By David Poland poland@moviecitynews.com
Reeler Screening Series Starts May 30 with 'Keane'; Lodge Kerrigan in Attendance
As my under-abundance of advertisers likely proves, I am not an especially prodigious self-promoter. That said, you are going to hear a lot more of me pimping the new Reeler Screening “Series,” (so far just one film, but we are optimists) which gets underway May 30 with a viewing of Lodge Kerrigan’s masterpiece Keane. Kerrigan will be on hand afterward to chat about the film with me and fellow bloggers Lawrence Levi (Looker) and Karina Longworth (Cinematical).
And while I plan to podcast our discussion, that is certainly no excuse for you not to come. In fact, between the great film, the ever-gracious Kerrigan and the beer-and-pizza reception that will follow the Q&A, admit it: There is no excuse not to come.
The show starts at 6:30; tickets are $9 and can be purchased in advance on the Pioneer’s Web site. Full program details follow after the jump. I really hope to meet you there.
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The Reeler presents KEANE
Director Lodge Kerrigan in person!
(dir. Lodge Kerrigan, 100 mins)
Tues. May 30; 6:30 p.m.
This is a Tuesdays@7 program, generously sponsored by Magic Hat. Every Tuesday at 7pm features special guests presenting their film, and is followed by a beer and pizza for ticket holders.
Few recent American films possess the dueling austerity and rawness evident in Lodge Kerrigan’s 2005 masterpiece Keane. Damian Lewis portrays the title character, a schizophrenic lost in a panicked, squalid quest to find a young daughter who ostensibly vanished in the tumult of Port Authority. At the motel he calls home, he acquaints himself with single mother Lynn (Amy Ryan) and her own little girl, Kira (Abigail Breslin), both of whom embrace Keane out of a necessity as tactical as it is emotional.
While Keane’s subject matter recalls Kerrigan’s 1994 breakthrough Clean, Shaven, the filmmaker reprises the earlier film’s ache and chill without resorting to its singular horror. Rather, an astonishing turn by Lewis and (literally) unflinching camerawork by John Foster reveal a man awash in crisis and catharsis, on the verge of genuinely knowing something. Like its namesake, Keane is a discovery worth making.
Join The Reeler editor S.T. VanAirsdale and friends Lawrence Levi (Looker) and Karina Longworth (Cinematical) for a post-screening, talk-show style discussion with filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan. The chat will be podcast around the globe on www.thereeler.com, so bring your critical A-game and tell New York and the world what you think.
Eccelente!