mpls movie screenings: weekend of june 24 (happy anniversary mom & dad!)

You all go to the 48 hour film fest ceremony last night?  Any surprises or craziness you want to share with us all here?  I missed the event due to a familial obligation (darn those familials), but I'm sure it was a blast.

Trylon
The Black Pirate; Fri & Sat - 7:00 & 9:00; Sun - 5:00 & 7:00 (Pirates! Pirates! Pirates!)
There's a lot of good trivia on this film: Fairbanks fired the original director, Fairbanks performed his own stunts, this is only the third film shot in technicolor, etc.  While the film is apparently public domain and therefore able to be viewed for free, I would think that Fairbanks' impressive stunts, including riding down a sail using the blade of his knife, are better suited for the big screen.

The Heights
Midnight In Paris; Fri & Sat - 2:20, 4:40, 7:10 & 9:30; Sun - 2:20, 4:40 & 7:10
In Our Name; Sun - 11:00 (From Britain With Love)
The film In Our Name, about a veteran of the Iraq war whose paranoia and sense of guilt negatively impact her family and her ability to care for her child, won the main actress, Joanne Froggatt, a British Independent Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer, and Time Out London says the film shows traces of Ken Loach.  Midnight In Paris, on the other hand, is directed by Woody Allen, the opposite of a newcomer (an old-timer?).  The film is on the cover of the most recent copy of Film Comment, and once I get through it I'll let you know what they say.  Or I suppose you could just go out and see it yourself without knowing what I've read about the movie.  Your call.

Film Society at St. Anthony
Earthwork; playing nightly Friday through Sunday
When I hear crop artist I for some reason think seed art at the Minnesota state fair.  Seeing as crop artist Stan Herd is being played by Minnesota-born John Hawkes, I like to think he was channeling those same seed artists for the role.  The film was a hit at the Santa Fe and SXSW film festivals, garnering an audience award at the former.

Also this weekend we have a few movies playing in the park, including Grease tonight at Folwell, and Saturday screenings of 4 Little Girls at MLK and Michael Jackson's Is This It at Minnehaha (all at sundown), some late night retro flicks are playing at Willow Creek (Psycho), Riverview (Fast Times at Ridgemont High), and Uptown (The Room), and also playing at Uptown is the sure-to-be-hilarious Steve Coogan/Rob Brydon improvisational comedy feast The Trip, which got a nice write up in Switchblade.

Now get watching!