USA Film Festival Picks
The 40th USA Film Festival kicks off today(editors note: yesterday) at the Angelika Film Center. So you’re probably wondering: “What should I see? If only someone could offer a little guidance.”
Thursday-
8: The Mormon Proposition
This documentary looks at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints’ support of California’s Proposition 8 in 2008. The law ultimately overturned the rights of same-sex couples in the state to marry. The film is narrated by Dustin Lance Black, who won an Oscar for writing the screenplay for Milk, and is directed by Reed Cowan, who came to Dallas as a Mormon missionary in the early ’90s. (7 p.m.)
Friday-
His Name is Bob
Filmmakers Lisa Johnson, J. Sebastian Lee and Heather Lee followed an East Dallas homeless man for six years to make this film. Along the way, he tells them about life on the street and the horrible upbringing that put him there. (7 p.m.)
Saturday-
Letters to Juliet
This is Amanda Seyfried’s third movie to open this year and it’s only April! In Letters to Juliet, Seyfried, who also stars in HBO’s Big Love, plays an American on vacation in Verona. While there, she joins a group of amateur Dear Abbys who reply to letters written to Shakespeare’s Juliet seeking advice in the ways of love. (7 p.m.)
