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August 09, 2006
Reeler Screening Series Continues Tonight With 'Half Nelson,' Brooklyn Beer
I know most of you good-hearted readers within a 100-or-so-mile radius of Brooklyn have already penciled tonight's Reeler Screening Series event into your calendars, but for those of you non-committal types who keep their nights open until the last minute, here is my last bit of nagging: Please drop by BAM tonight for a preview of Ryan Fleck's superb Half Nelson. Fleck and partner Anna Boden will be on hand afterward for a discussion and Q&A, and the whole evening wraps up with an after-party down the street at Moe's. Bring your ticket stub, get a pint (courtesy of our sponsors at Brooklyn Brewery) and toast this terrific film's homecoming.
Event and ticketing details follow the jump; as always, I look forward to seeing you there.
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Sneak Preview:
HALF NELSON
Directed by Ryan Fleck
With Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie
Weds., Aug. 9 -- 7 p.m.
http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=92
"Sardonic yet moving, Half Nelson deftly outlines the perils of youthful idealism without lapsing into knee-jerk cynicism."—The Village Voice
A big hit at both Sundance and New Directors/New Films, Half Nelson is a breakthrough work from the Brooklyn filmmaking team of Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden. A young teacher in a Brooklyn junior high (Gosling, in a revelatory performance) must confront his own alcohol and drug problems when a student (Epps) discovers them. A Q&A with Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden, moderated by Stu VanAirsdale of TheReeler.com follows the screening.
AFTER-PARTY at Moe's -- 80 Lafayette Ave. (at Portland)
Sponsored by BROOKLYN BREWERY
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Posted by stvanairsdale at August 9, 2006 01:38 PM
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