Cinema 100 Film Society Announces Spring 2024 Series
BY SCOTTIE KNOLLIN
Bismarck’s Cinema 100 Film Society hosts annual film series each spring and fall. The non-profit’s mission is to bring diverse films to the Bismarck-Mandan community. All films are shown on Thursdays at 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm at the Grand 22 Theatres in Bismarck. Series tickets are available for $30, which includes access to all 10 films. Tickets can be purchased at the Grand 22 Theatres box office.
For more information on Cinema 100 Film Society, visit the organization’s official website.
Stop Making Sense
Screening date: January 11
Directed by Jonathan Demme
Starring the Talking Heads
Synopsis: Considered by critics as the greatest concert film of all time, the live performance was shot over the course of three nights at Hollywood’s Pantages Theater in December of 1983 and features Talking Heads’ most memorable songs.
Showing Up
Screening date: January 18
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
Starring Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, André Benjamin
Synopsis: A sculptor preparing to open a new show tries to work amidst the daily dramas of family and friends.
Master Gardener
Screening date: January 25
Directed by Paul Schrader
Starring Joel Edgerton, Sigourney Weaver
Synopsis: A meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager.
You Hurt My Feelings
Screening date: February 1
Directed by Nicole Holofcener
Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Owen Teague
Synopsis: A novelist's longstanding marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book.
Earth Mama
Screening date: February 8
Directed by Savanah Leaf
Starring Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Keta Price
Synopsis: An intimate coming of age story of a pregnant single mother who embraces her Bay Area community as she determines the fate of her family.
The Inspection
Screening date: February 15
Directed by Elegance Bratton
Starring Jeremy Pope, Gabrielle Union, Bokeem Woodbine, Raúl Castillo, McCaul Lombardi
Synopsis: A young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside.
The Starling
Screening date: February 22
Directed by Theodore Melfi
Starring Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant
Synopsis: After Lilly suffers a loss, a combative Starling takes nest beside her quiet home.
The League
Screening date: February 29
Directed by Sam Pollard
Starring Maya Angelou, Sam Pollard, Lovell Gates
Synopsis: Based on the journey of the Negro Baseball League.
Shortcomings
Screening date: March 7
Directed by Randall Park
Starring Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki, Tavi Gevinson
Synopsis: Follows a trio of young, Bay Area urbanites as they navigate a range of interpersonal relationships while traversing the country in search of the ideal connection.
Polite Society
Screening date: March 14
Directed by Nida Manzoor
Starring Priya Kansara, Ritu Arya, Renu Brindle
Synopsis: Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage.
