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Thursday, April 6
 

6:00pm MST

Opening Night Premiere Event - The Hero

The Hero

Run Time: 95 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Thursday, April 6th at 7:30pm

 

Directed by: Brett Halay

 

Cast: Sam Elliott, Nick Offerman, Laura Prepon and Krysten Ritter

 

Synopsis: THE HERO stars the legendary Sam Elliott as an aging actor confronting mortality in the moving new film from writer/director Brett Haley (I’LL SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS).  Lee Hayden (Elliott) is a Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old glories and smoking too much weed with his former-co-star-turned-dealer, Jeremy (Nick Offerman), until a surprise cancer diagnosis brings his priorities into sharp focus. He soon strikes up an exciting, contentious relationship with stand-up comic Charlotte (Laura Prepon), and he attempts to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Lucy (Krysten Ritter), all while searching for one final role to cement his legacy.  THE HERO is a beautiful and poignant celebration of life and the legacies we all leave behind.



Thursday April 6, 2017 6:00pm - 10:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Cine Capri 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Friday, April 7
 

11:15am MST

Gold Star

Gold Star

Run Time: 90 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7 at 11:15am

Monday, April 10 at 7:10pm

Thursday, April 13 at 12:30pm

 

 

 

Directed by: Victoria Negri

 

Cast: Robert Vaughn, Catherine Curtin, Jacob Heimer, Victoria Negri

 

Synopsis: After dropping out of Juilliard, Vicki drifts aimlessly between her family’s house in Connecticut and an itinerant existence in New York. When her father suffers a debilitating stroke, she has to become his primary caretaker. Vicki resists connecting with him, and making peace with herself, but finds a way forward thanks to a new friend and a life-changing event.

 

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Friday April 7, 2017 11:15am - 12:45pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

11:30am MST

Different Flowers

Different Flowers

Run Time: 100 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Sunday, April 9 at 6:30pm

 

Directed by: Morgan Dameron

 

Cast: Shelley Long, Emma Bell, Hope Lauren, Romy Rosemont, Rob Mayes, Sterling Knight, Steve Agee, Sean Gunn

 

Synopsis: Persnickety Millie Haven always follows the rules, but when she gets cold feet moments before her big Kansas City wedding, her attitude-prone little sister Emma comes to the rescue. They embark on a spontaneous road trip to their grandmother's farm where, with the help of Grandma Mildred, they rediscover their bond, and ultimately Millie finds herself in the middle of nowhere.

 

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Friday April 7, 2017 11:30am - 1:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

3:20pm MST

In Loco Parentis

In Loco Parentis

Run Time: 100 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7th at 3:20pm

Monday, April 10th at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane

 

Synopsis:  Nearly 50-year careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: "Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!" But for pupil and teacher alike, leaving is the hardest lesson.


Friday April 7, 2017 3:20pm - 5:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

4:45pm MST

The Commune

The Commune

Run Time: 110 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7th at 4:45pm

Wednesday, April 12th at 2:45pm

 

Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg

Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Lars Ranthe, Fares Fares

 

Synopsis: Erik and Anna are a professional couple with a dream. Along with their daughter Freja, they set up a commune in Erik’s huge villa in the upmarket district of Copenhagen. With the family in the center of the story, we are invited into the dream of a real commune; we participate in the house meetings, dinners and parties. It is friendship, love and togetherness under one roof until an earth-shattering love affair puts the community and the commune to its greatest test.


Friday April 7, 2017 4:45pm - 6:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 7 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:35pm MST

Menashe

Menashe

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7 at 5:35pm

Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30pm

 

Directed by:  Joshua Z Weinstein

Synopsis: Deep in the heart of New York’s ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son alone, so Rieven’s strict uncle adopts him, leaving Menashe heartbroken. Meanwhile, though Menashe seems to bungle every challenge in his path, his rabbi grants him one special week with Rieven before Leah’s memorial. It’s his chance to prove himself a suitable man of faith and fatherhood, and restore respect among his doubters.

