A bitch to pitch: ‘Splice,’ ‘Killers,’ ‘Greek’ and ‘Marmaduke’

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 OK, kids, a slew of selections come out this week, and we’re gonna give them to you in descending order of awfulness – complete with our guess as to what the one-sentence pitch that got each of them made was!

“Get Him to the Greek”:

“You take the freak from ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ and give him his own flick with the ultranebbish Jonah Hill!”

The bromance subgenre/Apatow School/Paul Rudd filmography has produced some winners (“Knocked Up,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” “Funny People”) and some dogs (“Pineapple Express,” “Step Brothers,” “Role Models”). How does this stack up?

Well, the trailer cuts all emphasize groinal/anal pain, massive drug and alcohol abuse, frantic anxiety, bad sex, and the like. Being as it’s Apatow-y, I’m seriously afraid that there will be some sentimental moments, or lessons learned, or character development of some kind.

Wouldn’t it be nice if none of those three things happened? What are the odds? I know – not good.

“Killers”:

“It’s a romance/comedy/thriller -- like ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith,’ only funny!”

Eeuh. I love Heigl, and ringers Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, and Martin Mull all make little appearances.

It just sounds too busy. If they’re not kissing, they’re bickering, or killing, or fleeing, or something. Wack-a-doodle.

“Splice”:

“It’s ‘Frankenstein,’ only the monster is a hot chick that can swim and fly and kill people!”

WAAAAHH!! Scary. It’s touted as a straight-up sci fi/horror flick, although there are rumors that it’s meta, or ironic, or darkly funny, or something. Adrien Brody is fast moving into his equivalent of middle-period Michael Caine, when he’ll do anything for money. I thought Sarah Polley was past this acting thing – she proved what a great director she is with “Away from Her.” Maybe you should go, just to support her.

“Marmaduke”:

“Hey, you know that awesome one-panel newspaper cartoon about the big dog who’s always getting in trouble? Wait, come back! He can TALK! Wait, don’t call security! CGI DOGS DISCO DANCING! LET ME GO!”

This film was not made for audiences – it was made for torture purposes. You can use it on Grandma and Grandpa, forcing them to take the kids; I believe that the Department of Defense will screen it to Guantanamo prisoners and Afghan detainees. Will it prove superior to lethal injection? Will the Supreme Court bar its use as cruel and unusual punishment? Only time will tell.

ART HOUSES

At the Mayan, it’s “Please Give”:

The director is Nicole Holofcener, who made “Lovely and Amazing” and “Friends with Money.” We are in Woody Allen Land here; can we say anything fresh about liberal white guilt?

At the Chez Artiste, “OSS 117 – Lost in Rio”:

This parodic sequel stems from a long-lived series of spy novels by French author Jean Bruce, featuring a suave James Bond type – four years before Ian Fleming published his first Bond book. Initial film adaptations were serious, but the most recent are Gallic takes on the Austin Powers conceit.

Starz carries “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo,” “Ride the Divide” and “180 Degrees South.”

Meanwhile, the Regency Tamarac, they are programming Bollywood selections like nobody’s business. This week, there’s “Vedam”:

And “Raajneeti”:

There’s also “La Mission” – lead actor Benjamin Bratt will be at the theater on Friday – looks like intergenerational conflict, a change in the way of life and how we look at things, and an inspiring transformation.

SPECIAL EVENTS

SATURDAY, 6/5

It’s “Nuclear Madness” all day at the Boulder Public Library, featuring three documentaries about same – “In Our Hands” at 10:45 a.m., “Dark Circle” at 1:35 p.m., and “Nagasaki” at 3:45 p.m. These shows are FREE, and not for the timid or easily upset. Don't forget -- many atomic bomb components were crafted right here at Rocky Flats by friends, relatives and neighbors from south Boulder and north Jefferson County. I grew up downwind of same -- did you?

At Starz, the Kids Saturday Nickleodeon: Etienne! The Hamster Movie, 3 p.m.

This looks refreshingly strange! And believeable in the way movies aren’t, usually.

