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NEW THIS WEEK THE AGE OF ADALINE. A freak accident leaves a young woman ageless and alone throughout the entire 20th century … until she meets a man she wants to grow old with. Blake Lively and Michiel Huisman star in Lee Toland Krieger’s romantic fable. Starts Fri., April 24. ASPIE SEEKS LOVE. It isn’t often that autism is presented as a difference in neurology as opposed to a disorder in need of medical remedy. But that’s exactly what local filmmaker Julie Sokolow does in her first documentary feature, which focuses on Aliquippa native David Matthews’ search for love. The film follows 49-year-old Matthews, who was diagnosed with Asperger’s in his 40s, as he tries to figure out the awkward world of online dating, navigating the labyrinth of unwritten social rules that frustrate even the most socially adept among us. Sokolow’s intimate portrait is the opposite of schadenfreude — it comes from a place of curiosity about how people with different neurological wiring experience the world. Sat., April 25, through Wed., April 29. Harris. (Alex Zimmerman)
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JFILM FESTIVAL. The annual film festival featuring works that highlight the Jewish experience continues through Sun., April 26, at various venues. See www.jfilmpgh.org for complete schedule.
Clinical Trials Research Services, LLC is conducting a research study evaluating the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug for women with uterine fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding. She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry {PHOTO COURTESY OF DIANA DAVIES} focuses (black women, politics, street activists, health care, lesbians). First-wave feminists recount their experiences, with plenty of humor, and there’s ample archival footage depicting everything from small meetings to blockbuster street marches. The title is an apt bit of wordplay, reclaiming empowerment from a phrase often used by men to patronize women’s anger. And mulling over what has yet to be achieved, this film might inspire a new wave of productive anger. Starts Fri., April 24. Regent Square (AH)
SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY. “The personal is political” in Mary Dore’s documentary about the women’s-liberation movement of the late 1960s and early ’70s. It’s necessary and illuminating history for anybody who didn’t live through it — and it’s worth noting how much changed simply because ordinary people rose up and demanded it. Dore traces the movement back to the activism of the civil-rights protests, then details the various offshoots women formed with more specific
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ANYWHERE ELSE. In Ester Amrami’s dramedy, a young Israeli woman named Noa, now living in Berlin and working on a project about “untranslatable” words, impulsively returns home to visit her family. Familiar domestic tensions resurface, magnified by Noa’s granny’s poor health, her brother’s disinterest in reporting for military service, and the equally impulsive arrival of Noa’s German boyfriend. (Granny is a Polish Holocaust survivor.) Essentially, the narrative
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THE ROAD WITHIN. Glen Wells directs this new dramedy about a man with Tourette’s syndrome who goes on a road trip to dispose of his mother’s ashes. His traveling companions also include an anorexic woman and a man with OCD. Starts Fri., April 24. Parkway, McKees Rocks
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MAN OF IRON. Amid Poland’s historic 1980 strikes, a corrupt journalist is hired by the secret police to discredit a Solidarity organizer. Continues a two-month series of digitally remastered Polish masterpieces, curated by Martin Scorsese. In Polish, with subtitles. 7:30 p.m. Thu., April 23, and 5:30 p.m. Sat., April 25. Harris. $5
LITTLE BOY. In this inspirational drama set during World War II, a son is determined to do anything to bring his father home safely from the battlefield. Kevin James and Emily Watson star; Alejandro Monteverde directs. Starts Fri., April 24. MERCHANTS OF DOUBT. Robert Kenner’s documentary looks at the rise of corporate disinformation and various PR strategies designed to counter potentially damaging research. Inspired by Big Tobacco’s success in slickly pushing back against concerns that smoking caused verifiable damage to health, now companies and even whole industries (like fossil fuels) employ many of the same sophisticated tactics to create doubt. Most of Kenner’s talking-head film focuses on arguments about climate change, and he provides some cogent explanation how and why climatechange deniers have achieved such broad support. Kenner’s arguments are well presented (with the help of a magician), but what emerges is a rather depressing portrait of a populace all too easily swayed by buzzwords, confusion and emotions. Starts Fri., April 24. Manor (Al Hoff)
THE MANY STOREYS AND LAST DAYS OF THOMAS MERTON. This new hour-long documentary from Morgan Atkinson looks at the last year of Merton’s life, in 1968, when the Trappist monk worked to establish ties with Eastern religions. The film will be followed by a discussion. The screening opens a monthly series of films about labor and social justice. 7:30 p.m. Thu., April 23. Pump House, 880 E. Waterfront Dr., Munhall. Free. www.battleofhomesteadfoundation.org
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Spring (2014) - 4/22 @ 7:30pm, 4/23 @ 7:30pm - An as-
ROW HOUSE CINEMA. Altered States series: Blood, Sweat and Beer (new doc about craft beer), April 22-23. Dazed and Confused (1993 comedy in which the class of ’76 celebrates the end of high school with beer, weed, vans and rock ’n’ roll), April 22-23. The Big Lebowski (in the Coens’ 1998 dark comedy, it’s all about the White Russians. And the rug.), April 22-23. Vampires series: Twilight: The MST3K Version (Tom Servo and pals take on the sparkly vampires in this snarkily enhanced version), 7 p.m. Fri., April 24. What We Do in the Shadows (mockumentary about vampires living in modern New Zealand), April 24-30. Interview With a Vampire (1994 adaptation of the Anne Rice novel about New Orleans bloodsuckers), April 24-27 and April 29-30. The Lost Boys (teen vamps cruise coastal California in this 1987 film), April 24-30. Call or see website for times and complete listings. 4115 Butler St., Lawrenceville. $5-9. 412-9043225 or www.rowhousecinema.com
50th Anniversary Dr. Who and the Daleks Party - 4/24
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meets H.P. Lovecraft. _______________________________________________ @ 8:00pm - Prizes, goodies, and more! Just the film screens on 4/25 @ 9:30pm, 4/28 @ 7:30pm. _______________________________________________
Shlock Film Night- 4/24 @ 10:30pm - Fans have voted! We’ll be showing the 1968 black comedy/horror film Spider Baby. Admission is just $5. _______________________________________________ Barry Lyndon (1975) - 4/25 @ 5:00pm, 4/27 @ 7:30pm,
4/29 @ 7:30pm - Stanley Kubrick’s dramatic master-
piece set in the 18th Century. _______________________________________________
The JCCP Presents: Reefer Madness - 4/25 @ midnight
- The Junior Chamber of Commerce Players Presents their shadow cast of REEFER MADNESS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL! _______________________________________________
Swiss Miss (1938) - 4/26 @ 3:00pm - Join the Sons of
the Desert (Swiss Miss Tent) for its inaugural meeting with a screening of its namesake film. Meet local chap-
ter co-founder David Newell. _______________________________________________
Bayou Maharajah - 4/26 @ 7:00pm - A one-show-only
screening of this new documentary about musician James Booker. With live music beforehand by Tom Roberts, and a reading by Terrance Hayes.
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