Film Clips: Big Chronicle of Rampling in Black

The Big, The Black and the Look.

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  • Big Miracle chronicles a town in Alaska’s push to save a family of whales trapped under ice.

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BIG MIRACLE (PG) When a family of gray whales become trapped under ice shelf in the Arctic Circle, a small town in Alaska rallies behind a young boy’s attempts to save them. A feel-good film starring The Office’s’’ Josh Krasinski and Drew Barrymore.
CHARLOTTE RAMPLING: THE LOOK (NR) This biographical documentary profiles actress Charlotte Rampling from her early years as a 1960s sex symbol to her mature work in such recent films as Swimming Pool and Melancholia’‘.
’’CHRONICLE (PG-13) Three high school boys stumble upon a fallen meteor, and in the process gain superhero-like powers. But when one of the teens begins to abuse his new-found powers, his friends must stop him from destroying everything in his way.
THE WOMAN IN BLACK (PG-13) A young lawyer (Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe) in 19th century London journeys to a remote estate to sort out a will, and encounters all kinds of spooky goings-on. The film is based the same novel by Susan Hill as the popular stage version, which is one of the most spooky plays ever written. Ciarin Hinds and Albert Nobbs’’ Oscar nominee Janet McTeer co-star.
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IT IS FINE! EVERYTHING IS FINE! (NR) Crispin Hellion Glover directed this biographical film, written by and starring Steve C. Stewart, who died of complications from cerebral palsy a month after the completion of photography in 2001. Glover presents the film after a live performance of his “Big Slide Show Part 2.” Wed., Feb 8, 7 p.m. Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-873-1939. www.plazaatlanta.com.’’ — Holman
A MOMA TREASURY OF SHORT FILMS (NR) This collection of vintage cinematic short subjects spans from 1903’s iconic “The Great Train Robbery” to the pastel-colored animation of 1936’s “Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor” to “Orchard Street’s” silent depiction of the New York shopping district in 1955. A MoMA Treasury of Short Films. Sat., Feb. 4. 2 and 8 p.m. High Museum, Woodruff Arts Center, 1280 Peachtree St. $5-$7. 404-733-4200. www.high.org’’
OLD MAN CABBAGE (NR) The band Blair Crimmins and the Hookers perform a live soundtrack to this long-form music video about a pair of Dust Bowl-era farm kinds who run away to join a ghostly circus. Sat., Feb. 4, 10 p.m. Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-873-1939. www.plazaatlanta.com.’’ — Holman
THE PRUITT-IGOE MYTH (NR) This documentary traces the history of the St. Louis Urban Housing Project and whether it deserves its reputation as an example of the failures of public policy planning. Feb. 6-12. Cinefest Film Theatre, Georgia State University, 66 Courtland St., Suite 240. 404-413-1798. www2.gsu.edu/~wwwcft.’’
VISIONS OF LIGHT 4 stars (1992) One of the most illuminating — no pun intended — documentaries about the art of cinema, this tribute to the art of cinematography conveys the evolution of film as an art form while providing you with scores of suggestions for further of viewing (many of which will be shown by Emory Cinemateque, by some coincidence). Painting With Light. Wed., Feb. 8. 7:30 p.m. Emory Cinematheque. 208 White Hall, 301 Dowman Drive, Emory University. Free. filmstudies.emory.edu/home/events/film-series/emory-cinematheque.html’’ — Holman
WHAT IS IT (NR) Crispin Hellion Glover directed and performs in this avant-garde film about “tormented by an hubristic, racist inner psyche.” Glover presents the film after a live performance of his “Big Slide Show Part 1.” Thu., Feb 8, 7 p.m. Plaza Theatre, 1049 Ponce de Leon Ave. 404-873-1939. www.plazaatlanta.com. — Holman

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