Then at 7 p.m., a FREE showing of the classic 1931 version of “The Front Page”:

Lewis Milestone’s film is visually creative, contains some great performances (Adolphe Menjou, Pat O’Brien, Edward Everett Horton) and codifies, as the original hit play did, all the clichés about journalism and newspapermen in existence.

MONDAY, 6/7

At the Boulder Public Library, it’s a FREE showing of “Captains Courageous” at 6:30 p.m.

Victor Fleming directed this Oscar-winning tale of a spoiled brat who learns about life from a bunch of Portugese fishermen. (All right, no jokes!) It’s got the winsome Freddie Bartholomew, Spencer Tracey, Lionel Barrymore, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, John Carradine, Mickey Rooney . . . wow. Yes, I cried at the end.

EVENT OF THE WEEK:

I don't know what's up at the Mayan, but they are not publicizing these special showings enough. On the venue's big screen, downstairs, F.W. Murnau's 1927 silent masterpiece "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans" will be seen at 7:30 p.m.!



The word "masterpiece" is overused, but this is truly one of the 10 best movies ever made. GO!!!!

TUESDAY, 6/8

Once again, the Mayan scores with two days of Hitchcock's great 1959 "North by Northwest" -- Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 and 9:30 p.m., on the big screen in glorious VistaVision and Technicolor!



Hitchcock's best film? Many think so . . . see you there.

The Fresh City Life series at the DenverPublic Library presents, as part of it summer-long “Presence of the Camera: Documentary Film Series,” Les Blank’s brilliant 1982 “Burden of Dreams” at 6 p.m.

Who’s crazier – Werner Herzog or Klaus Kinski?

At Starz, as part of the “Direct from Tribeca” series, it’s Julien Nitzberg’s 2009 documentary, “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” at 7 p.m.

Gee, y’all, I don’t know. I grew up with this kind of crap, so it gets old fast. Filming miscreants and sociopaths and their train-wreck lives as a form of entertainment/cultural anthropology lesson is fun for some. It may be wild, but wonderful?

The now-vaunted Film on the Rocks series kicks off its 11th season with “The Hangover” at 7 p.m. (gates open at 6 p.m.) For those who haven’t gone, Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Morrison, close against the foothills, is an inspiring location, and a great venue for music, film and the like.

 The marriage of a live concert introduction to a feature film, with sometimes a thematic connection between the two, is a lot of fun. This week, Kinetix, with The Pirate Signal, starts things off musically. The movie unspools at dusk.

WEDNESDAY, 6/9

At the Boulder Public Library, it’s a FREE showing of what looks to be the very good 2009 documentary by Mai Iskander – “Garbage Dreams” at 7 p.m. It’s about Cairo’s zaballeen – those who scour and scavenge the city’s trash, and who face the government’s interference with even that lowly way of life.

At the Thin Man Tavern, the Wim Wenders festival concludes with what looks to be an overlooked little gem – 2005’s “Don’t Come Knocking” at 8 p.m.

What a great ensemble! Sam Shepard, Jessica Lange, Eva Marie Saint, Sarah Polley, Tim Roth – Fairuza Balk? Eva Marie Saint? George Kennedy? Julia Sweeney? Tim Matheson? Wenders’ quirky filmography has only begun to be really appreciated. See you there!

THURSDAY, 6/10

Outdoor movies are all the rage. The Denver Botanic Gardens chimes in with a series way down southwest at its Chatfield location (near C-470 and Wadsworth Blvd.) with Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated feature from 2009, “Fantastic Mr. Fox.” Gates open at 7 p.m., film starts at dusk.

The Boulder Public Library presents Zeffirelli’s 1967 Burton/Taylor version of Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at 7 p.m.

To be honest, there are better filmed versions – try Kirk Browning’s 1976 work for the American Conservatory Theatre, or Jonathan Miller’s 1980 outing for the BBC. Or “Kiss Me Kate.” Burton especially goes WAY OVER THE TOP in this one, even though it is one of the Bard’s most ribald comedies.

At Starz, for “One Night Only,” it’s “Joan Rivers – A Piece of Work” at 7 p.m.

For a special treat, go to the Denver Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m. Go around the back, to the left, down the stairs toward Speer Boulevard. See the Ricketson sign? It’s now a small proscenium theater, but it was designed as a cinema.