Performed entirely in Yiddish, the colloquial language of the Hasidic community, Menashe uses intimate, handheld camerawork to drop us inside and humanize a hermetically sealed world of black-hatted, working-class men debating in crowded shuls or seeking counsel in the rabbi’s library. And yet Menashe is in many ways an outsider in this tight-knit circle, as he bucks convention and ruffles feathers to stay true to himself.

 


Friday April 7, 2017 5:35pm - 7:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Saturday, April 8
 

1:40pm MST

Born in China

Disneynature’s Born in China

Run Time: 80 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Saturday, April 8th at 1:40pm

 

Directed by: Lu Chuan

Cast: John Krasinski

 

Synopsis: Narrated by John Krasinski, Disneynature's new True Life Adventure film “Born In China” takes an epic journey into the wilds of China where few people have ever ventured. Following the stories of three animal families, the film transports audiences to some of the most extreme environments on Earth to witness some of the most intimate moments ever captured in a nature film. A doting panda bear mother guides her growing baby as she begins to explore and seek independence. A two-year-old golden snub-nosed monkey who feels displaced by his new baby sister joins up with a group of free-spirited outcasts. And a mother snow leopard—an elusive animal rarely caught on camera— faces the very real drama of raising her two cubs in one of the harshest and most unforgiving environments on the planet. Featuring stunning, never-before-seen imagery, the film navigates China’s vast terrain—from the frigid mountains to the heart of the bamboo forest—on the wings of red-crowned cranes, seamlessly tying the extraordinary tales together.




Saturday April 8, 2017 1:40pm - 3:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:00pm MST

The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z
 

Run Time: 140 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Saturday, April 8 at 7:00pm

 

Directed by: James Grey

 

Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller and Tom Holland.

 

Synopsis: Based on author David Grann’s nonfiction bestseller, The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once inhabited the region. Despite being ridiculed by the scientific establishment who regard indigenous populations as “savages,” the determined Fawcett — supported by his devoted wife, son  and aide-de-camp  returns time and again to his beloved jungle in an attempt to prove his case, culminating in his mysterious disappearance in 1925. An epically scaled tale of courage and passion, told in writer/director James Gray’s classic filmmaking style, The Lost City of Z is a stirring tribute to the exploratory spirit and a conflicted adventurer driven to the verge of obsession.



Saturday April 8, 2017 7:00pm - 8:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 1 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:40pm MST

A Million Happy Nows

A Million Happy Nows

Run Time: 80 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Saturday, April 8 at 7:40pm

 

Directed by: Albert Alarr

 

Cast: Dan Gauthier, Robert Gant, Dendrie Taylor 

 

Synopsis: A veteran soap opera star retires to a beach house with her publicist and partner, but her Early Onset Alzheimer's will strain the couple's relationship until they find the strength to redefine themselves and what they mean to one another.

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Saturday April 8, 2017 7:40pm - 9:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

8:00pm MST

Here's to Life: The Story of the Refreshments

Here’s to Life! - The Story of the Refreshments

Run Time: 95 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Saturday, April 8 at 8:00pm

Tuesday, April 11 at 9:40pm

 

Directed by: Taylor Morden

 

Cast: Roger Clyne, Brian Blush, P.H. Naffah, Alice Cooper, Gerald Casale, David Dobkin, Michael Lustig, Jim Swafford, Billy Siegle, Danny Zuiko

 

Synopsis: Here's To Life! follows the career of the Refreshments, from local Arizona band to major label chart-toppers, during the last vestige of the record industry and their inevitable break up. The film then follows the career of front man Roger Clyne as he and drummer P.H. Naffah form a new independent band in the wake of the crumbling music industry.

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Saturday April 8, 2017 8:00pm - 9:35pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Sunday, April 9
 

6:10pm MST

The Devil's Mistress

The Devil's Mistress

Run Time: 110 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Sunday, April 9 at 6:10pm

 

Directed by: Filip Renč
Cast:  Tatiana Pauhofová, Karl Markovics, Gedeon Burkhard, Zdenka Procházková, Martin Huba, Simona Stašová, Anna Fialová, Pavel Kříž

Synopsis: Berlin, 1934. It's the dream of everyone in film-making to work at the "Hollywood of Europe," the BFS. Though well-known in her native Czechoslovakia, young actress Lida Baarová has just obtained her first role in a major feature film. She knows she can make an acting career in Germany, however, she doesn't know the price she will have to pay...

