May 15, 2012
SFFILM
Hide Away (USA 2011), Chris Eyre’s quietly contemplative, deliberately paced tale of mourning, renewal and redemption opens an exclusive San Francisco engagement June 1 at San Francisco Film Society Cinema (1746 Post Street).
A man with no name arrives in a small town in Michigan, heads to the harbor and buys a dilapidated boat. He is taciturn and withdrawn, nursing a private grief that unfolds in flashback. His halting progress in repairing the boat is monitored by two locals, an old seafarer with a similarly haunted past and a pretty waitress trying to quit smoking. With minimal dialogue but significant emotional content, Eyre’s film limns the mourning process, showing how the protagonist’s hands-on labors give him the time and space to reflect on his sorrows and perhaps the ability to rejoin society. Adding to his list of risky, demanding roles Josh Lucas is riveting, ably supported by James Cromwell as the old sea dog and Ayelet Zurer as the waitress. Written by Peter Vanderwall. Photographed by Elliot Davis. With Josh Lucas, James Cromwell, Ayelet Zurer. 88 min. Distributed by Abramorama.
Showtimes 3:00, 5:00, 7:00, 9:00 pm; June 2-June 4, 3:00 pm only
Tickets $9 for SFFS members, $11 general, $10 senior/student/disabled. Box office opens May 21 online at sffs.org and in person at SF Film Society Cinema.
To request an interview contact hhart@sffs.org.
To request screeners contact bproctor@sffs.org.
For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/pressdownloads.
At SF Film Society Cinema, the stylish state-of-the art theater located in the New People building at 1746 Post Street (Webster/Buchanan) in Japantown, the San Francisco Film Society offers its acclaimed exhibition, education and filmmaker services programs and events on a daily year-round basis.
More upcoming San Francisco Film Society programs
Through May 17: Here
Through May 17: Michael
Opening May 18: Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle and Le Rayon Vert (Summer)
Opening May 25: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
June 2 only: An Evening of Whophin Love Shorts from the latest issue of Wholphin, plus a preview of the next.
Eight consecutive Saturdays June 2-July 21: The Story of Film: An Odyssey An extraordinary 15-hour television series-comprehensive, yet idiosyncratic-packed with luscious film clips and judicious interviews.
Opening June 8: The Wages of Fear New 35 mm print of one of the greatest thrillers ever committed to celluloid, a white-knuckle ride from France’s legendary master of suspense, Henri-Georges Clouzot, and the winner of the 1953 Cannes Palme d’Or.
Opening June 15: The Woman in the Fifth An unsettling thriller adapted from Douglas Kennedy’s international bestseller.
Opening June 22: Found Memories Júlia Murat’s disarming meditation on memory, aging and letting go of the past, was a hit at this year’s San Francisco International Film Festival.
Opening June 29: Corpo Celeste Alice Rohrwacher’s assured first feature mixes neo-realism with a touch of Buñuelian satire.