For years, some incredible projections of some incredible films took place there. I saw the very first program there – an impeccable, glowing print of “Grand Hotel,” which changed my appreciation for black-and-white movies FOREVER. At 7 p.m., it’s that hilarious paean to old-school horror, Mel Brooks’ 1974 “Young Frankenstein.” Great cinematography by Gerald Hirschfeld.

LATE NIGHTS

At Denver’s Esquire, the midnight movie is the immortal catastrophe from 1980, “Xanadu”:

“Open your eyes and hear the magic!” OK.

At Starz, it’s the Watching Hour at 10 p.m. – “Nightmare on Elm Street III: Dream Warriors.” Don’t know about the movie, but the trailer is GREAT!

Last but not least, Century Boulder features the 1977 apex of Woody Allen’s career, “Annie Hall”:

Why Islam hates us: ‘Sex & City 2’ vs. ‘Prince of Persia’

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 If you wonder why most of the known world despises America, and why the Muslim world thinks of us as the Great Satan, the pair of movies opening this weekend will serve as ample illustration. Hell, after seeing the previews, even I think we’re the Great Satan.

For some ridiculous reason, two films in which the Middle East and what is now known as Iran play a huge role are opening simultaneously – “Sex and the City 2” and “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” The simplification and misinterpretation (also known as stereotyping) of Middle Eastern and western Asian cultures runs rampant here. You think Iran’s President Ahmadinejad got mad about “300” – he will do history’s biggest spit-take over these two bad boys.

Let’s look:

First of all, ladies, I respect you as people and performers – but your characters are not attractive. Not by a long shot. It seems like some plastic surgeon got all whipped up on amyl and went after you with a Botox-loaded machine gun. You look all gnawed on and gnarly, like a stick my dog’s been sharpening his teeth on for weeks.

Yes, American culture despises women who don’t fit into a certain age and body-type category. However, you are not helping things by dressing up like the old ladies from Miami Beach and standing around bitching. This would hold true if I had to watch a movie about fat old guys trying recapture their youth, too – “Wild Hogs,” anyone? (For a great movie about male menopause, check out Cassavettes’ “Husbands.”)

Second: materialism and narcissism are the pathways to hell on earth. Don’t take it from me – listen to Bongwater’s “Folk Song” for the most profound insight about sucking and shopping, and whorishness as lifestyle ideal (the key sequence comes at about seven minutes in):

Third: Abu Dabi (Morocco stands in for it here, since no Muslim ruler who is allergic to car bombs would let crap like this be shot there), or any foreign locale, is not just a backdrop for wacky hi-jinks. Especially ones that involves spoiled American bitches experiencing life crises.

This film is so campy it insults camp. And, if Liza shows up at your gay wedding, girl, I will sue to have your sexual orientation legally revoked. It’s overkill. Who’s the bridesmaid – Richard Simmons? Who’s the priest – Rip Taylor? Now get off my bridal train and don’t make any more of these flicks.

“Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”:

Oh, those wacky Persians! We have a thing for “Arabian” romance – both the original, silent “Thief of Baghdad” and its 1940 remake are works of wonder. A spate of films in the ‘40s and ‘50s such as Jon Hall/Maria Montez vehicles “The Arabian Nights” and “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” and even worse, “Baghdad,” “A Thousand and One Nights,” and “Son of Sinbad,” to name some stinkers, held sway.

The wily camel merchant, the sinister vizier, the bare-midriffed, chiffon-coated princess, and the resourceful urchin in brocade vest and turban are as big a part of our mental furniture as the genie, the magic carpet and “Open Sesame.” (Perhaps only Ray Harryhausen’s Sinbad trilogy of stop-motion Sinbad mythos managed to respect the culture while relating tales about it.)

Today, we perpetuate misunderstanding and mistrust with the greasy Iranian villains of “True Lies,” the misogynist society that puts the beat-down on Sally Field in “Not without My Daughter,” and the armed women and children who attack Samuel L. Jackson in “Rules of Engagement.” It’s bullshit.