Showcase of the Czech That Film festival. 

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Sunday April 9, 2017 6:10pm - 8:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

6:30pm MST

Different Flowers

Different Flowers

Run Time: 100 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Sunday, April 9 at 6:30pm

 

Directed by: Morgan Dameron

 

Cast: Shelley Long, Emma Bell, Hope Lauren, Romy Rosemont, Rob Mayes, Sterling Knight, Steve Agee, Sean Gunn

 

Synopsis: Persnickety Millie Haven always follows the rules, but when she gets cold feet moments before her big Kansas City wedding, her attitude-prone little sister Emma comes to the rescue. They embark on a spontaneous road trip to their grandmother's farm where, with the help of Grandma Mildred, they rediscover their bond, and ultimately Millie finds herself in the middle of nowhere.

 

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Sunday April 9, 2017 6:30pm - 8:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:00pm MST

Step

Step

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Time:

Sunday, April 9 at 7:00pm

 

Directed by: Amanda Lipitz

 

Synopsis: STEP documents the senior year of a girls’ high-school step dance team against the background of inner-city Baltimore.  As each one tries to become the first in their families to attend college, the girls strive to make their dancing a success against the backdrop of social unrest in the troubled city.



Sunday April 9, 2017 7:00pm - 8:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 1 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Monday, April 10
 

10:15am MST

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

Screening Time: Monday, April 10 at 10:15am

Directed by Shane Black

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan

A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress and a thief masquerading as an actor.

Selected by PFF staffer Lauren Hansen



Monday April 10, 2017 10:15am - 11:45am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

12:30pm MST

Different Flowers

Different Flowers

Run Time: 100 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Sunday, April 9 at 6:30pm

 

Directed by: Morgan Dameron

 

Cast: Shelley Long, Emma Bell, Hope Lauren, Romy Rosemont, Rob Mayes, Sterling Knight, Steve Agee, Sean Gunn

 

Synopsis: Persnickety Millie Haven always follows the rules, but when she gets cold feet moments before her big Kansas City wedding, her attitude-prone little sister Emma comes to the rescue. They embark on a spontaneous road trip to their grandmother's farm where, with the help of Grandma Mildred, they rediscover their bond, and ultimately Millie finds herself in the middle of nowhere.

 

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Monday April 10, 2017 12:30pm - 2:10pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

12:35pm MST

How to Prepare for Prison

How to Prepare for Prison

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Monday, April 10 at 12:35pm

Wednesday, April 12 at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Matt Gallagher

 

Synopsis: How to Prepare for Prison focuses on the lives of three vastly different people who are steeling themselves against the daunting prospect of serving prison sentences for the very first time. Shot over three years, the film captures their growing psychological trauma as their children and families face poverty and social shame, and the individuals charged face their fears about violence in prison and whether or not they can survive the loss of freedom

 

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Monday April 10, 2017 12:35pm - 2:05pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

2:45pm MST

Rosewood

Rosewood (1997)

Screening Time: Monday, April 10 at 2:45pm

Directed by John Singleton

Cast: Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Don Cheadle

A dramatization of a 1923 horrific racist lynch mob attack on an African American community.

Selected by PFF staffer Brenda Berliner



Monday April 10, 2017 2:45pm - 4:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:00pm MST

In Loco Parentis

In Loco Parentis

Run Time: 100 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7th at 3:20pm

Monday, April 10th at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Neasa Ní Chianáin and David Rane

 

Synopsis:  Nearly 50-year careers are drawing to a close for John and Amanda, who teach Latin, English, and guitar at a stately home-turned-school, where they are legends with a mantra: "Reading. 'Rithmetic. Rock 'n' roll!" But for pupil and teacher alike, leaving is the hardest lesson.


