking Creek, back at Vanderbilt throughout the 1970s, or you’re going for the first time, you could probably use some help sorting through the crowds, the tickets, and above all, dozens of different programming blocks devoted to features, documentaries, panels and workshops.
If so, you’re in the right place. Below, the Scene’s writers offer previews of this year’s NaFF attractions day by day, pointing out films you shouldn’t miss (as well as some you can safely skip). Along with those, we offer some practical tips for getting the most out of the festival. First, buy advance tickets, either at the downstairs Green Hills festival office or online at nashvillefilmfestival.org. Weekday matinees rarely fill to capacity, but weekend shows (especially at night) or any film featuring visiting celebrities will sell out long before showtime. The same is often true of movies showing only once at the festival: Usually, that means the film is something special, or at least has theatrical distribution. Plan accordingly.

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