George Clooney stares at a goat in flick premiering at CMJ
Clearview Cinemas, Chelsea West Cinemas
260 West 23rd St. between Seventh & Eighth Aves.
Tickets: $10
www.cmj.com/marathon2009
CMJ isn’t just about music; there’s also a concurrent film festival that features several New York premieres, one world premiere, and a bunch of big-name stars. That said, a few of the movies are set in the rock and roll world. Things get started with Scott Rosenbaum’s road-trip flick, THE PERFECT AGE OF ROCK’N’ROLL (with Peter Fonda!), and continue with George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, and Kevin Spacey in the highly anticipated THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS, Woody Harrelson and Samantha Morton in the military drama THE MESSENGER (Harrelson and director Oren Moverman will participate in a postscreening Q&A), and Milla Jovovich in the sci-fi thriller THE FOURTH KIND, among several provocative documentaries. In addition, shorts look at luthier Wayne Henderson and cult favorites Kid Creole and the Coconuts, while Steve Vai stars in another one.
Tuesday, October 20 Opening Night : THE PERFECT AGE OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL (Scott Rosenbaum, 2009), followed by a Q&A, 7:30
Wednesday, October 21 THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (Grant Heslov, 2009), followed by a Q&A, 7:00
Wednesday, October 21 BANANAS!* (Fredrick Gertten, 2009), followed by a Q&A, 7:15
Wednesday, October 21 MY MOVIE GIRL (Adam Bronstein, 2009), followed by a Q&A, 9:15
Wednesday, October 21 CMJ CineMini Short Film Contest: Documentary Short Films, including I AM A MAN: FROM MEMPHIS, A LESSON IN LIFE (Jonathon Epstein), NO SANA HOY (Becky Corman), FROM WOOD TO SINGING GUITAR (Shawn Lind), WELCOME TO MY QUEER BOOKSTORE (Larry Tung), and WATER IN THE BOAT (David Gutierrez Camps), 9:30
Thursday, October 22 DEAR LEMON LIMA (Suzi Yoonessi), 7:00
Thursday, October 22 THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF THOMAS LYNCH (James Merendino & Lisa Hammer, aka the Terror Twins), 7:15
Thursday, October 22 Downtown Doc Double Bill: PARDON US FOR LIVING BUT THE GRAVEYARD IS FULL (Geoffray Barbier, 2009) and KID CREOLE AND MY COCONUTS (Adriana Kaegi, 2009), Clearview Cinemas-Chelsea West Cinemas, 9:15
Woody Harrelson stars in CMJ marathon closing-night selection
Friday, October 23 Closing Night: THE MESSENGER (Oren Moverman, 2009), followed by a Q&A with Woody Harrelson and Oren Moverman, 7:30
Friday, October 23 THE FOURTH KIND (Olatunde Osunsanmi, 2009), 10:00