Monday April 10, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:10pm MST

Gold Star

Gold Star

Run Time: 90 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7 at 11:15pm

Monday, April 10 at 7:10pm

Thursday, April 13 at 12:30pm

 

 

 

Directed by: Victoria Negri

 

Cast: Robert Vaughn, Catherine Curtin, Jacob Heimer, Victoria Negri

 

Synopsis: After dropping out of Juilliard, Vicki drifts aimlessly between her family’s house in Connecticut and an itinerant existence in New York. When her father suffers a debilitating stroke, she has to become his primary caretaker. Vicki resists connecting with him, and making peace with herself, but finds a way forward thanks to a new friend and a life-changing event.

 

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Monday April 10, 2017 7:10pm - 8:40pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:20pm MST

Norman

Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer

Run Time: 120 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Monday, April 10 at 7:20pm

 

Directed by: Joseph Cedar

Cast: Richard Gere, Lior Ashkenazi, Michael Sheen, Hank Azaria and Steve Buscemi

 

Synopsis: Norman Oppenheimer only wants to matter. Living a lonely life in the shadow of power and money, he uses any angle or connection to put himself in a position of significance. He is an opportunist, just not a very good one. Until he finally bets on the right horse by buying a pair of expensive shoes for Micha Eshel, a lowly Israeli politician. When Micha becomes Prime Minister, Norman finds himself in the center of a geopolitical drama beyond anything he could have imagined.

 


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Monday April 10, 2017 7:20pm - 8:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:20pm MST

Graduation

Graduation

Run Time: 125 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Monday, April 10 at 7:20pm

Wednesday, April 12 at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Cristian Mungiu

Cast: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus

 

Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) returns with this searing human saga about a father driven to extremes in order to protect his daughter’s future. Romeo Aldea is a seemingly honest doctor who regrets having settled in his native Romania, a country still teeming with corruption and back dealings. He channels his ambitions for a better life into his teenage daughter, Eliza who’s just one exam away from securing a scholarship to a prestigious British university. But when Eliza is attacked on the eve of her test, endangering her ability to pass, Romeo takes matters into his own hands to ensure her success. Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Graduation is a masterful look at the complex moral choices and compromises some people make when desperation takes hold.


Monday April 10, 2017 7:20pm - 9:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Tuesday, April 11
 

10:15am MST

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters

The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

Screening Time: Tuesday, April 11 at 10:15am

Directed by Seth Gordon

Die-hard gamers compete to break world records on classic arcade games in this documentary.

Selected by PFF staffer Bob Marquis

 

 



Tuesday April 11, 2017 10:15am - 11:45am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

12:35pm MST

Magnificent Burden

Magnificent Burden

Run Time: 90 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11 at 12:35pm

Thursday, April 13 at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Rob Nelson

Synopsis: Former NY socialite Taylor Stein becomes entangled in an international baby trafficking ring and goes undercover for the FBI to save a little boy. When a terrible discovery threatens his life she's thrust into the world of genetic technology and a high-stakes battle between Big Pharma and saving lives.



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Tuesday April 11, 2017 12:35pm - 2:05pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:00pm MST

Pinch

Pinch

Run Time: 95 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11th at 5:00pm

Wednesday, April 12th at 7:20pm

 

Directed by: Jake Lloyd

 

Cast: Tony Wayne, Jake Lloyd, Julie Tyler, Melanie Johnson, Jake Brown

 

Synopsis: When two strangers are brought together by the chance to own a rare, and valuable, sports collectible, they're tasked with assembling rag tag teams and stepping out of their comfort zones and onto a baseball field. Pinch is what happens when real life gets in the way of the Sandlot.



Tuesday April 11, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:10pm MST

The Promise

The Promise

Run Time: 135 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11th at 7:10pm

 

Directed by: Terry George

Cast: Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon, Christian Bale, Daniel Giménez-Cacho, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rade Sherbedgia

 

Synopsis:  Empires fall, love survives. When Michael, a brilliant medical student, meets Ana, their shared Armenian heritage sparks an attraction that explodes into a romantic rivalry between Michael and Ana’s boyfriend Chris, a famous American photojournalist dedicated to exposing political truth. As the Ottoman Empire crumbles into war-torn chaos, their conflicting passions must be deferred while they join forces to get their people to safety and survive themselves. 