“Prince of Persia” recycles all this nonsense and puts it on the “puree” speed. Ben Kingsley is our go-to bad guy; Jake Gyllenhaal is our wisecracking Buff Daddy. C’mon. I know, it’s based on a video game. Jerry Bruckheimer, you are our Irwin Allen, our Cecil B. DeMille, our schlockmeister.

But dammit, I know you can do better. You produced “Black Hawk Down”! You produced the Robert Mitchum “Farewell, My Lovely”! You produced “Thief,” for crap’s sake! Help me out, braugh. Go on a CGI fast, cool your jets, and make something I can vote for next Oscar time.

Besides the 88 Drive In, the Backdoor Theater in Nederland is now open. Nederland is a little haven 13 miles up the canyon from Boulder, and the Theater is a little hole-in-the-wall place that shows flicks on Fridays and Saturdays over the summer. Movies start at 7 p.m. “Iron Man 2” is this weekend’s selection.

ART HOUSES

At the Mayan: “180 Degrees South”:

The genre of exploration film is almost dead, since most of our physical world has had cameramen and –women crawl over it in search of new footage. Adventure film has filled that niche – men and women go to the same faraway places, but this time they surf or ski or parachute or hang-glide or Big Wheel or play mancala from/on same.

But we’re about done ringing the changes on that as well. The tropes of the template run like this: you get your adventure footage, you realize there’s more to it than just the thrill of the next adventure, you gain a little wisdom, you go home a little wiser. Plus you have this cowabunga footage to show for it.

I guess what I’m saying is, if you really want to challenge yourself, erase the data. Don’t make the movie. Leave your camera behind. Just live, have your experience undocumented. Don’t even reveal where you’ve been, so that hordes of posers don’t follow you and trample your pristine wilderness experience into oblivion.

For some reason, it’s also carrying “George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead”:

Now that the schlock horror director has become catnip for intellectuals, it kind of makes sense to book this into an art house. Still, it’s a ZOMBIE MOVIE, people, with all the bloodthirsty, grimly humorous scenes you’ve come to expect.

Does it offer a sardonic look at human mores? Probably. But it also looks like it’s running out of ideas.

At Starz, we have a revival run of Kurosawa’s last big epic, “Ran”:

Staggering work of genius? I don’t know. I lined up eagerly to see it when it first came out, and nearly died of boredom. (I know, I’m an idiot.) I love Kurosawa, he’s in my top three, but I really didn’t like it, so much so that I haven’t tried to watch it again. I have got to suck it up and give it another try. Like those novels you hated in high school, it’s supposed to be a classic. Dammit, I’ll try.

“Ride the Divide”:

OK, now this looks great. Unlike the adventure film referenced above, here’s a film about grueling race over a known course that’s a personal test for those involved. I want to see this one, if only to see big strong cyclists cry.

SPECIAL EVENTS

FRIDAY

At Starz, the Mile Hi Sci Fi features 1988’s “Alien Nation” 7 and 9:30 p.m. (the program repeats Saturday):

It’s the ur-“District 9,” and the conceit of aliens as an oppressed race is pretty well-executed here. The conceit of Mile Hi Sci FI is that a panel of local comics sit around and make fun of the film while it plays, a la “Mystery Science Theater 3000.”

SATURDAY

At the Denver Art Museum, a double feature of the unique pleasures of typography and letterpress printing are explored at 1 p.m., with the showing of “Typeface” and “Jack Stauffacher, Printer.” It’s part of the Museum’s “About Face” series – and a panel discussion featuring local and national printmakers will follow.

 TUESDAY

Starz shows what looks like the great new film “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll,” 7 p.m.

Andy Serkis came to fame as the voice of Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, and even served as the matrix for the performance of the title character in Peter Jackson’s version of “King Kong.” He deserves more notice – his acting gifts are amazing, no more so than in this look at the life of New Wave genius, and very naughty boy, Ian Drury.

Meanwhile, a FREE showing of the intense and disturbing documentary “Gimme Shelter” takes place in the basement of the central branch of the Denver Public Library at 6 p.m.:

It started as a kind of vanity project, but the tragedy and chaos of Altamont seals the movie’s fate as a kind of tombstone of the Summer of Love. Directed by the Maysles Brothers and Charlotte Zwerin, it’s also a masterpiece of documentary filmmaking. There will be more items coming up -- Fresh City Life @ DPL presents “Presence of the Camera: Documentaries” all summer long.

