Miranda July is charming and delightful in her quirky ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW
ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July, 2005)
MoMA Film
Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd St. between Fifth & Sixth Aves.
Thursday, June 16, 8:45
Series runs June 15-24
Tickets: $10, in person only, may be applied to museum admission within thirty days, same-day screenings free with museum admission, available at Film and Media Desk
212-708-9400
www.moma.org
www.mirandajuly.com
Winner of a Special Jury Prize at Sundance “for originality of vision,” performance artist Miranda July’s feature-film directorial debut is a success from start to finish, an original, engaging, and utterly charming romantic comedy that is as unique as it is familiar. July, who also wrote the screenplay, stars as a quirky young performance artist who is looking for a relationship in her rather mundane life. She immediately falls for a shoe salesman (John Hawkes) who is separating from his wife and trying to understand his kids (Brandon Ratcliff and Miles Thompson), who are having a strange online dalliance with a mystery e-mailer. Meanwhile, two high school girls (Najarra Townsend and Natasha Slayton) are sexually tormenting a bizarre loner (Brad Henke) who is sexually tormenting them right back, both humorously and dangerously. It’s nearly impossible to take your eyes off of July, whose innovative audio and visual installations and short films have been shown at the Andy Warhol Museum, the Whitney Biennial, the Kitchen, Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, Union Square Park, and the Rotterdam International Film Festival, among many other prestigious places. Me and You and Everyone We Know is screening at MoMA on June 16 as part of the series “In Focus: IFC Films,” which continues with such films as Kevin McDonald’s Touching the Void (2003), Alfonso Cuaron’s Y tu mamá también (2001), Armando Iannucci’s In the Loop (2009), and Steven Soderbergh’s four-hour epic, Che (2008). MoMA will also present a sneak peek at July’s latest feature, The Future, on July 13 prior to its New York opening on July 29.