THIS WEEK FROM ROOFTOP FILMS: BIKER FOX, THE MAN NEXT DOOR, TINY FURNITURE
This week at Rooftop Films they are screening three great new independent features, all of them NY Premieres or Festival Award Winners.
Friday, June 11th
BIKER FOX
NY Premiere! A documentary about Tulsa’s best-known bicycle-riding, raccoon-feeding, scrapyard-dealing, screaming, motivational philosopher of life. Calling Frank P DeLarzelere III (AKA Biker Fox) a local celebrity is misleading – he is more agitator than prized local son. As a proponent of bicycles as a primary means of transportation, he is fighting an uphill battle against a Southern community that loves its cars, worships horsepower, and doesn’t smile upon long haired, flamboyantly dressed eccentrics calling for lifestyle changes.
It would be tempting for most filmmakers to make Biker Fox into a hagiographical portrait of a maverick fighting the good fight for healthy living against the close-minded authorities in a conservative small city, but Lamberton is equally interested in uncovering the darker sides of Biker Fox’s personality, making him much more human – and much more interesting.
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/12-biker-fox
Where:
Open Road Rooftop above New Design High School
350 Grand St. @ Essex (Lower East Side)
When:
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music by Natureboy
9:00 Film Begins
11:30 After Party with Free Open Bar at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge St.)
Saturday, June 12th
THE MAN NEXT DOOR (EL HOMBRE DE AL LADO)
NY Sneak Preview! A smug designer in a one-of-a-kind Le Corbusier home has to deal with his crass neighbor’s new construction project in this comedy about architecture, class, and urban living. In the opening of The Man Next Door, Leonardo, a wealthy designer, is awoken one morning by the sound of a sledgehammer rattling through his signature home. His neighbor Victor is creating a window that will gaze right into his home – a sanctum Leonardo prizes for the purity of its privacy. With a delectable sense of design, buoyantly off-kilter performances, and a sublimely simple story, The Man Next Door is a dark comedy about light.
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/13-the-man-next-door
Where:
On the roof of El Museo Del Barrio
1230 5th Ave. @ 104th St. (East Harlem)
When:
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music by Helado Negro
9:00 Film Begins
11:00 After-party on the Roof, Free Open Bar Courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner
Tickets are $10 online or at the door. Tickets and more information at:
Sunday, June 13th
TINY FURNITURE
Presented in Partnership with BAMCinemaFEST
22-year-old Aura returns home to her artist mother’s TriBeCa loft with the following: a useless film theory degree, 357 hits on her Youtube page, a boyfriend who’s left her to find himself at Burning Man, a dying hamster, and her tail between her legs. Not an altogether unfamiliar character, but Aura’s down-to-Earth plight is exactly the appeal of this smart, funny, and deeply personal New York comedy that recalls Annie Hall-era Woody Allen. The minutiae of Aura’s life – from aimless family brawls to an awkward sex scene endow Tiny Furniture with a fresh sense of originality that has led to widespread acclaim for the movie since it claimed a top prize at the South by Southwest Film Festival earlier this year.
http://www.rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/14-tiny-furniture
Where:
Outdoor parking lot at BAM Cinematek
Fulton St. and Ashland Pl. (Fort Greene)
When:
8:00 Doors Open
8:30 Live Music by Teddy Blanks
9:00 Film begins