WEDNESDAY

At Starz, it’s a repeat showing of “When You’re Strange: A Film about the Doors,” 7:10 p.m.

At Boulder Chautauqua, Buster Keaton’s great 1923 comedy “Our Hospitality” plays at 7:30 p.m.

Not as well known as “The General” or even “Steamboat Bill, Jr.,” it’s just as funny and breathtaking. This time, the live musical accompaniment is provided by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra. Good clean fun for the whole family!

Down in Denver at the Thin Man Tavern, the Wim Wenders festival continues at 8 p.m. with the peculiar 2000 whodunit, “The Million Dollar Hotel”:

It’s notable for sporting a story by Bono, and for Mel Gibson proclaiming that it was as boring as a dog’s ass. Only one way to find out . . .

THURSDAY

At Starz, DocNight features “Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo,” 7 p.m.:

At the Boulder Public Library, 7 p.m., Woody Allen’s killer sci-fi satire, “Sleeper”:

Filmed in and around Denver and Boulder. God, it’s funny. “My brain! It’s my second-favorite organ!”

The Boulder Theater sports “When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors” again, at 8 p.m.

And the Argus Film Festival presents a Super Secret Mystery Movie at 7 p.m. at the Mercury Café, 2199 California St.

LATE NIGHTS

At the Century Boulder, Friday and Saturday at midnight, it’s “Reservoir Dogs”:

At Starz, the Watching Hour at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday gives us 1980’s “Stunt Rock”: What the hell? Heavy metal, stunts . . . plot? Characters? Nah. Not important.

At the Esquire, we get to peek in at another, earlier example of George A. Romero’s twisted genius – 1988’s “Monkey Shines”:

WAAAHHH!!! Telepathic monkey + papraplegic = death and destruction. Looks fun!

And of course, there’s always “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Huzzah! Enjoy your holiday weekend -- talk to you next week!

Echoes of echoes: ‘Shrek Forever After’ vs. ‘MacGruber’

 The law of diminishing returns is in play this week. Like a rat with an electrode in its head, pressing the pleasure key that activates it until it dies, we keep coming back to the same stimulation. When will the bottom fall out?

In case you forgot, the “Shrek” film series originated with a children’s book by William Steig, the amazing author and illustrator who created it and other classics such as “Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,” “Pete’s a Pizza” and “Dr. De Soto.”

In classic Hollywood fashion, the source was expanded and gagged up, becoming the kind of movie that can appeal to kids and still speak over their heads to the adults, including enough pop-culture references and elbow nudges to keep parents awake.



Not that there’s anything wrong with that. The original Grimm’s fairy tales were straightforward exercises in cultural anthropology, but rapidly underwent alterations by adapters. Carlo Gozzi, Charles Perrault and La Fontaine, who predate the Grimm brothers, rewrote folk stories and fables freely. Hans Christian Andersen captured the tone of the fairy tale while inventing them out of the whole cloth.

In the 20th century, Disney and Warner Brothers put the tales to work in features and shorts such as “Snow White,” “The Three Little Pigs” and Bugs Bunny’s various interactions with the Three Bears –



Later, the “Fractured Fairy Tales” segments of the “Rocky and Bullwinkle” animated series, Shelley Duvall’s “Fairy Tale Theatre” series for HBO, and the masterfully satirical number of takes by writer/illustrator James Marshall

got us used to looking at these stories from a contemporary perspective. It looks like “Shrek Forever After” goes down the familiar path, using Rumplestiltskin s its bete noire:

Then there’s “MacGruber.” For full enjoyment, you need to know a) the TV series it spoofs, which starred Richard Dean Anderson and ran from 1985-1992; b) the “Saturday Night Live” sketch series that mocked it so efficiently.



If they threw all the jokes into the trailer, we are in serious trouble. I love Will Forte, Kristen Wiig and the rest. Val Kilmer? Who knows. He was hilarious in “Batman Forever,” “Tombstone” and “Thunderheart.” Powers Booth? Who knows. He was hilarious in “Red Dawn,” “The Emerald Forest” and “Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones.”

