Repost: The Future (November 20th at the Cleveland CInematheque)

[THE FUTURE  screens Wednesday November 20th at 7:30 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque. Director Miranda July will be present. Tickets must be purchased at the door on Wed., Nov. 20 after 6:30 p.m., cash/check only.]

Review by Pamela Zoslov

My expectations of THE FUTURE, the new film directed by and starring performance artist/writer/poet Miranda July, could not have been lower, having seen July’s directorial debut, ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW. That movie, from 2005, polarized reactions into two camps: those, like Roger Ebert, who saluted July’s offbeat, quirky genius, and those who thought it was perfectly dreadful. I belong to the latter group. Not only was MYEWK an amateurish and hopelessly precious student-level film, it was badly misjudged, featuring wildly inappropriate scenarios involving children — one a 6-year-old boy — in adult sexual situations. What could Miranda July (a pseudonym) have been thinking? And what did her many devotees see in that movie? It was a mystery.

Repost: The Future (November 10th and 13th at the Cleveland Cinematheque)

[THE FUTURE  screens Thursday November 10th at 8:35 pm and Sunday November 13th at 4:30 pm at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]

Review by Pamela Zoslov

My expectations of THE FUTURE, the new film directed by and starring performance artist/writer/poet Miranda July, could not have been lower, having seen July’s directorial debut, ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW. That movie, from 2005, polarized reactions into two camps: those, like Roger Ebert, who saluted July’s offbeat, quirky genius, and those who thought it was perfectly dreadful. I belong to the latter group. Not only was MYEWK an amateurish and hopelessly precious student-level film, it was badly misjudged, featuring wildly inappropriate scenarios involving children — one a 6-year-old boy — in adult sexual situations. What could Miranda July (a pseudonym) have been thinking? And what did her many devotees see in that movie? It was a mystery.

The Future (opens in Cleveland on Friday August 19th exclusively at the Cedar Lee Theatre)

[THE FUTURE  opens in Cleveland on Friday August 19th exclusively at the Cedar Lee Theatre.]

Review by Pamela Zoslov

My expectations of THE FUTURE, the new film directed by and starring performance artist/writer/poet Miranda July, could not have been lower, having seen July’s directorial debut, ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW. That movie, from 2005, polarized reactions into two camps: those, like Roger Ebert, who saluted July’s offbeat, quirky genius, and those who thought it was perfectly dreadful. I belong to the latter group. Not only was MYEWK an amateurish and hopelessly precious student-level film, it was badly misjudged, featuring wildly inappropriate scenarios involving children — one a 6-year-old boy — in adult sexual situations. What could Miranda July (a pseudonym) have been thinking? And what did her many devotees see in that movie? It was a mystery.