Tuesday April 11, 2017 7:10pm - 8:40pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:20pm MST

Patti Cake$

Patti Cake$

Run Time: 110 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11th at 7:20pm

 

Directed by:Geremy Jasper

Cast: Danielle Macdonald, Bridget Everett, Siddharth Dhananjay, Cathy Moriarty

 

Synopsis:  PATTI CAKE$ introduces Australian native Danielle Macdonald in a breakout role, as aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$.  Fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in Jersey where her life is falling apart, Patti tries to reach the big time in the hip hop scene with original and affecting music.  Cheered on by her grandmother and only friends, Jheri and Basterd, Patti also shoulders her mother's heartaches and misfortunes



Tuesday April 11, 2017 7:20pm - 8:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:20pm MST

That's Not Me

That’s Not Me

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11th at 7:20pm

Thursday, April 13th at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Gregory Erdstein

Cast: Alice Foulcher, Isabel Lucas, Richard Davies, Belinda Misevski, Rowan Davie

 

Synopsis: Polly’s dreams of making it as an actor are comically shattered when her identical twin sister Amy lands the lead role in an HBO show. Mistaken for her famous sister at every turn, Polly decides to use her sister’s celebrity for her own advantage – free clothes, free booze, casual sex… with funny and disastrous consequences for them both.



Tuesday April 11, 2017 7:20pm - 8:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

9:40pm MST

Here's to Life: The Story of the Refreshments

Here’s to Life! - The Story of the Refreshments

Run Time: 95 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Saturday, April 8 at 8:00pm

Tuesday, April 11 at 9:40pm

 

Directed by: Taylor Morden

 

Cast: Roger Clyne, Brian Blush, P.H. Naffah, Alice Cooper, Gerald Casale, David Dobkin, Michael Lustig, Jim Swafford, Billy Siegle, Danny Zuiko

 

Synopsis: Here's To Life! follows the career of the Refreshments, from local Arizona band to major label chart-toppers, during the last vestige of the record industry and their inevitable break up. The film then follows the career of front man Roger Clyne as he and drummer P.H. Naffah form a new independent band in the wake of the crumbling music industry.



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Tuesday April 11, 2017 9:40pm - 11:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Wednesday, April 12
 

10:15am MST

Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

Screening Time: Wednesday, April 12 at 10:15am

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast: Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman

A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding.

Selected by PFF staffer Aaron Kes



Wednesday April 12, 2017 10:15am - 11:45am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

12:35pm MST

I Heart Huckabees

I Heart Huckabees (2004)

Screening Time: Wednesday, April 12 at 12:35pm

Directed by David O. Russell

Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Jude Law, Naomi Watts

Determined to solve the coincidence of seeing the same conspicuous stranger three times in a day, Albert hires a pair of existentialist detectives, who insist on spying on his everyday life while sharing their views on life and the nature of the universe.

Selected by PFF staffer Lauren Pitts



Wednesday April 12, 2017 12:35pm - 2:05pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

2:45pm MST

The Commune

The Commune

Run Time: 110 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7th at 4:45pm

Wednesday, April 12th at 2:45pm

 

Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg

Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Ulrich Thomsen, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Lars Ranthe, Fares Fares

 

Synopsis: Erik and Anna are a professional couple with a dream. Along with their daughter Freja, they set up a commune in Erik’s huge villa in the upmarket district of Copenhagen. With the family in the center of the story, we are invited into the dream of a real commune; we participate in the house meetings, dinners and parties. It is friendship, love and togetherness under one roof until an earth-shattering love affair puts the community and the commune to its greatest test.


Wednesday April 12, 2017 2:45pm - 4:15pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

2:50pm MST

Blue Ruin

Blue Ruin (2013)

Screening Time: Wednesday, April 12 at 2:50pm

Directed by Jeremy Saulnier

Cast: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves

A mysterious outsider’s quiet life is turned upside down when he returns to his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. Proving himself an amateur assassin, he winds up in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family.

