PARIS, TEXAS
1984, Janus Films, 147 min, USA/Germany, Dir: Wim Wenders

Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) has been missing for years when he suddenly reconnects with his brother, who has been raising Travis' son as his own. Travis tries to forge a new relationship with the seven-year old boy, but rebuilding a family proves more difficult than Travis would like. A poignant screenplay by Sam Shepard and an evocative use of the American landscape by cinematographer Robby Muller make this one of Wenders' most moving and acclaimed films. With Nastassja Kinski.


LIKE CRAZY
2011, Paramount Vantage, 90 min, USA, Dir: Drake Doremus

Aspiring furniture designer Jacob (Anton Yelchin) and poetry-writing British exchange student Anna (Felicity Jones) meet at a Los Angeles university and, after a few blushingly sincere flirtations and a date, become a couple. When Anna overstays her Visa tenure in the country, and is barred from entry back into the U.S. after returning home from a family visit in the U.K., the young lovers find themselves suddenly thrown into a long-distance, cross-continental relationship, and navigating all the heart-aching complications that go along with it. With Jennifer Lawrence. Official selection of the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. “An exquisite, beautifully acted gem of a film.” -Variety


THE FISHER KING
2011, Sony Repertory, 137 min, USA, Dir: Terry Gilliam

Jeff Bridges pulls out all the stops as a shattered shock jock trying to escape self-pity and remorse, and Robin Williams is the sanity-challenged homeless vagabond who helps him in director Terry Gilliam’s modern fable of love and redemption. Co-starring Mercedes Ruehl (who won an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress), Amanda Plummer, and Harry Shearer.


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