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We meet at landmarks like the Cedar Lee, Capitol, Cinematheque, Art Museum, or a university/ library and often walk to a locally owned restaurant to engage others on the film's true meaning.
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The Last One for the Road - Cinematheque - Guarinos
Cinematheque at Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, USNot since CIFF have I seen a good Italian film.
MOVIE
Meet before and after the movie by the red chairs. We will walk to the restaurant.EATS
Well, we really had to eat in Little Italy. Guarinos has a great patio.DESCRIPTION
The bottom has fallen out for Carlobianchi and Doriano, two small-time Italian crooks. They haven’t been able to mount an honest scam since the 2008 financial crisis and now face the impending mediocrity of middle age. The return of an exiled partner-in-crime from Argentina affords a second chance for long-buried riches, but can Carlobianchi and Doriano put down their beers long enough to keep their eyes on the prize? Along their slow motion, alcoholic grand tour of the Venetian countryside, they cross paths with Giulio, a shy architecture student who reluctantly warms to the sodden pair and indulges their rants about the folly of globalization and the slow decline of local color. Each roadside tavern offers the promise of one last drink – unless the next one ups the ante. Francesco Sossai’s dazzling sophomore feature is many things at once: a road movie, a casual caper, a tribute to a vanishing industrial Italy, a scruffy intergenerational odyssey, and free-flowing bender through time and space. “A loose-limbed and quietly enchanting sophomore feature” –Tomris Laffry, Variety.ROTTEN TOMATOES 86
REVIEW
“Combining mischievous energy with stylish throwback visuals, this meandering Italian comedy of lifelong friendships and arrested development compensates for its jumbled narrative momentum with bittersweet charm."
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LIVING THE LAND (2025) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Home Bistro
Cinematheque at Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, USThe setting is a rural Chinese village in 1991. Change comes slowly to a peasant family’s ancient way of life as the surrounding nation is transformed into a global economic juggernaut.
“Like a vast 19th-century painting of farmers toiling under the sun…immerses the viewer in a remote Chinese agricultural community with all the precision and beauty of an accomplished artist.” – Hollywood Reporter
Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
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6:15 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Home Bistro, 12022 Mayfield Road, a ten minute walk from the Cinematheque. On exiting the Cleveland Institute of Art, walk south (away from Euclid Ave) on 116th Street/Circle Drive to Mayfield Road. Turn left on Mayfield, and Home Bistro is a little way up the hill, on the right-hand side of the street, just past Random Road, across from the Church. Click here for the menu
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THE SHEPHERD AND THE BEAR (2024) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Etna
Cinematheque at Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, USWhen brown bears, reintroduced to the lofty Pyrenees mountains by the French government, attack flocks of sheep, tensions arises between conservationists and the locals who maintain a centuries-old tradition of living off the land. This documentary views the conflict through the eyes of Yves, a wizened shepherd nearing retirement, and Cyril, an environmentally conscious teenage photographer, the son of a local farmer.
“an immersive, lyrical ode to both nature and to those bewitched by it….The cinematography is ravishing, capturing the natural world in all its beauty” - Time Out
“A wistful, melancholy string, woodwind and piano soundtrack by composer Amine Bouhafa contributes to the universal resonance of this story.” - Screen Daily
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4:00 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Etna, 11919 Mayfield Road, a three minute walk from the Cinematheque. On exiting the Cleveland Institute of Art, walk south (away from Euclid Ave) on 116th Street/Circle Drive to Mayfield Road. Turn left on Mayfield, and Etna is a little way up the hill on the left side of the street, just past the Rapid station, at the corner of 120th Street. Click here for the menu
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TASTE OF CHERRY (1997) @ Cleveland Cinematheque / Indian Flame
Cinematheque at Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH, USAn Iranian man planning to commit suicide drives through the countryside in search of some stranger willing to give him a decent burial.
Here's the New YorkTimes video review (with several scenes from the film)
“At once a compelling human story and an utterly fresh piece of moviemaking, the picture reconfirms [director] Kiarostami's growing reputation as one of world film's most original talents.” - Christian Science Monitor
“The film has a remarkable austerity and starkness….It is Kiarostami's greatest film.” - The Guardian
Winner of the Palme d’Or (top prize) at the Cannes Film Festival.
Rotten Tomatoes: 83%
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5:45 MOVIE at Cinematheque/Cleveland Institute of Art, 11610 Euclid Ave, Cleveland
Free parking in the lots with "Cinematheque" signs on E 117th Street (accessible only from Euclid).
AFTER THE MOVIE: EATS/DISCUSSION at Indian Flame, 11607 Euclid Avenue, a one minute walk from the theater, directly across Euclid from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Click here for the menu
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Past events
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