Selected by PFF staffer Stanley Bain



Wednesday April 12, 2017 2:50pm - 4:20pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:00pm MST

Graduation

Graduation

Run Time: 125 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Monday, April 10 at 7:20pm

Wednesday, April 12 at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Cristian Mungiu

Cast: Adrian Titieni, Maria Dragus

 

Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Cristian Mungiu (4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days) returns with this searing human saga about a father driven to extremes in order to protect his daughter’s future. Romeo Aldea is a seemingly honest doctor who regrets having settled in his native Romania, a country still teeming with corruption and back dealings. He channels his ambitions for a better life into his teenage daughter, Eliza who’s just one exam away from securing a scholarship to a prestigious British university. But when Eliza is attacked on the eve of her test, endangering her ability to pass, Romeo takes matters into his own hands to ensure her success. Winner of the Best Director prize at Cannes, Graduation is a masterful look at the complex moral choices and compromises some people make when desperation takes hold.


Wednesday April 12, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:00pm MST

How to Prepare for Prison

How to Prepare for Prison

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Monday, April 10 at 12:35pm

Wednesday, April 12 at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Matt Gallagher

 

Synopsis: How to Prepare for Prison focuses on the lives of three vastly different people who are steeling themselves against the daunting prospect of serving prison sentences for the very first time. Shot over three years, the film captures their growing psychological trauma as their children and families face poverty and social shame, and the individuals charged face their fears about violence in prison and whether or not they can survive the loss of freedom

 

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Wednesday April 12, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:20pm MST

Dean

Dean

Run Time: 90 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Wednesday, April 12 at 7:20pm

 

Directed by: Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline, Gillian Jacobs, Peter Scolari and Mary Steenburgen

 

Cast: Demetri Martin, Kevin Kline

 

Synopsis: Writer/Director/Comedian Demetri Martin stars alongside Academy Award® winner Kevin Kline in this comedic and heartfelt tale about a father and son coming to terms with love, loss and everything in between.  Dean (Martin) is an illustrator whose unwillingness to deal with the recent death of his mother means escaping his hometown of New York for an interview with an ad agency in Los Angeles.  His retired engineer dad Robert (Kline) takes a more regimented approach to grief, including putting the family home up for sale.  Both father and son set out on their own paths to find a new normal as unexpected circumstances and potential new love interests threaten to thwart all plans


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Wednesday April 12, 2017 7:20pm - 8:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 6 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:20pm MST

Pinch

Pinch

Run Time: 95 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11th at 5:00pm

Wednesday, April 12th at 7:20pm


 

 

Directed by: Jake Lloyd

 

Cast: Tony Wayne, Jake Lloyd, Julie Tyler, Melanie Johnson, Jake Brown

 

Synopsis: When two strangers are brought together by the chance to own a rare, and valuable, sports collectible, they're tasked with assembling rag tag teams and stepping out of their comfort zones and onto a baseball field. Pinch is what happens when real life gets in the way of the Sandlot.



Wednesday April 12, 2017 7:20pm - 8:50pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:30pm MST

Menashe

Menashe

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7 at 5:35pm

Wednesday, April 12 at 7:30pm

 

Directed by: Joshua Z Weinstein


Synopsis: Deep in the heart of New York’s ultra-orthodox Hasidic Jewish community, Menashe, a kind, hapless grocery store clerk, struggles to make ends meet and responsibly parent his young son, Rieven, following his wife Leah’s death. Tradition prohibits Menashe from raising his son alone, so Rieven’s strict uncle adopts him, leaving Menashe heartbroken. Meanwhile, though Menashe seems to bungle every challenge in his path, his rabbi grants him one special week with Rieven before Leah’s memorial. It’s his chance to prove himself a suitable man of faith and fatherhood, and restore respect among his doubters.

