THIS WEEK’S MOVIES
LORD OF WAR
Nicholas Cage is a Ukranian immigrant arms dealer chased by Interpol and struggling with an African-leader customer.
PIGGIE
Oddball Fannie Pogue (Savannah Haske) lives on an upstate farm with a pig for a pal and a penchant for penning country songs about her life. Singing “I’m ready to meet you, my brand-new boyfriend,” she meets Nile (Luna’s Dean Wareham), a two-bit grifter who comes to town.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD
An investigation into what’s really on your plate, looking at genetically modified foods and the corporate giants behind it.
THE WEEPING MEADOW
Theo Angelopoulos’ rumination on the history of modern Greece using the story of an orphan girl who joins a family of Greek refugees returning home in 1919.
CHAIN
A look at the mall and chain-store culture of America through the eyes of a runaway and a Japanese businesswoman researching for a theme park.
THUMBSUCKER
A 17-year-old guy sucks his thumb – and it disrupts his family.
HARD GOODBYES: MY FATHER
Set in 1969, it’s a story of a 10-year-old Greek boy coming to terms with his father’s sudden death.
SEPARATE LIES
Brit Julian Fellowes directs a story of marriage, deceit and a hit-and-run accident.
FINDING ELEAZAR
Documentary follows tenor Neil Shicoff as he readies the role of Eleazar in the opera “La Juive.”
ONE BRIGHT SHINING MOMENT
Documentary on Sen. George McGovern’s idealistic, but ultimately doomed, 1972 presidential campaign.