Can a 99-minute film of a 15-second sketch joshing a 25-year-old TV show entertain? It’s your dime. You make the call.

Meanwhile, the 88 Drive In continues with a slight change in program – now it’s showing “Shrek Forever After” and “Iron Man 2,” a nifty double bill. I praised the drive-in-going experience last week; go and let me know if and how you liked it.

ART HOUSES

What’s up with the Regency Tamarac Square Cinemas? The Regency chain is located completely within California, save for Denver’s Tamarac Square and the Tropicana in Las Vegas. And, thrillingly, they add a sprinkling of non-mainstream films, the only theater in the area to challenge the art-house monopoly of the Landmark chain. (Pssst – they’re a little cheaper than Landmark, too!)

Here are two features they’re carrying this week that you can’t see anywhere else right now:

“Kites”:



OK. If you don’t like Bollywood, stay home. I think the Indian film industry is great – full of exuberance, fun and style. Is it riddled with conventions? Is it weird when they sing and dance out of nowhere? No more so than when Fred and Ginger do.

“Kites” was shot in Hindi, with full-on musical numbers, and in English. They cut out all the songs and dances for the English version, from 130 to 90 minutes. It looks like sexy, escapist candy.

“The Yellow Handkerchief”:



It came and went in February. It looks like a small, quality film with good acting and a thoughtful script. William Hurt and Maria Bello both can act.

Meanwhile, at the Mayan:

“Casino Jack and the United States of Money”:



Alex Gibney is one smart, talented documentarist whose greatest gift is knowing how to tell the story. This look at Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his conspirators and victims, both of which categories include your elected representatives, looks like a very constructive exercise in outrage.

“The Good, the Bad, the Weird”:



The first kimchi Western? Sure, it’s an homage/parody. It looks frantic and self-consciously stylized. Then again, it looks like it has a heart, and a pulse to go with it. Could be fun.

At the Chez Artiste:

“Mother and Child”:



Intelligent weeper, with strong performances all around.

Starz:

“Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin” premiered locally at the Boulder International Film Festival in February, and now it’s in general release. Doesn’t it just look amazing? It is.



SPECIAL EVENTS

TUESDAY

Well, if you’ve got the stomach for it , you can jump through some hoops listed in the Denver weekly Westword and snag preview tickets for both “Sex and the City 2” and “Prince of Persia.” More on those as they loom this coming weekend . . .

As usual, the real gems are hidden away – let’s root them out, shall we?

Starz:
RMPBS Community Cinema
“A Village Called Versailles,” 7 p.m.



Women + Film
“Mrs. Goundo’s Daughter,” 7 p.m.



WEDNESDAY

At Boulder’s historic Chautauqua Auditorium, it’s time for one of my favorite festivals of the year – the Silent Film Series. The first selection: “Reaching for the Moon,” an early Douglas Fairbanks Sr. feature film that helped to cement his appeal as the American everyman, who faces romance and adventure with a cheeky can-do spirit. Who’s delivering the live musical accompaniment? The wonderful Hank Troy, that’s who! Don’t miss it.

Starz presents the 1959 classic by Marcel Camus, “Black Orpheus,” at 7 p.m.:



“The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court,” plays at 7:30 p.m.



Our pals at FLIC Boulder (Food, Libation and Independent Cinema) are staging their second great get-together at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. The treat this month is Shane Meadows’ 2008 “Somers Town”:



Remember, this is an EVENT – with preshow cartoons, live entertainment and the like. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.

At Denver’s Thin Man Tavern, the weekly Wim Wenders festival continues with the uplifting 1999 documentary “Buena Vista Social Club” at 8 p.m.:



THURSDAY

Boulder Public Library presents “How to Have a Money Making Garage Sale,” 7 p.m. The BPL website states, "Also screened is documentary footage of actual Boulder garage sales by local filmmakers and Boulder Municipal Channel 28. On stage is a typical garage sale installation, and the audience is asked to please bring the strangest thing you have ever gotten at a garage sale to display for the evening." Fun! And FREE.



At Starz, DocNight presents the documentary “Typeface,” also at 7 p.m.:



Director Justine Nagan will be there! It looks fun, as it should.