Performed entirely in Yiddish, the colloquial language of the Hasidic community, Menashe uses intimate, handheld camerawork to drop us inside and humanize a hermetically sealed world of black-hatted, working-class men debating in crowded shuls or seeking counsel in the rabbi’s library. And yet Menashe is in many ways an outsider in this tight-knit circle, as he bucks convention and ruffles feathers to stay true to himself.



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Wednesday April 12, 2017 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
Thursday, April 13
 

10:15am MST

Senna

 Senna (2010)

Screening Time: Thursday, April 13 at 10:15am

Directed by Asif Kapadia

A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

Selected by PFF staffer Leigh Ann Dolan



Thursday April 13, 2017 10:15am - 11:45am MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

12:30pm MST

Gold Star

Gold Star

Run Time: 90 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Friday, April 7 at 11:15am

Monday, April 10 at 7:10pm

Thursday, April 13 at 12:30pm

 

 

 

Directed by: Victoria Negri

 

Cast: Robert Vaughn, Catherine Curtin, Jacob Heimer, Victoria Negri

 

Synopsis: After dropping out of Juilliard, Vicki drifts aimlessly between her family’s house in Connecticut and an itinerant existence in New York. When her father suffers a debilitating stroke, she has to become his primary caretaker. Vicki resists connecting with him, and making peace with herself, but finds a way forward thanks to a new friend and a life-changing event.

 

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Thursday April 13, 2017 12:30pm - 2:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

2:50pm MST

In America

In America (2002)

Screening Time: Thursday, April 13 at 2:50pm

Directed by Jim Sheridan

Cast: Paddy Considine, Samantha Morton, Djimon Hounsou

A family of Irish immigrants adjust to life on the means streets of Hell’s Kitchen while also grieving the death of a child.

Selected by PFF staffer Jason Carney



Thursday April 13, 2017 2:50pm - 4:20pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 5 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:00pm MST

Magnificent Burden

Magnificent Burden

Run Time: 90 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11 at 12:35pm

Thursday, April 13 at 5:00pm

 

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Directed by: Rob Nelson

Synopsis: Former NY socialite Taylor Stein becomes entangled in an international baby trafficking ring and goes undercover for the FBI to save a little boy. When a terrible discovery threatens his life she's thrust into the world of genetic technology and a high-stakes battle between Big Pharma and saving lives.



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Thursday April 13, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 4 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

5:00pm MST

That's Not Me

That’s Not Me

Run Time: 85 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Tuesday, April 11th at 7:20pm

Thursday, April 13th at 5:00pm

 

Directed by: Gregory Erdstein

Cast: Alice Foulcher, Isabel Lucas, Richard Davies, Belinda Misevski, Rowan Davie

 

Synopsis: Polly’s dreams of making it as an actor are comically shattered when her identical twin sister Amy lands the lead role in an HBO show. Mistaken for her famous sister at every turn, Polly decides to use her sister’s celebrity for her own advantage – free clothes, free booze, casual sex… with funny and disastrous consequences for them both.



Thursday April 13, 2017 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre 2 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054

7:30pm MST

Closing Night Film - Tommy's Honour

Tommy’s Honour

Run Time: 115 minutes

 

Screening Times:

Thursday, April 13th at 7:30pm

 

Directed by: Jason Connery

Cast: Peter Mullan, Jack Lowden, Ophelia Lovibond and Sam Neill

 

 

Synopsis: TOMMY’S HONOUR is based on the powerfully moving true story of the challenging relationship between “Old” Tom and “Young” Tommy Morris, the dynamic father-son team who ushered in the modern game of golf. As their fame grew exponentially, Tom and Tommy, Scotland’s Golf Royalty, were touched by drama and personal tragedy. At first matching his father’s success, Tommy’s talent and fame grew to outshine his father’s accomplishments and respect as founder of the Open Championship in 1860 with a series of his own triumphs. But in contrast to Tommy’s public persona, his personal turmoil ultimately led him to rebel against both the aristocracy who gave him opportunity and the parents who shunned his passionate relationship with his wife.

 


Thursday April 13, 2017 7:30pm - 9:00pm MST
Harkins Scottsdale 101 Cine Capri 7000 E Mayo Blvd Phoenix, AZ 85054
 
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